Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-12
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Crime in all Sections of the
 Country.
 WIGGINS THE FALSE PROPHET, The Rising Flood in
 the West. MONARCHIAL ANARCHISTS. Chandler and the
 Naval Cadets.
MONARCHIAL ANARCHISTS,
NEW YORK.

l ATerribIe and Cold BIooded Murder
 LONG ISLAND C1TY, March 11.-Long Is-
 land City received shock to-day at the news
 that Patrolman Patrick Casey had deliberate l 1y shot and instantly killed Sergeant Richard
 Cunisky at his desk in the police station. | Cumiskey sat at his desk with a newspaper
 in his hand looking carelessly out of the win
 dow and not expecting any attack. A minute
 later he was launched into eternity by bullet from Casey's pistol. Casey walked 1 into the station house, loaded his revolver and going up to Cumiskey said, s'What have you been following me about for ?'' Cumiskey was about to reply, | but the answer was cut short by the fataI shot. The assassin had evidently his mind made up and did not give his unsus- pecting victim a moment to reply. Casey placed the muZzle of the pis tol so close to his victim that the powder was sprinkled over the face and forehead. The ball enter ed the right cheek passing to the base of the brain and lascerating one of the lobes caus- ing instant death. So quickly was the deed done that officers O'Brien and Connor who were in the station house had no time to interfere, neither suspeciting any trouble.
 Cesey was immediately arrested by o Brien. An excited crowd soon collected and threats
 
 motive for the murder is involved in the deepest mystery. The intimate friends of both fully acquainted with all the circumstances say that they cannot conjecture anything except grudge on the part of Casey growing out of the fact count of Cumiskey being placed over him. Cumiskey was 32 years of age and Casey is 31 A Pusilists Funeral Immense
 Throng Attend it-The Expense Over
 S2,O0O.
 NEW YORK, March 1.-The funeral of James Elliott. the pugilist who was killed by l Jerry Dunn in Chicago on the evening of the l first instant, took place this afternoon from l the residence of his brother-in law, No. 216 l Canal Street. Hundreds of people began to | assemble in Canal street and vicinity at least l an honr before the time named for the fun l eral cortege to move, and be one o'clock 1t | was estimated that fifteen thousand persons | were present, hundreds of which came from | Brooklyn and Jersoy City. The casket con taining the remains of the dead man was Of rosewood covered with black cloth with hea- " silver mountings On the plate was the l inscription 'James Elliott, died March 1st, 1882 aged SC years" The pail bearers were Red Leary, Jack Stiles, Charles Jackson James J. McGl, m, ex-Alderman James Dunn, Richard Toner, Thomas Draper, Thomas Pine, Police Lieutenant Magin, of Philadelphia, Matt Grace, William O'Brien and John Rooch. There were also thirty six assistant pail bearers among whom were Frank Stevenson, Bob Smith, Patrick Moran and Owen Kelley. Among the other well known pugilists present were Prof. William Clarke, Fiddler Weary, George Rooke, Mike Mullery, George Norton, Dan Dougherty, Jack Conroy, Jhonny Cash, Jemmy Kelly, l George Layton, Jerry Murphy and hosts of others. There were also delegations of sparring men present from Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and other cities. At one o'clock the casket was borne from the house by the pail bearers and placed in the hearse and few minutes later the immense procession began to move in the following order: Coach filled with flowers, hearse con- taining the remains of Elliott drawn by six bay horses and decorated with heavy plumes, | the twelve pail bearers wearing mourning badges walked on either side of the hearse, then came the assistant pail bearers. These were followed by about POO men walking. Following these and bringing up the rear of the procession were ninety-two carriages containing the relatives and friends of the deceased. The route of the procession was from Canal to Worth street, to Chatham Square, to Division street, to the Bowery, to Seventh street and to the ferry. The entire line of the procession was lined by thousands of persons and in some streets the throng was so great for a time that traffic had to be entirely suspended. Four ferry boats con- veyed the cortege across the river. On ar irving on Long Island the procession pro- ceeded to Calvary cemetery where after short service in the chapel the body was in tered. The expenses of the funeral is esti matec at $2,OOO, the flowers alone costing nearly $500.