The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-08
DEATH.DEALlNG DOYLE.
For Fifty Cents He Takes the Life
of a Htlpless Woman.
The Gross Negligence of the Police
and Escape of the Murderer.


sixth Of January a woman named Kate Thomp-
son WAS eut In the side and dangerously
wounded at den of Ill fame. located Oh Dry.
AIDES s.leet one door from the corner of
Gravier. by. as 1t was then stated an unknown
man.
Al the time It was impossible to discover who
the perpetrator OF the deed was. az the wit
neaees had pledged themselves to secrecy.
The woman was plaeed In n charity wagon
and couvt yed to the Charity Hospital. where
she fingered until yesterday. when she died Of
Internal hemorrhage, produced by the wound
Tho murter OF this woman speaks volumes
for he efficiency of the night poice In the rear
Of tho First District fl ,m the sergeant In COM
mand down to the pHtrolman on the beat.
woman liz murdered In odd blood almost I'M
der thir very noses. Is carried through the
| streets In dying eondi ion to the Charity Hos
pital aud still the polics are ignorant Of the
whole flair.
| At the time OF this stabbing there were two
vltnessss pre- sent--a creature named Barney
ponnslIy. on intimate friend OF the deceased.
| thong they we're la the room at the time this
str 'ci"us crime was committed they pleaded
and eimpy T aseerbs him as e stranne
| tall and thin. with si'e wblskers.
1t now transplres. since the death Of
to light. that the twr Witnesses. Donnely and the
woman Grey, knew the man almost az we'll rs
they knew themselves.
Just before K .te Thompson expired at the
Charity Hospital she stated that JACK Doyle was
the man who had stabbed her. AMI gave as a
reason u ut she had declined to return him fifty
cents that he had previously paid her
Ae the Two Witnesses rho were present kept
the affair from the knowledge OF the police.
criminal. they In cor !se1nt nee become accesso-
rtes to the crime, and will Ia AL probability be
arrested M such. unless 1t should be discovered
that they are. the only witnesses that can be
| found to convict DOYLE. who stands charged as
principal.
A DEMOCRAT reporter. While searching for the
particulars of this affair. asesrtalned that
osassi, ws,s Ia the room together o. The night
Doyle gave the deceased fifty cents which he
said hs owei her But vsry short h time !. h u.
declined to d. 80. and Doyle imma.1lateIy
LIT eft the house with ,hs remark that he was
going to get an officer to arrest her. M Hhe had
robbed hun He left and in n few moments re-
could not find one. and again demanded OF the
woman to hand over the fifty CENTS
nyoq her III, p hs h knife and
the wound that caused her death yesterday
morning. After bathing his band IN this wo-
a. little soon, oompnncttnn ~ II hs lad done nothing
more than the hutehertng OF hog.
~ From that moment the man Donnely and
matter ,iet. II order to give Doyis, the elsyss.
ample opportunity to escape. Their plans.
backed BY tho fact that Doyle Ia still al large.
have been successfully carried out;
The police. now that ttme has elapsed suf1t-
Client to permit Doyle. II he so desired. to go to
California, are no and doing. and say that they
are looking for him and hope to capture him
and the community hope 80 too.
Since the writing Of the above the police ar.
rested q man named Jack Doyle aud co 1veyed
him to the Charity Hospital for identiacation
by tn, woman Nellie Gray. When Doyle was
brought before her she said that he WAS no, the
man who had COR mitted the deed that the
man who said his name WIS Jack Doyle hat
side whtakers, and, consequently. this Doyle
was act ut liberty.
This man was arrested as he was known te
! have en- implicated In a numbar OF other cut.
ting and shooting scrapes heretofore.
The Jack Doyle who is charged with thle
murder ts supposed to be- q man who has
right name is George Graft His description
has heen sent to nil stations. with orders from
the chief OF police TO arrest him on sight. Al
tho description glsen by the woman. Nellie
Gray, OF the man whom she calls Ja,k Doyle
answers to Graft. and also as he Is known TO b.
to believe that he Is the man who committee
tho deed, under the name of Jack Doyle.
Last night the man Barney Donney. whf
stood In the room on the night In question with
his arms folded. quietly watching this helpless
woman being cnt to pieces, was arrested las
night and brought to the Central Police Station
When interrogated by the chief he stated tina
the man who did tho cutting said his name wal
Jack Doyl. and that he had side whiskers
that after Doyle had committed the deed b.
went out to search for tho police but couit
, find none. When he, returned to tho hous
, Doyle had Gnd: that II he saw Doyle again b
would be abie to identify him.
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