The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-31
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Dying of a Toothache.

JERSEY CrTY, May 3O.-On May % Manda
Reynolds, aged 49, living at Paterson, was
suffering flom q toothache. The mother
pulled 1t out. The tooth broke and blood
| flowed SO that doctor was called In. He dis
what he could, but was unable to stop the
| hemOrrhage. Another doctor extracted the
rest Of the tooth and applied ether, which
stopped the How for few minutes; then the
blood began flowing again. Several physi.
clans have since called, but the hemorrhage
continues and the girls life Is despaired of.
1.-THE PATCHEN AVENUE GANG"
| BRooKLxN, May 30.-The second trial OF
VIM. Porter, charged with burglary which
has been IN progress the past week, resulted
| last evening In verdict OF guilty. the jury
reaching this conclusion after deliberating
| about two hours. Porter was charged, ia
| connection with John Irving, Shang" Dra-
per and q man who gave his name as Cohn,
with entering store and taking 5000. These
men are known as "the Patchen Avenue
luxuriously furnished residence on Patchen
Avenue, a fashionable locality.
THE WIDOWS MURDERER HUNG.
CHICAGO, May 30.-A special from Leaven-
worth, Kansas, says that another chapter to
the terrible story OF the murder of the widow
Mrs. Costello, which occurred at Eaton on the
eighteenth OF this month, was made known
yesterday morning, when band OF masked
men entered the house of Murray, who was
accused OF the murder and under bond to ap-
pear before the District Court for trial, and,
taking him to tree about mile and a half
from his house, hung him. His BODY was
found this morning by constable.
THEY CAUGHT HIM.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 3O.-John Hemphlll
and AL. Miller reported to Sheriff Mack
yesterday that on May IA they saw two men
pursuing q third man. One of pursuers was the
ln light wagon and the other on a pony,
lhey ran over the ridge into the Indian res
Whnrl nrrA ~ .,.IA -
Hemphill they heard eleven shots fired in
rapid succession. Hemphlll went over the
hill TO see and discovered that the men had
k1liee the man they were chasing. They put the
body In wagon and drove through Charles
ton with 1t, merely covered up with blanket
All three were seen in Charleston on the
thirteenth. Hemphill and Miller live in an
Isolated part of the county.
RAID ON THE MoONsHINERs IN KENTUCKY.
CINCINNATI, May 80. - Revenue officials
have made successful raid In Adair county,
Ky, capturing two moonshiners, Mart. Gal
lagher and Robt. Gibson. They also de-
stroyed four stills. Shots were exchanged
the officers and moonshiners and one
man wounded:
AN UNFORTUNATE CHARGE OF THEFT.
CINCINNATI, May 3D. Willie Black, a |
tobacco merchant at Nos. 46 and 48
Front street, In this city, was shot a. three
Times e7 by y 3 eoored man, Geo. Price, employed
" DIfloh ~ hleeH years, unlS morning at ii
0 CLOCK, at Blacks warehouse. Price was ac-
sused OF stealing tobacco, but not by the firm.
Price shot Black in the small OF the back.
| lhe wound is OF such nature that Black will
lie. Price has been arrested.
HIS LAST REQUEST.
CINCINNATI, May 3d.. G.. Kenner, of Del
aware " Ohio, suicided last night in a pond.
He strlppea before jumping In the water and
eft his clothes In a boat-house on the shora
~ left note in his vest pocket asking that
lls BODY be sent to his brother, G. f. Kenner. |
II Delaware, prominent grocer.