, 1879-03-03
Tho Victim Of Saturday Nights Shoot
ing Dies IN Terrible Agony.
No Tangible Clcw to tic Identify Of The
Masked alur,(crcrs.
Arrest Of Young Man Whose Btorics
Arc Somewhat Conflicting.
a Detailed Account Of tho Killing by
an Ego. Witness.
Aa Alarm Ctrtn Until tfr llurltrtrs Ind Escaped
...llcw Tkry Looked, Et.


o,..xa.,,,,. >. .,,u,, II ,,.,,,c,. +,,r,o ,,,.,
S u.,. tsaa. ~ " m at ,l,c
northeast corner Ut 1'htr,Y~nlnth and futtcrfcld
strects. They were u1l dressed II, dirk clothes,
.roro i,io, ri, I'M. n,,cd ,lnv, fnr ,,yrr thrtr
fnrhc,u.> n,,', h.,, h,m1kerrhicfs oycr their
FACES, conceslins nll lhe features except tue
eyes. fl ll.c store At tlIr time wcre twu n1ct,--
onc mn ,,,1 ,n,.u na,,pt, rr.,lrrlr,, llopow, tic
>,,,,,n ,.a,,.. ,,'.., ,,,,nn5 ,,,rmann ,,,rto,y
u'"er sou1'H '""4 "''l'e" ''e''''''" 's"~''"'
son VI thu owner Of tile storc.
T.tE rtinEE STRANGE VISITORS
stoppcl u few feet Inside the tinur md drew
r,.ir,r. f,,a IF t,,cn, ,br +nIfnst ,,f lin fhrrr
eIfot'els' oIe " t''e'''' NV ~ 49,,
ausatteeu oncHty to the Young hah VIII sal'.'
Keep stilt." Anu to i1c cl'scf hltn t!lcy sart''
'tStanl back" Tic old man ha,l bcen swecp-
tp,, tir roiard fl. hron,u which he t,at1 II, hts
,.S, ,,i ~ ,of.na tt,n.cf ,rl,c, th.
mana, am prepafcu 20 "ci;n. "'tnse,' n''en !s,s
tutlcst a'oh ot tue thsca s'ot' a"c o''t slr"Fh
thu old tnan tn the hblo,ncsf The young mat,
lied out the rcar door aud tic thieves anu nssas-
lin. oulcl,y remoycd tho mnney.lrawcr, tt,ols
thc rnntr,,+. whir1, wcrr $40 In rash n1ul some
patcr. md Ilc, Tic oil nlan wns carrIca to Ills
ilvulc few doors south. tTu luz nit night In
aruny. and Mt II o'clock yesterday morning
""'' ,.,rn ~ Trur,,,,y r.,y.
s..,. t., p..at ".a ,t,r cfrcn,n .toncos of ,hc
saet1, III nr'cl, aad uc !s.nn7os, ,,rr.cr ~ s I,
.,.,t4 -, III,
T. "ro sa,,. usrs. s...s . a,. "a.
McConV!iiu mafde!, iof WMsn onhssy n.fa oon~
neY paia uo oeath peaa5 w ."' ~ n
cause u.cIo npk -; ~ liza .thr.tw sma
nees 70 F!Gau ~ oeni. ~. 10 ras..,ias ~ "as ~
oespetato osn.es MoIs M ~
noeeat, . nnonsug ~ spat Sown bg "ong II II
tse nunan uesI WIS snot rahha.r ord whosn ~,
nose opeos W. n enss ev wv vera o
lnteut'oa NJ" Au1e'oi ~ s"'' '&sJ ""'9 w
posea. =, .,.> .ua.,,u u., ,,,,t.,o1 :,
rrs ~ T1,nnwr ~ nsstrr'fnr mnrninr. Thn,,rh
complied 1atc At njcht, It contained all the Gu.
scDtin pnrtjruIars Of tho Killing. 70 tilat
account not nInc1l limits new can be added Tho
casc Is shrouilcd In the most inscr,ltablo mrs.
nnis OF The ncJrhhorhooa nre a]llcd with thco-
rcs, md tloueh lie ru,lors nre nllmcsoiiB nnll
improbable, ihcre aro no good clows by which
The identity OF ,lc perpetrators OF tic decd
ean e bo established. IT, Even wers Inc rtrht mon
fot,nd, nothing but tic strongest kind Of eir-
cufnstaptlal evidence could convict them, be-
cause, so lar as Is known, there is not n person
who can swear to their completely In the aifalr.
4 reporter called yesterday upon
uE,usrv nAckow.
A' ..,.l T., .ho ~. =. ~, t.,,
the Young mnp wno nas 10 tnc stoto q. Lnc ..mo
o. tne Tragedy ~ M u .I o,H msS m!.nSss s" to to
sae s,aasases' IN" 1''c oa's pef'on VIVID o." 'ho
initrncfcls. l., - o,,
LIQUID YOU iaentiiy those man ~ case you
i ' fsnn,t ttine I cnuid.s, aid he. "rbev
p.ra ii IL, ,nsf1n1 a ~, IN a,,nt 1ie fac. tut
'n,id mI a. 80 - nnthinp III Int t,,rir "vcs.m
Yo,nr nnclto,r thrn ilescrihcil what In Ind
'i IoS iecs iusi,,e tfin door md one remained at
~" t'nnr hcr ali mi r.vnvcra IN ;Icr han,1s
nn17 wcre drrssct, na stnteI ni,nyc. nne tnfi
Him tn krsn niick am;l nn.nfcti a rcyolycr nj his
't:''i' II ,,tl pot ,now at flint linn what tbcv
wa,,ic3 s"nn,sstt th,t t1,rv wcro son,r ,f thr
young men sr,aa ol 's us part o. town ,~u ~, y.
TRYING To FLAT JOKE On os.
was busy at the time near tho store {ahout
fifteen fGet rn1l ttH ttoor] nackl1lg e.ge. alltl
did not SEQ them tlll they had spoken anl one nt
tl'ctn had put tue pIstol to NY head. Then
say Nhotlow raise tue hroom ~ll!ch no haa hcesl
using. a.a the tailest one Of the three men slot.
Heard hhonoW Wy HAT l!c ~as sl,ot, anu rhl,
out the back door" lopcnit's On Thtrty-ntnth
street., ..
!si!onow, tue Young Inan saldr ,waS III the
habit 1T staying at the Eroccry III Tic uycnlng
rather than 70 to q saonl, Occasionally he ILL.,
si9tcd by sweeping the hoor, or doing sonio
Hell little Job, 1or which, lc 'vas rewarded with
| n,t occAstonal pnekaEn OF tobacro. liz was a
quiet, sober. n1il industrious person. asl nuet
rcspGcsetl BY tlc proprietor Of tlc store.
| "Whcrc did you xo," sald the.. reporter ia
| kackdW, "when y0it le1t tie storel'
went to The T"enty.sccond Street Stntion
md
| TOLD THE POLICE
about tl,e affntr y,,s yery ,,,lch scnrr,1 mn,
hardly know wl,nt / lid tl.,.''
tWoul1 a;,pcar ,t,ut Raekpw wAs nut on1y
tcI,orant OF whnt hr was ,.oing. but liz lid nj,
k1u,y what TO do. When he c,l fro,,l tic sturr
md lk,e tu1,rtlcrcrs no rai6cl no .rry. ruyo nc
| ulurm That would cn!l attuntIun to the scrnc
hit IIaAte,lcsi quietly A,ray, leaving sl,a inbab
itants In lind int al hest t]ey might whnt hnt
| tukn,i n1acc. md icuvtnr lin viI1a;ns IN
| mulest,i III tlIrfr carn1,e. wnirt,. unin,
different circumstances mieht i,ov,
hngn arconlpljsf,tl nnly affor liz
killing of tlcir pnrsl,crs, Had lin ulurm 1mr,
given Ms soon as Rackow went ot,t Ut tic real
door, the capture Ut illc nssaHsina would l,avt
eceh ccrtal. iHe stfectH were hot !scsettct!
nllu TUE ne!1hboFlh9 haloulls were lail ot men
! Onleer Erc6so1 Tho 3,AlrOlhun III t!Iu beat, hut
| Ilunatet not TIN I..inutca hctOre tho Aysllit Wn
t,uiig, u,ut Dllrcr Film, stur No, 20 OF thr Tow
tf l.akn p,itcr yus In II snlnon i,I.t nrrt,ss th,
way wIml, Iiic slot ,tus iIrcd. lin dfi mi 1,rn
Il I,t rn,', r,,t ~ ~, aaInr s.,''' ,n,e,f n ~,
- , , hs LILY o"v - so 1n,o "". n ~, ~. ets.tea SILL
~ "aM NV elt,"u ~ thc ot't'oSllc H'uHt i'caFt
ING htenn8 WaI' 81 y ""nla!i, s!lpN'acd 1t.N
some husband nIltl father was lrltnk aHt I'issct
OH southwartl, only "a ro.,lr, us the cnntl,1tiu,
inrrcaspd. Had ho at Ifrst kHn,tn that ,t.;.t
had hem shot liz ,an}l have ,,,,l snrru,
| iI,,. sI;,noi Inr watrm f.,tn"ss
VIA" Hhn,',,s ,""s sGsr N, ILL.,, ,,,. r,tt t
! "nIli ']as!unn ] "hs "ut ~ w a.ot NY. ~
1 NV h1t1HHch 1tAptitGA ~ llHti ~