The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-05-16
AN OUTRAGEOUS AFFAIR.

HAtFtbh WHILE DEPENDING MS HOME H.
Stabbed AND SEVERELY wouNDEp-AR,
REST OF SOME or THE PARTICIPANTS.
The custom of giving mock scrfkadcs Ia
newly welded couples is m old one. II is a
product of foreign origin, and wa tolerated
in this country until the abuses which grew
mp under it became uncomfortable. Then
the aid ottle law was invoked, and in al
most every state and municipality, rigor.
Gus measures We're adopted for its suppress
sion, which are in existence, if not in force,
in the form of statutes and ordinances. II
was, however, one of those customs which
proved for \ time stronger than law, and
the diSrcputc into which it has fallen is at
tributable to the strong public sentiment
hostile u il, rather than To its unlawful
character, 1t still has a sort of spasmodic
being; and often terminates, as in this case
with serious consequences.
Mr., c. J, Haetele, young man who is
well spoken of by his acquaintance, was
married to Miss Kate O'Connor at the Ro-
man Catholic church on Tuesday morning
last After the ceremony the young couple
repaired 10 their home in Winters row,
where the day and portion of the evening
wore happily away in thecompany Of friends
andrelStiycs. About nine o'clock the first band
of serenaderS put in an appearance and,
with tin horns, bells, pans and other noise
producing instruments, awoke the echoes of
the neighhorhood. Mr. Haetec courteously
invited them within the house, where he
opened box OF cigars, and 10y iudicious
gratuitous distribution induced his torment
ors to suspend operations and retire They
had not been gone long, however, before
party No. . appeared upon the scene, and
the same process was repeated with the
after ten O'Clock a larger party put in an APP
pcanncc. and made, if possible, the night
more hidtous with vile noises than
their predecessors Mr.. H cigars were By
th, time exhausted. and in attempting 10
molliy the crowd, explained the fact to
them But they were not the kind Of boys
TO be Modified They must have cigars or
they would furnish music. Mr.. II. pro-
posed a. compromise that they should call
around the following evening, and he
would. a he says, set up the cigars"
Til, proposition was squelchcl without a
dissenting voice, and one Of the young
men offered a substitute proposing that
Mr.. II. should yield up 81 for key of
beer. He was unanimous in declining this;
and the music went on. Mr.. H. then made
his exit from the house by the rear entrance
and went down town, seeking the aid of the
police. But that body was being nominated
and confirmed just about that
time, and, OF course, could not be
found. He returned home demonstrated
with the young fellows, pointing out to
them the trouble they were iniicting on
his neighbors and cntreating them to 90
away, but 10 no purpose, Mr.. II. then re-
tired within the house, but the crowd re-
NAMED on the walk, and some Of the wO-
men folks in the room above responded 10
their serenading with shower of water
This cnragcd them, and Mr.. II. again ap-
pearcd among them.
He became involved in warm words, AMI
seeing Lulu Kochler's arm raised, a. he
thought 10 strike him. caught hold o: that
young man and pushed him off the walk.
He was Immediately attacked by others OF
the party, but does not seem to be positive
rs to who used the knife, although he dis
tinctly remembers receiving what he at first
thought was only blow onthe breast This
part Of the affair was soon over, as immed.
ately after the infection of the wound the
party took to their heels, Mr..
II. did not feel the wound
until, shortly aftcrward he attempted
TO Stoop to pick up = lock he had dropped,
and found himself unable TO do 90. His
first impression was that John Pctric had
inflicted the blow, and that young man was
yesterday arrested and placed in the county
jail Subsequent developments, however,
point TO young Ferdinand Kochlcr as the
one who used the knife, and aiterward
threw il away, By nine o'clock last night
William McEwcn, Herman Sticher, Will
Snyder, Gus. hummer. Lulu kcohlcr, Eddy
Kochler Nd Ferdinand Koehlcr were ar.
rested, charged with violating city ordinan,
ccs, bu, not, rs was asserted on the streets,
with being accessory 10 the S,abbng.
The wound is severe, but not
dangerous tits located about three inches
directly below the nipple Of the left breast,
the blade penetrating the pleura, or outer
covering Of the lung An inch higher it
would have touched the apex Of the heart.
Mr. II has had narrow escape, and in the
peculiar circumstances Of his misfortune
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