, 1875-03-08


TEE LABr KNOWN
Q! nneko IL thas be was astir between and 7
O'CLOCK 3ohterdfy morning, The colorel women
IN sae too'ps above hoard bin shaking the stovo
tue loEcr part OF the largo ico-chcst 10 WHICH
reiereoco has already been made. In the upper
pArt Of It wore stored the edibles which frr.
nlhhed his meals, and tho lower portion in which
n GUNNER time arc placed tho Kegs Of bocr. Ho
hah made up bed conhisting Of IN old ,nattreas
and boihseS. and noveral army blankets, liz
Ind evidently arisen 1t tho tins mentioned md
shaken down the stove, which stood but \ fow
Iect away. liid paper laT opened on tho counter
AZ II he bad been rccently peruaing IL, and hIa
FALCON lad boon PARTIAL i ewopt out when ile
ctifuo WAS discovered
TIE ONLY ADptr1oSAI. EVIDENCE
nhnng reference to tho time before tho nusicr
10, ~ committed u tbat furnished by \ co!osod
reesly ovor tho SALOON. sho stases that she
heard tho old man Walking about bclpr for soms
m!nusea. which wa8 probably during tho PROCESS
Of axoening, after Which. for son,o minutes. ali
E!licl, she had afterwards falion by = heavy
eounJ, which, she says, fairly shook TIM huijd.
ing. It vas Ike tho fall Of aomo heavy body.
shs ! spoke Of i % Mr.. Nixon, the landIady
saylng that she guessed old Wilckos stove h.d
1al'en ovor. Succeeding this noise nho atates
positively tins. aho heard tho voicos of two mar
sons. Tho notse heard is beloved to have beon
cansea @ ~ tue old mans fail to the floor when
tho fatal hlow Was struck. Tho sound OF yocea
Apparently rrovoa that It least two pe1sonH were
engaged In tho bloody business. Tho girl after
Tatda hoard tho sharp n!am Of \ door. but
whether Tho ono to tue front or rear entrance
atc vas unAbo 10 stAtc. Nothing moro WIN
thought Of this commotion uutil IN hour or two
aftorEard their rooms wore invaded by poljcn
officers tn search Of information concerning tbo
tragedy below, which had doubs1css occaeloned It.
HAs. JULIA nCHT.
tia fnFmAn i'm n rvE {t,
Or No. W, At about Q o'clock went down to
M1lcko's saloon to purchase beer for her bua-
bands breakfast. She went down back stair |
"ay .a1, and onte,ed tho place BY tho door.
VA locked, the wiudow-curta!ns were drawn
closely down, and only M obscure light /
penetrated into tho apartment. She 6ii |
not Immediately discover. tho murdered
:, se ,as,, WA about 70 draw
stand upon which rested the bee1-kcg to do m.
xhen alae encountered Wilcko's PROSTATE body'
Ills face was covered with his own coat, md eno
thought he lad fallen asleep, though tho burn
paper, soemcd to deny this impression. Sho ro- |
moved the coat. and
hes EazIs VIII ono brof glance st tho
dropped the garment and nea in @ sre.s eat
alarm to her husband, whom ahe H.
formed that hho beloved Wlcke had |
been mn1dered. Mr. Hust won't down stairs,
aud called for tho assistance Of atr. H. r. Rose
gentleman who keeps new8 atand on tAo |
ground floor Of No. 50. Both Of tho men then |
entered tho saloon, and ono glance confirmed
the wonana suspicious. Mr. lso:o At once
hastencd for . policeman. but did not en- |
cnunter one until l,e reached tho Madison Street
Station. III response to bis Information Serct,
Johnson. Detective Tim Simmons. and OnIcers
Qnlnlan and a1ckaig repaired to tho scaoe,
Wl'cke was discovered iyiug on his back. with
tis head among n lot Of empty scltzer bottles
aud pop boxes, Just under tbs edge Of hia bunk,
hia feet OUTWARD towards the beer Btnnd
TIE FOLLOWING DIAGRAM
will accurately show tho position OF tue fu,ul- |
lure and the body Of tho murdered man.