Daily Republican., 1883-10-17
TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE.
Meetang at MlddletOwn Vest erday-
Officers Elected and ResOlut,p ,pn q
Adopted.

re Officers Elected and Resolut; 90
er Adopted.
sn oi MIDDLETOwN, Oct. 17.-The meet
no m ing Of the Delaware State Temperate
~ Alliance opened at II o'clock YESTERDAY
40 40 morning, In the Forrest Presby teriaI
~ ~ Church, at this place. with about on
;s hundred delegates present. The meet
40 !. ing was called to order by the Rev. j
~ b. Quigg, who was elected Presiden
pro tenn, with r. =. Richardson Secre
tary.
" After devotional exercises the usua
=, committees on credentials, resolutions
o. and TO nominate officers for the ensuing
>, .. year were appointed with instructions
% to report after diuner.
,,'| When the meeting ad djourn rned for din
y ner the delegates present were taken
:. in charge by the hospitable people OF
:; the town and cared for in royal styl yle.
u On re-assem bling the Rev. W. G.
= Alexander, pastor of the Forrest Pres
byterian church, delivered an address
y OF welcome, which was responded to by
the Rev. j. p. Otis ofOdessa.
Several other prominent persons pre-
: sent made addresses of Ofcongratuation to
: : the members of the Alliance.
The committee appointed TO nom mate
officers reported the following, who were
duly elected
s| President, Frank p. Richardson
Vice Presidents, William H. Purcell,
L. L. d., A. G. Cowgirl, the Rev. P.
Il. kawlins ; Recording Secretary, A.
g. Cox Corresponding Secretary,
Henry W. Morrow Treasurer, r. NJ,
Cooper Executive Committee, George
w. Wells, Professor w. Webb, the Rev.
j.. Is. Quigg, August w. Moore, Edward
Bringhurst
The Rev. DR.. W. H. Purnell, of
Delaware College, Chairman of the
Committee On Resolutions, reported in
favor of putting straightout temper
nnce ticket in the field. The report crea-
ted considerable discussion, which was
Participated in by a number of the dele.
gates present. Some favored the organi
cation Of an independent party, while
others advocated an alliance with one
of the existing political parties. After
discussion, the resolutions were recon-
United to the committee foramendment,
and the alliance adjourned until 7.30 |
p. m.
After the meeting adjourned for sup
per DIR. Purnel in conversing with the
members, said that he would willingly
advocate straight temperance ticket
throughout the State.
The evening session was occupied by
the Rev. John f. Smith, pastor of Mt.
Salem NJ. K. church, who delivered an
interesting address.
Two Notorious Criminals Killed.
NEW YORK, October 16.-The saloon
kept by the notorious Shang' Draper
was the scene of a bloody atfcay this
morning, that resulted in the killing of
two OF the worst criminals in the city i
-John Irving, of Patchen avenue burg s
larry notoriety, and "Jack" Walsh, II
alias "John the Mick" one of The ac, t
completes in the robbery of Jacob Rup- {
pert s bank messenger two years ago. a
Each shot the other at the same ,
moment during an alteration. Walsh c
was shot through the hart and Irving I
through the head. Irving was a safe /
burglar and robber of the boldest kind. 7
The CorOner's $ examination developed '
the fact that Irving was the aggressor {
Of the two, and that several shots were e
fired before the simultaneous discharge 2
that killed both the combatants. The i
police found in thelpocket of Billy Por- b
ter, lrving's pal, revolver, three a
cham bers of which were empty. 1t is $
thought from this fact that he partici- t
pated in the shooting, and that it was 6
the result of a deliberate plan to kill Il
Walsh, who was in the way. 1t is
known that Irving and Walsh, who
had been pals, quarreled about the di-
vision of plunder at one of their robber- :,
les Several witnesses before the Coro- I i
ner swore that though Porter was pres. !,
ent at the shooting, he did not partici- i
pate in it. Porter is held pending the =
result of the inquest on Friday next. .
An autopsy shows that Walsh was =
killed by 32-calibre bullet, while Irv- !.
ing's revolver carried one OF 80. Por- y
ter's revolver contained three explod- =
ell cartridges and carried a 32-calibre I
ball. The police are convinced that 1
they can prove that Walsh was killed y
by Porter, and that the murder had
been planned by him and Irving.
Yesterday's Crime Chapter. Il
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