Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1873, Page 1

e Ohicago Daily Teibune, VOLUME 27. GIFT CONCERT, POSTPONEMENT! 4th Grand Gift Conocert FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE Public. Library of Ky, OVER A MILLION IN BANK! STUCCESS ASSURED! A FULL DRAWING CERTAIN On Tuesday, 31st of Maxch, noxt. In ardar to, moot tho geneenl wiah and oxpootation of tho publio and tho tokof-holdors, Tor th full payment of the nagnificont glfts, announcod for tho, Fourt] Gilfe Concoel of tho Publlo Library of Kontnoky, the mansgemont’ bave dotermined o hoatpono tho Concort and Drawing until TUESDAY, the 81st of March, 1874, They b lizod OVER A MILLION DOL- P oy A oA R R NO DOURT 18 ENTERTAINED OF THE SALE OF EVERT NOT, Till: CONCENT AND DNAWING WILL 1'DA1- TIVELY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY TAKE PLACE ON THY DAY HOW FIXED, AND IF ANY REMALN UNSOLD THEY WILL IE CANCELLED, 'AND THE PRIZES WILL BE REDUCED IN PRO- TORTION TG TUE UNBOLD TICKET! Only 60,030 tickots havo beon issuod, and 2,000 CASIEL GIFTS! $1,500,000 Wil bo distributod among tho tiokat-holders. Thio ticketa aro printod 1o coupons, of tonths, and all Sractionl parta will bo roproscated 1’ th drawing, Just a5 whiola tiokota aro. LIST OF GIFTS: ONT. GILAND CASH GIFT.. C GILAND CASH GIFT. ONE GRAND CASI GIFT. 10 Cash Gifts, $10,000 each.. 30 Cash sy, 5000 ench.. 50 Casht % 1,000 each., 80 Cash Gilty, 500 ench.. =3 ¢ = =1 S 100 Caxh Gilts, 400 encl 40,000 150 Cash Gifes, 300 ench.. 45,000 250 Casb Gifts, 200 encl 50,000 326 Cosh Gifts, 100 ench. 32,600 11,000 Cash Gifty, 50 vach.... 560,000 Total, 12,000 Gifts, ALL CASII, amounting to. +-.81,500,000 The chiancos for gilt ara as ono to fivo. PRICE OF TIOKETS, 8 [0 | 2216 Tickots for.......8 1,000 25| 113 Wholo Tickois for - 6,000 couj 1227 Whola Tickots for 10,000 ots for.. No discount on It than 8600 worth of tickots, 'Tho Fourth Gitt Coucart will bo condustod, in all re- rospaota, like tho threa which havo alroady beon givon, und full partionlars may bo learayd from circulacs, dhioll il ho sont frea from this oflico to all who apply for them. rdors for tickots nnd anplications for agencies will be attonded to fu tho order they aro rocatvor, and it Is boped they il bo sout in prowptly, Hiat thore viay bo o disap- intmont or doiay {n lllng all, ~Liboral torma aro givon thoso wh buy to soll again, ‘ALl agonts are porumto- elly reaulred to sottlo up tholr accounts and roturn all un. #old tiokots by tho 20th dsy of Maroli, TIIO. E. BRAMLETTE, Agont Poblic ""'flfixffg"}mfl Managor Gift Concort, Puliio Library Bul rillo, Ky Or WATTS & GO., lioom 47 Motropolitan Black, cor= ner Raadolph and LaSallo-sts., Chicago, Jll. FINANOCIAL, “REMOVAL GLATTS TR, BANKER, Has this day removed to his new office in the Board of Trade Building, formerly occupied hy the Merchants’ National Bank (entrance on Washington-st.), where he will continue to trans- act a general Banking Business, and solicits the patronage of his friends and thepublicingeneral. Chicago, Dac. 24, 1673, ROBINSON, CHASE & CO0. BANKERS, No. 18 Broad-st., N. Y, Tranatot & gencral hanking businoss in all its dotalls, sllowlng interost upon daposita to BANKS, SAVINGS INSTITOTIONS, PRIVATE BANKERS, AND INDIVIDUALS. Partionlar attention paid to the Investmont of ESTATE AND TRUST FUNDS, And Information regarding tho samo fumnished upon ‘application, Buy and soll upor; ission Gold, Unlted States toclay sua'al socuritios doslt n at tho Naw York Block ehAngO. o Hirat-class Municipa! and Rallroad Ronda nogotisted. EuoENC N. RobINsoy, THOMAS B. ATKINS, Geonge H. Cuasy, WiLLian T, Monuis, BALT LAKE OITY NATIONAL BANK. B. 3, DuRELL, Prost, J. M. BURKETT, Cashr, Cuas, HENTSTEAD, Atty, Colloctions mado in Utah, Montana, Tdsho, Novads, Arfzons, Washingten, Callfornia, and Orogons and ro- Tmitted for in our exohinnge avallablo In any' pert. of tha United Statos and. Catada,. Ezehange and fclorraph tranfars on this Bank cau bo frooured fron our Chicago corrospondent, tho Third Natiunal lank of Obloago. INTEREST ON CITY BONDS, ity of Chicago Coupont, due January 1, 1874, will ho Enn‘fnf Cliy Treasurars Otico 1f_presontod priok ta 2otk i & Ay TAYEES, Gy COmptrottar. . Doo. FOR SALE. FOR SALE AT AUCTION, "0 tho highest blddor for cash, the two nice threo-sto; Bt s atuneeont ek B St story Nos, 1018 and 1020 Wabash-av., ‘At the north door of tho old Court Touss, fronting on Raodolpiiat., atwoen Olark and 1.a8a(1oats., On PRIDAY, Deo. 26, at10 2. m, The ealo Is by ordor of tho United States Distriot Court Abniractand upluion, suwias pasiect o, ciu' b soun :Dradloy, 0 Lasal - it " IMAN BALID, Trustos, LOTTERIES. [SoUus $B300,000. Capital Prize, $60,000. Missouri State Lottery. Grand Slugle Numher Scheme, Drava tholast day of avory tontl. 1,80 Prizos, 103 10 300,000, Whola {eRte. B niven, 56 cfouat 16 SURKAY, MILLAGL COv Thor B0 uly. oupt- ond fur i, Bt PRINTERS, STATIONERS, &o. BRIt by Skt sy Valuable Information In the most attraotivo form, Awvilude, or tho Gamo of Birdu. For. nlo by il Bookselens, Htationors, and Toy-Denlors, Sample gamos sent by mml on mnolg& of ,&rwn 5o, The wada nuvguod bi' ULVER, FAGH, HOYNE & 00., 118 and 140 Monrgo-ut,, “Wholetalo Agonts for tho Northwest, BLANK BOOKS! . 7 INTING furnishod prompily and BTATIONLLY aud PRINTING (uculsliod prompily au J. M. W. JONES, 104 AND 100 MADISON-ST. RAFFERTY. | There 'Will Be No Exe- cution To-Dajy. Judges Scott, Sheldon, and MeAllister Grant the Third Supersedeas, Ilistory of Rafferty’s Early Life and Exploits, Tis Controversies with His Brother Jack and Others, Causes Which Led to 0'Meara’s Murder. The Story of the Murder and the Various Trials and Supersedeases. Rafferty ¥lad Given Up All Elope. And Turned His Mind to Religious Matters, His Account of the Murder... Scenes and Incidents. 4 The Priest Gives Him the Good News and the ““ 0ld Man” Confirms It He Receives the Intelligence with Great Coolness, The Bridgeport Roughs Start OFf on a Bootless Errand. It was tho goneral improssion, up to yestorday ovening, that Christophor Rafferty would bo hanged to-day at Waukogan, for the murder of Ofticer O'Monra. But it apponrs that threo of the Judges of tho Suprome Court have found rearous for granting s stav of proceodinga until the Court meets in Jonuary, necessarily post- poning any exeoution, ovon under the most favorablo circumstancos, until the clogo of Jan- uary. In viow of tho fact that tho majority tako great intorost in rending anything concern- ing a mon sentenced. to bo hanged, no mattor how trifling the iuformation may be, or how low in the social acalo tho man stands, Tue Trinoye hed collected, in uusavory and un- pleasant quarters, o number of miacellancous facts touching the early life of the boy Rafferty. It was intended that they should adorn the record of his denth ; they must serve to accom- pany and add intorest to the record of his third supersedeas. 'Yho public, deprived of tho ne- count of an execution, will have to be satisfied with this brief biographical sketch, and s sum- mary of Rafferty’s legal upsand downs, which aro unequaled in tho history of criminal juris- prudence. CIINIS AND JACK, Raflorty's carcer, prior to the killing of Officer 0"Moara, appears not to havo been entirely un- evontful ns regurds forious offonses ngainat law. Notwithstanding the many high tributes paid to bis character as a son and bro ther by his coun- sel, Mr. Small, who endeavored in the soveral trinls to impress upon the minds of the jury- mon, that a mon poesessing such filinl and fra- tornal traits could not be bad at_heard, it would scom that his relations with his family wero never peacoful. Hoand his elder brothor Jack wero always quarroling, both boing aimost congtantly “under tho iuflucuce of liquor, and it i8 snid that at ouo timo they tLrent- ened to Lill ench other on sight. A reporter of Tue Tripuse penctrated Bridgeport the other dny, for the purpoto of Hludivg” out somotbing about Chrie' carly lifo, at loast that portion of it Deginning with hid arrival in Chieago. It I:rm‘ed to bo a very thankloss task, as those who new Lim best were not overflowing with love for newspapers o newspaper \mup o, If thoy posscesed any dofinito information ot o, which 18 doubtful, they kept it to thomsclyes, and it wau not unkil after overal kiours Liad beon spont in porsistent questioning of slaughtor-houso omployes that anythiug of tho sliglitost value ‘was picked up, IE 18 NO IRISHMAN, TFrom all that could Lo loarned, it appoars that Raflorty is not o native-born Irishmnn, as many supposed, bub that hs is u vative of Newburg, Orauge County, N. Y. Refor- ouce to the records of the Polica De- nrimont shows that, whenever arrested, © govo his nationality ns Amorican, 1fo camo to Chicago with his ‘family fourteon or fifteon years ago, and all of thom huve ovor sinca beou donizens of Bridgeport. Thoy sottled in the vicinity of tho brick-yards, in the district known ns Hamburg, whore “tho brothers MeVoy wore shot and killed by polien oflicers not long ago, and have mado their ving by working in tho ysrds in sumumer, and in tho slaughter- houses in winter. IE WAXED STRONG AND FOUGHT. Chris ug‘penm to have behaved himself quita well until ho beenme sirong enough to cops with the rough men among whom he worked, soon as ho ronched that physical point, how- ovar, his truo_charaotor bogan to develop itself in drunken rows, whoraln the gouging of oyes, aud the bLiting of nosos, cars, and fiugers wero tho prominent modo of attack and retalition, AN EVEN TEMPERED MAN, It is soid that his conduct when sober was but littlo bottor than whon he wns drunk, though Mr. Suwll, in his arguments, tried to make the Juries believo ihat ho wan & model yonng man when free from tho maddening mfluonces of the vile and repro- Lionsiiblo stulf” sold for whisky to people of his means und class, UAL3 AND COLLECTED. Many storios_are told of premaditatod fights in tho tcllars of alnughter-houees, where tho po- Jico conldnot well interfore, and, if rumor can be rolied on, Rtafforty atways entored into thom with cooluess aud doliboration. Evon whon bad- 1y wluppod, ho exhibited n pugnacity that wos uy dongerous us it was extraordinavy, Oneo, when perfootly sober, ho doggedly refused to peform duties imposod upon him by tho foro- mau of a cortuin pucking-house Jon Archer} ave- nuo, whore ho was employed, and sigaiflod his intention of fighting hefore complymmg. The foreman very ooolly selzed & wooden instriumont used in_ packing meat, and, after gontly toppling Mr, Rafferty over two or threo timos, by rapping him on the head, discharged him, Tho ]nllur vears of Clnig' lifo ave crowded with such ren'euiflng little ingidents us tho ubove, whowing thut he was to all intonts nnd purposus a second DThil Ploiffer, though porlups no warne than o hundred of thoso with whom ho worked and nenocinted, JUMPING 'THYE TOWN, o was compelled to fly from the city twleo during tha prst five yoors, aud it is boloved that Lo Lid himselt in Newburg both times. In 1869 e ugnunltod Otiicer Oharlos Uramor, since doad, and beat him in such a brutal mannor that s lifu was for & time dospaized of, 'Lhe origin of ' CHICAGO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1873. tho difficnlty waa nover thoroughly undoratood, Dbut it wau slways Lolleved in polico olrclos thn Rafforty was the nggrossor. Ho mannged to oludo atrost, and got out of town. Cramor got battor, though ho was nover tho ssme man again, and aftor a {imo tho nssnult dropped out of mind, Ilhfl'nri{ waa notified by his fricuds that it would bo protty safe to rotirn mundor cover, aud ho ventured back to the city. I'or somo renson or other ho was not disturbod by the polico, and he wont about his wsual work in a circumspoct , way. CAIN AND ADEL. In o littlo whilo his natural love for rum and rloting cropped ont again, nnd ho fell into the bonds of the officers of the law several times, Tho quarrals botween himeolf aud his brothor Jnck, who {8 o much Iargor mau, but no more furions or utronf. bocamo more desperate and {frequent, and culminntod ot lust in {hreata of tho bloodiost aud most murderous character being utterod on both sldes. Jack Look n sol- omn oath that hio would kill his brother whon an opportunity offered, and Chris boldly anuounced that tho first sight ho caught of Jack would bo the signal for tho Iatter's death, Jack, howavor, appeated to bo torribly in carnest, an Chris cama' to the conclusion that lic would bo mutch eafer in some otherlocality, So he left tha city ngoin, and romnined away until his brothor's temper cooled. On his roturi ho npruud himsolf to his customary occupation, and kept out of Liarm's way for some time, But liquor again gat i in ita clutches, nnd held him there until ho murdered o mau. THE PAMILY, * When Lo committed this crime he was about 80 yonts of age. He was thon living in o misera- blo’ shauly on the prairie, near Walker's brick - {flrd‘ with' his father and blind mothor, two vothers, and two sistors, Tho family still resido thero, aud, with the exception of thio brothors, aro roported to bo peaceablo, honest, and indus- trious peoplo. The Doy, Liowovor, ato rockloss and desperate men, with brutal instincts and without » particle of education. Ohrls can neithor read nor write, and it is doubtful if .any of tho rst of tho family can. It is only propor to say that, whilo the Rafforty boys are more or loss undor police surveillnuco, their chnracter for honesty, ns refitmlu tho_stealing of othor peoplo's property, hns never boen questioned. CAUSLS WLION LED TO THE MUNDER. The murdor for which Rafferty was to lave beon hanged to-day on tho ssme gallows whero Bell, the woman-slayer, and Iienned{, tho Sand Ridgo ausassin, expiated their torrible crimes, was committed at half-past 12 o'elock on tha morning of Monday, Aug. b, 1872, Tho causcs whioh led. to it hovo cithor beon for- gotton by newspaper rondors, or were nover untlorstood Dy thom, Consoquentl. thoy will boar vketching. Xafforty was arrest Sunday, July 28, on & State warraut sworn ont by o mun named N. Bakoy, who olmrgod him, his brother Barnoy, and ono William Worphy with riot, they hnviug nssaulted him winle bie was at- tonding to his own businoss, and in no wise in- torfering with them, The othors wore also ar- rested. They wore bronght up for trial at the Dolico Court, and succeeded in obtnining n post~ pouement until 8nturday, Aug, 3, in order that they might Le ablo to produco s witnees named David O'Donovan, who would testify in their favor. George Bager went tholr bail, and when Baturday cameo thoy were promptly on hand with O'Donovan, who refused to attend court until norved with o subpeun by Barnoy Rafferty, Tho examiriation procoeded, and the dofendants wore held to appear at the Oriminal Court for trial. After some trouble nbout monoy hind been uatis- fnetorily nd".lustml. Enger way again induced to };ficmiufl thelr bondsmen, and they were sot ot orty. DOWN ON TIE POLIOE. They remained in the city drinking until along toward evoning, when Chris Rafforty started home on Hrlsted stroot. 1o was somewhat un- dor tho influcnco of liquor, and ovidently enter- tained protty hard feelings toward tho officers of the Bridgoport Station, as ho froquently roforred to them in terms of abuso during the day, They hnd beon the means of causing him o groat deal of annoyance and more expense than ono in_bis bumbte walk in life could aiford, and ho felt it torly toward them for it. IE WILL AURRENDER ONLY TO DEDELL. ‘When in the viciuity of Halsted streot briflga, ho mot an ofticer named Dedell, who did not be- long to the Bridgeport Station, and immodintely showed what was uppermost in his thonghts by enying : ** Bedell, you cau bave me whenevor you want tne, ‘but nouo of thoso Bridgo- port —— ——can take mo while I have a pop with mo,” Bedoll aftorwards testified to Raffer- ty's making the romark, and Mr. Small argued that the ward “ pop " mennt n blow, and not a pistol. Nono of the threo jnrics could sounder~ stand it, howevor, Chuis, it soems, drank a good deal that Saturday night, but novertbeless man- nged to geb to his homo, uear the brick-yards, When leoving the houso the tollowing moming he met O’Donovnn, and upbraided him for his rofusnl to testify in his behelf on the provions Saturday without being subpenaed. O'Donovan replied ‘that ho wos none tho less his friend, the subpena boing simply a precantion that ho de- sired to take, in cnso other friends should bo offended becauso his ovidonce was in Iiafforty's favor. SUITING THE AGTION TO TIE WORD, Chris snid be felt like whipping him anyhow, and thoreupon, ulmost i front of his own door, suiled the action to tho word with such distinguished success that O'Donovan was searcely ablo to drag bimsolf awny aftor a fow soconds had elapsed. 1o wag pounded with fists, kicked with cowhides, and battered with bricls, uatil thero was not o right-feoling spot on bis'whola body. Rafferty coolly walked off, and left bim to take caro of himmelf, ©0'DONOVAN CANNOT TAKE A JOKE. In tho course of an hour or two O'Donovan, who Lind moanwhilo reached Lis own abode, and washed the blood from his wounds and othor- wiso improved Lis_personal appenrance, called at the Bridgeport Polico Station, whore he mob Borgt, Hood, aud_ontered a complaint against Rofforty. Tho Bergeanl at fireb thought it would be a wasto of timo to pay any attontion to tho mattor, as thoso quarreliomo Bridgeport roughs, while quick to complnin, aro slow to prosecite. O'Donovan, however, persisted in baving Rafferty placed under arrest, nnd prom- ised to swear ngainst him when the time eamo, Ho also showed tho Scrgeant the condition of his head, resuiting from its contact with brioks, ond yowed that he would not put up with such trentmont any longer. Ho wanted Raf- ferty taken into custody without dulnr. a8 he badTearned that it was’ that individual's inten- tion to lenve the cily on the following day, aud “ Jump™ bis beil, Thisinformntion put s differ- ent aspoct on tho caso, and Sergt. Hood told hin‘\l to wait until night, and the arrest would be made. An the \‘olyll:lg. aftor calling the rolt of his mon, Hood flled up a vlank disorderly wnrrant for the approhonsion of RafTerty, aud gavo it to au officor named Scanlan to sorvo, The question of tho legality of this warrant was on important one n all the” trinls, but moro cspecially in tho Iust, the sccond rovorsal having boou granted by 1ho Buprome Court in'erder that evidenco touch- ing upon that point might bo heard, The opin- ion of the Court accompanyiug the writ was tho ground-worl of Mr. 8mall's argument at thoe Inst trinl, a8 it wsot forth that if tho warrant was illogally issued, or attompted to bo illegally verved, Lho character of Nafferty's offenso wns ('hunfin(l to that of mauslaughter, ‘ha prosecution did mot attompt to dony that the warrant was illegully isoued, but it was con- clusivoly provad that Ollicer Seanlan know noth- ing about it, aud that Ralforty could not possi- bly havo known whether or not tho document was in accordance with Inw, And it may be said hore, that it has been oustomary in tho Polico Dopartmont. for {eurd to intrust blank warrants, signod by Polleo Magistrates, to officers in cormmand of precintes, to bo usod in cases of omergency, whare it wonll bo subvorsive of pubtic good to delay for the purposo of golug through prosoribed forms, Soigt, Mood deened the ense of Rafferly one of emorgenoy, und nccordingly filled out the warrant, O'MEARA, Aftor hauding tho warrant to Scanlan, the Hor- geant inutructed Oficor Patrick O'Meara to pa- trol a boat othor than his rogular one, It appenrs that on the previous evening tho oflicor arreated u youny follow namud John Bheridan for ntmxuntl’;m to_rob n man who lived in Hamburg, not far from Raflerty’s place, and Lis boat was changod 8o that ho might have un opportnnity of hunting up tho witness, and hav- ing him sppenr in court the following morning, Heanlan's boat bulng also in llamburfi, ho and O'Menra wont theva in cum)mllf‘, and thon sopa- vated to attond to thetr rospeotive dutioes, MUNTING THEIR MEN, About 12 o'clack thoy mot uceldontully, and a4 laflorty and the wifnoss for whom O'Meary was seareliiug were in the habit of frequenting tho snloon Lkept by Con ‘Lraoy, the oflicers went thoro together to find thom., * The soarch proved fruitloss, und thoy datorminod to go in another dircotion, Aftor leavivg the saloon they ob- sorved o strango Jight, and, thinking that it might Lo tha zefleotion of & firo, they ran toward it across an open_pleco of prairio lying botween Tracy's and Halalod sirect. Just ns they reached tho lattor thor- oughfara the light siddenly died out, and thoy Rav0 It no farthor attortion, Finding thomsolven clogo to the saloon of Mre. O'Brien, No, 1408 BSouth IIalated streot, anothor of Rafforty's ro- sorts, they enterod, and thers found the futuro murderer, He was half-lying on n tablo near tho ond of tho room. Bcanlan wont towards Lim, nnd O'Mearn waited noar the door, not ba- ing Intoroatod In the norving of the warrant, THE MUBDLD, As Bcanlan approached him, Rafforty sald to 0'Moara, ** Will you have a clgar?” at the same timo taking one from hia pants' pocket. 0'Mearn roplied that he did not want ono just then, Bcanlan thon sud, Ilnflam', Ilave s warrant {.o{ youp" **What s it for?” querfed Rafferty. don't , kuow,"” Beanlan_roplied, * Read it to me," was Daflorty's moxt remork, and - Scavlan complied. ¢ Well,"” sald Rafrerty, **If 1 muet go, I must, You will let mo got my coat, won't you ?" Ie wns in his shirt-slooves, and, when Seanlan said “ Cortain- Iy,” started toward the door, Afler advancing & few feot, ho suddonly pulled & latgo navy ro- volvor from his boot-leg, and aimed it at ‘Meara. ‘Lhat officor sald * Don't shoot,” but tho words liad hardly oscaped his lips when_the rongh r;‘muou tho trigwor and 0'Moara fell, Raf~ forty thon turned towards Scanlan aud fired ab him once. 'Thero wero four othor persons in tho room at the time playing eards and drinking beer, and, when the shooting began, they mude o rush for the door, knocking: Rufferty down in thelr haste. Scaulan, who lind dodged bohind n couulor, saw bim lying prostrato, and rushed upon him, grabbing at thosame timo at Rafforty's rovolvor, whioh was nguln pointed at him, o was just fn tho nick of tine, the hammer fallivg upon his littlo fluger, .which the nipple of tho ~weapon. A desperato strugglo ensuod, in which tho advantage lny firat on one sido aud then on the other. Bcanlan, holding Raffeity's revolver in ono hond, struck the murderor with a billy he held in the other, but tho skull was too thick or tho blows woro too light to have tho desirable effect, and Rafferty nm.fiy got awny from tho ofiicer, and ran through the front door. Scentan fol- lowed, but tumbling over some lagor boer kogs on tho sidowall, hio fell into a ditel, and by tho simo he extricated himsolf, Rafforty had disap- peared. Whilo struggling, Scauluu_repoatedly eried for holp, but & piolicoman’s cry for holp in Bridgoport in not apt at any timo to meet with yery prompt responso from tho_citizens, and in this caso his ories wore unhoeded, On retwning to the saloon, Scavlan found O'Moara lying on tho floor almost dead. A physiciau was sum- moned, but his services were unevailing, tho wounded officer dying before his arrival,” The oceurrence was reportod to Sorgt. Iood, and nntiralmedme search for tho murdorer way insti- tuted. WA upou TIE CORONER'S INQUEST. The body of O'Meara was removee. to No, 98 Deering strect, whero ho resided with his wifo and soven childron, and Coronor Stephens hold on inquest at the Soulh Dranch Station tho samo afternoon. Dr, Bon Miller and County Physi~ cinn McCarthiy. who madoe the post mortom ex- amination, testificd that the deceased died from o guushot wound, the balt enterlug the right chest, passiug through tho fourth riv, the Iowor portion of the uppor lobe of the left lung, tho upper portion of the Euicardlum, through the posterior portion of the left lung, and out of tho left chest, lodging beneath tho left shiouldor-blada, “Thio man was found to bo oth- erwiso in Lonithy condition just provious to deatly, which was cansed by the wouud, The most important testimony was that of Policomnn Scanlan, who said: “1 was prosont whon O'Meara was ehot, 1 had a disordorly- warrant for the arrest of Clristopher Rufferly, tho Sergeant telling mo, if possibls, to bring b in on Sunday night. I soarched afl the stroots and snloons for him, and about half-past 12 o’clock I went into O'Brien's saloon, on lulsted stroet, just south of Douglas place. O'Meara was with mo. Rafforty was sitting on a table In tho back part of the room, talldng to unuther-|- man, who was seated in o chair.” 1do not know tho other man. Rafferty spoko to O’Aleara, and asked bim if he would have a cigar, at the same timo taking ono out of his pauts’ pocket. Hoe was in his shirt-sleoves, O’Meara said ho would have ono aftera while. I thou stopped up to Raflorty, and said I hrd a warrant for him, e ngked me what it was for, and I told bim I did not know. 1lo said - If 1 must go, I suppose 1 must,’ and I enid ‘ Yes," Ho then got off tho ta- ble, and aaid ho wanted his coat, Thero wore throo or four men eitting at o tabloncar by, play- ing cards, and ho went by them, towards the door to got his ‘cont. O'Meara was standivg by tho door, and when Le got nonr him he drow a rovolvor and raid, *You s—of & b—, you cau't arrest me.’ 0'Meara told him not to shoot, but he bind hordly said sc whon afforty firod at him. He thon turned towards me (I was standing near one of tho tabies) and fired at me. The ball went through my coat. I stooped bohind the ond of tho countor. I badu't timo to got my re- volver out, Rafferty foll on the floor, or was kuocked down by tho men running from the saloon, and I grabbed Dbim a8 ho wae getting up. He pointed the rovolver at my hend, aud I caught bold of it. The hammer camo down oun my littlo finger, snd cut it, I struck him $wico” on the head with my billy, Wo then had a strugglo, I had hold of his revelver with one hand, and he bad hold with both hands, e got mo down, aud I had all I wanted to do to keop him from firing in my face. I cried out for Lolp, but 2o one camo to my nesistinco, Ho then broke away fiom mo, leaving the revelver in my possession, and ran out of the front doos. T jumpod up snd followad. In front of the door, on thosidowalk, wero some beer-kegs, and stumbled oyer thom and foll into the ditch. When I got up, Rafforty hed disappeared, 1 went back to tho suloon and ~found O'Meara lying on the floor, very faint. I called in o doctor, and went to the polico atation for asasistanco, and roported to Borgt. ITood. I identify the rovolver (pro- dnced in court) s the one used by Rafferty.” No hard words passed hotween auy ono provious to the shooting. We were in tho saloon five or six minutes boforo it occurred. 1 never knew of O'Menyn having any difliculty with Rafferty, I ll:n\]wr Lad any myself. Rufferty's reputation is ad,” s Mary O'Brien, wife of the keopor of tho saloon in which O'Meara was murdered, also gave testi- mony, which proved coufirmatory of Bcanlan's, save that she did not know whr fired the two shots, and did nov see Seantun h.do bohind the counter, nor hear him shout for lelp. She did hear Rafforty say that he wouldu't go for tho “first man of thom.” Thomas MeGur and Michacl Waters, who wers in tho snloon at tho time the shooting ocourred, gave ovidonco similar to that of Mary O'Bricn, donying kuowledge of who did the shooting, aud Policoman McKinty tostifled that ho found in the saloon o cont which was supposed to huve be- longed to Taftorty. This ended tho tostimony, and the jury ro- turnad the following vordict: ‘Chat tho ssid Patrick O'Sfears camo to his death, Aug. 5, 1873, from a gunshot wound in the right breast, rotudod by a etol i tho hwnda of GhFistoplor Haf: erty; suld Patrick O'Mearn belng. ot the time in the ditchargo of his duty us police ofiicer. ‘Tho Coroner committed MeGur and Waters to Jail, in default of $1,600 bail, to appear as wit- nosses, 1t wau the opinion of avery ono prosent at tho inquest that they desired to shiold Raffor- £y as much a8 possiblo, TILE ARBESY, Tho murdor oroatod an futonse excitomont in Bridgoport, as O'Menrn was kuown aud re- speoted by noarly ovory ono who rosides within its limits, aud tho excltement inorcased whon it beonme known that tho murdorer waa cap- tured. . The men who hed been ket to work to hunt up the villain did so with spparent zest, and turned insido out all the low rum-lolos of tho distriet. During tho day, word came from o smail town in the southwestorn portion of tho county that Rafforty hud passed through thero in the morning, Dotectivos Himmons and Elliott wore instricted to tako two mon with them, and leave tho city in oliaso of the fugitive. Forming into two parties ot little beyond Bumunit, they loarned of Rafforty's near presouce, and hoadod him off, Obicer Mahonoy was tho Tucky mau to’ malo the orrest. In tuirnfng from the main rond \WBn tho tow-path of the cansl, ho obsory- o Rafforty walkiing quiotly along in tho dito~ tlon of Joliot, Prosentinga plstol to his ear, he ordered him to stop, aud enid he would shaot if any resistance wero offerod, ‘Tho murdoror knew enough to behave himsolf undor those un- Inviting clreumstancos, and enterod tho wagon without making the slightost objeotion, o was thon takon to tho city ns quiotly as posslble, and locked up in the Harrison Streot Station. Ho was romarkably roticent, and bogau, with the truo instinels of his olass, to play the lusane dodgo. 118 FINST TRIAL. TinfYorty's first trial commonced in the Criml- nal Uowt beforo Judge 'Lreo, Nept. 9, 1879, Llurty-five days aftor the murdor hud been coms fiitted. A jury was flnally obtalnod out of a wanol of 120 men, and, after short addrosses by tho Biata's Atiorney and the prisoner’s connsel, MMr. B, A, Small, tho trinl proceodod with tho oxamination of the witnessos for tho prosecu- tion, 'Tho tuntlmnnfiwns short and to the point, belng tho samo e that givon at the inguest, aud on tho adjournmont for that day only two wit- nosses for the prosocution remainod to bo hoard. ‘I'hoso wore hoard tho day following, Bopt. 10, and fiva witnonacs wore called to prove tho good charnoter of the prisoner, after which an equal numbor of robutting witnossos woro called to whow his bad charncter, ‘The Btate's Attornoy then waivod the opomng spocch, and Mr, Bmall made aun *argumont for mtiga- tion of sontonco, in emse the prisonor was found guilty, Tho Btate's Attornoy then closed for the proscoutfon in o flory, oloquont speacl, and tho Court chargod the «jury brieily o4 to tho law aud ovidence u tho case. “Iho jury wero out only fow minutes, and brought in tho following vordict : Wo, ho_jury impaneled to try the cars of Tho Poo- plo v, Clirlatorher Itafferty, for tho muriter of Patrick 0'Mcura, find soll RatTerty aurLty, aud sentenco him 1o bo hanged by the neck until dead, Tlo Court found this verdict to bo informal, and directed tho Olork to amend it in conformity with Inw, which was done ns follows : e, tho yury, find the defendant guilty in mannor and form os chargod in tho fudiotment, snd Aix as his punishment thut ho suflor death by hanglug. The fury having been polled, and having fndi- vidually ngteod to tho vardiot, tha Btato's Attor- ney moved for aontenco, and tho prisoner's coun- eol moved for a now trial. Tho prisoner was brought np for sentence Bopt. 14, Judgo T'reo on the Bencl, whon the motion for a now trial was made on the ground that tho Court rofusod to give proper instruc- tions for tho dofonso, This motion boink over~ ruled and oxcoptions taken, a_motion for arrcst of judfimcuc waa madoon tho following grounds: That tho Court orred in not granting a ohauge of vonue ; that tho Court orred in rofusing Lfio challonge to tho array in the causo ; that tho Court orred in refusing o continuauco; that the in- dictmont «wou so0” defective a8 not to support Jjudgment, and that the indlotment did not ciarge that tho death of O'Meara was causod by Chtig- tophior Riaflorty, or a pistol in his” houds, The last caueoe cited was shown to be incorrect a8 regarded the original indictment, but to bo woll taken a8 far as'tho copy furnished to tho prisonor was coucorned, and, the motion for ar- rest of judgmont having boon ovorruled, Mr. Small prosonted an additional reason in that tho copy of the indictmont furnished the prisonor way faulty, This also having been_overruled, tho motion to pass sentonco was acted upon, au Ohristophor Rafferty was uontonced to ba con- fined in tho Gount{ Jail until Oct. 4, 1872, and thon to bo hanged by the nack until dead. THE FIRST GUPERSEDLAS, Rnfforty's eounsel went boforo Mr, Juatice Me- Allister with his oxceptions, aud n supersodeas was granted; and when tho case wos hoard be- fore the Bupreme Court, that body roversed tho Judgmont in the lower court, on tho ground that Judgo T'reo orred in refusing tho motion of tho accused for o chango of venus, doctding that it was not & matlor within the discrotion of tho Court, but must bo granted whon asked for. Accordingly, on tho 20th of Novembor, 1872, the caso was redocketed In tho Criminal Court of this county, and, on Rafforty's application, a ohango of veno to Lake County was granted, TIF, SECOND THIAL. The socond trial of Rafforty occurred at Wau- kogan, and oponed on the 4th of Fobrunry last. ‘Thore was nothing especially now in it to “either pnllinte the prisoner's crimo or add to the collec- tion of damuatory evidence which had been piled up agninet him af tho provious trial, Al the im- portont witneeses reiterated their former state- ments, Waukegan, however, would not undo the good work whlch Chicago hnd began, and tho prisoner was again doomed to doath, the Judge, on tho 16th of the mont}, senteucing him to bg langed onthe 7th of March last. Mr. Small did not glve up horo, however, 1o filod o bill of excoptions, tho poiuts taised in which are given below: ; THE SECGND SUPERSEDEAS, . .. . . .| Raflerty's counsol obtained a writ of orror, which was made n supornedeny, from tho Ilon. W. K. McAllistor, Assoviate Justice of the Supremo Court, Iob. 26, 1873, The first error nssigned by Mr. Bmall was that thore was no romittitur, .or ‘mandate, from tho Supremo Court, remauding the cause to the Criminal Conrt of Cook County; and that, thereforo, that Court had no jurisdiction to order the caso to bo re-docketed and to ordor the chango of vonue to Lake Couity. ‘Phio second orror assigned was in substanco the samo as tho first, The third error nasifiuud, and the one that proved fatal, was that tho lower Court oxcludod from tho july the evidenco concerning tho al- leged illegality of tho warraut. It was alleged that this warrant on which Scanlan attempted to arrest Rafforty, was uot legal, sinco it was one of o batch which ' Justice Banyon Lnd signed in blank, and loft at the station to be filled out and usod in case of emergonoy, such being his custom. In relation to this warrant, which was for Raflorty's arrest on o trivial charge, State's- Attornoy Rced, in his briof filed in tho caso, statea as follows: “Tho oyidonce in the record conclusively shows that Datriolt O'Meara, tho murdored officer, had nothing whatover to do with the warrant and ;took no part in the arrost of Rafferty. ‘The warrant is regular on its faco. Although it may have been ir- regularly issucd, thore was no evidence given or offared, to show that Offver O'Mearn, or Lis associate oflicer, Scanlan knew it was irrogular. All tho evidence in the rocord shows that O'Mearn novor saw tho warrant, did not rend it, or Lear it rend, and did not know tho contents thereof, 1Io did uot speak to Rafferty, nud mado no attempt toarrost him, It (the evidence of the nllefi:ud irregutarity of tho warrant) was excludod by tho Court bolow for the very good reason that it had no bearing upon the issue, and because it was manifest that it was an attompt to pob up o side iseuo, so as to mislead tho jury and cover up and conceal a horrible crime. 1n thus exctuding the ovidence, the Court holow did what it was mani- fostly his duty to do, and what was lawful and roper,' The fourth error assigned was, that the Court erred in giving the tweltth instruction, This in- struction simply told tha jury what the form of llm{{ verdict should beif they found the prisoner gutlty, ? ‘Lo sixth error assigned was that the Court erred in admilting the evidonco of Officer Eodell. His avidenco rolated to a statement mado by Raflerty throo days before the mmurder that “Nono of the — ~— — of policemen in Bridgaport should arreat him as long as ho (Rtaf- forty) had o *pop’ with him." The evidence alko showed that pop” wos o elang torm for pistol or revolver, ‘Tho last orror assigned was the refusal of the Court to allow evideucs of the drunkeuness of Raflorty two hours bofore the killing of O'Meara, T'hin error was answored by the Supremo Court when tho cago was bofore it flrat, it being then decided that testimony to show drunkenuess one hour and a half before the kiiling was not com- poteut. The other errors assigned wore of littlo con~ sequenco, nud wore not even noticod in State's Attornay Ltood's brief. "The Bupremo Court gave a declslon in Ootober Austaining 3r, Small snd roversing thoe decision in the Circuit Court on the ground that tho ovidence relative to the alloged illogality of the warrant, was not allowed to be introduced. THE THIRD TRIAL, Tho third trial was commonced before Judge Murphy in the Circuit Coutt of Luko County, witting at Waukegan, on the 25th of Novomber, and occupied but a short timo iu houring. o jury, aftor several Lowrs® dellberation, ro- turncd o vordiot of murder in tho firat dogros, the prisonor to bo hanged. A few days nfter- ward Rafferty was again bmught before the Court, and thie Judge fixed the 20th of Decom- bor ag tho day on which ho should dle, Mr. Smll made tho customary motion for u new trial, which was argued and overrulod, Ie then appllod to the Governor for u rospito nntil Janu- avy, when the Bupreme Court was to moot, and this was donied. TUE TIIID BUPERSEDEAS, Thon hie went to the Supromo Court with the rocord and his excoptions, and at 10 o'clock Christmas morning ho wun notified that Fudges Bheldon, Scott, aud MoAlllster had agreed, Wednosday ovoning, in grauting a stay of pro- coedings, Tho following is a copy of the ordo) The within-unmed Chrlstopher Rafferty, baving caused 0 bo prexented to the undersigued it vacation, the within traueeript of record, duly cortitied, and with an amlgument of errors in_putwuwnes of iho pravi- slons of Hectlon 108 of tho Oriminal Code, aud Chapter 40 of the Rovised Btatutes of 1643, and prayed for the al'owance of a wrlt of errar, and the utilursigued huve ibyg caretully fnspocted suld record, vid being of opine fon that thete j ressonablo causo shown therein for tha ullowaiico of mich writ, now, by virtue of tho power i authority conferred, aud tho provislons of kald stntute, 1t 16 ordered that said writ be aud 1he kamo fu bureby ullowed, with all the effect In sald Section 198 provided and declared, MR, BMALL, This gontioman was naturally gratified by the succoes of his endeavors, but was unablo to tell . cy, W sohiool rrool!uly why it was granted, oxcopt that ho be- lovod i€ wag on an examination of the record, BR. BIRCU'S TIEwW, A reporter callod upon Mr, Reod, hut found Lim sick in bed. Mr. Harvey Birch, his nusist- ant, way ol the house, and stated that ho was ignoraunt of the reason why the stay of proceed- mga was grantod, but presumed it was on tho strongth of Mr. Smoll's afiidavits, which woro that ono of the jurors bofore mpanelled biad gnid that o way £ bo a Juror, and that Riat- forty should not got off, and_ that after tho jury had retired Judge Mnrph{ told one of tho Dopu- ties to inform thom that it they did not agreo that evening bo could adjourn Court till tho ful- lowing morviug, but that tho Deputy informed them “if thoy did ot sgrao at onoe, tho Judgo would go to Woodstook, and thoy would bo lockod “J’ ovor Sunday, theroby inthnidating tho aforeanid jury, Hoe did not bellove tho irrogu- Tnrity of tho original warrant bad auything to do with'the decision. Mr. Birch also suld that this result was uttorly unexpectod to Mr, Rood und Limuolf. Tio weoks ago Mr., 8mall applied to Judgo MoAllister for a supersedoas, but ho rofused to act nlone. Tho application o tho Governor for o rospite also falled, and then he prosumed the counsol wont to Judgo Beott. A dispatch from Ottawa dated yostorday statos that tho throe Judgos lave gionted o super- sedons and ordored the case transferred to tho docket of the Contral Graud Divivion, at Bpring- flold, which hny been done, AT WAUKEGAN. Our correspondent at Wankogan says that un- til last Sunday Rafforty maintnined tho bragga- doorn nir which has choractorized his domoanor from the moment of his arrost, being courageous, and endenvorivg to _make it appear that ho was tndifferent rogarding hia fate, Ho undoubt- cdly relled upon the offorts of his couusel to seoure him a rourth trial, but hosring nothing favorablo and loarniug of tho Langing of Por- toet, hio wan unable to lonfcr ssgume the *‘don't cara™ lool, and began Lo fully realizo his_aitua- tion. From the moment ho bogan to think it wng uscless to hopo, his conduct changed. Chcerfulness was supplanted by fits of molan= choly, and he bey often boen seon , PRAYING AND WEEPING ond reading the prayor-book, He censed walk- ing up and down_the floor of Lis coll, aud bo- camo very quiet. Whon any one spoke to him, ho recovered from the stupor and suswored all quostions, but voluntoered nothing. Ho did not apparently want to tall, preforring to find con- solation in tho prayer-book. He has learned about two-thirds of a prayor by roto, aud ropeats this to himaolf, hin lips and occasionul referonces to tho book indicating what ho is doing. Con- finoment in the jail has bad uo other effect thon £o bleach Lis skiu; it,did not reduce his woight, or make him look aistressed. Dwring tho past week, howover, he has exporienced consid- erablo mental ngony, and now looks omacintod and worn-out, _He'is oficorful at timos, and at others tears will triokle down his cheoks, and overy day strongthoned the conviction that there Was no escape for him, , .THE PRIEST, The day. following tho one on which he was tieutoneed tp ho hnngzad, bo was visited by Father Gavin, Pastor.of itho Cinrok of the Immaculute Conceptionsand soveral of the Sisters of Mer- 0 -nro ongaged 1a teaching ab tho connected with the church. They Leve called on him threo or four timos o day over since, and about two weeks ago, ho began to be sorfous in his religions dovotions. A stand was placed in bis coll, & crucifix snd o prayer-book were furmshed h(m. oand night and morning ho says his prayers and counts his beada. ~Whonever anyono approaches him while Lo is weoping, lio drics his oyes and attempts to appear composod, and says he will dio like a brave man. APPETITE, His appotito has Ueon good, sud he maunges to kill time by reading in tho prayer-book and t‘n.lki.?g pleasuntly to the guards and tho Jailer's amily. Tu18 CELL. ~Lvory morning ho makes bis toilet asif ex- pecting to bo roleased. I shirt bosoms are as whito a6 suow, and his nppearance indicative of au intention to take u walk, Ho cleans his cell rogulnrly twice a weok, and_overything withiu it is Jopt in excellent order. Tho walls ara adorned with wood-cats clipped from the illustratod pue pers, aud colored prints remarkablo for nothing but an abundaucs of color. Ho hos given vory little traublo, and Jailer Douglnas and bis wife rather like him, notwithstanding he is amur- deror. TS MUSICAL TASTES, . Provious to Sunday Lie occarionatly Bm‘fi por- tions of popular songs,—* Down in & Conl-3li and “ Mollio Darling being favorites ; but ho suddonly lost all intorest in music, and bas sinco devoted the time Lo gave to singing to medita- tion regarding his futuro lite. DOWN ON_TIE TIMES, Ono of tho guards, Mr. Ostrandor, who has boen with him every nighc since the 24 of No- voember, rends the Chicago papers to him rogus larly. Rafferty is always vory unxious to kuow what is said nbout his caso, aud, as nothing is conconled from him, he is aware of everything that has been written. Whenover a mis-state- mont_is mado, ho calls attention to it, and bos becomo particulurly ombittered against tho Times, which, ho saye, covers up n grain of truth with o bushol of cheff, and distorts u fact by additions which aro untrue and eensational. A NEW TRIAL, r. Ostrander talks with Lim very often, and during a_conversation Monduy night aeked him if ho pxpectad to gaba new trisl. His raply was that ho thought ho would. * Do yon thini you ought to have ono?" queriod the gunrd, * Yes," said Rafferty, I did not got o fair trial tho Inst time.” Furthor quostioning elicited the iuformution that Lie bolieved tho shot le fired killed O'Meurs, An account of Pertoot's execution was read to him, but ho said nothing about it—whother Lo belioved it was right or wrong. Onco ho reforred to the Stoxes caso, and remarked that he did not think heought to be hanged for killing & man under similar oir~ onmstauces [ehooting], whon Stokes gob ofF with four years-in the Penitontiavy. PRACTIOAL INSTRUCTION, Tucsday nfternoon he tore o atrip from ono of the blankets on his bed, and called the guard and told him ho wanted to show him how a hang- man's koot was made. e ndjnsted it, and then pastod tho strip to the guard, who Lolds -it as o memento. The Sheriff scomed not to antertsin any suspicions of suivide belioving Rafforty's statement that he would not injure himselt, THE BUENILE'S WIFE, Wednouday morniug he told the Shorili’s wife that Lo Lad but throe duys to live, aud was pre- parod to die. She frequontly goos in to sao Lim, uud takes bim his mouls, Ile very rarely unys suything in relation to Limeolf. She has found him in toars, and since Mounday noticed that ho had changed vory muchi—appesring wan uud more thoughtful than usual, e is choerful in hor presonco, and will reply ko auy quostions sho ouls, 110 told hor that Lis Tast trinl was _ypt fair one; that tho Judge did wrong iu sending o man to the jury, to tell thom he would mest them at 7 o'elock in the morning and rocoive thelr verdict, o belioves this modsage hnstenod thoir verdict somewhat, and that tie addition made by the Constable * that if the jury did not Lriogin & verdics ut 7 o'clock thoy would bo locked up until the following Monduy, had n bad offect, and eansed thom to come to a conolusion differont from what thoy would have reached, hud thoy had the time for doliborution. Ifo thought thore woro some men on tho jury, who should not have been selecied—mon who wero projndicod agalnst him, and wore detormined to hang him, He also told her that ho lnow lLe lud done wrong, and did not hope for mercy—(hat he would mogs denth bravely: all that wis possible bud boen dono for him by his counsol, ANOTILER TRIAL USELESS. He had had threo trists with buc one result, and if another trinl were granted, Lo hulleved the verdiot would bo the samo; ho wan nnder the influenco of lguor when he ahot O'Moara, aud rogrettod It u moment alterward, — adding, “The laws must b oboyed.” At auothor tinie ho said tho jury- mon seleoted to trv him were uol the kind ho proferred ; he would muoh rathor hnve bad men who read the newspapers, and know what wns going ou in tho world, than fellows who never read anything, A BESPITE W, Whilo eating hiw supper ‘Enesduy nighit, ho aslod if anything favo:ablo had been hourd about his caso. Tha roply “ No " afoeted lum, and ho said ko had givon up ull hopes of & suporsedeas or n commutation, but * hoped to Qo ™ tho Qovarnor wonld grant him a rospite, o is tho oaly prisoner in the jail at prosent, tho lnst ono haviug beou dischirged sbout two woelit ngo, No one but thopriest nnd Sistors aro permitied to vielt him, A WHITTEN BTATRMENT, Ho has confessod to Pathier Gavin, snd ro- cotved absolution, He han written nothing him- solf, but Father Gavin wroto something at hig NUMBER 127, rnTlcut Tuoaday afternoon. A TnmuNe roportor ealled nt Father Gavin's louno this morning, but wes told ho was nick, 1Io recovered very sud- denly, for an houwr nfterwards ho was ott. HI8 ACCOUNT OF TILE MURDER. Tuesday night, Thompuon, onc of _tho gunrds, asked him how lio happeued 'to kill 0'Meara, 116 B.nl(l ho dldn't know; that ho had o fght with o * follow" tho dny betoro and_whipped him, and the day following (Saturday) tho man wont to tho polico statlon’'to got nwatvant for him, The police told him thoy conldi't givo him ono, and thut ho must como around Monday and got one. Whon ho left the atation, the polles mado out o warrant themaolves, and two of them camo to the saloon to ayrost him. Io was sitting nt a tablo, with his hiond down, aud hoard ono of tho officors sny to tho othor, “Thoro is your man.” Tho ofiicer came up to him snd waid he liad o warraut, and ho (Rafforty) told bim to woil uutil be got bis cout. _ Whils golog to get it, ha dnw & policoman standing at tho door with a slung-shot in his hand, What followed Lo did not know. e had no recolloction of having had nxevolver, or firing & shot. BOUND REABONING. The eamo ovening, ho called Thompuon to hit cell door, and, holding up a bottlo of holy-wator, pointed to un npparontly doad fly whioh wus floating on ton of the fluld. Bald he, “Do you Hee thnb&ly? It ha« beon thero a day and a Lnlf," Ho thon fished It owt, and handod it to ‘Thompson, who placed it on o newspuper. Pros- ently it bogan to move, then fluttered its winge and flew n\'n{. Rafferty thought it vory strange that it should bo alive after hnving been fn tho wator g0 long. Howovar, tho witer was_ sncred, and he belleved its virtues would nave his soul. 1B FAMILY. Until yesterdny ho said vory littlo of his fricnds or relatives. Then bo bocame anxious, snd wantod to know why they did uot come. No one could toll him, und lhe ecomed much dishesrtonod, ~ Ho refors to his sistor aud brothor |Barney once in a while, but never moutiona tho name of * Juck.” ‘The lettor and he, it _appears, nover got nlong well together, aud Johu has not visited him sinco his Inst trial.. Miss Rafforty callod to soo him Tugs- day, and she Is the only one of his rolatives who bas soid suything to him sinco the duy he was sontencod. T8 HEALTH, His bealth has been good, his only complaint being of *‘a pressuro in the head." This gave rige to sundry rumots, which were added to by imaginative pordous, who sproad tho roport, last night that be was quite ill and would probably die bofors morning. THE BESOUE. Much has boen #aid about & proposod rescue of Rafferty by & pary of bis Bridgoport frinds, but tho authorities in Waukegan rogard the ru: mors a8 false. Iu November, while the trial waa going ou, tho Bleriff recelved tho following lotter : Mp, Sienmer: Very confidentislly I bave boen told by u very old, Lioncst Ohristian perdon that further oiforts aay bo mado to reseuo Naterty, now In your chargo, NMany plana aro proposod, Ono is to firoa bullding fu a remoto Jast of sour city; alao, wii suufl aud popper to blind the keoper, and mount Rufferty on & swift Lorse, Anothoris to collcet money to bribe. If unsuccesaful, polson may be placed in Rafforty’s hands to commit suivido at fl)l‘o last hour, The signaturo was XXX., and although the in- formation was of n startling charactor, it mado no finprossion on tho Sheriff. Whon Sorgt. ITood was in Waultegan in No- vember, Lo told Sherilf Bartlett that tho Bridgo- porlers’ wero dangorous mon, nnd thought onough of Rafforty to risk their lives to savo bim. Last Monday Policeman Crogen, of the TFourth Precinct, who knows all the' pluguglies in the South Branoh District, went to Waulkogan tosco it any of them wore loitoring around town, Tuosday the Blierif was hauded the subjoined communicetion : ToLICE DEPARTMENT, CHICAGO, Founru IRecuicT, Dec, 22, G, IT. Bartlett, Sheriff ; EAR B1R: I have received information thin after noou from & gentleman connected with tho packing. houses ot th Unlon Stock Yarde, that thers is oh orgauization of meu numbering soveral hundred thus 376 muliug proparations to tirovant, ot al- Lazucds, tho oxecution of Rafferty. 1f tho Supromo Court of Governor docs not intexfere, the plen io to go to_ your placo on Thursduy, I shasll'confer with tho nuthori- tieahero to-morrow with regurd fo the matter, and will write you ngatn. ‘Che source from which 1 do- rived my informution {8 such thut I am forced to beliovs thore fa somo truth, in tho roport, Iave Roundsman Crogau ou the alert. Iwill comminicato swith yan agofu, and would be glad to hear from you a3 10 how you 'would be_prepared to perform your duty in cuto thero should be any intorfersuco by o mob from Lere. Respectfully, Epwanp Hoob, Sergeant, The Sheriff was not alurmed nt thin either, but concluded to consult with Mr, Williams, tho Prosccuting Attorney, snd Lio considored it bost to telegraph for four Bridgeport policomen. L'wo of tliom, Crooke nnd auothor, came up Tuesday night, and another Wodnosday morning. ‘They watclied avery train, but have beon mmbfn to find any suspicious-looking peoplo. It ap- poars that tho Board of Supervisors grumblod about the Sheritf's bill for the Jast trinl, aad thiz fact mado him feel indifforent avout Rafterty,— pot caring to pay out lus own money to prevout his excapo, TAFFERTY IN BITACKLES. Baturday mght he Lecumo approhensive for some ronson, and toncludod (o hundent? snd put ankle chaing on, Hoe ordored Ostrander to do it, and Ralforty did not object, putting ont his foot for the shackles, Ho, howaver, felt grioved at it, and snid that thoro was no canse for putting him in irons ; e Lad not mado an attempt to cs: capo, or to malost any ene, and thought so long a8 110 was quiot_and penceable ho shiould bo ol lowed the privilege of walking about his coll unfottered, 'Pho irons were removed the next morning, and have not been used again, Severnl speeial policomen wore sworn in by the Shoriff, and six are constautly on watch af tho jail, to prevent the fngress of nuy unauthor- ized porson, All were armed, Two of thom woro stationed outsido the building and four in- sido. Tho formor challenged ovory one who ap- Frnlched tho jail, and mado him leave the Court- Touse Squaro,if unable to eliow thathehad bus. iness thora. Aftor 10 o’clock at night no stranger was pormittad to go within the squaro, Those precautions woro thought tobe unnacessary by somo people.. - THE EXEQUTION, The properations for the execution wero com: menced ‘I'uesday uftornoon, Raferty heard the men at work, and asked tho guard if thoy were not _fixing tho seafold for him. The guard ovaded ausworing, but Rafforty did not nppoar to enro much about it. Mo manifested no sur- prinu, #ooming to tako it as a_metior of course. Thursday morning the Bheriff's danghter sskea hiwm how Lo folt, and b sard all right. Ho told Lior ho hind henrd tho noieo un-stairs, and ro- marked that ho guossed thoy had the *business” fixed for him. She did notroply, and he askod 1o quostions, TUE GALLOWS. A portion of the callows—one end of the rope —1it on tho-second floor, and tho remaindor be- tween tho ceiling and the roof. The rope rune through o hole in the floor, and paseos through a pulley, which is attached to one of the raftors. At tho end is abont 800 pounds of iron—an an- vil and ovora! dumb-balls, The weight is held up by a cord, which is_1ed down to tho foot "of tha satalrs, and tlod to o post about fifteen feot from whoro Rafforty was to stand. This cord was to bo_eut, aud tho weight being released theroby, would drop about eight, foot. Tho arrangoment was somowhat different. from the ordiuary suspension gallows, but the rinciplo is tho same. Sufliciont slack was al- lowed to give Rafferty n fall of ziout threo feot aftor he had boon clovated, aud no mishaps wero unticlpated, A MIBIAP. Thureday aftornoon, while Capt. Winske was examining tho rope, he fell from a box on which hie was stunding, und dislocated his shoulder. He was abla to wall home, and, slthough. s in- Jurien avo very painful, ho will soon by sbout ugain, CHRINTIIAS, Rafterty wont to bed at 11 o'clock Wednesday night, but did not get to sleop uutil aftor 3 o'clock Thursday morning, He aroso at B, laok- ing tired and distressod, Fathor Gaviu visited i at 0 o'looir, und romained with bim nearly an nour, ‘I'vo Histora called nt 11 o’clock, and wore with him until noon. Mrs, Donglase took hin bls dinner, which waa sont by a lady in tho town, ut halt-past 12, It cousisted of tur- koy, minco pie, vegotublos, und a cup of strong ton, Tlo did not out s heurtily ns usunl, and re- murkod that it was o ¢ hard * Chrirmas for him, but_lie hoped others would enjoy thom- solves, 1lo suid Lo oxpected n Christmas pres- ont—a_ reapito—in tho morning, but had little liopo ot ity coming, A youth namod Honucborry, & pupil of Father Guvin, spont tho groater portion of two houst with him in the afternoou, I'wo roportors at- fompted to intorview him, but uftor whaking huands with thom, o turned his buek towar thom, and rofused to kay snything, A Tuisuxy (Continued on Uhe Liahth Pagey