Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-11-17
CHICAGO LETTER.
Correspondence Memphis Public Ledser.l
CHICAGO, November Is, 1881.

This is Sunday, and church.goers
have the pleasure Of wending their way
10 the house Of tho Lord beneath a
veil Of fast falling snow, that promises
to cover the whole face Of nature in
this region before the Thanksgiving
turkey gobbles his farewell address tc
mankind.
There is one member in the human
family in Chicago who is about ono
thousand degrees happier than he was
twenty-four hours ago. His name IS
Keenan,. He was lately convicted Of
killing a person named Llensley and
was sentenced to be hanged next Fri
day. His attorneys asked for a new
trial, but were refused. Then they
appealed to Judge Dickey, of the
Suprome,Bench, for q %supercedeas in
the case until it could be laid before
the Supreme Court. Yesterday His
Honor granted the petition. Conse-
quently Mr.. Keenan, has q new lease
Of life. 1t is more than probable that
the Supreme Court viii order a new
trial. From what | can find In the
testimony adduced by the prosecution
there appears no warrantable evidence
TO Justify the verdict of guilty. 1t is
all circumstantial, and Of the weakest
kind. l predict that another jury will
reverse the action Of the the previous
one.
You remember the murder of Police
Officer Race some months ago while
attempting to arrest some thieves In
front Of Lesser Friedberg's pawnshop
on State street, who had Just robbed
the large dry goods store Of Jattray y
Co. Well, Friedberg was one OF those
tried for the murder, but he wa ae-
quilted. Then he was arraigned for
participation in thessrobbery las acces-
sorry. Upon this charge he was found
guilty and sentenced to four years in
the Illinois p~enitentiary. He appealed
for a new trial. This was refused the
other day, and the police given orders
to arrest him on sight. He was
out on $500 bond. TO secure this he
had to deposit the same amount in
money with his bondsmen. Last night
he was arrested. There is hardly a
doubt but that he could have escaped
TO Canada. But it is likely his $1,000
couuterbalanced that procedure he
considering he could worry out four
years in prison, aud during that time
his wife, a very smart woman, could
operate successfully with the money
and cause it to double itself.
The late death in Chicago of q girl
of fourteen years developed a most
extraordinary anatomical freak of ma
ture most puEzling to the most learned
disciples Of Kseulapius. Her com
plant was heart disease, and she suf
Tered intense agony for years from it.
When she passed into, it is to
be hoped, the happy land, a
post mortem examination was
had, when the surgeons were filled
with establishment and wonder at what
they discovered. The heart was found
to weigh two and a quarter pounds,
when tile average female heart is only
about nine ounces. This excessive
size is far in excess of that of a COW or
horse. Upon close examination DR..
Trowbridge and his associates were
electrified to find that the heart was
firmly Joined to the heart case" or
pericardium, while the latter was at
tached to one OF the lungs. The ven
tricle was large enough to hold a pint
of blood. Enyironed as it was in this
peculiar manner, the wonder was with
the medical men how the heart could
beat at all, they being aware Of the
fact that even a small clot of blood in
the heart is capable Of producing in
slant death, while the heart under the
kOife had q number of clots
from one.eighth Of All
inch to three inches in extent
And both heart and liver we're found
to be so diseased by fatty degenera-
ton as to crumble away beneath the
touch. The case is entirely outside
the books, and is creating quite a
sensation in the medical and surgical
community.
He is dead. Mr.. Bennett Bailey,
one Of the oldest citizens of Chicago,
has been gathered to his fathers. he
was born in Harye de Grace, Maryland,
in 1911, and migrated to this region in
1893, when all around was swamp aud
marsh. He successfully prosecuted
his profession as builder, and died in
good circumstances at the good old
age Of seventy years. lie was one Of
Gods noblest works, an honest and
good man, aud much beloved by those
who knew him best.
Chicago has 1876 licensed beer and
whisky saloons. In 1872 the number
was 276l. On the water that these
establishments used 10 ten years, the
city says it has lost over
$4,000. The question is.
did they sell ali this aqueou,
fluid as whisky at ten cents a glass
If SO, it is not to be wondered that
most ofthe saloon people drive fast
horses, wear fine clothes and are gen
orally well situated financially.
Another divorce scandal is agitating
society circles in Chicago. 1t Is
Richberg versus Richberg. Mrs X.
wants a separation from her John G
on the grounds of adultery. John il
an ex-President of the Board Of Edu-
cation. 1t is chargedtha during his OF.
fetal reign he did on sundry occasions
become to intimate with some Of th,
lady teachers, and to the extent O
adultery, as alleged, aud this in fal
of New York, and way down in some
part of Tennessee; also, where he wen
to start a zinc factory. There is hardly
a question but that John c. violated
his marriage VOWS.
China and Japan will be represented
in Chicago at 3 o'clock next Wednes.
day by mails from those regions, via
San Francisco. Those from Shanghai
left Get. IA, for Hong Kong the 18th
and for Yokohama, Japan, the 18th
This is reducing things down pretty
fine