, 1877-12-25
"Details of Recent Shooting and
Killing In Tennessee.
Death in His Mountain-Lair Of Dos.
perado Who Would Not Sur
render,
A Man Legally Executed In North
Carolina for Burglary.
Ills Crino tho Theft OF 1905, Evi.
IDENTIFY iIctnouslT. .Small Sum.

Naw ioRK. Dee. M:--co'nm'stioner Murphy
has mol hccn found. II i. reported that man
answering lie description sailed In tie Iii.,doo
fot l}re,nen Saturday nfternnon. and thu s,,ncr-
tatanlnn, ~ ro,,,.o ho,,nro. s,,,-,,h- ,.as ~.
'n1e"ucm'" VI t"''ce ~ ne"eses M"fEhS WIS tho
man MAYOR EiV "ul 1o-"ofto" ohof sc"afu
far bis nrrest, II no further traces arc lnean-
whl's obtained Of l!m. Investigation into tho
sas. sasase' p,sse ,ss,. ."3 "s'.aa"s .. '.s u.s'
appearance .e"'' ~ n' eohe'u:
sion that hb thtcT1ng WORK was
not an tmpulsivc, desperate grnb,
hon.tvs .rtc,c to rob ,ba n.on,a ,vho h.I t,s,...
1's"s,o w, '.s" W wv NV WV uau trust
Gu u'n. VII" tnc'F 1houeJ. 1ne excHeH'ent
about tho disappearance Of this latest Talnmany
IN N. hotc,. ,barc thc tr,,rh,c. ~ ,bc prli.o
n'.4s'. 80 t"o .ys, "''s.o W. .ue' W. INV
commissioning an naa aoeotoea al attention
Tor three or ioar days, tho name OF
tho Tammanv pol(tfcIan. there vcrc
w ...,".ts.x r.. ~. s......s.- ,'.s
'1a"y apo'os,s~ t'.e',s ~ 'ao !"ss'hs' us
personal aF1cnus retusine 10 bc4iefo ho mad
impossible for them to unlcrstand how 70 rood
n frionl of John Kc1,v conitl hare hctraynl thc
.s !..s.s 49,, ~ s....t. t o.,st.s.,, ~ ~
t1ost tna' sa'hsy enlo.taia n%a sepose' N n.m'
consequences to his friends, tho Mayor and ex.
Mayor Of tho city. No man could
hare preached more loudly a1tu,t "moral
responsibility" than this same Owen Murphy,
and lis rrenctinr 10th IN nnd out OF The oflcc of
The Excise Commissioners seem. to hare stood
him tn good stcail In The consumtnatipu Of Id
cysl wo.k Tho remaining Exriso Commissioner
did not Issue Licenses to-day, waiting for the
Mayor to decitte on thetf powers with but two
members. When they camo to the
hooks in conjunction with tho cx-
anltncrs, they could render 1Ittls assistance,
It errins there Inns been rnttro lack oil
harmony Dr system In the management OF The
ni1alrs Of tho Office. It ls declared TINT tho
bucks wcre kept In au exceedingly loose md
uputctItxib]c manner, ntul it viii rcire 1nlIch
time to strnighten thy,n ont. The Coulujle-
etonors. It ls said. hare worked without CO.
operation Neither Commissioners Morton nor
Patterson know anything about The affairs
Of Commissioner MurptY ~ Treasurer. Iie
was an cnt[rcly independent member. Of
tho yoar}. Ilo kent Ills own books,
md neither OF his assOeates knew ANYTHING
about Ills disposal oi tho funds. The eilbmts.
slim Of u Ereat number Ut checks exnalprJ one
ot Alurpl,Y's metf,ols. For long tine past ie
had been issuing receipts for which no anptIca-
tlpps were made ouG and the money received ho
JewsItcd wl,cro he SAW 1t. 4 fortnight ueo he
BECAME alarmed nbout these spplira.
| tious, whcu tho rush OF applications lar
| ijec1,ses began, md fustrllctti tho clerk to
record them. and to Ill uu tho nnnlicattona
where tho ,ata and number hal t,cc. omtttoI.
| When ho received the u,otley for those npo!!ca.
tons it xas evidently under the nprcssI9E that
no trouble would ar.sc, ans] that, under tho
toose sYstcm ol tlo Board, no attention would
e7cr bG patI To t1u matter. In utnuY cases. It