, 1874-10-21

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THE RYAN MURDER.
Tho details Of tho murder Of Matthew +.
1syan, hoarting-1louso keeper. by Janleu Finu-
car streot.car driver. printed in tho Inst issuo
Of TnE TA1nuNE, sllog tho murderer to have
leon actuatcd by cool dcl!boratoncsn and stud
ioA purpose which aro almost without parallel.
Tho only motive which oxistcd Tor the c,imo vas
suspicion which Ryan had Expressed that
J'in,.can lad stolen Il revolver from him. rAis
accusation Finucan cherished in lta mind for
tho woeLs, apparently resolving upon ao,ns plnn
for reycngo. 10 mature his purposes, ho got
drunk OH Saturday Inst, mud remained 60 for Two
days, but took no stops while in that condition to
carry thom out On Monday no WAS sober,
tol, wont to Nyat's SALOON. remarkod to Ryan,
Matt. tlero IL tho pistol you mid STOLE"
aimed It at his victim, and shot him, iuaicting
fatal wound. Tho murderor then quietly left tho
snoon, walled lcisuroy to h!n unclo's storo
where he lett Ills piatol and his watch, md then
wont to tho Btation-houso mud gave himself into
custody. III hia Interview with tho Coroner tho
prisoner stated that ho committed tho murlor
because " ho lad always borne good character
III thoso parts and did not want any such reports
circulated" He exproeuod hi1nHelf M having no
regrets for committing tho decd, a1,d re-
tired with very good opinion OF
himself and tho approval of his very
extraordinary conscience. Taken altogether,
It appears to be the coolest. mort uuprovoked,
aud most paasionlesa murder TINT has occurred
for long time. It also proaonts somo very
remarkable moral anomalies which should at
onco cugago the attention Of tho Philosophical
or ksunday Afternoon Lecture Society. 4Iore
Ia = man previously engaged In the not very
elevated occupation Of driving tho odorons cara
of tho Archer avenue llne, poaBeascu OF d con-
! science 30 pliablo that ho could 80 Oh on sprco
aud loae ils cash-box. but possessing a moral
senae go hno aud delieately organized tlat ho
could not bear oven tho suspicion that ho might
have stolc1, pistol without killing tho posaon
who had that suspicion Having killed this
perso1l, which by tho way does not relieve httn
In tho least from the suspicion Of boiug d thet
Tin those parts," he adas to hia reputation tho
fact, not tho suspicion, Of being murderer. and
cowprlly, cold-bloodea murderer at that.
| Strange and inconsistent ~ tho moral ideas
| Of Mr.. Finucap may bc. there Is undoubtedly
| Some reason Tor thom. Pscsu,nia!g that a1r.
| Finucau reads tho newspapers, he has probably
read Of tho lass delaya in cascs like his; Of the
| innumerable aiipa between tho prison and tha
| gallowa; Of 1nany u1urdorers like himfelf, tust
~ guilty as himsolf, who have gone scot FREQ +;
and many othora who layo boen confined 10.
short tina in the Penitentiary mud hayo then
been released by tho Executive clemeucy Of
the fact that thoro are numerous maudln h,di-
viduals III tho community whose sympathies a.
ways How out like water for murderer; and of
| tho very general impression that man Gnu
compass almost any other privilege more easily
than that OF beini: hanged. He has also prob.
ably read that in higher spheres OF life
than that OF tho car.drirer it il con-
siderca as chiyalrous to Iii! tho person who has
Offended you; that, among gentlemen in tho
South and In the largo cities Of the North, ono
who speaks elightiugy Of another does 30 at the
peril Of bis lifo; md TINT II any ono Of those
GAlfAAoAb Alu uIEk"toueu EGIltItluGu c4!lGQ LIS
friend o thiet, as Ryan called linn, then tho
friend is no gentleman unless he suoaks up be-
hind tho other aud shoots him, and for this
chivalrore display OF courage no blame attnches
to him. He has probably read in the papers
that Mr. Mcdonald, aggrioyel at aone remarks
touching his character, went to Mr. McGarry's
saloon, just as he went to Ryans to shoot the
author Of the accusations, escupos indictment,
and ia liable to become horo on this account.
Reading NIL these t1ings whnt wonder that 3fr.
Nuucan went md did likewise. If It should 10
Mr.. Firaucan's fato to 10 to tie gallows somo ane
morning, lie can havo tho consolation OF know
ing that ho il sLo glorious exception to tho rule,
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It is not often TINT the two wives Of bigamist
unite against him, and, when thoy t!o tlora
must DO trouble. Ono Wilbur Fisko Dale, Of
Brooklyn, however, has tho distinction OF hay
lug wcddaa four wives, and experienced no lcas
than SIX marriage ceremonies. The first wife
ho married In 1866 hl Boston. anl deserted her
o year afterwards. Hc lun1riel tho second in
Brooklyn III 1861, and deserted her also. Next
yoar 10 married q third In Vormnnt. who de-
sorted him by dying. and completed his quota
by marrying fourth in tho Far Wcst, and abau-
doncd her whon he grew weary. In 1866 ho ro-
turned to wife No. 1, who waB then
living In DGbtun aud with fupeh aki1