New-York tribune., 1876-07-01
MURDERED WITH Il PENKNllE.

YOCNG RUrFrAE5--A BJOT3LACK OF 10 KILLED
BY BOY OF THE SAME AGE.
For several months n gang of Young thieves
end ruians has cJugrcgated around Washington Mar
ket and petty tbic,ns and the swinding OF persons
nom che country have been frequent. Fights among
the members uf this gang have been numerOus, and IL
has been feared that murder would he committed In
that moi bboeLood before this knot VI young ruiIns wac
broken up.
About quarter past o'clock yesterday afternoon
Young man knowh by the nickname Of "HocAs,' was
loungins a the corner OF Washington and Neseysls He
s.s somcvhat nader the influence OF Liquor, and was
inclined to b. Guarrelsome aud impudeat lasi, Is
yars of age called "Phl by his associates, was black
M. boots near Henry winters Hguer store, at NO. ZoS
Wash ntotst lis nane rs registered at the Newsboys
Lod.iue-houae. was Michael Duln,' but several per
sons saii that his true was James o'Brien He
as called phi" because be stated that he came rom
Philadelphia "Rocks" came IN to him and applied
several insulting epithcts To him. Some OF tie lads
.t.u9lue near laughed, and O'Brien threw down his
brush and grappeG with "I.ock" but they were pulled
apart Both very angry aui rs soon as they were
liberated "ROcks" sprins upon oBrlea ana uro'e
kuiic into lis breast. O'Bricn fell BACK WIN
shliek. hut recovering bimself after his assailant
"Ro,k," ran up yesey-,t, toward Greenwich-st, but
Il, frc he reached Greenwichst O'Rrcns strength be-
gan 10 fail ard the murderer made good his escape
O.cu was helped the street 20 the northern cor
rcr Of Washington aud Veseyss. by one OF Ills associ-
a.es nam John Mclaughlin, ana fe dead at enc cor
ncr Tie BODY was taken to tho Liberty Street Police
So ton and WIS aftcrward removed 70 the Morgue
It was yoanI that the womt which had eansed
O'Brsns Gea' I hri been inflicted with small pocket
Lusc The blad had catered the body about an eighth
of an inch 10 tie right OF the breast bone, aud had
penetrated either the apex Of the heart or the aora
rhe hemorrda,e hal been chiefly internal, though the
lads shirt spas!cd with the blood thht rusAe out
when the wound made
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murder n soon az the news was received at the Police
C,atral Odce lie found that Capt Saunders had taken
every possible step 10 secure the arrest OF the murderer
though 1t was then known who had done the deed
black known Whitley Bob" vas arrested. but he
convinced the police he knew nothing about the crime
sud was released Later the police ascertained that the
Ncwsboy's IodgInghouse in Duanct, that oBrien had
rceu In the habit of lodging there and hal associated
N,i;l John Kelley alias Pudding" John Mclaughlin
alias "smithy" and John Quinn alias Z" Reddy' OBrleh
was sick last spring with rheumatism aud wa' cared Tor
at the L0dgnghouse since that uie hc has ocSn IN thc
habl, styu here when he had no money to 90 else
x6sut o'clock Last night Officer Jackson n erongh,
That he was in Winters saloon when the murder was
committed lie heard tre cies and ran aiter the crowd
lot of ceeat men TeIS talsis o' ING h'u ue'' anu o
tatSr m the evening John Mclaughlin brought
m nn b o ,So 15 in The affair About 10 o'clock
last night john Kelly was arrested aAd aAeh 70 the
uu thf steps Of a store E2ar tue corner oi N~shhEtoh
aud Nesey-ss. when the murder was c0minitted. lie
d not sec Rocks stab OBTien, put heard ue noise OF
tie nfray. and as be got up 20 join tne crowd saw
Rocks" run around the corner, aud mp Nesey oWilu
Grcenwlch-st., pursued by O'Brien- lie saw obrien
falter and Nc aulhiu ran 10 his assistance ana heped
him across tuc To tbs place Where ne zen 1'd
Cam. Saunders sent officer Flynn 10 IN NeNsDoys
Lodging house In Dutle-St, and ABOUT hiiuhlsht ne
arrested Thomas NcGunn, who had seen the "nOc
ntIlir McGmn stated 10 TRIBUNE reporter that
O'lren ant Rocks" went iutO Henry inters
llouor store to get sOm'thing to cat about
3:{O Yesterday afternoon. There tue quarry Dc2an,
and AZ they came out Of the saloon Rocks said: III
you on't stop calling names will cut your hearb
1ut - They wont toward the liheriy-p)ic ana bcT4h
Gghting McGunn Kelly, and Mclaughlin pnled them
auart and then saw that O'I3rien Was wounded Sul
DCning an his energy he srrang after ms aSsaan aug
nIterward fell dead Officer FLYNN stated tha. bpchs
wa. arrested by him several months ago. ana that MS
nam, ~ eithey bowling Madden
Tie Young men who arrested are DetWeeE IL gnu
oo wears of age and detained sG witnesses. lhey
d siribed Rocks lad about Is yeas Of age Win
sount in his eye and large ON his neck lie Das
has been a helper" aud has worked lfreSu-
iadv about Washington Market for over year,
With the exception of several months, when
IL was said that he wls IN some hospital sick.
Ma one could be fouud who knew bis real name Every
body called lin tocks," ana nobody seemed TO kho"
where he lived The police ere using every eAeItioh "
lind aud arrest the murderer oi OFret ahI capt,
saunders said last night that ne vas conldeh that the
arrest would be made within fe~ days at iurthcsI-