, 1875-01-26
The Last Exploit Of The North Side
nuflian and Jaiicr.
He Beats One Unoffending Prisoner
Over tho Head,
And Tries to Bite Another
Ones Nose Off.
lie Is Indicted by the Grand Jury.

1oafe1H. vaH1Rnts, and idlers, Mhose rags, dirt,
amt general uncloahlincna form tho stercotypcd
background to tho proceedings Of tho Criminal
Court, whs disturbed from it's placid stupidity
yesterday morning by painful story told by a
PRISONER. The tale, too strongly illustrative IF
tile barbarities which tiele ia good reason to be-
licyo arc slot uncommon within tho walls Of the
jail building. caught the attentive ear 1T tho
Judge Oh the lcnch and caused tho State's Al
toruey to wax indignant. The prisoner, one
JOHN Il. MMAsua,
was brought into tile co,,rt.ruu1n for the purporo
uf giving bail for criminal oreire. having Btle-
cetdcd after short imprisonment i'll securing
bonasmen.
AlcatnnuB Is a man 80 years Of age his appear
hnce betokenlng much higher degree ii re-
HpectabiIi.y than IL r. fAtrpcd by tbs tuoet Of
those introduced into l4ls Court to make anawer
to a criminal charge.
Upon appearing before Judge Williams ycatcr-
day morning hiH bail Nus furnished bv lIr. Hui-
yan, WHO tllen loft tho coutt-room. Mosfauus,
hefure taking his departure, anketi 1cnre OF tho
Judge to present him with MI affidavit relative
to tho
HARSH TREAINEAT
lie !lRd received Ill llie Jail. Tbs document Btat-
ed hs llad letu assaulted by 1aLleH 3lclIAle, the
Aselatant Jailor, in tho manner slated Leloa.
Judge Williams seemed mitch surprised at the
story and questioned the man very cloBoly. Ills
interroSations elected rsplies on1y calculated to
ptleAEA kkS htAltl1GAlb I'll lklt HuIAflE, 4A1
prisoner waa ready to make oath to all Of them.
The Judge then told GailT Hchaarcnberg to take
the man befora
THE GRAND JURY.
lie presented tho Affidavit to that bOtly supple
menting it with o,al statements, aud 30 agra
yhted and outrageous did tho caEe appeGr that
they ieturnc1 an indictment forthwith.
MctiAlo waH rtonrliy hrleH.e.! aud arraigned
s1o0o0 bail, Notwithstanding tho magnitude Of
tho bnnds ra4ulrel they wcro promptly fur
nhhed
III MIkE N'noSALp.
The character Ut tho bundsIlau inepircd Sd ad-
ditional 6ad feeling tor the prisoner.
THE tToHf Uf THE ASSAULT,
al told bv MI cye-wltueas. is aB follows:
Last Saturday. evening. about o'clock, the
notorious ''JiM" AciIale, Mho waB appointed
Ausistant-JaiIor ty sheriff Agnew. and hns
charge Of the prlaon at night, cano into tue hall
Of tho jail to luck tic prisoners up for the night.
Aftor calling "ail aboard." ho started to 90 up
but turned back after .eaing up ono flight OF
stairs, nnd then Enid: 'Why the hell don't yotl
get aboard" The prisoners OH tho ground
floor at thus tn1c wcre walking around tie hall,
nre on the second and third .icra, but WHO arc
| hai-1nen Mcliaie genc1nlly locking up the rris-
| onors up-rtaitB first While hlcifale Was going
upstairs; two prisoners, 3!cstanus and Cullen,
we're walking up aud down the hall. and when
o1cliale turned back, Cuiicu stepped into his
took hold Of the cel-door aud tried to crush him
| against the wall He slammed the door ngainst
lin two or three times, Cullen thinking It Was
in fun, but, after being crushed hy tlo door
| three or four times, lo thought it WEB too
| much of Il Joke, and showed tho dour
inside to got into Ills cell, when slc4Ialo COM
menced nurderoua aud deadly assault upon him
by first stlik1ig him, and :hon attaching him
with tho keys Of tho prison, striking lin over
tho head and face three or four tsaoa. Cullen
then closed with tho rut1lan, to protect himself.
when Alc11oio attacked hin sayaSelv, ike a
''cannibal," with lis teeth, driving thom luto
! Cuen's forehead. milking an ugly cash. aud
leaving tho marks OF his teeth in several places.
lie then attempted to lite of h!s nose, ami made
cash in it with hiB tocli. Ono Of tie prisoners
at this timo interfered, and caught hold Of Nc
liao and prevented linn from doing any mote
lifting. Tile other night watchnau, Wolfe, also
| After tl,iH, Mc1Ialo mndo desperate attack on
| an elderly gentleman uatned McMauus and in
| lis mad drnnkenness woald, no dnubt, havo
committed murder il he had been allowed to do
| go, but Wolfe, the watthman+ Rgain interfesed
and aso another prisoner. While Mr.. Mc.Ianus
was Standing with his handa iu his pockets, Nc
1lato knocked linn the ciMr from, which Ael,ad
just risen, making q fearful wound on the rrla-
oner's teuple. lie thon struck Linn Oh the right
shoulder. and In warding another blow. l.a got
struck on the left hand with tho keys. aud got
badly hurt blo11alo drew lis revolver several
times during his murderous attack. Tailor
Hand. who Ind been sent for came into tho
Jail, and helped to tane down this mau-eater.
MIR. Hand a1so deserves praise for his action in
the matter, aud his kiud treatment OF tho priH~
oners.
From time to time there have boon vague
storles floating amoug the prisoners, but proh-
! ably withheld from people who might give them
publicity by wholesome dread Of their keel ers
OF the barbarouB treatment that prisoners often
receive. Tloro Ia no reason to doubt but that
some OF tho jul attendants arc slupy rufiiaus
who, to exhibit tie privileges OF tllelr authority,
Srj}t tf,nst
the 1rat instance that las been brought to the
public, and it IL to be devouty hoped that q ,ual
WHO ~ shanIefnly abuses Aib position with such
unprovolteh RrHl unnecessary bafbarity will meet
All adequate punishment.
M'HALE.
The conduct Of thH n,al, afc1iale is precisely
what might have been expected Of him. He Las
beeH known Tor years ~ q notorious rough and
hrnlser, engaged In SALOON braws aud dlsropnt-
abie quarrels OF all kinds. His character is 10
bal that when nominated at tue primaries =
couple Of years nr no ngo for Constable his nanls
WAS scratchou OFT by tho Executive Committee,
caused tho friends OF tho latter profound
gsott for wlliio there waa no ittor place for No
llalo than Jail, yes he bolonged tlero ~ .
prisoner, not aH ; custodian.
1t IL painfully apparent that Sheriff hgnew
has lean untortunata iu many Of hid apnoint-
1ncnts. THIS III true not ouly Of Mcilalp, bat Of
tuany Of tho Ilorutios.
JEnaE WILLIAMS srATEA
TINT it III impossible to stcllre aHy convictinns
il! tue Criminal Court, owing To ths existence
ut ring amoug tue present Deputies
whose members aro IN alllanco With
tho criminal cIasseH. IT fs dl1loult to
iMpasbsble except by suparhuman exeEtiunB, to
Obtain Jury which will do Its tiutv. Thu matter
Ut sslm1uoning Mon falls almost inevitably insu
tho hands of these corrupt officers, aud the art
OF packing iuries IL carried to perfection by
them. Upon sheriff AGnew's return from
Springfield lis attention will ba called to this