, 1879-07-29
WICKED CHICAGO.
ph.4 .mortem on Charles Hoover, the
- Victim Of Michael Hanlan's
~, knife.
tr,,o Inquest Postponed until To-
Morrow Afternoon,
PATTY Larosnies, Robbories, Assaults, and
Minor Grimes.
TIE HOOVER CASE

TIE HOOVER CASE
Coroner Maun yesterday morning concluded
.1,.t n would be necessary aftor all to hold
,o.t.mortcm examination Of The remains Of
Charles Hoover, tho young man who Haa stab
i,ed to death on Saturday night iii tho rear Of
No. 16 Indiana avenue, and consequently tho
inouest was postponed from IL a. M. yester-
,lay 10 .. III. tomorrow aftern oou, when It
viii bc hold at the Harrison Street Station
The funeral will tako placo todaY, and many Of
tho witnesses will doubtless desire to atteud.
slss. uanlnn was released from confinement
ycstcrday, as was also the mao Retbhart, WHO
will bo an important witncss, but who, In the
The 1Eht but actcd rather as peaceuakcr; te.
corling to his own account and the aceouuts al
others.
necessary nste In which The account OF tho NUT
der was written OH Saturday night, omission
VAS na,lo Of the circumstance OF The arrest and
credit WIS not given 10 tho Who ~
doing hs duty. was c9mpsleu 20 m.st be e1 re.
tslemIcrch that the aceno OF the Tragedy -
1nrRc tllrcc-story tenemcnt-louse. anu INC Guar
uetcr OF tho light Inst Saturday nlght attests tne
desperate nat,scs OF aosnc ot the lpmatcs. Tha
police have always regarded this "patch
as one OF tho most dangerous ~ the
lily, aud Il has required good zeal M o. T. nerve @
ss dS5 az ,e1 eesp ea s sf'nFs en a a.5 siS
progress, somebody went out Upon Indiana
aycnue and found a policeman, to whom be
communicated tic information: This officer
would havc 10 put her on tho strcct!car; but
thnt he would inform the next officer thnt camo
along, arl hc might 90 oyer to she "patch" anu
acc To- tho fight. Officer Fitzpatrick, who
and Immediately started for 1t. When ho mr.
yiYed the light had ended, and Hnufan was
locked In his own rooms. Most OF the tenants
were friendly TO- haniau ,.',S Ed ssnins The aoov
lt.le encouragement. Tho hallway and the
the stairway was narrow, slippery ., and
eircumetanees, Fitzpatriek knocked on nanlan's
door and demanded admittance. lie was re-
fused, and 1t was not until after rcpeated cf-
forts and threats to break. down the door that
he wns admitted, when ho took Han'an into
custody and brought him 20 tho station. After
drposlting Ills prisoner, Officer Fitzpatrick, ne
compau!cd by Lieut.. Martin Hayes, went back
toi1e place and remained nearly oil night. Lieut..
Hayes a,ld The TRIBUNE reporter who welc
1u(t alone among the inmates Of the tenement
bousc In the absence Of Fitzpatrick, who went
back to tue station for Mira. IIanlan, searched
Ilunlan's rooms thoroughly, finding The atna1l
Of the police, md which was doubtless tho
wcI9ht referred to by the Hoovers.
,County-phys.cisn Hatroun, assisted By Dr.
14trnIulL, 1c6tc1uAy AlttEuouu llAAH a po5t-
that tho chicf wound did not 20 clear through
tho body, as was nt first stated, hut that the
punctura In tho back waa separate and very
slight wound. The stab which carsed death
was about two Inches to tho left Of the
umbtlltcus, aud tho knilc, after penetrating tho
omentum or sac tnclosing the barrels, severed
ono t1f the smaller intesttues. and then punc-
turcd tho stomach on tho line of It's greater
curvature, Tho contents Of the stomach aud q
quantity OF blood vero thus dropped into tho
peri.onltis, the medical term for Inflammation
which eusues when the covering Of the bowc!s
is injured Another wound, BY no moaus fatal
.of itself, was in the baek, Just over
tho left kidney. Tho sm6ll wound
10 the buck was simply skin deep. The right
ind left elbuws were brutscd ind the skin
abradcd, which was probably done IN tho scuflle.
There wcrc some clots Of blood about tho lead,
and It was thought that somo injury would be
;or some similar sscapon With which thu de-
ceased and his relatives had said that
i1lan,au first struck him. Not the slight
eat injury OF any kind was found,
however, and It is impossible to tell
where tho blood came from. Prof. Andrews
t.d DR.. Fainter, who attended him pr1or to his
dec0aset wore present during greater part Of
tho examination. The knife found upon Han
ian whom arrested MAS exhibited, and it was the
opinion Of nll present that its atzo and shape
corrcaponded to tho wounds, allowing, Of
tic tissues. The wounds. however, had
been stitched md dressed, 80 that tho
comparison could not 10 accurately made.
There were some stnlns upon the blade of tho
knite, but the physicians Wera by no means
sllr0 that tho stain was cnuscd by blood.