The sun., 1873-08-19
MURDER TN A BUCKET SHOP.
4 UNK EN MAN KICKED TO DEATH
BT A DkCNkARD.


tue Murderer.
shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morn-
ing John Mclaughlin. alias 1.-THE Bistcr," cn-
tered John Sullivan's bucket shop. at ~ WASH
iug;un street. The place IL well known to the
polsc ~ the resort OF the though men uf the
ward and disturbances are said To- be frequent
there. ON both sides OF the room nrc great
casks. aud to the right and almost ia the centre
II the room Is the bar. which is sometimes at
tended by sullivan or his wife. but more often
hv the harlSerer, Terence OConnor. when
Mclaughlin stepped in, the usual numncr II
idlors were about. Some were bruised and bat
tered, and nearly all under the influence of
liquor. One man had his head bandagcd, and
seemed To be suffering greatly. John Lyons
hardy, scafaring man, sat on chair near the
bar, gloomy and despondcnt. Mclaughlin. who
was slightly Intoxicated. approached Lyons, and
said. say why don't you git up2 Get up, old
10y, aud lets take something" Lyons sat still.
and paid no attention to what Mclaughlin said.
Michael sullivan ~ ~ city Hall place. Patrick
Welsh Of - Washington street, and some others
were near, but they did not notice Mclaughlin,
and drank the stuff passed over the bar aud
discussed the gravest subjects. When Lyons
shook his head and said he would not drink.
Mclaughlin became impatient and tried to urve
him. Lyons repeatedly declined to joir Nc
l1urhlu and told MN To 10 away. This all
gered Mclaughlin, aud be attempted To- force
Lyons hy pulling al hs coat sleeve. Lyons
shook him uu, and folding his arms g.zed y.-
canily around. Mclaughlin wa Joined by
friend. and both we're persistent in tlei~ at
tcmpts 60 persuade Lyons To- drink with them.
AnAiHOuN INSULT.
~ length Lyons arose and advanced to the
bar lie called for II ,ss OF wafer aud guipcd
n down wi.uuut looking at his tormentur-.
Then he resumed his seat apparently determined
to need them no longer; Mclaughlin was not
yet satisfied. lie seemed to think h. had bccn
insult,d and approaChcd Lyons thrcatcnlugly.
LYONS remained quiet few minutes. hut when
seat he promptly knocked the young man down.
lhen becoming thoroughly aroused he Hckei
NcLaDshliue hud, and he drew bis last breath.
SON, ut the LriuN,tS at the bar saw NcLtueulu
Ia! aud two or three ran away, No 'ne tricd TO
arrest the ru-r.-- ut LYONS. who coully walked
at hs leisure tslm the place. lu "a f,w moments
th' t'"W W'- relT ~ iIl save tht oa"t tcicr ana
tUt dr,d body of NcLauEhhu. TIE bMkccpcr
Thought that McLaughlln was not dead aud
starred i,ra lh'siciau, lie passed pMcer lt\ AN
ou duty in tha. street hut said nothing 90 hiw
N'i'idu ha't.T ,Nan ned tue h"Iy;t Id
tie uar,,cr,r tIat the police must Auuw that
mn bad been murdered there
THE SEARCH FoR IliE MURDERER.
Then OGic,r Ryan was called in and the re-
r1in- were taken To- the thUrcn street puhce
20 tL'n. sergeant White. Wuu Wa- ON dutV.
tir"sfed Ll- -ict titl officers tu uliNv -"lrch for
Lyon-. .>n'uy aiterwAri capt. Lnwcry re
d turned frum she Police ttItraI Ufirp. Wtr rr, he
had uvel iudnihg ai- uiVtuuS report, and went
tuu,stoNcr the murderer.
Mrl.u-hl.n'- body 49, aid In tie cDrrid r In
! the Basement of the -tatiun, and soon many Of
his friends crowded in and begged ut the officer
"a rhars" uotm.-siun to -" %. Inc venerable
/ father and mother aud the sister and brothers
we're allowed to look at It, Their sr,ef was
almost .i.soutrulltl'lc.
f Itr right side II lie nccA was di~colurcd. III.
face lore q calm expression. and he seemed
slV"pinE. or several year. Ac Was au eX.ress-
/ man. hut early tlis ,umncr he and another
| Young man Turchased n soda water stand near
H.!:"' ieTI} AND id goo oI,iners thee:
! few wee asu. Then he took t. drink, and his
iathor did his work for him He lived with his
parents hrother-' aud sisters on the third floor
/ ~ W .l-ninstpn street. and WIS known anon;
! the nelLhhpts ~ "a quiet. industrious young
man. All said that when drum. which WAS not
often. has temper was unsoNcrnablr. He did not
- huu.e un sunday night. bat slept Ia a lpdsing
| house AT l. Grcenwich street. lie was intoNi-
Gated when he went To- bed. and being ready u
continue his -pTee when he awukc, made his
way To sulIiN.u's saloon
AENt GHlIN's rNRENTS
are well known in the rci.uh"rbo and their
to,us were Oc-ie-edty visitors. h,n. women,
aud cHiidreu on %" npposIte side Of thr street
s,r f0r hours yesterday pccrius INFO the Will
d. w. II the rooia which was occupied by young
VI lAu+ him sullivan, vino kcti- the s.,luuu
wherein rLdus 'ln met his death was very
rc-iceur lie insisted that ne was asleep at tie
time 81 the murder. and tuew nothing Of ituutil
/ two hours aftrrward. when pressed ON some
puin.s he replied Don't ask me any ques-
lions, AMI was cNtrcmelN rude to all Inquirer.
II wss siid that his VIE Witnessed tie ki!l.u...
| but th, she ~jonuy denied. Mclaughlin
/ lar'nts were anxious that sullivan lid his
+ wife should bo a.r,5ted, thinking that then they
u.lght tell something - the murder. All tho az
. teruuon gang tf wicked hook. = men luunsrd
. around Sullivan. plar, and listened to the
| vuuthtW IrlprictDr ~ he GeScanted upon the
w,u To- nave sullivan ltHtne easv reach Aha -,I.t
an ufhcer for him. sullivan reluctantly ne .oul-
| panied the ofiicer, but the Captain could gam
| nothing from hun. The Captain threatened TO
! close the place, ~ the license to sell liquors
| would not hold good, and Sullivan said he would
see what ne could do, aud w.ls permitted to 20
| uu condition that he would return with infur-
nation winch might lead l." the discovery oil thc
| uardeier lne harkccpcr. . inner, w.s detaIu-
q
| of The lacts - the tragedy ~ given above were
! learned.
LYoNs, THE MURDERER,
! was described ~ about Eve feet seven inches In
I height. light complexion. smooth face. and az
/ tired in dark clDthing. Hc VS. said To reside AZ
| Greenwich and Carlisle trects with his mother
] aud sister Capt I.lWrry made uiiIgrnt -cAi.n
! Tor him. and hearing that ne WAS "A stalker m the
/ Metropolis, kIus al "A BIuuNIyu wharf, sent two
officers there. They soon returned with our
John Lyons, who answered very nearly the
T tam room and questioned m regard t. the
. murder, but ne druied ali knowledge of II. Tue
narRecner, orc 'nnor. vas taken INTO the room
I where the PRISONER sat with several officers aud
/ others, an was asked 90 -iu-lr uut tuc mui-
l dcrer. lle said that hc could not. The man ar-
! rested, =, added wAs not the one WHO kchcd
sHApowIsG NM.
when sllvan. the bucket shop keeper. w,u.
ae.@rr ' .oado%" tm t Siyan Gys TSi SS',' 'S "
/ foot uf Washington rtiect anu then started up
/ a.u4rd man aud tucy walked le.sur,ly a.un..
/ tlut LuN"rv. who started ont toon after hIs
-IorIal OH ,r, sdw these men and followed
/ tncu, lis specth officer .eepiug clo.e to them.
Suilvan aud his companion went To the station
/ ana the Captain soon entered his room. In q
/ few moments the Sergeant tapUed on tine door
. and said, " we've got him. The Captain went
90 tuc dcsN AMI said TO sullivan.
. " Ne at-wCrs the description of the man
/ beautifully, doesn't he - sullivan W.,
/ tor "a moment at a loss what 10 saw. Then
/ ne slid " ihls is the man lhe prisoner is Of a
/ medium height, very darI, hair, moustaChe and
! short beard, and does not answer IN any respect
/ tu the description given by sullivan. He i- re-
/ pul-iNC in Appearance aud his clothing j. ragged
/ and soiled. When taken into the captain 3 room
/ he seated himself and dduglIngh shlack cap iu his
/ hand SAID, 81 WAS IN Johnny ~ulvau's, You see,
/ aud was sitting on barrel Whn that man, |
! never saw MIN before, came in. and began fool
/ in wild me, and. he gurrd, | could not stand IL
! and knocked him down, and sure was ~ in
| LuCcut as a enid unborn about ktllin' hlm.
J when asked whether he did not kick MClaugh-
] lin he replied That he could not tell, but ne
/ Thought he dId not. lie Was emphatic ia his
/ assertion that
MLAIGuIlN STRUtk NM TWICE
on tie back OF thr head, and added that he
/ " "ln'ed onlv t' keep Mclaughlin away from
/ hm. Lyons was cmpoycd ON a f. IsDt boat
I TuuHihg between tiu, cas- aud sandy HOOK, ana
lived In the latter pll @. lie has u sister ~ TINS
] citN. Nuen ahuut 10 ~ from the Captain
/ room he mid. " never thought the blow | give
} him would Kin MIN | ddn't think it Would