, 1879-08-08
rur PECK SHOOTING.

viii Probably 70 to tho Jury about nom.
THE PECK SHOOTING.
JOHN pAnKMAS, Tla MunDEnEh oiyAs n1M-
SELF Ur.
Tit boy John rarkmnn, who shot and Killed
Matthew rcck, 1t tho foot Of Willow Rtrcet,
Wednesday evening, gave lln,ac'f up last oven-
lur, Tic was seen by scrcEal pcrsotts, who knew
him, during tho morning. Ono Of these, 1lst,-
eddcr, ran across HIN ab"tat 10 o'clock, Sitting
u, the Sidewalk at the corner Of Racine and
Webster avcnucs, faciME the fc1,cu, urd looking
rs II III trouble. ....-..
'rl,c tna,, asKul Him what hc was doing there.
"You know what haze douo," said Park
man.
"Yes, but Why don't yot1 give youraen upl"
MY father wuu't help mc.''
Tarls,nan atated lurtlicr. it Is said, tint he IN
teuled tV chnnge llIs clothes 10 TINT tle police
wouldn't know him.
fle left The piace ut the same time rs the ped
dlcr, going north ou Pacific arcnue. Tlis fuct
was communicated to a policeman, noout an
hour afterwards, and a search was ilAdc fur MIN
as for out rs Tie city lilnits along the avenue,
Tut without success.
White rarktuau is eat1 10 have been In tho
locality designated, detectives picked up twu
buys, Frank Juucs n,,1 Jo MuunI,g, out tear
the lrou brldgu over the North. Branrh. Both
arc friends of fArkmnn, allI Manning is inter
csled with him III the bout iruin Which Peck
stolc the reyotyer,-tlle eausc Of thr quarrel b.
tween tic ,wo bors.. They wcro coming iuto
town, aud, wtsn asked whcro they had tesr,
said "Out to swlna." Tllcir pants wtre
By very dirty. Then they told story about
thinner t|nn the other. 1'ilr officers supposed
That they bud been with rarktnul, aud cft lin
iu hiding place, while tey carno into .|.u CITY
to sce,t they couIdut get him another suit of
clothes mud aurno money. 10 the lads wero
locked UP, In llls hope
THAT THEY WOULD sQuxA1.
But they dldn't, saying that they knew nothing
OF parktnau, aud hadn't seen tho ahuottnE. Junes
WIS released Inst night. Munntng s!rcps I'M The
boat md tlsles 10 yet m0ncy to buy fn,d. He
llas no hot1u, and doesn't wurit. Detnlnlng him
was Ut uct Of clinrtty.
Cnpt; hathaway tsade every possible effort to
lllm III custody within twcnty.fuur huilrs. Tllu
boy WIZ believed to'b III ihe clty or near tie
limits. lic Ind no money, md. Ii lie had
Eoue tranipt1lE along tic road, WAS sure to
have bren lplcked UP. airi' were scat.
la Evanston, md others were searching fur
him IN the North DirfttoD. liz was tMught to
bc very bad1y frightened. atd the impression!
was tint lIc bud rot,en into safc place and re-
1nufneu thrre to sce whnt his friends would Ito
iur hitn. His father said lle had not heard Il
word Irotn ltill,-that he WAS III no condition 10
help 'in il he sent ior nssisance,-a'!l tiat he
thought tho best thin. the buy could du was 10
give nlsnsslf III. These arguments werc used By
tic officers With such SUCCESS atnung Pnrkinan'H
friends thAt at t0:Ju o'clock lnss night
he voluntarily walked into lie sutton alter
sending friend uhend to pnTc the way.
lie did unt NJ ilrst sUenl su frightened as tired,
wei. md hungry; 81 u lunch wns brought IN Tor
him. alter WHICH te WIS, by order uf Cupt.
hathaway, transferred to tho Chicago Avenue
Stntinll, where ilu WIS seaFched without tlndiliS
n 1,IYt inr n3t$ HAStfrtth1 In n trf1.
l1rttt,nn IL q eAre]csst nut overtnteliigcnt
Young fellow, WHO has evidently been leulihg u
LOOSE vugrant. kind Of lfc, and tns imbihcd Inc
tntLer free tdcus ol llis assocntcs on etnc SUBJ
iect Of iigues null bsaws In general.
lla does not seem TO rcalige t!ie
enorntty oil bis olfonsc, while ut tie sapie tin,o
lie appears very curry. Ills clothes werc wet
aud ruuplcl from slecpil.s iii tie woods, and
ha looked
TERRIBLY WORN OUT AND uAaoARD.
lie talked freely with Il TRIBUNE reporter, who
interviewed hiui immediately after hc was
brought Iii nnt before he wns Hcnt QoWn-stairs.
Ills statement Is III follows:
"SuMu tisnc aNo some Of ua fellows who tad
boat over on The river locked up lr cabin at,tt
went OIL. When We ca'no hach We foiltll the
cabin door o]en ls''d T. =, 'pop' belunelng to one
81 1d,s ie b1ys s'9!sn ti wc tonghS 3at ap rss
rs hu was tbs only onu around tnere At
TUG tmc. lie WIS lying uslecp on tile ba.lk,
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