New-York tribune., 1874-07-22
TITO STRANGE CRIMES.
A MURDER FOLLOWS RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION IN A
BAR-ROOM--A MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASE.
John O'IIalloran IA vagrant having no home,

, MTRDER FOLLOWS A RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION IN
BAR-RooM--A MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASE.
John O'Halloran, IA vagrant having no home,
and John johnson, tailor OF No. 81 Hsmilton-st
gagei last evening IN religious discussion in Flzger
AIDS bar.room, No 80 Baxter-st, which duay became
rather heated OHaloran had no money TO pay for the
liquor, aud tainted by Johnson and in revenge
proposed stand up and see who was the best man"
The two faced other and finally OHallorau. with
all his strength struck his opponent the side of the
head, pushing HIM char down on the floor. John
son groanel his fall and lay almost motioness The
bystanders becoming alarmed raised him up, when II
was found that hc insensbe. officer Monahan OF the
sixth Precinct arrested OiIaloran and sent TO the
statiOn-hOusc for stretcher, but before ii arrived
johnson died. not than Is minutes having elapsed
between the blow ana his death. OHaloran Is not a
very muscular MAINLAND could hardly have struck
blow sufficient in Itself to kill Johnson. 1t supposed
that death accelerated in great degree by John
sons condition. he having been habitua drnker for
long time. Oalloran was locked up in the Sixth Pre-
cinct staon-house Coroner Woltman will investigate
the case. Johnson left a wife and two children.
John Powers OF No 226 East Thrty pnh-st driver OF
an wagon died at his residence yesterday morning
under such circumstances that his physician, Dr. Pass
more Of No 2Os East Thirty -nnth-st decmed it
sary to request investigation by the Coroner, Upon
inquiry ii was learned that Po aud his sister Ann
Powers who Is chambermaii at No. East Tnirty-sec
ondt had invited some servants at No II West Fifty
seventh-.t, Sunday evening and had drunk pretty
freely OF lemonade with whisky 1t and eaten
currants. Subsequently, returning to the
sisters room III Tnrty-second-st., tuey drank
some ale, aud ate chow-chow, the cook ant another
servant the house also partaznz During the night
Powers taken with violent palBs III tue stomach,
accompanied with venting, but persisted In driving
his wagon during the day The pains continued and he
called IN Dr. PassmOre, who, suspecting poison, called
in Dr. Hughes OF No 20i East nlrty-nintlst. for
sutaon, and the two were Of the opinion that tie
was suffering from dose OF beadOnua. Powers died
finally in great pam. IL subsequently, discovered
that Ann Powers, the sister, also suffering
In the manner, with Similar symptoms,
being III that she could not give her version ot the
affair TIE people in the house where Powers lived state
that he had engaged to OF tho whom he
visited on Sunday night. The housekeeper at No. II
persons, composing the party sunday evening had
shared the lemonade and whisky, aud none of them
e1perenced any bad effects from ~. The cook aui
servant ia Ihirtyseconds who had drunk the ale aud
eaten the chOwchOw with Powers ana his sister,
also unaffected by their incOngruOus meal.
Coroner WOtnan and Deputy Coroner Shine pro-
ceeded to East Tartyninthst. last evening and made
a post-iDorlem examination of the body, which
they found that death ensued from apnoca produced
by Oedema of the glOtis, produced by some irritating
poison" The rigor mOrtis we'll marked. A thordcic
section being made, the lungs were found intensely
congested on removing the larry and trachea, we'll
marked oedema of the giots was found, entirely clos
was intensely innamec, presenting whited appear
and pceling OF easily. All the other organs were
normal TIE stomach aud oe,Opnagus were taken 10
DR.. Doremus. He thought that they showed symptoms
Of poisoning, but would not make analysis u the
Controller will not pay bills for that purpose.