The Morning herald., 1878-08-12

vas once panied Drown, DuL InaG mas long
,ince faded into psleness.a H,itbore num- |
Der It would be 42S, and the sign above the |
loor reads, "Wine and Liquor Store, by |
Mrs. McCann." Another sign on the end
,f the house resds, "Philadelphia" and |
Wine and Liquor Store. Mrs.
McCann, the propristress, is . small sized
woman of perhaps 45 years, and ia widow |
With three children. Her husband drowned |
himself five or six yeers ago by jumping |
from q steamboat that ranss aground ID the |
creek while returning from Cape May with
In excursion, Since then she has been con-
aucting the business herself. Her saloon
does not have very enviable reputation,
and the neighboors speak of it as Q very
lisorderly house. On Saturday night the
inmates were noisier than usual, and It is
said, that there was much fighting going
on, and az ten O'Clock little son OF James
Grier went to the saloon on an errand and
could not get In on account Of the disorder.
BACK Of the house 10 . small yard and In
the rear Of this is house occupied by col
ored people and kept by Laura Butler. Be-
tween the saloon and Stotsenbuag's Foun-
dry y ths alley in which the dead body was
TnG bU0E0VI0O EA1AA0osr
wAoars ualasr arrest 10 james MeClain
and James Hansy. McClain lives Of Chest
nut and. Van Buren steeets. snd works on
the railroad. He does not bear o coed
reputation, and stays around Mrs. McCsnn's
saloon q great deal. II 10 generally thought
that he a. paying his attention to her, and
some say be often takes charge Of the
saloonin her absence. Hsney 10 short,
chunky man, about 20 years old, and by
trade be is ship carpenter. VI ,tafss5
At present everything points to these two
men az the perpetrators Of the crime; and
the only motive that can be assigned Is
jealousy on the part of" McC CLAIM, who has
been very angry with. Collins 0fon o few
davs past, and accuses him of paying too
much attention to- Mrs. McCann. On FRI
dsy night Collins and Mcclain met In the
ssloon and had some words, which ended,
in, the latter threatening to butcher tile
other. aIRS La5m"l =" 5f7f %. 2
About noon post mortem examination
was made BY Drs. Ogie and Blocksom at
Collins' residence. A wound. was found
alena the left eye about an inch long, and
another beneath the right eye. There was
another on the left side OF the upper lip, and
four smaller wounds along the root Of the
nose. Under the left eye there was an in>
cision about half an inch in length, and
wound on the forehead, where a mass OF
blood had collected under the scalp. No
wounds were found on the body exeept.at
the triaht buttock. n All these wounds'wer
produced by blunt instrument like . club
IN billysf The brain was slightly congested,
and the man evidently came to his death
from conclusion of the brain. Either the
wound under the left eye or the one on the
forehead were sufficient to have caused
death. ,,,
Ti(s'Gagso ra TEE INQUEST. r-i,'" ,.,' ,,,, III,
m mn Al 1880 o'clock the Coroner summoned
tho following jury over the body ef the
murdered man: Charles Thomas, foreman ;
|A. Mcdaniel, Secretary; Nathan Rodgers,
Thomas Mnnegan, Charles .O'Rourk, VIM.
B. Hickman, L. w. Palmer, Thos. Wier,
d. W. Daysilengsr, VIM. y. y Bsleh,, y,
Gambrill, Jos. Downing, Jno. McC Caafrey,
|s. W. Schultz, Jacob Butz, D. G, Rose, Jr.,
Janes Redmon, and John T. Kennedy.
After being sworn fn the, jury proceeded 70
the.city Hall where an inqusstWas com.
mencod. atPigRie"s - 'uhY y - .oE .th
Tie evidence was complicated and accn!
|tradictory, not one Of the witnesses telling
ths. sams storo, and some Of them contra
dicted their own statements.. scvp4D
The first witness was Annie Kegan. She
stated that on Friday evening McClain and
Collins were together at Mrs. McCann's
and gotsinto q difncuity, and MCCAIN said
|"By Gs-,lsl butcher yod, See II Idon't.'
Yesterday evening, I went over to Mrs. Nc
Cams, and asked for . drink of water
McClain was there; soon after Collins CANT
in. and when left soon after there was {
crowd Of drunken men sauatbllng and fight
ing; i said to Mrs! MeCann Will you Civ
me nv CHANGE She threw me Quartcl
saving as she did 80, "You'n BEE too rnuel
here 90 home" don't know what shl
meant by telling me Id SEQ too much !;
left ats 80 and didn't Zee aay fght. Nc.
Clain, itsis sAid, sscoufting Mrs. McCann
and bossed things around there very often
Collins was there very often, and ] think !
was Jealousy that made McCiain threatel
Collins Friday night. Idid not know |
Sssasf Ss.s 81 We l'tefRasa 'NA T~ spfRf''sa t.
Lizzie Lsrsy was next called; d;7she live
in Philadelphia and was Ia Wilmingtpn 81
| visit; James Haney Is my brother; wa
| not In the saioon on Saturday night; L kncy
| nothingtof she mtlrderrdtil Twas passinl
1 In the, morning when I stopped in at Mrs
Il McC Csnf's swept the fi0Of f6i her and pu
/ n niece of the carpet into the closet; tn