The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-08-23
From tn Cleveland Plaiu3,Aie-, Avg
Mys,eriou, Tragedy in Cleveland.

rihlv bruised and bleeding upon the site"d,A III
from. % the brick building corner 81 FRANKFORT
and Bank streets, and taken 10 the room OF hh-,
man Sherman in that building, where lie hAd
died. The report ran Ike wiidrrc through tle
city. and large crowd was soon gathered around
the entrance ~ the building corner OF Frankfort
and Bank Nothing was definitely known about
the affair but a hundred rumcrs were aiioat
among tie excited crowd A. 10 how Mr. Sterling
came TO his death, and many, with ashcn lP> and
blanchci checks. said foul murder had been
done Blood vas found ON the Sidewalk where
il was said Mr. Sterling had been found lying,
and in several places on the first flight OF Stars
of the building before mentioned.
M Sterling was about "a wears old, and Was
born in Salisbury, Connecticut. He had FOR some
sixteen wears been the ruling spirit .! that M
mcnse concern, the CUyaho.a Steam Furnace
Company. He was an erterpriSiug, accomplish
ed and strictly honorable citizen. The engines
and other machinery coming from the tuyahosa
Furnace COMPANY were mostly got up under IN
superintendent, and are used tar and Wide tie
had for long time been 50 closely ilcutiHedNIth
the great industrious enterprise ot Cleveland that
he was known all over the West, and hi~ death
il A calamity thai, will he felt abroad a, well n at
home lie was one of the Board oI Directors
of the Bel,eiontaue Railroad. and had been
among the foremost in organizing =. fauTS par
/ i-h lie leaves wife and one gtowu-up son.
| Mrs Sterling j. absent in New Haven on a visit
| 10 some friends. Mr.. Sterling was not merely
/ respected by those who knew hin-he was be-
loved, aud his death casts gloom over the city
| He had falling which occasionally gave himself
and his friends 4 great deal of trouble-hc would
! give way u the destinations g.; EquUr-driuAug,
and when under the influence of liquor he va
not himself but entirely another man. lattetiy
this failing had manifested itself much more than
formerlv-niecd, W. DO not hear that IL ever
showed itself to any extent until within the past
year or two Those who have seen linn in liquor
say that he was ieariully reckless, and would do
things which, sober. b. wosli sludicr Ia con
| template.
That Elisha r. Sterling 49, iouly murdered,
few who read the testimony below can doubt.
Who did il. This question j. what makes this
bloody affair mysterious The evidence before
the Coroner does not udclt" any particular iudi-
vidual the guilty party. Thu inquest i not
yet concluded other Witnesses are to be exam
ined, aud something more definite mas be elicit
ed. The testimony - ar Renders IT quite prob
able that there were sr5nFal persons connected
with the tragedy. We give the particulars a.
far a. they have been a-ccrtanel.
The third aud fourth stories of the bailding
cornor Of Frankfort and Bank street are osteu-
elDis tttHihr'A ~ -ttt pug lfoltl-. 4 mere ar
only two lights Of stairs caliug To the uiri
story floor, bat they are unusually long, AMI from
the top at the second flight one can >ce to the
street, As the stairs are Direct, ia range. Rims
man Sherman occupies room uu this iloor, ou
the northeast corner Of Bank and Frankfort
streets. 4. II. Beach occupies the front room
Immediately on the corner OF Bank and Frank
fort streets
The Coroner inquest was public and was held
in Chapns Hall. /, MAS continued through the
day until l0 O'Clock in the evening, when il was
adjourned To = o'clock this Afternoon The hal
WAS filed with anxious spectators, and al day
long men were seen standing in groups around
the blood spots on the sidewalk Where t1, ~
starred man ! said to have been found.
UxcLF SAurFr-Thi~ old Gentleman wants
some lime up at Fort Ripley, So hc notified the
public that lac, the sail Uncle samuel by the
hands of his agent at that post would give =
per barrel for the article \ gentleman at Little
Falls agreed 10 furnish il, at -. Cloud for -
per barrel to imam who concluded he could make
handsome profit off the OLD gentleman at the
Fort, by hauling it At - per barrel Coming
down here he found lime selling in abundance
for 81, 80 per barrel, and also that il could have
been delivered at the Fort for - -. but rrclc
Samuel being flush, wanted lime it = and j.
getting it.
We want Ia have g, I---.' .'--., ,------
ally, w. DO bot object, a. one oi the men who
made the good bargain Is q good friend of
ours, and n he took the opportunity of paving
the printer, W. got part OF the cold Yrs.
.S,cis,heiD.
4 SCsrICous C.sE-Mr samuel /. Sher-
wood, two miles west %. 0-htemo station. ha.
lost seven head of fine bloodci cattle within "A
short time under circumstances that render IL
pretty certain that they must have died from
naiSon administered 10 them Ly some n.rsnns
unknown. The cattle al died within ten days
i A. uiplt they Womb IA all aup.araoce ba Uer.
fectly wei bnt In = frs hours h,oin "a .,rnap
and hcllnw in the r,o., a,yluI misery and a.
shortly after Asuo other cattle in The neigh.
bnrhood have suffered IN the liz. manner il
holic,l noriv.. aJmi,i-,.raj poison ia thu. moor
jbrutcs out oc REVENGE toward the owner rrob,-
lbry.-E aIrD,o-,.o G0-c,,c
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