, 1873-08-28

boing ornanlentod Ill over with fancift,ly-uut
papor, In tho slopo Of fringcB tlowors, fostool,s
wroaths, and all tho rost Of 1t.
Androw J. .pcrtcot In tho co1orod cltzon who
killed luis wlfo, just boforo tho. fra, by
cutting her THROAT Audrsw will repay 4
fow words of recollection and inquiry, ITO waa
triod at Tho December lorm OF our Criminal
Court. q and sentenced to DO engoa with almost
oral satisfaction Of the people as In tho caso of
naitorty, but the prosecutor for tito pooplo was
Just M tnfallillo in nating crrors then as tho
prosecutor for tho pooplo 10 lnfallib1o IL making
and wl,at 1olcionoy in orrors tho stato's Attor-
ney might hnvo overlooked tue Court obllgingly
supplied BY refusing to allow tho motion. III
Ing. tho succeeding stops werc prosiuoly simllar
to those takon in llafrortya caso, with tho single
exception TINT Perfect WIS removed to Will
County Jnif, Jolot whore ho still ia. ....
some rolativo In the South, consisting Of prop
erty, tho ronts OF which ho receivoB regularly,
and which aro not q little In assisting him to
smooth his remaining month"; to tho galloWs.
him.
portoot scema to DO On Intelligent nlau, con-
aitloriug bis ansocotlonts. lIo has always nado
a good apooch to the Court when tho Court has
sentenced him to bo hanged, aud tho next timo
tho Court pronounces hiB droad doom so oxpoot
A,,tlrow will havc something worry pretty to say
nbout tho gratitude duo by tho whole raco Of
murdorcrs to judicial System that acts
up public prosecutors 1iko so many ton-pins,
only to DO rolled down again by tho counsel for
criminals at the lattef's own good. pleasure. Ho
IL fat, eood-hnmored, aud soeuB to consider nfo
Joliet rnthcr tho right sort Of thing for man
who loves easo aud retirement from tho pomps
and vanltios Of q sinful world:
Gregory Pori, who has furnished the reporters
90 many items, the Italian who wns undoubtedly
half mad with passion and tho torriblo exclte~
mont of those brief hours TINT terminated with
tho destruction Of Old Chicago, when ho stabbed
butcher's knife TINT his customers dsad to cut
their choose, unchanged By confinement, ia now
atoldly making cigars at Joliet. in tho Poniton-
tiary. Like Ratrorty and porteot, ho was aon-
tho Supreme Court. 1t WAS not such an oasy
job, howovor, as tho other two to get super
Boloas. Tho Court could not aGree, md tho
Judgment ct donth was finally affirmed, by a voto
the 9Th Of December last, and every one began
to flattcr himsolf that Chicago was at length
going to e1tricate hersolf from the ooneoquoucos
E e tna beloved seanf n "ASa oasr v's bo e'nsd"s nd e
ernor commuted tho death sentence to
Imprisonment for life. Some throe hundred and
thg Par hay
themselves about it, and 1t was upon their petit
tiou, strongly urging that q mana life should
not bo saoriticed to the law when tho appellate
Judges themselves could not agroo, that tho
Governor acted, It ia said that petition with
90 many dotted is mover WIS soen In this country
before. Many newspapers rofueod to print the
petition, forosoeing famine of is in tho land
II they did.
Higgins, m old farmer Of Winnctka. Tho Inst
that was seon Of tho old man was on the morn-
ing of tho day of lis death, when on hH way to
church. He wne tolorab'y well-to-do man, and
apparently thought himsot irfos,at,plo ny the
which was much too often, he used to chuck tho
married women under tho chin, and take other
liberties with thom which got him into frequent
try Joker, who took life triao oasy, and cared
very little for anybody or anything. This
Schweigorts wife was aickly, aemi-tdiot1o
goman md, during sohwe'Egert's an.a absence; z
hsss hssns ta1on nas sdvsntago an % Of ber nity to
temporarily ill tho place Of tho husband,
who was laboring in tho folds. One can
imagine tho resentment OF Il man of Schwefgert's
Of staying at homo and protecting big wife. 1t ia
Bupposablo that he endured somo OF tho torturos
that would bo expected to drive your fine gons!o.
man crazy.' The tlrst time ho mot HigglnB in
trenSlo. ssa I Aow It came about vii perhara mover
roadsids the evening of tie day ho Was seen
going to church,. md 8chToigort WIS arrested
Va wards made too elonr 70 bo questionea, and he
| acknowledged TINT he had dono tho decd,
{! but claimed that ho WAS driyon to 1t bY tho
| old uaau's wiokedness, md that II was not in
Inclined incl % to believe thS evidence about Higgins
moanneas with respect 70 the 1diotia wife, aud,
giving him the benefit Of the doubt, achwetgert
waa found guilty Of murder, and lis torn h1ed itN
| at fmpriBonment in tho Penitentiary Tor hfo.
As be is neither q rich man nor 8; politician, ho
| is likely TO remain ut joliet until tho expiration
Of hiB sentence
Thomaa Cullen is the interesting youth 1yho
ia supposed to have killed John anx,:;'. r. NC,
tho Times, out Of pure doyilment: Il is
tho Clinton street affair. Au the harm
! WoWilamB did was to walk in tho street at ALL
Cullen had pistol, and waa bound to use Il on
never was more unjustiiable ahot.,, Ihcro was
iuBt a shadow OF doubt whether Cullen OF Some
one else fred the fatal bullo., and tint, together
with Cullan'a youth aayod hm from the gal!9ws'
mud has q droary vista OF remorseful years TO
| look forward to-.
John Dddle had knife about him, aud, when
3a Shai b.sss ha Gsfa III sesod sh out Ths
ont for Sunday beoripE, and ne
doubt felt immensely great and good ag tho,
returned home full OF liquor. 1t was "a 1lstot
avenue everybody remembers 1t. Tho 1mr,
could not agreo on the charge Of murder. Tht
moat they could make Of it WAS manslaughtor
because Michae' was himself tho cause Of ths
trouble. Tho sentence was, ono year in tht
Penitontiary, and Biddle will 5000 DO out. Wit ~;
q knife in his pocket and pistol stuck to hi
hin. raa5y. like a free md independent Ameri
can can citizen, to shoot or stab anybody who joaslo
him OF his.
Louiea A. Boyco puzzled wiser heads than th
writor's. Did aho poison Calvert Il: Johnson,
was Calvert II. johnson killed with q blow Of
the l;c<::, =. Aid Calvert II. johnson fall out 0
Mrs. Boycs. III, when drunk, or how did II
come to his death :? It is real, old. .fashione
Chicago sensation, worthy Of tho brain ct roS ,s
by the police authorities, Coroner, doctors. an
; everybody Interested in finding out how calver
; II. johnson died, that 1t bocamoa . moral m
physical imposaibility oyer to decide whether iE
! tended or accidental violence had anything to q