, 1873-09-07

TIE EvANHToN MURDER. -
0n Sunday evening, tho 15tl, OF juno last, tho
quiet suburb OF EvaiiHtun was thrown into
state Of intonse oxcitomont by tho occurrence,
within its peaceful tlmits, Of onla-blondad and
mysterious murder, thai. wns inndo tile moro
startliug by tho fact that tho vtdtIm wns an nof-
fonsive boy, scnlce arrived Mt accountable yearH.
The caso was without t'rototYpo III tho liatory
Of tho villatyo. Thu f'! flowing wnrc tho oironm-
STANCES: On tho evqaln roferrod TO- an a,lopt
ed son Of Mr. neob sd1 r" oHnoy atx ny
pnnied ly three a,raI boys. Ncar Calvary, and
opposite tho resIdanoe Of Major A1uford, they
woro, mat, by thrco drun.en mon, sup
au,e arossoa lis C eon1panions saying "Now Is our
timo to mako money" and accompanied tho ro-
mark by drawing lta revolver. Charley Drantz
terrified, by the mans words aud aotions on
sa so t. he 61 ps y ys e a pssd pSas II h s
poor lal'e brain. The boy paRacd TINT night In q
cornatoso state, and died at daybreak tho follow
ing morning. Two u1on, Joseph Loab and Fred-
orck Wick, wore arrested Oh, suspicion, md q
discharged. This caso WIS shamofu1ly neglected
by the police authorities OF Chicago. 4 dotootivo
was sont to tho of tho murder the day alcr
its occurrence, and nfter remaining a fow hourn
iahcd business" and to-day 1t remains tho satuo.
1t In highly probable that tue mystery could have
been oauily solved.
TIE HANLos MURDER.
1Ak U tluCK ou Lllg 6ftlllIb VI DuAG o.
john Hanlon. an elderly mat residing at No. II
john street, WAS run down Mt tho eoruor Of linl-
stod and Twenty-si1th Btroets BY q heartlcBB
aooundrol, on horseback, nna tranlplod to doath.
This case wna not giscn much space IN The
papers, The Tribune only reporting It. But It
wns aondisb outrage. No efforts wore put
forth to capture tho guilty party.
THE JACOBS MURDER.
Our readers must yut rotain III tllcir minda tho
dctals Of tho recent North Side tragedy,
in which polico Officer Christian Jacobs
was shot and killed by burglars,
whio cndoavoring to Bccuro thoir
arTese. In this case, 1t must be acknowledged
that tho circumstances Bcarco afforded tho most
to identify his murderers. In view Of this fnct,
1t would, perhaps, 10 unjust o lay tho escape OF
tho villans At the door Of tho Police Department.
TIE so,iafDT MuNDEM.
utos Of O'Clock, Jncob Schmidt was crawling
On Ills hands and knees mp plank from q brick
yard near Division street bridge, ovor ogdcn's
Canal, 70 tho sidewalk. somo ONO throw .
struck Schmidt on the hend, Two mon. ono
very largo and tho othor OF lesser stature, woro
standing OIL the sidewalk ncnr by. Tho larger Of
tho two tLon kicked tho injured man on tho
made motion toward tho docoasea when tho
larger man cried out, Come on, Jimmy, " aul
both Walked away ut q rapid rate. Dcceased
soon became BcpHeless. John Ward and Her
mann G. kinaze Witnessed tho gilsainous aa-
eault, aud walked the victim to his homo. No.
13o Division street, whoro he dict. on
tho following Saturday. The evidence
before the Coroner pointed to Jamos Fltz.
gerald aud petcr Daaqucl as tho muir
dorers and tho verdict charged thom
with It. Fitzgerald was arrested, n.ttt now medi-
thtos upon his chancoB OF escape IN Tic County
JAIL wlilo Baaquoll is ut hborty. How oasy 1t il
| to escape from ourdetectiyesl
FROM THE AHuvE RECORD,
| It would hlnloat socm that murder had ceascd to
! bo crinao in Chicago. II thia state Of things
long exists, our turbulent population viii gain
| such appetite for murder that life will beoomo
exceedingly unsafe. Lot tho weak spot bo cor
| rectud at onco.