, 1879-08-09
LOCAL CRIME.
The Inqueet on Pecs:---Parkman
Held for Murder.
A Mother Tries 10 Cut Her Daughters
Throat with a Razor.
The Usual Assortment Of Robberies, Burg
1aries, and Petty 0Geusca.
MATTHIAS PECK.

HOLDING TIE INQUEST.
lne INQUEST on tl'o poay OF Mat1nlts fee1 i.s
was eosnHehceo 10 tfe :" eostes hsenus e'a'o"
yesterday nornlhE By Deputy Coroner Sawyer.
the prIsoner having been brought up from the
cbtean1, svon,,a a,a,te,
I ''''o"tk l"'S "esc '.osn' H. ~, ",or"1e' ~
foreman. a. Conrcr, John sullivan, ". u. ala'
eanlcy, r. q. SYaIlaster, and f. .. FArnum.
Nicholas Peck, a bro,1,er OF The deceased,
tc.tltIcd ,l,et tlc aerro.oa ,,ari1 h.va I.en 10
years ofd t,,o oe1 ~ III. ....s II. .t,o .totod
;l,at M, hrott,nr ,,., 49," .,.,., T., ~.
iii, ...s, 49,, 500 - 'se" euse'a. s - 80
L".oe"e'! at'u once IN The Pchltcnt1heT+ JIG a"o
hos seen tlle deceased since he went 70 Michigan
Bolnc weeks aRo. The witness knew nothing
at his hons NJ, na,ton s,roo, ~'o~'~' '
~ "'' "o'"e op Na5ton esFeet'
sE'tor. clfAnt.Es o'coFFoH
testified That TN fning notified Of the shooting
FIN non,a. .ns"s s.'"s. " os"sn u'o,s'
NV "oetoF ea'nc snort's h'tcr anu sa'd that ~
"aa deaa. solnc of tho boys Standing bT told
Witness tt,at Peck hal sats. bcforu his death
flint the toy parkman Ind tl1,e1 lin. Witness
uo,, ,o ps,..n,,,. ". IT, H., t,o
"s'1 w. lasH"ahs mouse 10 seareh lor h'n'' Jig
u1tl not search tllc houy OF the Grctaseu.
Officer Michael Frauzen catue upon the sccne
bcfore Peek was quito dead, 1o carried the
t,o,t,, l., In honsa ~ s,o- II, ,x,on .t~not
oo9s w. 70 % .,e "o,!se e., 10 ~ pa,ann sreo
,nnio r H., ionntv mi phrs'", wax rssa -, ~,
;rS II. w. fni ,ecisr ,s@,n ~, nrar uau H. ~ raht
ss q ,s @ ststau 'hsss f!,ss - ,s 's': d
hit WA f.,,nl In have n.netTo.tl ii,r i,,vrr
t..Sso ~ H., -,Tht innv II ;i"n ,,,ssni ant ~
thn chest cayltr i,rtw ZEN the kxti, .,, sryenth
RIBS, and was found In the muscular titsuc un-
der tlie right scaputa. death was caused hy
hemorrhavo into the chest cavity from tue
II $F1 GifHft
uExnr nussE,
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r,ar sor - twn,v. rrnrs mi rarhm., ~ iius
xrsr. sHS 'oi tc ,,rnrr ~ VI" iinrta su1 Wi,inw
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pa.,n @ 't s o.,a sIto.s ~, ~ ~ 'n., Luz
nr tai. ,'.~ @ 1farr,sJs eh.v ~, p.ry,,nm "''
who wss as t,,c lrst ~ sn,sns. of ris md a.ite
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VIZ s Stpss - ~ te, t's. @ a ] Hso%u 1 ~ ns
ngm au loon n,in ..s s; t t., .Iss 'Sae.sa ~.
ne Cnsaso u r9ce raeE esk s,1r rsufed to 70
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;t..c, ~ p"rI: t,,cn str,'rt pnr.m,n ~ ti,a
mas ,,t, ia fet whom ,i ortsnncr rcw ~ I.s ~.
oi.ar n,t ,'I nr,d ~; ntts r, vIn s iii. n
xnSef i'is H., .'e"i tE Isn' WY WIS ,, ,s ~ ~, y,
nhant - tar fnot o,us ;.1 rerk,nsn lin ~ ali n
Ina crowd !. onk ant f,r yy1It Ei11 x,nn unra
Of you" Tic crowd With Witness then srat-
tered, mil lift Peck nlone to die. The witness
further testified that Peck was known thief
and Of had character. Witness dill nut know
anything about any previous quarrel between
tho two mcn.
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