, 1873-03-28
Mysterious Tragedy in tie
West Division.
A Young Man, in a Dying cond<:.
tion, Found in a Barn.
Ho'' Claims 10 Have Boon Stabbed, But Some
People Believe no Vas Kicked !
BY Horse.

+ trngody, shrowdod In mystery, was enacted
on West Adams atrcot, yesterday afternoon. BY
some persons it was called au accident; but, II
the words Of d dying man aro to be believed, the
aaBailant Of Daniel Anderaon wnB not horse,
but man. The facts concerning this mysterious
ctfair, aB far as known, nro theHo: Daniel Ander-
son Is d young swodo, 10 ycare old. Hc emil
grated to America alone, in September. 1870.
He camp to 0licago aoon aftor his arrival In tho
country, and Inns oarnod nn cnvablo reputation
for honesty al.d eobrioty In this city. Last
November llo was employed by ". r. IIic}y, D
butcher and r,ovislon doaler, at No. 1877 South
Ha1stcd Btrcct, to drive q delivery wagon, md
has dono Ills duty we'll, ind lis wdges havo boon
twice increased. He has Ind the euro Of
tho horao ho has driven, aud it was in tho barn
whoro the animal il kept, with four other horHes
thnt the unfortunate lad received tho injuries
Which will probably end in his death. Tho barn
is in tho roar OF Mrs. Banynrds clearinghouse,
No. ,1o4 West Adams street, where tho boy lad
been living since lie went into Mr.. Hicky'a sor-
vice. !?
Yesterday morning, at II o'clock, hnvinG mado
his forenoon rounds, he drove to tho bagn to put
his horse up. It 1tappcars that Ito lad put tho
horse in tho stall, and Ind removed tho hnrnoss
before no received his injuries. About Ton min
utos after 49, d boy, who has tho caro- Of ono Of
the other horses wont i'll the barn, fed his horse,
md camo out, leaving tho only door to tho barn
opou.
About half-pnat - tho inmates of tho board
Ing house aat down to dinner. Tile laullady
spollo of the absence OF Anderson, as it was
something remarkable. A few minutes 1ator her
little boy came in, and said some men were fight
ing in the barn,--ono Of them, ho eaid, was
Tn nhnrf PAY n 1y1, n
intimate friend of Andorson's, ran out to tho
barn. Ho returned soon utter. and, palo with
fright, aaid that Daniel was lying III ono Of the
stalls Of the barn, inHsnsible, aud badly cut on
tho head and face, and that there was no ono
else there This statement put an end
to the dinner. Every ono who, had the
derson w,aa brought into tho house nnd
Sensible SOM md md bleeding freely Ut tic mouth noao
and ears. Mr: Hicky, being informed Of the
condition Of his cmploye, sont for DR.. Walter
Hay, who arrived In half IN hour after young
Anderson was f. fmlnd. :, After examining the
boy must die. Ho then called III DR.. Hay, and
together they made d moro critical examination.
Two cuts wore found OIL tho loft siuo Of the head,
behind the ear, Il cut on tho right chook, in tho
form Of croes, and long scratch on the loft
check. One Of tho cuts behind the car was
long, the other short. Tho long cut was
farthest from tho car, and beneath it
the skull WAS fractured. The question then
arose, how were the wounds inflicted? 1t was
at frat supposed that Anderson hid been kicked
by ono Of the horses. No ono supposed anything
else, until after the examination by the physi-
ciane. They were not Of tho opinion that tho
wounds wero inflicted by d horHe'a hoof Tho
statement Of tho boy Who found Anderson
served to mako 1t still moro improbable that tho
Wounds wero the result Of horso's kicks. He
Baid that he found tho stable door locked on tho
outside. The boy who had been in tho barn at
ten minutes after IL did not close the door.
Some one, then, had boon in the barn, besides
Anderson, botween ten minutes after 12 and
half-past, and the tragedy muat have oc-
curred in that time, as the boy who won't
il first would certainly have soon o pool
Of blood which was standing in the centre
of tho floor when young Baxter went out. The
blood was in the rear Of tho horse for which
Anderson cared aud oloHo to it's hcola. An
empty water-bucket turned over and Auderaon'a
hat wore found near by. Anderson waa found
under the manger Of vacant stall next to the
ono occupied by his horse. Blood was Hprinklod
on the aides Of tho stall where le waa found
There we're no special evidences Of struggle,
and tho boy 10y In natural position. There
was trail Of blood from tho pool to Anderson.
Tho following diagram will convey moro clear
ly to the readers mind tho surroundings Of the
tragedy: