, 1873-01-07
C0LD.BLOODED MURDER.
Tho Victim a Swedo WHO Bought to
Rescue Young Companion from
Crowd Of West 6ilo Rouglls.
Some Of t1lc Difficulties Experienced In
Acquiring Information ut tho
Scene OF lilo Crime.
No Clue to tho Whereabouts Of tho Murderer or
His Companions.

cold.bloodcu murdor waH committed nohr
tho intersection Of Hunt and Elizabeth Btroots,
Weat Division, about q o'clock last evening,
The startling announcement will cauao more
than ordinary shock to tito public nervos aftor
tho many peaceful and uno1citing weeks through
which tho city las passed. Tie ontiro corroct-
neaB Of tho following brief atory Of tho
tragedy cannot bo youclled for, but 1t is
tho only account Of 1t which TIE TRIBUNE
reporter could get aftor painstaking
search In tho locality where tho crime WAS COM
mittod, which iB ono Of tho worst quarters OF
tho city. About o'clock two Swodca, named
Lars 0ustaye Lnrson nnd Carl IaancBon, tho
former man Of about 20 years OF ago and tho
Inter youth Of to or Is, wcro pansing near tho
corner of tile stroots mentioned aboyo.
crowd Of boys and young men, representatives
Of all that Is lawloBs and yiio In tho Sec
tion In which they live, wore collected
at TINT point, ripo for any mfschiovous
enterprise which might prosont itaolf,
Thoy occupied nearly tho whole Of tho sidewalk,
loaying only room enough for ono person to pass
at n ti1no. As Larson and his young companion
came along tho assembled rougha saw ut q glanco
that they wore inoffonsiye persons, who
would put up with indgnity ratlor than
resent res; IT. by quarrelling, md 1t app0ara
1t.t+~ 'AtJ HHh0At ~ ilHfC 90lAS Eptlt
with thom. Larson walked ahead Of
laaacson over tho narrow pathway loft on the
sidewalk. Tho roughB allowed him to 20 by ,,n-
mo!eBtett, but stoppod his young companion,
while Romo Of them throw Bnowbal1s at him, and
othors Knocked off his cap md otherwise abused
him. Larson, as aoon aB ho became aware of
tho difficulties which beBot Isaacson, ran back to
hts assistance, md ordered tho tormentors to do
Hin1]nr Wf1f1n ha
te oroWa Of rusns ho olo nmsS spr fGG 5
with much greater severity thau thoy had Isaac
son, owing to his size mud the part ho had takon
breast, close to tho heart, with dirk
knife. In less tlun d minute after the
decd had boon committed all his assailanta
wcrc hidden from view. Thoy disappeared rs
the i1oig6borhood nbounds. The news Of Lar
sons fate reached tho ears of lis relatives, who
1.-Two ut No. 275 West Erie street, within block
of the spot whore tho quarrel took place, aud
soyoral Of them went to Ills mid. He was found
ons. to DO 1ncons'9ns ana . before o reached hia
TINT our reporter could learn from per-
sons whom ho mot at tho scoue Of tho murder.
The police, it Hcenls, wero not informed Of tho
assassination until ono hour af.orward, when it
over or flna Clue to tho Perpetrators. It is al-
most certain, howovor, that tho crowd which fell
upon, the two iswcdoa was composed mainly
Of boys and young mon residing on
Hunt gtreor, which has long borno
q bad reputation. It is short thoroughfaro
running east and west between Rucker md
Elizabeth Btreots. ono block north Of Int1innn.
The houboa fronting OF it GRO old and filthy, and
are inhabited by aepraye1 ctass OF people. The
children aro brought up in ignorance md crime,
md taught to look upon policeman as m
enemy to be injured whenever MI opportunity
proEonts itsolf. RobberioB hayo b1en very
frequent within tho limits OF tho street, but tho
perpetrators were always shielded, md arrests
seldom or never made. THE TRIBUNE reporter
found HuntBt filled with 4 crowd Of excited
men, women and children, at 4 lato hour last
night. oil of whom claimed to DO entirely igno-
rant of the circumstances attending tho crime.
Their looks aud actions gave tho lio to
their words, however, and Impressed tho
stranger with tho idea that every family on tho
street WIS represented in tho crowd which con-
tanned Larson'B murderer. Tltoy seemed par
ticularly nverso to having 1t stated in the noNa-
papers that any OF tho quiet and pc:coablo
boys Of Hunt street worc concerned in
monts, O. mure orderly set Of juvoniles mover
lived in this Or any other city. provious to tho
reporters advent in Hunt street, Sergeant
james Clarity had. endoayorod to get some in-
formation that would lead to tho arrest OF the
guilty partios. Ho met with opposition on
evory side, and wns compelled to make two
arrests before he could perform his duty. II
any person was Boen in conversation with him q
crowd immediately collected aud warned the per-
son not to speak too freely, or il would be worse
for him. Several officers were employed looking
for the menbera Of Tie gang during tho night,
but up to late hour no important arrests had