, 1881-12-19
Tho Mcclellan Inq11cat.

~ tR1 L4NUT ~ 4Ne LNaGugV 4FlIbHes
CIl1OAG0, Dec. tb.-1n your lssue Of tho 17th I
sec an article In which the verdict OF Coroncr'a
Jury at BRIGHTON Park js na1o to ad]udge no
with "negcct nnd cruelty" In. permitting ons
Daniel Mcclellan, who bad received fatal In
tnrIos On the night OF Dec. II by being struck
'by IN engine "to lay twelvo hours without ut
tempting to relieve hts sutferln9s in any way"
Now, tho facts arc simply tnose:. Tho ycnllct
OF that jury In 40 far as II rolates to me.
la n groas misstntemDnt Of tho case, and
entirely f,llso. / reached tho man tSlcClc!lnn)
about 0s40 p. ~. IN RESPONSE to n measogb from
tho Alton Railroad office. and found htm In tho
ronndhouso uE this company at brighton rurt:
to TO- some M ho'iso cIoso BY, and immediatoy askud
Of tho crowd present II some one could not offer
fes SsS @sS 9 II GRAND suF os
was tho only man who knew him, that hn was
an old friend Of tho Injured man, that oth
ho mad boon sont for ind was likely to nrrivc at
Xn oxaminatiou had revealed tho injuries to
ne Of q positively fatal character, It penR i'm,
possible to furnish any assistance which would
Il Is @ nos truc as stated in tho verdict, that tho
man was ID my pain or conscious Of any.iepi.
inK Whatever. No was, OH tho contrary, IN
oc utet II eSas0 a 90 m 70
suffer might DO, was rs vol on In tho round'
house as III n Kings palace.
which was about midnight. gayo him stats.
mcnt Of tho case. and ndyiaed him 70 havo tne
e sp psda e
to; that tho boarlng- house thoro was ftill; that
the man had only recently arrived from Canada:
unaware n,s M of hts Boarding place. sna must nos.
cssarily remain whore ho Was. And "a no Was
Fosn liz, oosoa bSne H%s sgSa sGga tG as
''a'' '4' ''''1A''''s; 6sdss tGsiiMD !. raiez, MD.
1vo,,nv snors 7,x- te,a rrt.y, f,r VVhSslkY.
IN tht Editor Of The Chteaao Tfibune :,
NORMAL scnoob, YAhrAIsA1so, Ind. Deg. st.a. y.
believing That your valuable ana ox,SmsH i1enrMas
ton on leading topics, and q. Tho samo Ino, i!mo
favor tho propagation Of truth and tae ofa.i'Ga-
fornoa an tbsoash yoal eoiumas
staoment made Ny teacher IN tbs sSSs Fhst tas S
oo ooS @ moro On wbi.sy than tasy dll on Ient
TIE anDyo at 10 Sor ~ f ns
teauher's vorAeity, whioh is very much aue'-
Many Of the irish md Irish American 40. stn- e.
| dents havo taecn otfenso nt tho statement @ NJ
| iievIng il to 10 OF malisnlne tondnnoy. Ths
Irish students here-and need say atl tho icy.
stste'nunts thut appeared il TaE Tntnusx t'n from
tho pens Of Mr. hedpath and Ar. Locke tNnsuyl aI:ol
md believe that the enormous amount IuEeH er
to 10 expended bears an ERRONEOUS prana nPoa
IN oonoiuslon desire to say that many o. qa q
h0vo t1oir native land hoId up a. ~ oxamplo u
th0se pGrHictuus ytosa Ia our rntscai eouMonts eot
olAasus, here OF AnyWhcr0 else when we IeFsnu. wv.
1 Ii bollCyo them to DO falsc. Wo Old uos con,"
hers tu be inanltoti, but 70 loar and pay los oe'
| instruction. Yours, In behalI o. Hu'n. X
[Wa havo not the statlntlcs at hand showing
hnw mucn tho Irish spend on liquor. Thcy nn'
ioubtDdly drink moro than ID good Tor tne'u'
both in' ireland mud Ameroa. Tho eanooE
tcacher, howover, got hor figures mucn .oonsa ~
| Ono thing Ia certain, tho irish speud raj 'ess
money gu liquor than elthor tho English o.
soo,on. Tho returns show TINT In 1ss0 the pSop'ss
| of England, 1rcnnd, and Scotland c4penuss '.p'
nearly 100 millions Of dol!aFs for a1coho!o oa md
| No other people in tho world spsn. W..
Ms much MONEY for Intoxicating dFihk ~ ~. ~, ~.
Nritlsh. partly on account OF tho Fafhef ae.n n,.
! ews toetotal temperance pledges taken W ia'"
Ions Of Irish, and purity by reason OF sne', ~
orty, tho Irish people cunsumo far less ''.rss sa
per capita than tho English and bcotcp. -. ..,.n
Irish only number lltte more than ooe- !. II
Of Tho population OF tho two islands. ano In
improbable hut they spend tnofo tnan oaee MI
| OF tho whole amount wasted on liquor ias.
cullin8 It olie- tentp, tho autu spout fof au =
by tho Irish Wonid be somoth,nG !ees tua. u" ~
millions Ut dollars. The total Fvnss " 1',an.. ,
Ieland-countty ind cty-c1ooeds ~ ".s.rn m'.n
90 that tho te1nase teRehos oe the 'a ~
Inuiuna Normpl School" class oxaH9efa'oo '~ -
greatly, Dus "Nasby"- u high autuosV autuV,snt
ilquur-irlnkins, anil wo refer our cosfcspg,'''
to hlm for an opinion on tho eubjcet--hp'l
Women thAt have bsea pedttdon tos Sa.s ysI, oy
have boon vutfroly cured OF fenAse WsaaS1s, Wsaan Tam.
| thA rAn ~ lydia a. pnk hams tQHbtA