The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-18
BALTIMORE.
Old Child. Boiled 10 Death
Woman Killed by the Cars
Bloody Deeds OF a Young Mollte
Mcguire and His Arrest.


BALTIMORE, March l6.-The two-y year
old child OF Jacob Arman met horrible
death by scslding this morning. He
was left alone in room with large tub
filed with boiling water, and during the
mothers absence. it is supposed, acci-
dentally fell into the tub. The mother,
on returning, found him foundering
about in the act of being literally boiled
to death. When taken out, the skin aud
flesh peeled from his face and body, and
in few minutes he was corpse.
This morning as the train from Wash
ington due at Camden station at ii o'clock,
was passing Corties Station, on the Wash
ington branch OF the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, female was knocked down and
killed. The woman was noticed walking
on the track, and the engineer, after
closing tie throttle, put on the full pewer
of the sir-brskes, and continued to sound
the alarm, but before the train could be
checked the unfortunate woman WAS
struck by the cylinder of the locomotive
and almost instantly killed. The re-
mains. which were badly mutilsted, were
taken in charge by the compsny's station
master, who will have them prepared for
interment al the company's expense.
The identity of the woman has not been
established
A detective officer from Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, arrived here to-day and
took back to that city an eighteen year
old murderer named John Dougherty,
who stabbed Michael Mccoy TO death at
Scranton few days ago. The homicide
occurred in ball room during I'D enter
tainment given for the benefit OF the
widows OF the Mollie Msguires who were
hanged, during the evening. Mccoy was
on the floor dancing, and Dougherty a..
tempted 10 take his place. A quarrel en-.
sued, which eliminated IN fight, dur
ing which Dougherty drew n knife
which he plunged into the heart
of Mccoy. A general row then en-
sued, and in the melee Dougherly cut
another lad on the hand, nearly severing
two OF his fingers, AMI stabbed yet
another IN toe LETT side, causing n severe
wourd. He then left the house and
escaped, Mccoy, after lingering in great
agony Tor two days, diea!. A post mortem
revealed the fact that the blade of the
knife had broken of in the wound, and
piece of steel fully one and halt inches
long was found imbedded in his his skull
The arrest of the murderer WAS accom-
plished in q somewhat extraordinary
manner. The dispatch to the Marshal,
asking for his arrest if here, was handed
by that official to detective Gsult.
Gault left the Office, and meeting Captain
Lsnnsn near the City Hall showed him
the dispatch. While they we're COnvers-
ing about the matter the Captain noticed
group of boys standing near by, among
whom was one whom the Captain
thought was stranger in the city. Call
ing the attention of the detective to this
fact, il was then seen that the lad in
question WAS piLted with small pox
marks. Gsult followed the lad, and after
series of questions became convinced
that he was the person wanted, and took
him into custody. He finally admitted
that his name was Dougherty, and that
he came from Scranton, and he WAS at
once locked up.