Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-22
EVENING STAR.

KILLED. By PLATNATK-Ckudrsn Frayiag
VIA Dedh-A Lad IF Thirteen Years St55ts 9
CRtid q F.re-while a number OF LADS we're
gathered about the hallway OF the tensnent-
house at No. ls Roosevelt street yester ~ after
noon, Watching the removal OF q family, Mi
chael heatns, ager about IS. living At Il ROOsc-
welt street, made his wsy into DARK portion o.
the ball and persuaded Cornelius Foley, Of about
tie same age, and residing at No. 10 Roose welt
street, TO 90 With him. when they had secluded
themselves in the dsrkened portion OF the half
way, hearns, with many iujunctions 10 secrecy,
toid Foley that be had something % show him,
producing q small. single barreled pistol and
that he Intended doing someth ng with AZ that
Foley must never tell about With thai he
began pulling the hammer OF the weapon no
close TO Foiey's face, and sccomp awning every
mOyem6 nj by the remark that he was eoirs u
show Foley something which he must not tell
atout. Foley became frightened finally. ana
began moving cautiously away, when anothe-
lad, AIMED Jos. HennesseY, aged sbOut s. who
lived uP stairs, entered the hallway, aud ST
ysnc' toward the boys. The pistol vent OF at
this moment, and Hennessey fell deaf in the
hallway, with = wound almost directly tn his
heart Foley, now thoroughly frightened.
tanned 20 run. aud said a. he was going. "f'li
u on you" keSrus called after him, 'If yaa
d., III punch your nose" and. then. slipping
out Ct the hallway, vent to his home, aui .
PED, dressed a. be was, even keeping on hls hat.
and was found there twenty inmates Afterward
by an officer OF the 4th precinct, pretending q
De asleep. In reply 10 inquiries, he denied hsv.
Ing been in the hallway az the time OF the shoot
He IeTs,steo ia this story when hr3aght before
the re- GeSnt az the stat on house and Confronted
with TIE lad Foley. de was kept IN the station
use during the evening. Foley wAs also de
tanned ar a witness. The body o. the lad n an
i sSty H1s taken by O.ficerS to his mJther'sr5om
o. tie third floor Of tn house. ana given into
her charge. HenneSsey's father H. a cooper. AMI
Is nc" ia Pittsburg y l. 7ribsas, eist.
TEE NIGHT LATCH SNArrzD. AND TgE
1B"I BLEs THAT ENSUeD BY REASON THgRE-
oF-lhe Dubuque Times relates that toe
UtSeT night a prominent citizen being arourei
by the IRE bells rushed 10 the door OF his house
IN us night clothes 20 see where the IRE " a..
ne door was provided with a night lock, aud
vi en- Dc closed u, it fastened itself, aud there
be was out IN the night, with no way to get
OK. His wife vas out of town, the servants
were of 10 a dance, and hls son va. down II
the hre. Several desperate jerks OF the bell
and frantic pounding Oh the dOOr-the more by
the thought that his property on Main street
N ut ne burning or en3aRg ersf-faiied e
bring a response. Notwithstanding his a. COL
attire, the sweat dropped from every pore
just as be had reached the nearly craZsd con
dition which would render him unac outable
Tor any act, one OF the servants came rushing
home. The woman shocked at finding her
master IN 80 slightly clad a condition, put her
hards over her eyes, gave slight shrek, aud
started quickly away. "COme back here, con-
found you. Let me in ?" fairly hisSsd the mas
ter. But the woman, now frightened, ran and
then there was FOOT race, and a lively nutter
the gbostly garment kept up, as 4 C .dencs TO
the sWtt-hyiDg feet OF the man. just As the
nan had been brought TO a sudden stop by a
painful bruise OF his foot, and was nursing IN
with curses loud aud deep, his son put in an an
peSrsnce with a key,