, 1877-07-05

s.ation. anl tndrrd hchtnd the hmra. A re-
pnrlcr Jaw him last evening and fc.,Sed frt,h |
Iu III. explanation n1 the affair. lie sAyk he
l,,,l come out on Clark street rear Michigan
viii. a revolver which contained mn old load,
and which he seems to haVe been itcliinR To f1rc
a. e 5 " so 'sy' isa ssd ,. @ IL, Il s9 Toa 10
dangerous lie then noth.c'l Chinamnn's
laundry s,vn, and took II into his heal that
Il would be rare spn.t to Pep away At Il lie
o. o. .nis hi little gir, who, be says, was ta'y 50
feet away, that sho had been shot IL he did
shoot her, he says, It .zy.-
Was WHOLLY UN1xIEaTioHA1a
from the Sign and ttcn struck her in the hip.
And ret hc didn't sec how tl!a could be POSI-
lc, inasmuch as the ball, according to bis state
n,cnt, would havn to atr!ke the aign and then
the lay Of Tie 1and, however, Il would
sign, which was placed parallel to tho building,
glanced slightly sideways, and tlcn sped on ia
Its course. uuhn sayh hc pointed down, b9t
from the fact that the revolver contained at, old
load, It is quite probable TINT the thing kicked,
whether be bit the Sign or not, and the reporter
was unable last evening to solve Il satisfactorily
In the dark. hut whether 10 bit It or not, II
sesula that ho was Tho only pefs,on ,,a aronnd 'na
y
shooting was entirely the result OF criminal
carelc.fness only too common Of late for HUM
had never seen The girl before, nor had she ever
seen him, and there COULD therefore, 70 no mo
who attended, tho girl, had but little hopes Of
called at Mrs. Colburn's house, nhero sho WAS
lying She might liye, sald he, 6ut Il va sstIe the
being that she would de- Tho ball lad
entered the abdomen on, THO lclt aide,
md bad evidently passed through +, and and
er in her left limb. In his opinion It could not
have been glanced shot which did tho work,
but straight, direct one. lLuhn viii be held
to avait thu result Of tho gtrl's Injuries
Joseph Ludls, Il years Of age, residing a. No.
2t9 UurllMt street, loses the forcnngcr Of his
left hand by the Incidental diseharge OK bis pis-
join 0sughan, 10 years Of age, residing !st
No. 50 bremen sitrvt, two fingers oi tho right
band shot away BY tho careless handling Oh re-
WseF ss9sei amb q q sot {! S
while playing with small pistol in rear Of No.
3l Waller street.
Aiois ball, 15 years Of age, residing at ~ No. % o.
accidental discharge OF Rhtol 10 tho hatus OF
yome unknown person.
Mag Smith, II years Of ace, residing at No.
burned By tho premature discharge Of quantt-
~ OF powder, that the hcsh peeled oil to ngreat
Adam Clock, Is ycars Of age, looses bis iaght
Sn hia own hand. uu lives on Warren avenue,
but tho accident happened on the corner OF d.
vision ami sctlgwtck street..
Tuesday evening James Maehcsk, Il years ot
age, lad one of tho fingers OIL Ills right hand
Biot away, by sorno unknown person. The ac'
etdcnt happened on Eighteenth place, between
Brown mid Morgan streets. -, u,., ~
1cars Of agc. residing At No. 75a brown street,
accldcntly shot himself through tho left hana
By the premature discharge Of his pistol Dr..
<Shottnnfcls attended him. .-
'.r!tlIpg at No. 70 Ncwberry avenue reeciyc1 a
,,tt,eut bullet in tho scat Of ls unmcntionablcs.
yepa4 H.. ts ony ;s'Ight the bullet dropping
: :Ats o'ciock iast evening Peter Fitzpatrick,
,.working for A. J.. DInncn, of No. Gn West
shladlson strcet, had both eyes and lis face
badly burucd. His employer pointed revolver
1oadcd with q blank cartridge full i1 hi1 fase
Al noon Daniel Callahan, Il years Of ago, re,
siding at No. AsU Clinton street, and employed
4cndine tue awiteh At tho crossing Of Sixteenth
eand Canal streets, was accidentally shot IN tht
the Cnnal street vtaduct =,
Willie Bond, colorcd, Is years Of age, No. q
tBostuu avenue, badly bu ned about the facs ant
1anit by tho explosion Of q canister Of powder
I1r. Drtard, who attended him, says his Injuries
though painful, wilt not rcsult dangerously.
ur. lnGrahnfn hhll two pattcnts,-0no Ezrl
Deyp1, roet1Ing on Market stFcet, WhO shot
bullet Into Ills hand, anti S[las Engle, out on
epsgs, which wns brought TO an end By bullc
which somebody lodged Ia hts shoulder cIosa Il
the eubclnyiAl artery.
Daniel FAl,an, IS yrafs Of age, reading at No
Bl9 Uesplaincs street, yesterday attcnleda pie
mic a. Forest Grove; on tile Rock Island 1soa.i
given BY one Of the societies connected WIN Ut
.hlary's Church. When = short distance north Q
Tho park he accidentally fell of tho platform
and. bctuc run over, was almosttrstabt1y killed
At 1880 yesterdsy afternoon, Alfred MsnaFtl a
40 ycars oi agc. 1csiding ut the corner q Ihro0
and Taylor streets, while PLAYING ~ tbs yard
was shot II the 1cg ELIAS ficca1l, wig. wit
some other buys, WIS artng IN the vicinity, va
arrrstcd for tho shooting, and lockco up " In
IIin1nan street Station.
Early In tho morning, William Calnpbtil
years q sge, residing At tho Clarence House, o
Etate street, was accidentally shot ny the hip b
a man named JOHN MgCannii, shooting at a tal
ret. Dr.. Andrews, who attended htn, Says III
wound u not dangerous. McCanntn lives
No, ~ Harrison street ..
At 7:SO Last evening, John Wl]tich. u yeas
old, Hhile triuE pistol loaded with pebble Z
tho foot OF TWenty-flth stEoct. accidentally ALI
n boy OF the s2ulo age, named LeopolA Henxr
An tho head. Tho injured boy was taken " h
stlome, No. 2oS South Park avenue, and W
Ihcro attended BY Dr.. etrow6aki, who says II
k,7ound Is quito dangerous Witch wM q
9tstcd and locked up at tho Cottage asova Az
sAua Station.