, 1877-12-28
A Mysterious Assassination Plann.
ed and Executed in Bloom.
ington, III.
James O'Niel, locomotive Engineer,
Shot While On His Way
Home.
No Money or Valuables Taken from tho
Person Of the Victim.
All Attempts to Discover the Murderer or
His Motives Entirely Futile.
lIatr.Ersadlh Estaps of o'HIel from. Death al Sag
Bridge and Elsewhere.

Bridge and Elsewhere.
ASSASSINATION.
sptrfaf IAsrntch TO las Chicago 7rtbuns.
BLooulsoroS, ILL.,, Dec. 27.-At 2:8D o'clock
this morning Janlcs O'Ecil. d weIl-known Chi
cago e. Alton passenEet.locolnottve engineer,
was found lffelcss at the corner Ut Chestnut aud
Mason streets between the arrisal OF two
night rxprcss trains Ut tho Chicago d Alton
road, Mr.. Woodward, OIL West Chcstnnt street,
ono block from Mason, heard the rcport Of
leayy pistol, iollowssl hy three yclls III q mans
yocc. Thcn all was quiet. slr. Woodward
nrose, dressed, nntl walked to thu corner OF
Chestnut anil Mason, and here found man
lying dead. uorrurstricken, hc examined him
As we'll as lo could In tho dark, and found llat
II WAS Ills frcnl and fclsow-ruflroad man. James
O'Nelt. O'hel lay OH bis iaco,' with head tn
ward the north, aud tho body nearly
parallel With tho limo of the walk.
The botlg ras warm, aud an hour
later, when% tho reporter Visited tho
same, MAS stlll'waFm anu limp. Two OF the
front teeth weFe knocked out, probably BY tho
taken from him evidently. a his gold watch aud
chain wero In tho left pocket. A pocket.book
containing $43 was untouched Ia tic inside vest
pocket, and heavy guild ring was OH his right
hand. It was therefore concluded tint lo was
not murdered for money, or that, IT he was,
Ills otitcry after tho shooting frightened hss as-
snilant. O'Netl had just arrived from Chicago
on thu night express, Of which he was tho en-
gtncee, Lie had left Ills engine at Chestnut
STREET, and walked up to Maso1,, wleEa fle was
In the Aatis Ut turning north. He received the
shot In Ills left sis1e, about on level with Ills
heart, tlle ball passing entirely through Ills
h,1. ,,tttm, hote t,,ro,,r hIs r,oth,nr IT, thn
uou, .1s w.. ",,na VI 49,. .at Nv -" -. a,o
right sue 4ho Houaa WIS 'aat o' heasS pls'
tol.bsll.
Az hour or two after the murder q discovery
wos m a,Ir tbat ncrnans throws sou,o lIoht on
~ s",.s. rt'. fr..,. t-.,,, If s,1,,,Efa.oa
.no nate .,,,,,, T., ~, ,thn,o .nt,t ~ ~ ~ H
laqn Wa lollna III LUG "note % ssnetn o. ths allry
s y, ,isa IasG % a. o', In cnTn"r - ,h,, iE
stofe m ls yoen rf; .uy aanrc :" M m;n
was ml'f9e.ea t tr seatSn mas as lor
w. nIsto!' peneiipay .9T . aas tSaposooi SELLING
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!ine ol tc Ahoh isoau ,I 10 ay nan in n.oonli.
sn pc.aps sr III na9 a Iu.ss anInous. no.
a!o.ie aaong fa1uaa s arr nen aer us neroif a..
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tesfiole rai!soau ,S., WuCa lie HxuFcu;
Apgut .c 3eas riuo .T% ,,1ns arSIu eo'si9n oc
frcInl,t tfuit, Of lilo CnIcago L. Alton Kuat md
ths nisit express of WHICH t,o was tie engineer,
Passenger COACHES wcro tclcseopcd, the cnEi,tcs
meau srs',a,, NV, srat ~
l'urta natlIaway were crushcd to tieatlI. nn,i
oSel's iirctr,an wus killed. After reversing
ils cnviue and doing all he could to cicck t,,f
luz iiic AID cscaued, '"~ :" '~.p
fh,, terrible Syt, brlne iltsnstcr in 1871 Il .tNt
frcsh iu thv n,euory, It Was u culitsi5,, be-
twcon d n0rtth.10ull coal train and Tic night
il lis iOg Ut tjle Sur bridge, at 10 o'cioyk
saturday night. . tho trains met at fill
sn,cti. Twenty anl uoru ncru crushed
sruiiCtl. and burned to death, 0'Neii,s firt.
,nau WI. cruel,cI out Of setnlllancu to hu,innity
tllu patent brakcs, U'NuIE lcapcd for l!te, antl
tLruuk AMONG thu fpEkb. lie Nps leult.siit tn