, 1879-03-04
A SLIGHT CLEW.
The Murderer OF Bohnow Still at
Large,
Though a Number of Porsons Have
Boon Arrested.
Testimony Taken Before tho Coroner's
Jury---Thc Verdict.

the man who was slot last Saturday evening 1t
uottfricd fack0w's grocery, Mt the northeast
corner Of 1'uttcrGeld aud Thirty.ninth streets
by ono Of two or three masked Incn who enter
cd tic store ior the purpose OF robblng 1t. whIlt
deceased was awceping II cut.
Before the Jury was itnpanelcd DR.. IIarroun
the County Physician, md Or. r. G. Whidder
began post nortem examination al the bods
at the house Of deceascd's family, No. coli
butterdeld street, fen doors north OF the cor
ner whcro the murder occurred. II required q
fGaFch Of over two houta to trnce and lnd the
bullet.
The following persons wero selected na Jury.
men. ard after viewing The body assembled In the
saloon on tho corner opposite Rackow's: John
Don1eld. George W. Bishop, William Bartra1n,
Charles Vargcs, ]. ". jeffrey, A. u. Meynoll, N.
F. Tarblc. E. i. Simpson. f. ]. Stcclo, John
A. sfcDonald, Peter Remington, nnd John
Jcricha. 8crgt. bondcld was sworn In ~ fore.
innn Of the jury, mud the inquest proceeded.
HERMAN NACEow,
bon Of tho grocer in whose place the murder
vas committed. nnd young man who 30
quickly recognized tho pcrsunstvs influence
OF q revolver That he did not remain auy longer
In tho slore than the few seconds It took him
to get out wlIrn the thieves took possession Of
1t, was the flrst wItncss. Ile testified that lie
was engaged In packing eggs, Bo'inow was
sweeping tic floor, au1 w!tncss' Two little
brothers wcrc Ia the store Inst Saturday even
lng, when three men cane in NIL bundled up.
Two Of the party lad on slourh hats nnu hand
kcrcl.lefs over their faces. Ouc nnn pointed
revolver at the witncss, and told him
to hush; be was about lsc feet
md eglit inches I'll hight, nul OF medium
build. Another commnl,dcd Ho!,nuw to bc
quiet. and tile latter raised Ills hruo,n as il to
strike him, nnh the man shot HIN. Wi.hess
heard tl'e report md saw thu smoke TINT fol-
lowed the discharge Of the weapon Dohuuy
die OF tic store. One Of The others Of the rob-
bers was Watching witness at tho time, and
nonc @ Of them spokc, nor did the dceeased.
When witness saw the smoke of tllc
md thence up-statrs, wlere lie saw
ills father, md told him there were some touirra
N the store. Hc did not remain upstairs more
tAnn tTo or three minutes, at,1 then came down
20 III for i've minutes. Dohnow WINS standing
outside, holding his hand TN his abdomen, and
exclaimed 10 wltncas' fatl,er, who had aleo come
Downstairs, "MS coed lsackow, I'm ahot.''
Ess, NEasskow, 81. tlsn went intY tic store with
and Ills father went Immediately. 10
the moncy-drawer md mlssel $T.5o III
ct!ty scrip md $50 or s3a in cash.
There were s0o.50 In scrip in thr drawer when
ono certificate tor sl5' Tic serip had been re- Te.
cclveu last Saturday morning from john krick,
{anttor at the school corner Of Cottage Grove
avenue nml Thirty -af,h street. lie would nut,
a hS sa'a' BE- able to Identify ttc monsy. Ftve
n $40 10 from LouIs iiertzog, cul!rctur for st.
Pctcr's Lutheran Church, Of which Kackow,
sr,, was Treasurer, and went upatafra With
h hnan9 to fvs I'm E1n FsStpt ws2,,g sFecr .o
cat'o IN aud went upstairs with MIR. llackuw.
Tl.c man WIN uointcd the revolver u. uofnnw
was about witness' size. nt.d wore black over
cont slill u slourt, hat OF lite same color. Tile
bis eyes. Witness saw two reyolyers In the
hands Of tho men who entered the sturc. One
Of his little brothers ran upstairs With
him, anl the other hid tchlnd tic
st9yr 4e af 4o the man time xo the noin'o s'ot va s
revolyers at wituoss and Rohuow were about
tic samo hight. WItncss' mother heard the
shot upstairs, and thought It was boxes fall
ing. Dohnow did not tall when the shot was
fired, and said nothing to wltnuks.
dorTFHEEp RACKow,
keeper Of TIC grocery where the murder occur
red. testified tllat Ic knew Bohunw iu Germany.
Witness jwas upstairs with LoniB ucrtzOs and
Ferdinand Welrmaetcs when lle beard tue shot,
null Ills son came up stairs. When
witness went downstairs hu met Bo!,now out
"My good lsackow, I'm shot, Deceased sa[l
thu biggest 1aan Of two had shot him, nnl
he had q shawl over his face. Witness was
Treasurer Of st. rcter's Church, and vas, re-
ceivlng money from tie collectors above
named when tile murder occurred.
Tile two litt'c SONS Of the grucerrmau stntcd
to tho Jury that tl,e rubbers we're three Ia nuin-
Der, and the youngest lad sail that thu tnan
who shot Bollno~ hatl q little shaw, and black
SLOUGH iat Oh, aud said "Shut up" when he
entered the store.
DIR. J. ". ManLET
testified TINT Dohaow's Bon called for him at
his oIsicc. No. B!EA State street, between 9:t}u
nna u o'clock Saturday night, to attend his
failler, antl he answered Immediately. He found
DECEASED was suffering from pn!n tu tAe abdom-
iual muscles mud inflammation OF the bladder,
which Indicated that thu hull had passed through
them. lfe used the cathctcr, and found that the
VIM wns MIxed with the blood, uni also some
cong,,utn. The ball had enterel to tho right ot
oplatcs, and visited the puttent twice aiterwar.l,
but was not present when be died, wlltGh oe-
CURED suuuaY MDrt!tt'g ut IL O'Clock. Tho
cause Of death WAS tho plstol'sAot wound, the
ball entering The l,wer part 0t the abdomen afnl
passing tuto thu bladder. Dtccnbt'tl mnde no
Ltatement to bin.
DR.. uARRouN
testified TINT himself nltl DR.. Whtllcn had
made the post.mnrtcm examination, nltl found
tr body lying Oh fts back. Ilerewaa 1|srolora-
dumCn small eirculnr Woltal, Us though made
by small bullet. On opening the 4tlouen
they found that the tntcstlncs had been per-
fosatctl by missile, aN1 tu the different folds
there wcFu slx holes. Tho ball was tr.eed tu
tho pelvic cavity, In tho in"cr part of
tbs ubdutncn, utl the point was seun
whcro It ha,l entered the bladder.
aud, emerging tllcrcfroul, uttered the Tissues Of
tho sutnal column, ana was cut oat at the bone
called tho coccyx. Witness produced the bultut,
which was concal In shnpa md thirty.two
calibre, tho sa11u sizu used III SnlIth d. Wrssen
No. > revolver. ln WItness' opinion, death was
causrd by tie shock Of lllu wouHu unl internal
hcmurrhaga. ..-........
Dr. Whil1cn corroboratcd tho statement OF
the County Physician.
Anothcr Witness, who assisted BohuDw hume
after he was wounded, testified, but threw no
further light Dn tho mattnr.
0UsTAvus noHNow,
q young man, son VI decreased, testifcd that h!s
ialtier l,aa stated to hl'I tat two ulUn untere,l
Kackow's storo a. tho time al tIls murder, ut.l
Que was little shorter n stature tha the other.
Ito was nbDut iiye feet 4nd trN tuches III hight.
Tbs two n,cn had on blark oyrrcoats, black
pants, anu slouch hats Of tho sains
color, auu lal hanlkerclItefa over their
fares. They pointed reyolyers at
him. md told lin tn keen uuiet md fttl hnCk.