, 1875-04-19

UNSUCCESSFUL AffENrT At SUICIDE.
Tbs notorious laul Peters, Uhoso nano Is IS
familiar on tho criminal calendar and to tho
sporting aud gambling fraternity aa household
wo:ds, rather turpriscd thoso who know him last
evening By attempting to take bis lIfc. p1o-
ccedlng which. many will greatly regret, resulted
IN failure. 1nstead Of putting ball through
his heart, l,o sent tue leaden messenger Into uia
body, close to the left aE1apit, where It lodged.
The shooting toeh place In the house
Of ll!-famo kopt by Nellio Costello
whose midnight orgies hare rendered hcr
d subject for police surveillance for 6ome
time pa4s Peters IL and las bcon for yeats the
]lacr. lie had been East until q few days ago.
It III sai1, to avoid pcuding indictment for 40
assault upon George Cunniugham alias MonkeY
George md has been i'll with braiu.fever.
About 3 o'clock laHt evening DO was IN tho houao
aboya MENTIONED and.-so tdo inmates atato,-
becoming tncc',scd a. negro boy who u a. buro-
ing eome straw II, the kitchen.storo, went to his
room and got Eoyoivor, which ho fired rccktess-
IT. 10 tho house, apparently without any intention
scrgt o'Connor and ofilcers Crook. Madigau,
and Gar1 happened to bo passlng near the
house Oh thelr way to supper, aad hearing the
shot, tan ia aod found Peters In the baek par.
lor, wsh sc't. cooking pistol in his hand, which
lung loosely at 1i4 aida. O'Connor approached
to dlEartn him. aud ~ be did 40 Peters placed
tho 1uuzzlc Of sho weapon to his lott bsoaat md
1.eQ, Tue bullet taxing oueet ~ TTeVlon6-
iy noted. l1o fell to the floor, still
CRASHING tho pistol IN hia hand and ex-
claimed, with Wild look, "Lct mo alone;
waus to die eaby!" Tie ofllcera dlsa1med hiru.
aud Que Of them Ut onco called III Drs. AIlon aud
Sbipp, who dressed the wollud-an ugly one-
xnd tho man was shortly aftarHard taken to the
Hospital Of tho Blaterb OF Mercy, corner OF
Calumet avetluo and Twenty y-1txth street. Tho
physicians gave tho opinlon that the wound was
not dsnRe1ous.
Tho Tos.clo household waa thrown into tho
wildcat state of confusion and alarm by Peters'
CONDUCT, and the women ran for tteir iivos
when ho began the shooting. Tho 1ould-bo
suicide has been acting In half
insane manner for some tIme past, and 1t 10
thought TINT his mind was wandering Hhen 10
committed the act Of last evening, though ho ap-
reased to 10 pettectIy cool and nelf.posseaaed
when tho officers BaH him. His life has been
very checkescd oue, and his uRmo Is aHaoclnted
NTH NUMEROUS htnko aud other awiudllng oper-
ationB performed bY class Of men rho hare
become notorious III tho city uuder familiar
nllAaea. Peters iH said 10 bolonE for
soesy Ut Rochester, N. T.. where Lo le-
celyed = good sducasion, qualification Which,
males lin all the moro dangerous In hls diH-
reputable calling. lie ls wtckedly free and out
spoken III hiH remarks to strangers, whom he in.
suits With perfect impuutty and EAre noncha-
1auce. lie Loaf hia prcsttge with the sporting
fruteEnity,-!f hp ever had Auy,-by PLAYING =
suurp trick upon Jerry Monroe In "doctonlg "
the Iatter'a chickens ut 4 COCK. fight 1t Hobart,
Ind, year ago.
But Ieters Still lives. and IL likely to for soms
tins. and h!s oysnttul history may be continued
f-r u ioug period.