, 1877-05-01
LOCAL CRIMINALS.
A Jealous Negro Kills His Rival
with a Sfungshot.
The Fratricidal Jones Held Without
Bail by the Coroner's Jury.
commencement of the Trial Of O'Drien
for the Murder: OF Dv0dT.
Record Of Minor Arrests, ARRAYS, Horse
whippings, Etc.


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1hc West Division colored FOLKS have AWAY
tired to Quito their colored brethren in the Sont
Division. and have at lust succeeded. The cbon
caan OF Coftagc Grove avenue mas been surpasse
~ Meridian etfect David, who went forth 70 d
hatsle with astone In ostocking or some weapon o
| tHc slungshot character. In proof, the corps
OF large, powerful negro, with unngh
10 mark the cause OF death save a lvit
spot and an abrasion OF the skin on the 1cf
temple and directly at the outer corner Of til,
eye, WAS deposited at 10:45 last evening in tht
Madison Street Station by Officer Casc5: Ths
body WIS laid out on m iron frame Of n bedsteae
IN an adjoining roon and will there await the dis
position OF tho Coroner. The dead mans name
is Abraham Rusls, and the circumstances OF his
killing arc briefly these:
His mother and a brother, aged 81, named Ben
5amin' reside at No. 3o2 Taylor street. Abraham,
has but recently arrived in this city, and has been
living as occasion required either at his mother q
Or at the hotse Of netce Sadie Stewart, OF No. @
Meridian street. Meridian street, 1t might be here
remarked, ts narrow street running between Des-
planinMss n ana nasted, midway between Washington
and Madison, OF, in rainer terms STILL it is only
an alley. Both sides are lined with low, rickcty
horses most Of which were nir in the earlier days
the level Of the street. These Eookeries are In
ha6lted by the poorest and most ignorant clasecs
ana not a few are occupied as colosed bagnios.
AhFaham and Ben Rask called at their ncce's
home ut about o'clock last evening and remained
for about an hour and half. They we're evidently
watched, for upon their earess ihey were con-
horn. who reside at No. IL on The same thorough
1are, the former with white woman named Kate
Canada, and tho latter with mulatto woman Vim
held Vsborn assumed nn offensive attitude and ac-
cueed Abe Rnsk OF writing amatory cplstcs to his
wife, Rate Canada, and Of calling upon hcr when
he Was absent from nome. Kusk replied TINT lie
was sorry II he had 81 greatly offended him, and
promised to quit It and do 80 no more. Some other
rcmarks were Miade, but nothing OF warlfkc na-
Mto !saaansp'fed nnti' without word OF warning,
DREW SOME WEAPON OF TIE s1uNGsuoT
ORDER
and dealt tho elder Rusk a stunning blow, which
1eilcd him to the earth to rise again. John
Osborn drew razor simultaneously upon the
younger kusk, bnt tn the chase threw it away, and
tie face The osooras then ran to Scr nso" OWN m
house, and. passing out the back door, managed to
secrste themselves so that they could not be found
The stunned and dying man was placed on a
ghnt1St, and taken to the Madison Street Station
r. Fleming y vas summoned at once and, upon
In appearance Abraham Rusk WAS an athletic. |
powerful o nsfso Or perhaps IS years of age aad
made living b. do!ns odd s' obs Of dna soasehod s
worS, sud yesterday Abraham had been employed |
n beating carpets and other Nay day occupations
some man, and indeed bears reputation Tor Just
the opposite. The Osborns are hard crowd. and I
more than once have secn the interior of the adi-
to tbs police, and cannot ons Escape well "''o"h
Officer Patrick Casey followed up the trail and
a.! use at night captured John Osborne, brother Of
Ehc murdcF, in house on Clark street near Twelfth
street. lie WINS locked up at the West Madison
Street staton. lie had but little to say about the
MURDER, aud that little was vcry indcdnite. Ills |
1aother and the deceased had had some mords, and
The deceased nut his hand into his hip pocket as II to
1raw weapon, when his brother struck at him
ylth r something; he did not know exactly what
ne denied having drawn razor, or having in anT i
'thcr WAY assaulted benjamin Rusk, nor lid hs
znow what had become OF his brother since the
luarrel. The story was considered rather thin as
10 weapon OF any nature was found upou the de-
:cascd Casey hopes to capture the murderer by
uorntng.