The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-14
TOM McGEdAN MURDERED.
He is Shot Down Like q Dog, and
His Murderer at Large.
HE Inquest THIS. Kornin0-Descrtptton
Of Wounds, tEc., dc.


Special to the Star.
HAMILTON, June 14.-The city is all
excitement over the murder Of Tom Nc
Gehan, which occurred fifteen minutes
past twelve last night: Mcclellan was
last seen alone in his saloon, and was
about shutting up, when Constable john
ston and Waite Woods, who were in the
neighborhood, heard the discharge of a
gun, and run to where the sound seemed
to come from.
They found Met Gehanlylng with his own
pistol by his side in a pool of blood, and
just expiring. He was too far gone to
even make an effort at articulation. AS
wheels OF a wagon was heard, and from
the position Of the body, the
shutter of the window, and the
appearance of the glasses on the coun-
ter and behind the bar, 1t is inferred
that parties went there Tor the purpose
Of committing the murder, and while
one Of them got into an alteration with
him, the other, standing in the wagon,
took deliberate aim and shot him dead.
The pane of glass, which was COM
pletely shattered by the shot, is too high
10 have been made by gun, fred by a
person on the ground, and shows con-
clusively that the murderer must have
been standing in a wagon, as surmised
III the first instance by Officer Johnston.
A crowd OF fully two thousand people
has surrounded the premises ON Basin
street all the morning, and all news In
any way connected with the affair is
eagerly looked for.
The Coroner was promptly on the
ground, summoned jury, and proceeded
with the inquest.
DR.. Beauchamp made an examination
of the body. He found that the death
was caused by gun-shot wounds and
shat the gun was loaded with buckshot
There are eight penetrating wounds,
four traversing the skin.
The first struck the right temple and
passed downward into the orbit, de-
6troying the right eyei q second struck
ever the right temple, passing down.
ward into the mouth, and a third passed
through the right ear into the neck, sew
ering the jugular vein and causing in
btant death.
The jury has returned no verdict yet,
and will not do so till late this after
noon. No testimony has yet been elicit
cd pointing In any manner to the guilty
party, and, as matter of course, no al.
tests have been made. II the authori-
ties have any clue, they are working it
very quietly, and nothing Of the maneu.
ters in this direction mas been made
The Coroner, and all concerned In the
anyestigation, express the determine
tion to leave no stone unturned to ascer.
tain who is the murderer and to bring
him to justice.
Samuel Darling and Harry Hay were
In the saloon with Mcclellan
when the shooting occurred
They had been invited there.
Mcclellan was about half drunk. All
Darling knows about it is that he saw q
blaze Of light and heard the report, and
then he ran out as fast as possible, as he
says he thought Tom was shooting at
him.
Darling has been connected with the
Democrat here, and has frequently
written articles about him, and his i'm
pression was that Mcclellan was about te
Wreak his vengeance on him.
Darling says he did not know that the
shot was fatal until this morning, and in
tact knew nothing about 1t until he was
Informed on the street.