The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-10-03
TIE NEW YORK SUN.
MONDAY HORNrro, OCTonrR :. 1sss.


The following dstskls Il en- srSuvtunase ria.
seeident. st Hartford, Ct-. ars pub,ishsd lcss a
an itsm of news, than 10 preve the fset, wh;s,
hss been hcrstofcss dmisd, that spsatsnsou,
oombsstion can Be gsnsrstsd In . gun barr,,,
through sgcusies unknown, and as yet untis-
covered -4- -..,. ..
A shocking scssdsut occurred Il SrAnr,.,
Rine tsesery, Hartford, CT, n about haif-psst
% Sr5 Sssy Ss,sss yssss.dsS % * t.tSnoOn say. 4. Hart
turs dischsrgs o dossn raes, wanna W.
eEsrARp, an honsst and faithful Ia, is y,sr,
efaGe, employed - erand boy IN this ofF3ce fov
two years past was INSTANTLY killed, his had
being literally blown 20 pieces. =. =
There are two small shops or sheds, about
fourteen feet square adjoining each other, in the
rear Of the main buildings, where the ri6c bar.
.rels are proved: The hsrreh ars loaded, ifty at
. time, ranged on . low nck, IN two tiers. the
muzzles pointing toward the roof and then ro-
moved to tho adjoining shop, whore they ars
discharged, the fifty st onoe, into bank ofsarth
giving ssvrrs test Of tho strength Of tae bar
rsla- Zach barrel d loaded with ons-eighth q
an ounce o. powder and two half ouncs 6alla-
Mr.. A. ID. knG, United States Government In
spector OF hrcarns, was putin, IN the cartridges
Mr.. L. Z. FNskr, foreman of tho shop, va
ramm!ng them down with heavy iron ramrod
made Tor the purpose, and eoppered at the lover
End, and one q tho workncn, named JonS BsAD-
LET, was assisting WAARES, who had left his
own shop 70 hslp In the proving shop, as they
were In hurry. u 1ain,ahlhi''"' -
The front tier had inst bean all loaded, whsn
WARREN removed tho bar thAs condnet thern,
ard gathered a. many a be could grasp In his
two hands BY the muzflss, TO carry than int
the proving shop, aboyt ten foot distant. At
this instant, q he stopped over the muzxles, all
pointing 1t his head, from somo unknown cause,
they were discharged simultaneously, with 1
deafeping report, tho charges entering Just under
his chin and going out st the top of his hssd,
and his dead body fll backward against tub oi
blown out, the brains and blood and fragments
OF his skull being spattered all over tho shop
iisces Of the skull werc blown into Mr.. FISNsY's
cheek with such force that they had 10 be eI-
trscted with pinccrs. One ball also cntercd the
abdomen Of WARRRs, passing up through the
body, and one traysrsed the right arm from the
elbow to the shouidsr, two or thfes Of the bar
reis having fallsn little forward at their dis
charge.
Inc enect Q! TINS discharge was horTibls-all
wers sPattered with blood and braina, the whole
spaoe occupied BY the men and rifle barrels BE-
Ing but lew feet, and In tbe sudden shock and
oenss SMOKE, no one knew but all the othcrs
Eae nAied- We yisissd the shop this morning
DENT o. the nctory, and though workmen had
oeen Washing out the shop, many traces Of ths
eatsfopns were SUI VISIBLE. Except for ths
net tnat WARnrH had drawn the barrels for
Isrd toward hinself, previous TO their dis
cnAiEe, oGth mt. hno And mr. EiSshr would
ssD nsye oson sihea-
ne c.ase On 'ne is,aa aischargs h not
Escn o,Hoi mas movabfe
she Wauo ,h 10, tns PURPOSE OF proving,