New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-18
THEIRVING-WALSH TRAGEDY
IRVING QUIETLY BURIED IN GREENWOOD.
COLLECTING EVIDENCE AGAINST PoRTER-MoURN-
ERs AROUND wALsn's COFFIN.

There was little new yesterday in the Irving
Walsh tragedy. Porter is still confined at Police
Headquarters and ne police are silently y binS
have no doubt" said Captain Williams TO IRB-
USE reporter, " that Porter killed Walsh 1t may
be hard to prove it, for those men Will swear away
their souls for the live man."
Shang Draper's liquor-shop No. acc Sixth-aye.,
where the murders occurred was almost deseIted
when the reporter visited il i'll the Afternoon Two
well-dressed men were cOnverslng III an UNDERGONE
in a corner, and young man with smooth lace
a paper, The floor of the billiard room hsd
not yet dried after the scr9bblng u had
received to deface the blood-stans IN the
corner. The man behind the bar proved TO DC
yOuug Hone the bartender who was on duty when
the shooting occurred. He said that Draper was
out did not known where, nor when he would be
and and said: "YOu see there amt kinder
man on earth than Shang' Draper, and
is an ex-cOnyict He was arrested for the North
ampton Bank rObbery-yOu or might be arrested,
Won know-but was hOnorably acquitted. It's too
bad to take away good mans character III 'hiS
Ibid yon know Irving and walshr No,.,or %
eyes. They were in here frequently. Neither OF
them ever drank Walsh stood just where you
are standing now when Irving fired his
first shot He WIS drinking and b gaSs went Ot
Irvng's pistol. There is the mark the bu! lft
made" and the bartender pointed to noe n Inc Inc
polished mahogany of the bar Ma tSa r pT
ator to intuition 1t and get at his plstol.
AS TO Porter, he was not In mere az
the door that night What was the trouble
between Irving and Walshf Idon't knoT. Ihey,99
been looking for each other TO pay on othS SpU Well I
had grown up together, and been Sunday.scho
scholars together down in the Seventh Ward
underaker's shop, in Spnng-st, where the nOdy
of Irving was lying Four women ana t TG
men alighted and entered the SHOP o in9
in hCarse which was standing IN 'front.' OF the oullu-
ing and the eight people rc-entered their carriages
The mOurners were lrving's brother and few
friends of his family The funeral had puTpOSely
been announced for a later hour in order that the
family might be spared the gathering OF tm r C' d
grace on their names The body was quietly buried
at Greenwood. At o'clock the hour puPhcly an
nOunced for the funeral, young men loud OF dress
and pTofuse of necktle began TO stTon Oy te uhuGI
takers shop Now and then smooth-iaced' VII,
famous cOuntenanccd sport OF middle age JolIlGu
the procession, and for halt an hour PeTlpaIStIG
rUgues gallery went by Finally when a crown hau
collected few delegates were sent TO the shop 10
in0uiTe if the body was still there. On learning
tbdt the funeral had taken place they went away.
In a room on the second floor OF NO 362 EaSt
Tcnth-st lay the body of John Walsh. Black cIoth
windows and shut out the light. he BODY was IN
n temporary coffin Oh the floor Near the head OF
the coffin, on small table seven wIoe tSs
background of black cloth and shed slcKly hght
about the room, the air of which was hot ana
sitting and TedOlent OF whskey, kneellng, Oy lho
coffin was slight pale girl of sixteen who gave
way every now and then to an outburst of grief
Her head was bowed and her long black hair
thrown forward over her face fell across the glass
over fine cofiins head Ii was the sister Walsh TO
whom he had said Go through the Normal Cot
lcre and I've got influence enough 70 get you
position as teacher" Mrs OIIaIra, Walshs elder
sister and her husband and the aged father OF the
dead man sat in chairs around the room. The Old
man was in a rocking-chair III the corner hoIdmg
his grand-child, little girl of two years. on LIS
knee. 3, g.,
HE was n good man out of his profession" said
,F +,a
tbe family" said another. And then the girl bend
ing over the coffin gave utterance to moan ana the
whole party rocked to and fro crying, "Ocn none,
the Mick mouIned.. lie viii be buried in Calvary
Cemetery to-day. ,,
Porter's counsel said to the reporter that he had
evidence which would exculpate his client Coroner
Martin will hold the inquest at o'clock tomorrow