Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-03-13
A Tough Crowd.

| nanReu Oh fEluay. al IuiuleHSe tnToDs
followed the hearse to the cemetery
The other was from the most miserab l.
and squalid part of Canal street, from
the worst Of the tumble. down rookeries
Early in the day the hardened Bowery
rough and his equally hardened, bedi
zened female companion, began te
gather in large numbers. The constant
theme of conversation was poor Jimmy
Elliott" % the second floor lay the
body of the dead pugilist in cloth.
covered iron casket, surrounded with
flowers. Over it hung the mourning
trimmings that hung over the body OF
Cornelius J. Vanderbilt At half past
| the pail bearers, wearing high hats,
white regalia and mourning badges. en-
tered the room. Among them were
Jack Stiles, Charles Johnson, jimmy
| McGsynn, ex-Alderman Jimmy Dunn,
cred Leary, ''Shang" Draper, Chief
Magin of the Philadelphia police and
Matt Grace. They carried the caske:
to the street. A number OF small boys
began to cheer, but they were quickly
| hushed and the coffin quietly borne to
the hearse. The procession then formed
Following the hearse came the pail.
bearers aud about 1000 men and boys
and $50 coach s. After the usual Cath
Ole services at Calvary cemetery Jim.
my" Elliott was placed in bis last home.
Every well known thief In the city was
present.
The Times says of the gatherin at
Eliott's funeral yesterday No such
crowd ever gathered in New York be-
fore. Rutsians OF every grade. from
pilferers up to murderers uuhanged,
were abundant. The police dubbed
everybody within reach whenever the
throng grew unruly. Some inklins Of
Its character may be inferred from the
men of what may be called the higher
class not to be seen in snch company.
When crowd IS too had for such per-
sons as The Coburn" and The Allen"
it must be very bad indeed. and YET on
such cornerstone as THIS the govern
ment of the city rests.
New YORK, March II. The Herald
says editorialIy: Il is rather odd that
city founded OH the principle OF
brotherlY love, and claiming with much
reason to be the most hospisable COM
mauity in America, should De the scene
OF most of the abuse heaped upon the
Cinnamon at the present time this side
of the Rocky Mountains. No doubt
the Chinese lack many qualities that
are held in high repu:e by the goo
Philaieiphians. but they don't wear
dirty clothes nor rob thu city treasury.
The poor fellows should be allowed 10
live III peace, while they are doing
nothing worse than washing American
linen, for they are examples of what all
Phiiadelp hians will become some of
these days If the extreme protectio
theories peculiar to that city are allowed
to control the national policy.
The Chinese has fcr years excluded
everything foreign from her ports. The
are that inorst # her pop
who tud their way abroad are
unequal to any higher order OF labor
than ahoveing dirt ana washing other
peoples dirty clothes, but even at this |
they are better of than they were at !
home.
Mysterious Disappearance. ,
SALT LAKE., March 1.-THE Post /
office at Shoshone, Idaho, was robbed .
last night OF money and registered let |
ters to a considerable amount The !
place, being at preseat the terminus Of
the Oregon Short Line, is infested by !
band of desperadoes.
Three weeks ago W. j. Shoup, an
extensive stock dealer aud merchant of
Chaliis, Idaho, left tina. Territory to
visit his wife and children, who are
with friends at Dubuque, Iowa. At
0 sden be boarded Pullman palace car
Dn the way East, and since nothing has
been seen or heard from him. His
brother, OF Danbury, Iowa, was in
Council Bluff, trying to find some
trace OF him, on Sunday, and is now
examining ali the hotel registers from
acre to Iowa, but as yet has found no
Trace Of him. Shoups route was to
nave been on the Chicago and North
FtSttlH 81 SisHtcc. qua tDCbSC ~ I'u |
ouque. Friends and relatives are
alarmed over his mysterious disappear
ince.
Murder.
New YORK, March l2.-At half past
II o'clock this morning officer Patrick
Casey, OF the Hunters Point police,
killed roundsman Richard Comisky.
The murdered rcundslnan was sitting
1t his desk in the First Precinct when
Casey entered, under the influence of
liquor aud acting strangely. When
within two feet of the unsuspecting
he halted and said " What
do you follow me so for?" Comisky
replied that j. was to make bin do his
duty. Without another word Casey
drew revolver aud fired. The ball
entered half an inch below Ccmisky's
eye. He fell back dead. The muir
1erer was instantly secured and hur.
RED to the County Jail. Within fifteen
minutes thousand people had gath
cred. under the impression that he was
still in the station, and made strong
Efforts to get hold of him. 1t is sup
posed Casey was IN state of insanity.
New York, Iyarch ia Washing
ION dispatch to the morning papers yes
.erday announced that efforts were