, 1873-09-07
Must q Price Be Put on the
Head Of Each Assassin
in Order to Secure
His Arrest3
Rili Tho Slayers Of Kennally, Goetze, Wicks'
from, Brantz, nanlon, Jacobs,
Schmidt, Never Do Brought
to Justice9
Let Some Brains and Energy
Be Infused into the Po-
lice Department.

14CO ok1e@A oAAAS"'
Homiciln1 acts In largo cities arc generally nn-
ertist,c and hot-blooded. Tho weapons used arc
il,nso that wore nearest ut hand when tho blood
was tic hottest, and appear Oh the Chicago po-
iico records to have been firearms, knlscs.
eazors, Cords bludgaonB, cart-lungs. sauco-pAne,
bottles, tumblors, axes, n'allotB hammers, screw-
ariyers, boot-hcols, glue-potB, nnd by tho use nf
bo;sou. There huvo boon IN Chicago comparn-
tiyely few willfnl ard malicious murders. La
noBt of tho AomicideB TINT havo occurred tho
"maltco prcpenBo" required by tho law waa
wanting. But, to got ut the purpose
of this article. it Ia remarkable how
hlnny hornicldcB remain on tho police books OF
our city classed nB ''unfnshod business. be-
causo tie mui dorers have either not boon detoct~
ed or haye escaped arrest. Whom ono has eearcll-
cd through, tho humicdal statistics, with tile
object OF noting thcpe casos, ho will have very
llt.lo respect for that venerable axlom that
"Nlurler will out" Tho axiom hos boon dis
proved, at lcast iu tho late police experiences Of
C,tcago. 1t 1nust bo confessed md VIC regret
to have it to say, TINT tho number OF theso cases
would hayc been much reduced II tho police
force OF tho city Ind bcen moro oilcient. III
tho
DETECTIVE DEPARTMENT &,
there ia distasto to faihoul criminal mysteries,
aud q doairo to shirk all duty connected with
forreting them out. We're II not for ST.
perior officers, and tho criticisms OF tho press,
the detectives would permit oyorY caao Of homi-
eide not capable OF oasy solution to paas by
unnoticed. Said loading dotootivo to tho
writer ono day, II can't work with any apirit In
o murder mystery-I hate them so.' Ho did
not state why ho hated them, but 1t Ia barely
possible that d conspicuous reaBon Was, because
they seldom promise much money. There is
another detective In town who regards myhter1-
oua homicides as the best class OF caacs upon
which
TO BUILD REPUTATION.
TIC is right. but, while holding this opinion,
from an evident lack Of ambition ho does not
ontleayor to secure tho reputation. Tho inef-
ficieucy Of tho romaiudor of tho force results
from q different causo. Ignorance is promi-
nu,t 1eason why they aro not moro Buccesstul in
detecting aud nrrcsting muraerers, but tho mol
fciency aud slow movements of the superior
officers the Captains, Sorgeants. and roundsn,en,
arc, perhaps, tho chicfest cauBoa. Ol1cers in
the Police Dcpa, tmont seem to regard tho arseht
Of n burglar as Of paramount Importance ovor
tue capture OF murderer, a,ld hence is it that,
u
there Ia little hope Of his ultimate capture.
Tho following homioides, wherein the pcrpotra-
tors ESCAPED arrest, have occurred in Chicago
since Fobr1,ary last. The array will startlo many
Of our renaerss ........
TIE RENNALLY MYSTERY.
At 12 o'clock Oh Hi1nday night the .th or last
Fobruary. while Officers O"ena aud a'nloney
we're Btanding at the intersection of their beats,
1T the corner OF kinzie and Dcsplaines streete,
they observed mat running aaat On Aln2le
streot, at q rapid pace, md apparently very much
oxcitol. They ut once hailed hm, ana .,aat ashea
man was lying in an iasensiblo condition in front
Of Callaghan's saloon, No: 81 hinzto street !;
TINT Ec had two wounds on Ills heao
from which blood mud brains woro oozing. Tho
officers hastoned to tho spot, and found tie
nlnn's story verified with horrible certainty.
IJnon questioning the crowd, it WAS learned that
tho man had been found m hour previous ~ the
roar of Callnghanfs saloon, noar the back door,
No one seemed to recognize him, and all denied
my knowledge of tho manner in which he M had
received his injuries. In 8 fow minutes aitor
tho arrival Of tho officers, Callaghan, tho keeper
Of tho enloon, came hurx'ealy esst on AanAse y
tho crowd. When Officer owens said lyon
must omen your house and lot us tako the mnn
ill.," tho inhuman fellow refused, but afterwards "a
eaid TINT, being acquainted With tine boya, IS
he termed tile officers, no would a!lo" them 70
Upon being exposed to the light it = as discoV-
ered that blood WAS oozinB from his lett en-
tile ewes, nostrilB. and mouth aud from tho
gnshen OH tho bend brain and G]ood ran III large
Quantities The face was 80 covered With blood
al 10 be unrecognizable. Tho mouth VAS open,
md the eyes set as it doath had already sot It'd
lev soul upon them. Tho hands were cover cd
with blood and while warm, wore cl9nehed sc
firmly that they could not be oponod: The neck.
ito and collar wore gone, and the neck button OF
lila shirt torn of. The vest was unbnttoued,
and his whola dreBa gave eYIdences al strugglo,
Soon after tho blood WaH washed from tho fact
OF the Naloon, exclaimed that no knew him thai
Ao was his half-couBn, aud that bis nR1no Wet
John Kennally, Of No. 15l Bremen street. =, le
alno said that he lived with Ills brother. l't
other persons in the crowd corroboratea Ga,la
lug day, without returning to conbclonBnofa
titus leaving the circumstances Of lth Death
mystery. in which they rcmail to thh day.
A TRIBUNE reporter visiteu caliaEnan's baloon
where he m1 mds . naod 1ho on Knzo
between Jefferson and DesnlaineB. An alle.
running north aud south divides the piock, ht,t
the eAloon IL tho sucond door vest OF tho aloy
At the rear of the saloon IL Hllort pun o. atpaIa
leading from court to q back door. Aennall'
was found at tho foot Of those staira. Drops
blood wofo visible on oach atep and on tn
threshold Of tho untsance. beer keg ncar "
had upun II tho bloody imprint Of baud, which
maze II TGhh0HGDlo " HupPpae *Aup AAo+t.t'''1 '
throw out ]lis han.i to save hi1nself, Thu
theory was entertained by some Of the 90
tcctlves, and Ca'iaghnn. his bartender Marsi'
Frost, and man namel Ray woro accortlingl,
ereaea They de9 h1n9we1ge gS 81 e &
during tue afternoon Of Sunday, and WIS cloaet
p,omptiy m p as G o'clock. This story va, howoyor
conradioed by lay, who confessed (ot hayn J.! i,
snioon until D o'clock, mud that many othors wer
there nj tic Same time. Calagllan said to 0flco
Owona that Kenually was in bin saloon enrin'
tho aftornoon but drauk nothing exoopt o iith
pup. lie afterwards told tho samo otloos tia
ktnnally dill drink freely.
selrt. t2arrity was informsd by ohlse
Schmidt, Of tho Milwaukee Depot police, TIN
Kouually and number of DridGetort rougl!
i,ud quarrel, in cnllaglans saloon sunlay, Af =
tornooil previous to tilor attending tunolel
Calvary Cometery. At tho depot The otlleo
overheard tho crowd talking cxc{tedly nnont tn
row on Kinzle street, and heard one rough u. 10
that q They would 70 back after tho funeral Az
x.tA out Ka,nn |1v f1jl rlnE nnnGaf much OK