, 1877-01-02

Heights. Al the Corener''s inquest II came cut
head @ G ii Frank nd ssot Kin, for ths purpose, ss
w snppo,ed of roeoin htm ot s wfsss fsas A.
dtctcdt and that is a. far aa hts case has pro-
grcssel.
oAuonAN-wlcxs.
After 1nl1 OF thret weeks another wAs added
TO The ealendar--a murder without single
pnlltAttng rireumetance. The victim waa Joseph
Wicks, q tailor. lie lived in tho rear ot No. 10
Corneltn street, md waaa tenant Of Patrick
sse' ST. ey yhs S s1e tfas%'' apa's
10 II, and l,c refused. After calling each other
many hard names, Gnughan got revolver and
ilaughan not 10 iniure her hus-
hsnd and aausa,sn laughed .,s, ss}ng ,.hs be
times At Wicks, two Of the bullets taking effect
IN the abdomen, Gaughan hid In .pile OF ruiz
pol'eean pa sa @ "'as Wek. i lived four ays The %ur
lerer WAS indicted, and Is now ~ the County
jail. iYhcn he Will face tury Of his pecss Is
unknown. .-.
Sunday evening. Oct. ~, James Sweeney vas
he was met BIZ d man who was followed BY
;,o swefsst r.. aso Ey ,ls s
the animals .fot n slnglo ro,tnd fight.
other cur MAS beaten. While the dogs were
struggling, the man stopped to pick up the QUO
shots In succession. Sweeney fell, and before
the hystanticrs realized tho situation ne & ~
sase sS 81 and sas %ss .ken
out near the spinal column. 'Iic fingered for
five days. Tho police secured a good desc.intlon
OF tho murderer, and lie was arrested II Mar
fis' lis namo i james 1s 4 a Deper liz IS sWatns
trial upon m indictment for murder.
SMITH.
The second representative OF this prolific
8 The allray took place on Canal street, near
Randolph. ll~was sailor, and. With several era
| Of his companions, was out on 8 "boukn One
| Of tho men accused Smith OF trying to rob him,
.to smother and began quarrclfng with lin.
man. VINO was known As "Btla'' hn,i tcut!le,
and Bill shot him In tho head and suddenly dis
appeared. Smith died almost Instantly. The
detectives had much trouble in getting At the
true circumstances attending tho homicide, all
those who witucsscd It seemingly knowing but
s6oat T. 1T Ie n-nar's mar'sfer ,as n1 ses been
| MATsoN--rAHL.
The third murder In eight days occurred Nov.
I g. Adolph Matson drove Into an nlley between
R,lblc nntt String streets. near Mcaghor, to re-
cidcntally going into The wrong barn, he Tas
attacked by q dog. WhAe driving OF the ant
| tnal ho frightened sorne ducks and woman ran
irving s TO rstcal bis ducks: Ths man, Christ
Pacl rushed out, and, without asklng an cx-
PLANTATION, began to aght Matson. Rctrcat!ng
to hts harn he dared Matson 70 follow, and after
cntlclpg the latter Just inside tho door Pael
ets,tck him In tho face with q lcavy ptastcrcr'e
hoe. fracturtng his skull. Matson remained In,
sensible until he died. Pael Was arrested, but
released On $1,000 bsil.
| scANLAN-R1cHAnpsoN.
While tho returns OF the election Wtro being
received Mt the Palmer Ho,lec, Sandy Richard
son, colorcd, coachmnn IN the employ Of Mr.
Palmer, remarked, while In the baRgaKe-Foou1
that this Democratic ilad no business going. osci
TO tho Republican headquarters a. the urant
paciac. 4 night-watchn,an named Mike Scan
Ian relo'nt1 that they lad as mich right TO dt
Other words followed, aud tho two csehangee
blows, hnd Snn.ly threw a pitcher At Seanlar
which struck him On the head. Sandy did no
complain Of being hurt. but the next morning
irothing At Tho mouth, and died in short time
4 physician said death was calltcd BY n tit
prohnbly brought on i,y heart disease. 6eanlnn
however, was arrested. The Coroncr's AUTOPSY
and that in tho struggle to had bccn throw
hard OIL tho tcsseiate.l stone floor and rcmalnct
Inscnsib!e until brought to by cold watcr. Scat,
Ian was therefore held for ,t1anslaughtert aud
cut on bail, not having been tried.
| RUsso-r1TEnHsO.
| About o'clock on tho morning Of Nov. x
Policeman Ripley founlan Italian named Saliva
tarn Pletcrcso On tho corner Of Stats aud Sinc
tcenth streets unable to walk on account o
a cut In his abdomen four inches long. lie wa
accompanied by O countfynan, Casino Vatroso
who said he picked HIN out OF the gutter am
was taking him to tho County Hospital. TIL
wounded man was very rcticent regarding IN
cause Vt the stabbtng, but just f,efuro no die
said that 0aetano Russo. plunged knife int
lin, they having quarrclcd on account OF al oil
formerly lived, and, tndEnE some countGrtGitin
implements, concluded that t!lcrc had been
row over tho division OF tho money realized b
passing ho3ue quarter ard hast dollars. Ii, n
other way could Pletereso's silence be nctounte
FIR. Vatrosu was held as witness. Rnsso La
been indicted, but thus far has eluded the dt
tecttves. ..
O'uALLoRAN-HATNEs.
Nearly soycu wccks elapsed before tho nc1
violent killing. It happened on tho Inst day {
tho Hcar. Tho nun stabbed was DEM
l}aynts, aud the murderer was Maurice O'Ila
} loran. The grosCcry No. IL West Lake stree
MAS tho sccnG, aud tho case ID OF 40 recent ~
currcncu that there Is TO ncccasity for glyfn
the details. Tho inquest will be held to.la,
. md OItallorar, wh0 Ia III custody, will "
tt0uhtcdly DO scnt over to n1uFdcreFs' row
} tho County jail.
: 1t will ks noticed that not sInGlc murder,
> has been convicted during the years. remark
blo thing.