Daily Republican., 1885-07-13
Cam den's Murder.

Saturday nights murder was the one
topic Of conversation among the people
Iof Camdon, Nj. on Sunday. Hundreds oil
curious persons visited the scene of the
tragedy and hocked around the City
Hall, where the self-oonfessed murder.
er was confined. All night and far In.
TO the morning the policemen
and two or three constables were
out searching for the man who fred the
shot into Jack Keating's breast. As
many as q dozen rough looking trampt
were arrested and vainly taken TO Mrs.
Kimber for indentifcation.
I Attwenty minutes before O'clock
Sunday morning officer Eddie Toole
ties lying on the large open lots oppo
site the City Hail. The man walked
toward the hall short distance, then
|changed his course and started as II to
go down Benson street. He acted sus-
piciously and continually turned back
as though expecting to be followed.
Toole and officer Patterson came up to
him, and the former asked
What Is your name?"
My name is Sparkes," he replied
nervously.
Where do you liver"
live in Philadelphia.
"You answer the descri ption Of the
man We want" said officer Toole.
Lieutenant 8. L. Kelley and officers
Peterson and Streaper then Joined the
other officers and the man was arrested
and looked up. Shortly afterwards
Lieutenant Kelley eliclted from the
prisoner the admis that his name
was Alexander Kelley, and he then
confessed the shooting. Kelley claim.
cd that he shot KeatinR in sslf-defense,
but subsequently said 81 would
shoot any man who would rob me-"
FRANK sAwN's STORY.
The story of Frank Sawn, a young
man whose parents reside on Cherry
street, above Seventh, and who is lock
ed up as witness, shows the affair in
another light. A party OF idlers, Sawn
narrates, were lounging in a place
known az the Spring." at Newton
Avenue and Federal street. There Is a
thick growth of willows with a cool
spring beneath, and 1t is the haunt OF
bands OF wandering nomads. Kelley
and keatisg were among the party, the
former lying asleep on thesward. One
Of the party, known a." Pndd," sold
q revolver in the afternoon to two
negroes, and with the money purchased
two porter bottles full of whisky. The
party drank the whisky, Kelley being
awakened to get his share.
| He lay down again soou af6er keat-
ing went over 10 him. Kelley jumped
up and charged keating with robbing
him of "pop." Keating denied that
he took anything. Kelley followed h i'm
up the enbankment aud struck him q
blow in the jaw. Heating did not
Il atx<.. G,.ke l,,s I
Federal street. As Keating walked
out Federal street Kelley walked out
the railroad tracks. On the East side
OF Coopers's Creek. Just over the bridges,
runs Pavonia road, and turning to the
left, Heating went up this avenue. Be.
tween the railroad bridge and Pavonia
road arc two low, narrow platforms on
either side of the tracks, tor the &C
com N odation of Wrightsville pas
sengers. On the South platform the
shooting was done.
MAN WHO SAW PHR SHOOTING.
Edward McNulty, fireman at the
United States Chemical Works, on the
creek, above the railroad bridge, wit.
messed the shooting. He is young man,
and lives at 428 West street. He said
on Sunday that he was on the COM
pany's wharf, saw Kelley run across
the railroad bridge and meet Keatiug
at the little platform. All he beard was
one of the men say" won't" He can
not tell which it was that spoke. Then
McNulty says, Kelly stepped back a
couple of PAGES, drew his revolver and
fired. keating threw up his hands to
HIS breast and staggered off the plat
form. Kelley RAJ up Pavonia road,
jumped fence and disappeared in an
lapple orchard. Heating staggered
along the road back of Frank Kim bert
boat house and residence, went all the
way around aud fell heavily as he
neared the front of Kimbe's tohac-
coshcp. He was Immediately picked
up and carried to small shed in 'front.'
of the house, where he died soon after
the Coroner arrived.
Michael Gallagher, a young English
! man. living in Wrightsville, on the east
side of the creek, saw the man fall.
Gallagher asserts that he exclaimed
81 am shot," and gave his name and
, residence. McNulty, the fireman, called
/, to Gallagher that the man who did the
, shooting had run up the Pavonia road.
The yoang man and Ind named Charles
Grossman got on Kelley's track and
} traced him to the apple orchard, and
Il phVhc iobb hOiiCy yNoeoAboy c"'o
l he was in an apple tree when the two
young men, reinforced by constable
, Jacob Meyer, Captain E. ID. French
and Justice George Miles, were search
, ing the orchard. As they passed be
4 meath the tree in which he was hidden
, he slid down, ran back to Federal stree
, and into Camden.
TIR REVOLVER RECOVERED.
Il After he had been locked up soni
time at the hall, Kelley told the officer
he would show them where he haf
!, thrown his revolver, If they would TAX
him back to the lots. This they did
and the weapon was found, cooked
and with three of the tive chamber
;, discharged. 1t is q heavy weapon o
1872 calibre.
y The self cor fessed murderer is 81
!. years old, tall, very thin, and Of sandy
lcomplexion, with a light mustache
II He is a carpenter by trade, native o
Camden, and possesses considerable III
!. ltelligence. He was absent from HON,
+ about eighteen years, during whicl
thine he was all through the Western
States. He has been home about tw'
:. months, and during that time has live'
" with John Smith, a relative, at 40
n. Federal street. He said yesterday tina
+. he was never drunk before in his life
and was never before arrested for an!
> offence whatever. He fully expecte
"a that il he had been caught. he woul
/. have been lynched, his Western lifs
leading him to the belief.
County physician gross yesterda
made a post-mortem examination
Keating's remains. He found the Iva
lodged just beneath the skin OF th
~ back. 1t had passed through the lobe
'i of the right luuo aeveraa the pnlmOf