The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-09-10
EEoTP:bIe Occurrence

Inc most I1SntIul occurrence we nave
read of in many a year took place at Austin,
Nevada Territory, recently, and is thus reIa-
ted by the 1err5torjaJ Enterprise
Among the employees of Mr.. Russell the
millman at Austin, was an emigrant named
Cornell-a peaceable quiet person. and very
well liked by such as knew him. For the
past three weeks he had shown symptoms OF
insanity, and although these were not of a ma
ture to excite much attention, it was deemed
best to deal with him with caution. He went
to bed on Saturday night last about eight
o'clock, and at ten o'clock his tent mate fol-
lowed his example.
Fearful of exciting Cornell, if he entered
the tent abruptly, the man first Weakened him
by calling him softly by name; be then drew
aside the curtain, and was III the act of step
ping in when Cornell struck him blow with
an (which cut his nose and forehead badly,
and almost felled him to the ground. Recov-
ering in a moment, however, he ran for his life,
and Cornell after him but the latter STUN
bled over a tent-rope, and fell, and the acct
dent enabled his victim to escape. The mad
man ran down into the midst of the town, en-
tered a crowded saloon and began to lay about
him with his axe bestOwing his blows upon
any that came in his way.
The first cut mans arm badly; the sec
ond severed anothers head, also smashed the
chandelier, shrouding the saloon i'll total dark
ness in moment. The invisible scene which
ensued was of the widest description; the
crowd broke with one impulse toward the
doors, makting chaos Of chairs, tables, and ev-
erything that was susceptible Of being dismem-
bered, and were met there by another crowd
attracted to the spot by the shreks and shouts
of the wounded, who appeared as anxious to
get into the saloon, IS their hretheren were to
get out. Somebody in the saloon in the hope
dispensing the new corners by the whole
some fear of firearms, discharged pistol,
which had the effect of increasing the panic at
least. But in the meantime the crazy man
had escaped.
AS the news spread abroad the citizens, by
common consent, took shelter behind bolted
doors, and awaited the coming Of the destroy
er with whatever of comfort the circumstan-
ces permitted. After while a man came
running from the direction Of Clinton, with
CHASTITY wound in the side of his head which
had almost taken off one of his ears. He
only begged for water and was too much stun
ed to answer questions intelligently. When
somewhat recovered, he said that as he was
ming by,strucll him with an axe, and contin-
ued his flight without stopping. This man,
whose name Mr.. Frankenthal had forgotten.
will probably recover. A posse of citizens,
armed with revolvers, started at once in pur-
slit, but they were too late. Cornell had
slaughtered three foot passengers already be-
tween Austin and Clinton.
At least, he had desperately, and perhaps fa-
tally, wounded three men. One namd Ander-
son, was reported dead on sunday morning, at
the time Mr.. Frankenthal left. Another call,
ed Frenchy, had his head gashed in such a
manner that the brain protruded. The third,
a German baker, name unknoWn,it is thought
cannot possibly get we'll AS Cornell entered
Clinton, he came upon Deputy Sheriff Charles
Tourman and Nick -, a barber, formerly
resident of this city, engaged in conversation,
and, without a word of warming he levelled
murderous blow at the latter with his axe.
Nick warded it off with his hand the bones OF
which were crushed to peices, and away the
mailman fled down the narrow street OF Gin
ton (Which was still lighted and many persons
traversing ito without turning to the right or
left, and without offering to modest any one.
Nothing more was seen Of HIM until early
the next morning, when his body was found
about half mile beyond the village, WIN
his throat cut FROM ear to ear; in fact, the
head was half severed from the body the wind
pipe was cut in two, the back Of the head was
crushed in, and about the heart were five stabs,
either one of VIII h was perhaps sufficient to
cause death.
The people were undecided as to whether
he killed himself or whether some one else
killed hin however that could hardly be, be-
cause no man could inilict the stabs, or either
of the other wounds upon himself, and then
survive and cOnsumnate both the others CON
we infer that some benrfactor of
disposed Of the desperate lunatlc
Thus eight men received very serious wounds
and a dozen others got scratches from random
blows of the axe in the saloon. As we said
before, three out of eight will die. Mr. Frank
enthal saw all the wounded men, and also the
dead body of Cornell and was on hand when
the bloody work first began.