, 1873-05-14
ANOTHER MURDER.
Death OF n Man from Tho Effects Of
q Wound Rccolycd Noaly
Month Ago.
He Was Struck on the Head with
q Bottle, md His Skull
Fractured.

Ia b"0AC! AAA4NA VVltl H4ShptAoAlAf pHAo ~ NNf
poBod 10 have been tho victim Of q tragedy, died
At thp County Hospital on Monday afternoon,
from fraoturo Of tho skull. The man was TO-
ceivcd nt the hospital Inst Saturday afternoon,
In company with man named Peto Nelson,
both. mon having boon brought thoro In an
express wagon, from tho Scandinavian boarding.
house No. .192 North Wo1ls street. Wick
atrom did not appear. to 10 suffering worry
seriously from the wound in his hoal, and tho
Warden thcrcforo did not question him ns to how
It waa roooivcd,. But soon aftor tho Bwodo
was put to bed, and before tho wound had been
examined, ho grow unconscious, and remained
10 until Monday aftornoon, whom he diod. Dur
ing tho titno ho was In tho hospital ho remained
insenBible, except tint }lo appoarod to suffer
acuto pain. Upon examining tho wound 1t was
found to consist of fracture Of tho skull, which
extended from tho top Of tho hoRd almost to tho
base. Tho skin Ind boon partially sowcl up
over tho fracture, rs tho result Of which morlia-
cation had aet in. Tho fracture hhd a1Ho hoaled
on tho edges, but minute sp4ntors OF the bono
actually pcnotrntod the brain. From what can DO
ascortained, the man had liyod Ind evcn walked
and talked, and conducted himself very much
as other mon do, for three weeks With his hoad
IN this condition. The man diod without giving
any information which would indicate how tho
wound WAS received But tho man who was
brought in with him Boen1a to fnVo opened tho
way to tho solution Of tho Hyatory.
In conversation with reporter OF The Tn1D-
uNE, yostorday morning, he said that Wickstrom
and he had been boarding for bono timo nt
Carlson's boarding-houso, No. 1872 North Wells
Ltroot. At tho Same house wns 6wedo nnmed
John Miller, On tho night OF April 20, which
vas Saturday night, a daneo waa hold at tho
louao, He did not participate In tlle dnnco, boing
confined to bed ut tho timo. Tho next morning
ho gaw Wickatron, III bod and Wns told that Mil-
ler had stabbed him in tho head. III aght, the
night previous. ...
Joseph Carlson, tho proprietor Of the board
fng-holBo, waa also Interviewed. His story is
substantially M follows: On tho night Of April
attended By a1ilior ard Wickstron,. Of which
liquor was freely drank. Whom they retired,
which waa about "a o'cloclt, both mon woro con-
sdorably undor tho Influence Of lha liquor.
About half-past Ia Carlson hoard 3 scufllo IN tho
hail on tho second door, adjoining his room,
and, putting on his clothes, wont out to 500 what
caused it. He found Wickatrom prostrated on
tho floor, neat. tho hoad Of tho stairs in .
pool OF blood. Uo answered whom asked
what was the. mattor, but was unable
to got up without assistance. Carlson called
WickBtrom'8 room-1nate n man namol Engman,
to holp him carry tho wounded man to bis bod.
I1o aoon aftcr revived, and said TINT Nil1or and
him with boitlo. HITLER, who roomed on tho
first floor Of tho house, had rotrod to his apart
ment after executing hiH bloody work. Carlson
saw him at AL enrly hour tho noxt morning, aud,
upon 1noeting him, Miller aaid, "Did over steal
anything from this houso7 Wickstrom said
wus tliof, md that's why hit him." Soon
after ho went ont OF tho roar door Of tho house,
and, according to Carlson'a statement, has not
boon soe1 since.
Bunday) Wickstrom aEoao and came down HtairH.
He snid he wantod to see doctor, US Ills hoad
hurt him. Carlson gayo him tho address Of o
DR.. Foss, whose Office is at No. 61 East Chi
assisted to tho place. A TRIBUNE reporter called
on DR.. Foas yesterday afternoon. no said that
Wiokstrom called at lliR oilico on Sunday morn
Ing, the eth Of April, and sal TINT ho had boon
cut On the +hs head with bottle Tho physician
fssRa baaR part tgsp ggspE Eoad e'shh ho in .e tsS
that he WAS unable to find any fracture Of the
skull or any depFesslons and, therefore, stitched
the cash very carefully, but saw no fracture II
this statement be truo, tho mystery darkens, aud
It is yot to 'bo nnrayolcd as to whore aud When
tho fracture was mado. Tho man lad no money,
and Foss told him ho would treat him no longer,
and suggested TINT ho go to the County Hospi'
tai. The noxt morning tho physician received 9
note from Carlson requesting him to mako 9
enll at hin house to sco tho wounded mau
Ss did o not s.g g. hs Seoysa tsf rss
gooa ~ viz: that Wiokstono hnd nj
hGnUy tne yy;eh iii hefd fsydd 60 to tho hospital Tho only
.hS 4n man Tas ba IA at hat time
weeks aftor receiving the wou.a and lIr dn,im.
most of tho timo, according to CarisS-'s stato
1ncnt was not only strong enough to walls al,
talk, but waa RATIONAL.
About four days after the fight, Or. Ankoriut
whose Office ia ut tho corner Of Division an
Market Btroots, was callod to atteul Wicl
strom, for eryspo1as. At least this is hi
statement. He says he did not closely oxamin
the wound in tho hoad, us the man did not eeou
to be suffering much from it, Wickstrom, dcl
Ing all this tinlo, would eAy worry lttlo about til
eight with Miller, aud did not wish the latter NJ
soHted. g
Dr.: Emmons hold poRt-niortom exnrninatio
on Wickatroui's remail yeBtarday morning. II
decided that lenth had resulted from a fractur
Of tho skull. There WIS much inAa1nmatio
about tho wonnd. Coroner Btophens will hnl
an inquest to-day, hut 1t is probable TINT I'll
mystery will remnin as it is.
TIE CITY IN BRIEF.