, 1879-08-06
Some Formal Talk About All
thnt Is Necessary in
the Case.
The Citizens of Bloomington, ILL.,, In
tenselv Excited By Great
Crime.
Mysterious nnd Unpnnisl,ed Aasassina-
tiou Becoming Dangerously
h1onoton0us.
Arrests Of Murderers and Thuga---A
Bloody Fight III Troy. N. z.
WHO KILLED TIE NEGRO I
Sufr{.t {}tsbafcA 10 3hs Jf1ttsne,


sp,csa: Lt.eatcA 10 7hs 111i"ne.
81. Louis, Mo-, Aug. bit WAS only negro
Of the most lcprnvcd ami brutal character who
was shot down on Pine atrrot last hight, hut
there Is All clement ot mystery In the tFngedy
Which has enlisted the interest OF all Vt.
Louis. Immediately nftrr ttlc occurrence tho
general understanding was that Oi|fcer Hogan
shot him, but II aeon developed that that was
very far from certain, a''d Tonight, after long
sitting of d Cproncf's Jury, the only thing
,natlo reasonably certain ia that logan lid
not DO It. The negro WIS In ilo.an's custody.
mil bs striking his captos sudden h'aw III the
abdomen, which for n time para'yzcd him, mali
sKed to eacape and get long load. Hogan fol-
lowed, un1 fred ons shot upward. NJ thu next
corner, In advance, etool Officers 1}arko md
fculou a,n. rrlyale-W -Watchman Smoke. Burke
ran across tic slreet, ni.d Fcu,on
followed, their purpose being 10 neaa
oil the fugitive. Hogan called to them not 10
shoot hm Burke struck at him with his club,
bit barely grnzed lin, nnl tho club tlaw out OF
The negro turned the corner out Of view Of
Hogan. but sill Id Wow Of tue o,itr Two of'l-
GERS and The watchMan. Just alter BurSc's
club struck tic sidewalk auott,er plstoi.
se s asE on ssa 9sa eS nse nsSrG vsp S9
present nt ,lu time, but no onc sect's to know
,sho fired tho shot. Burke, Tenton, and Hogan
wont ald delivered up their pistols. uno
chamber was empty In floVaa'a, having been
eMptcu by tile upward shot fuske's lad No
chamber cn,ptled, md had not been discharged
recently. Fenton's had ttlrca ci'aInbors empty,
but lc sat1 fio emptle1 tlrm At barn-toor
thrcc m0uths ago. His superior olllccF hns
nothing 10 say rs to whether tl!erc was any In
diya.ion of Into discharge. There c;in 6e ITO
doub. Tint the poIcu know WHO killed si.e nan,
a,ld that they aso shielding somsbo1y. For
matter Of course tic shooting IA untusttlaBIe
IN law. II wasn't Hogan. because ilugan, IT.
cordiug to all ACCOUNTS, had not, yet turned .lc
o.lser two officers would 'ayo been
| between him and tho fugitive. nnd
Derausa only ono chamber Of Ills rcyu)yer was
empty. 1t probably was not Burke, because thu
shut followed too quickly after bis nttcl1lpt tn
use the club. ;..la bccnusD ha revolver was full
Of cartridges when 10 showed tt q t'c station
| soon afterwards, wllilc during tho interysu..
| ing timo le was under thu sursolllunce Of
curious citizena. It aecna l,nrdlY probable
| tlsat It could be Fcnton, hecallso eur
| driver w,iu was within twenty fect OF thu shoot
ers SAYS t!iat TIT latter Tns man [lucll aualur
| than benton, And woru citizens CLOTHES. 1t
| may have been The private. wasehmufl, ,smoke,
who Is small .nnn md carrlcsa pistol whlet'
| discharges fhe satnc stZcd ball ns was found
In tlts corpse, md as is carEiel by thu police
pistol. Lie did mt show up his weanon lust
niuht. aud to-day It was nj, srush a,ll cIcutt,
| but II Il wGre, tho officers knew 1T, aud
| would very probably tell 1t TO cxtrfeatc
themselves from an UNPLEASANT situation.
THIS is tho unsettled stats q the
] could bc l1t two or thrue officers anl FUZZY Il
| scoro or eItzens could ba present nt q Shooting
| md the rnss be Yot involved IN such mystery.
| TIC inquest will progress to.1nutrow.