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WEEKLY GAZETTE,A HARD CROWD.tide Giving Some Inside tory of the Hall Family.clt;Fro:tbe Cincinnati Commercial Gaaette.The news from Terre Haute that “GoalOil Johnny,” alias John Hall, has fallena victim to a pistol in tbe hands of his handsome and jealous w;ie, will be received with sensational interest here in the ciroles to which this notorious couple were known. Hall was one ot the slickest tricksters who ever plied his nefarious business in this city, that was his home lor so many years. His numerous adventures would fill several volumes. No man was better known to the policeand none were so shrewd in avoiding conviction. During the reign of bunko in this city, Coal Oil wa9 in high leather, and many were the dupes victimized by bis wiles, but he could never keep the money he made so easily. His passion for faro bank would always assert itself when in funds, and he was a terribly “high roller” when playing on the outside with a fat roll. During the adminis tration of police affairs under Chief Carson, Hall ran a brace game at 167 Racestreet, when almost every other house intown was closed. It seemed impossibleto shut him off. He was a man of about thirty-seven years of age, genteel in appearance, and of a very smooth and pleasant address. His last exploit in Cincinnati was beating a countryman out of $800, which he lost playing taro bank. As his victim was about to make it hot for him, he left town, accompanied by his wife,for Chicago. There in a skin game heAndy!intiThe TTher theco mourn*the life departi for the Andy I work inaboutYesterderrand,eveningiron fesquare,Main stto fallpicketslay untand Buknowirorderechim to tense pfleeced another party out of $400. Play-ing this against faro-bank he won $1,700. )nthe meantime his own brace game was raided by the police and Chicago was too hot for him. From there he went toTerre Haute.Sadie Hall is a woman of probably less than thirty years. She is a decided beauty of the brunette type; pale complexion, black hair and eyes and a neat and elegant dresser. She has a wicked temper and in this respect was not behind her husband. She is the daughter of a woman known as Mrs. Thomas, who has kept a house of prostitution in this city for many years. Af present she is running such a place at No. 18 McFarland street. The same house was in charge ot her daughter some two years ago. Mrs. Thomas received a dispatch from her daughter’s attorney yesterday afternoon and left for Terre Haute last night. Bora and raised in a hot-bed of crime, Sadie Halls excitable temperament met* only with stimulants. She and her husband—for doubtless they were really married, although he denied it at times—had frequent bitter uarrels and occasional separations, wice, it i9 said, he attempted to kill her, and not very long ago she heard one night that he was in company with another woman in Kate Riley’s Long worth street place, and arming herself with a revolver, she besieged the establishment, firing bullets through the plate-glass windows. The wars of John and Sadie Hall have been a fruitful theme ot discussion among police reporters and police, and frequent have been the prophecies that one ot them would some time,k111 the other.¥Dr. ( saw thlt; the wajjail aBlt;liued useven ^Thefollowi oner’sthis mtestifiec of this afterno up to t over, on his ing amHenry feet an when 1 Dr. Jo brough man inHan and de the cor terday o’clock the sqi the cat lying c trying slipped on the kill huand he cell buTurrdeceaseday aftFrom the Cincinnati Enquirer.The doubts as to whether John and | to be s Sadie Hall were lawfully wedded were dispelled yesterday by ’Squire Gilligan, who stated that he married them about four years ago.He remembers the event as it it occurredsome oHe ga^was pu lockedprisont could ibut yesterday. At the time they appeared to be a very loving couple, and he reAt thafloor ai doctormarked the woman’s pretty face, spark ling eyes and interesting manners.When Coal Oil Johnny called to arrange for the marriage he planked down a ten dollar bill, and when he received his cer-1 testifiei tificatehe gave the magistrate another bill.Inquiries yesterday developed thatCorolittle b and foi• 1 AtSadie was not over twenty-five years of ^ age. In 1867, when Mrs. Thomas’ about thouse, on tbe north side of Fifth street, west of Sycamore, was raided and Bill Jordan, the counterfeiter, found therein, accord* Sadie was just nine vears old. At that therentime she and her sister Jennie were ar- pj^ t rested with the rest, but remained in the no rela lock-up only over night Jennie, who is now leading a life ot shame in New York, was then abont sixteen. Bill Jordan was the man of May 24Mrs. Thomas, and he was sent to the pen * b*itentiary for dealing in the queer. Twice 18 0 Coal Oil and his wife were separated for some time, and tor a while she was with relatives in Indiana.here anperson.On*itHer child, whose father is said to be a well known young man in the city, was always treated by John as if it was hitf own. When Hall attempted to kill hiswife in the Longworth street house about two years ago, the bullet narrowly missed striking Mrs. Thomas, who was sitting in the room.It appears that when Hall first met Sadie ber mother kept on Vine slreetjustabove Ninth. It i9 said she was smittenwith him on first sight and the third day after their meeting she was out ou the street looking for him. Although both were very jealous of each other she wasthe worst by far.Tbe general opinion is that Sadie never meant to kill Hall. Seeing his revolverhandy on the bureau, she seized it, probably with a sudden impulse, and with the idea of making a bluff before the two women present. The sporting fraternity in general say Coal-Oil Johnny was a pretty clever fellow, in spite of his crooked business. Still he would beathis belt friend.Licensed to Marry Cora LeeJohn D. Callahan took oat a license inthp pountv clerk’s office this afternoon toMinG(
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Terre Haute Weekly Gazette
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 26, 1883
Page 4
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USA 04 Apr 2018
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