Daily Republican., 1885-08-27
PhiIadeIpbia Items.

Philadelphia Items.
PHILADELPHIA, August q, 1885 =
The Stockton Park, Camden, N. j.,
tragedy Of Monday evening last is just
rs much q mystery rs IL was when the
unknown man expired ny y the stepl
Of che bowling alley. Coroner Beals
held an iIquest at the morgue yester
day. and the jury brought In verdict
but no new facts Of material importance
were obtained. Mrs. Frederick Bor
quin, residing just beyond Stockton
Park, testified that she saw the man
staRRer across the field In front of her
house, and he then had . pistol in his
hand. She thought he was drunk
Frederick KolkmAn, who boards al
jacob Aaier's place, 4D6 New Market
street, this city, swore that the stranger
slept with him on Saturday and Sunday
nights in Maier's house. he had q
revolver" said Kolkman, land tool
it to bed with him. / asked him wha,
he wanted the weapon for, and he told
me It might be OF use, as one often came
of use down in Maryland. He told me
he came originally from Mocskirch, In
Baden, but did not give his name He
seemed in very good spirits aud don Z
County physician, o. B. Gross made
post morte m examination OF the body
and found that the SO calibre bali had
entered the left breast between the third
and fourth ribs and ploughed its way
to the spine causing death.
Freeholder John L. Smith testified to
seeing the man on the ruad, not far from
the scene OF the tragedy on Monday af.
ternoOn. He carried o valise with him
at that time and was sober. Gottlit b
Froelich heard shot fired and soon af.
forward saw the man come out of the
fsld adjoining Colonel Lewis cigar
store. A number of other witnesses
were examined but no new light was
thrown upon the mystery.
The jury retired, and, after much de-
liberation and considerable ditticu lty :,
returned the very vague verdict: THAT
the deceased came to his death on Mon
day afternoon, August "A, from pistol
shot wound Inflicted by his own hand
or by parties unknown" DIligent Tut
search has been made for
the dead mans valise and for the revol.
yer from which the fatal shot was fred
This leads the Coroner TO believe that
the man was murdered.
Arthur Chambers will leave to-day
for Cincinnati 10 meet John L. s Sullivan
and second him in his tight with
on Saturday night. The
aluggers have not seen each other for
several weeks, but Chambers, like AL
Of Sullivan's friends, feel sure that the
Bostonian will speedily lemolish his
opponent. McOatfrey g friends, bearing
In mind his remarkable quicknesa IN
and avoiding heavy blows,
like the man himself, feel confident oi
his victory. II is rather a remarkable
fac /; that McCafffey has never been hi,
In the face In any one of his fifteen
fights. This fact Is largely due to his
agility in dedging, and this will stand
him in good stead in the coming con-
test.
The crowd at Cincinnati promises to
be the largest ever got together in this
for like event. and the gate
receipts will probably be enormous.
Six of the seven philadelphia and
Railroad reorganiz alton trus.
tees met yesterday in the Offices of the
company and devoted more than an
hour to an informal disct sion of the
situation and the probabilities OF the
future success Of the pae6ed new plan
of procedure. John WAzamaker was
the only absentee, and he sent word
that he could not take @ determined
position until after consultation with
the rest of rhe board. John B. Garrett
was elected, temporary chairman and an
adj djourGment WAS taken until to-mor-
row.
Mr.. Wauamaker' position is under
stood TO be a peculiar one. Should he
accept the trusteeship he must re-
linquish his position as one Of the
Board of Managers OF the Rsa3ina
Railroad, and the question which he
and his friends are de0ating is r.: In
which place can he be of most use Ia
the security holders? II is believed
that he will accede to his election as a
t-ustee, but, owing to his absence from
the city yesterday, the matter could
not be verified.
The story that his election on the
board was in the Vandebilt interest was
laughed Mt by members of the Board oi
Trustees. Said one sIy impression
is that Mr.. Vanderbilt and Mr.. Wana
maker never met until few months
since, and | am positive that there is nc
interest bet ween the two beyond o de-
sire to benefit the Reading Road"
Charles Derr, who has twice been in
prison for embtzzlement and forgery
and is awaiting trial for wife beating
was before Magistrate Smith yesterday
charged with larceny. Alice Schaete,
a buxom blonde, with sparkling blu,
ewes, living at 473 North Fifth street
testified that IN April last the accused
stole furniture valued at 800, which
she had stored in the house of her sis
ter, Derr's wife, and took it to storag,
ouse, whore he received an advanc.
upon it and then fed the city. j. W
Springer. 1928 North Seventh street
hauled the furniture for the defendant
A. Hughes, who lived with Mrs
Derr, testified that the prisoner haC
also stolen suit of furniture belougips
TO him, and afterwards sent threatening
letters to him. Derr was held III 800.
bail for trial.
Ellen Cohen, a dissolute looking wo
man, who sad that she was stopping
at Fifteenth and Race streets, wa'
yeeterday arrested by specia
off GERS Tate and Berens, and held t.
bal by Magistrate Smith for larceny
John Darand, an old man living IL
New Orleans, testified that on Tuesday
evening, while In franklin Square, h'
was 40 .ostod by the defendant, wht
"a III that she had been robbed of Sl5
The loss lad preyed upou her nerves
and she begged him to buy her glas
of beer 70 strengthen her Tnc French
man consented. and WAS taken TO th
saloon Of j. Turner, northwest corne
| of Nicholson and Cherry streets, wher
| the woman robbed him OF $500 and
gold watch AMI chain and then tisd
The woman denied the story.
John Inchliff, alias Taylor, who CAV
his residenoe as Front and Pine streets
was arrested yesterday afternoon b
Patrick Dunn, of 1869 South Twelfth
street, and locked up in the Centra
l Ia,.ttop on the charge of STEALING n yes