Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-10-12

their district. Excise Commissioner
Morris told reporter that he had seen
these premature desperadoes parading
the streets uninterfered with, and had
known Of many attacks and robberies
committed by them. At the police sta
ton of the district complete ignorance OF
the gang aud its misdeeds was pro-
fessed.
Honora O'Connor, aged 20, was ar
rested upon charge of infanticide.
She gave birth to a child in the cellar of
the house where she was employed as a
servant, and buried it in the ashes of
the furnace.
While walking on Seventh avenue on
his way home at night, Edward Wood
bride, II Custom.House employe, was
knocked down insensible with sand
bag and robbed.
big Kid" Cassidy, one of the most
notorious thieves in the country, was
arrested in this city for stealing gold
watch from Captain Mckay, of the
Boston steamer Oivette.
A trio of Chinese ''hgbinders" gagged
and robbed a fellow Celestial in way
calculated to excite the envy of Cauca-
sian talent. Having knocked him down,
they tied his hands behind his back,
lashed his legs together from hips to
ankles with a clothes line, pulled up his
feet behind, and tied them to his waist;
then, as a finishing touch, they reeved
the end of his pig-tail through loop at
his ankles, dragged his head back until
the neck was almost broken, and se-
cured it in that position.
Father Boyle, the Catholic priest who
was on trial at Raleigh for assaulting
young lady, was found guilty and sem
fenced to be hanged, according to the
laws of North Carolina. The defence
did not deny the deed, but contended
that the lady's will had not been over
come by force, and that she was sacri-
ficing the priest to shameful death to
save her own name. An appeal to the
Supreme Court was made and granted.
Last Sunday Captain Murphy, of the
| Twentieth Precinct, and his special de-
tective, Roberts, attempted to disperse a
drunken and disorderly crowd at Eighth
avenue and 40th street. Both were
| IT,
John w. Crawford, struck the captain
and sent hlm spinning into the middle
Of the street. He was arrested, but
when arraigned, the captain did not
appear against him and he was dis
charged
Large forces of Italian laborers are
employed on the New York Central.
On several occasions lately some of the
men were killed "by accident" No cor
oner was notified, and they were buried
like dogs in the nearest field.
An important witness in the Cronin
case has been allowed to escape from
the police station where he was detained
in Chicago.
Charles Barnard, of New York, whose
portrait adorns the Rogues' Gallery,
lately came out Of State prison, where
he had served three years term for
series OF burglaries. He was rear
rested in Elizabeth for trigamy.
The police court records show that
during 1893 there were 5000 children
under l6 years of age held for trial, con-
victed or committed to some institution.
Of this number, 1856 were boys and
1924 were girls. During the'year 575
children under 16 years were brought to
the police courts on account OF juvenile
delinquency. Of these $50 were sent to
the reformatory or charitable institu-
tions.
Samuel M. Seaman, real estate
broker and an auctioneer of this city
was found dead in bed under circum-
stances suggestive of suicide.
The residence of Mrs. James Ross, a
widow living at Elizabeth, was entered
by burglars, who chloroformed her, her
daughter and a boarder, then ransacked
the house from top to bottom.
Hugh Whalen, 80 years old, carpen-
ter at work for Mertz & Sons at Port
Chester, swallowed fatal dose of car
bolic acid.