The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-24
Smoking Hnmlcide.

FROM iht Nllcliluhtl Noilutlglult sept ~
At noon yesterday, while a man by the
name of Thomas Thomas, a heater in the
Cincinnati Railway Iron Works, was qui.
city eating his dinnerat the boarding house
of Thomas Reese, No. I7i East Front street.
he was attacked by a fellow-workman OF
the name of John Kimbley. The two men
had always been firm friends, and Thomas
had done nothing that he was aware of to
rupture the good feeling existing between
them. He tried to make KiInbley under
stand this, but the latter, who acted like II
drunken man, would neither listen 10 what
his friend had to say, or give any eNplnna-
ton of his own conduct, kept mp the attack
as If reSentlng some insult or injury, and
was only prevented from severely beating
Thomas by the lnndlady, who forced
herself between the two men and COM
PEELED him To leave the house. At / o'clock,
when Thomas went low to the mill to re-
sumo work Mt his furnace, Kiimblcy went Mt
him again with n Hat piece of iron aud his
hands full of stone coal When this see
ond attack was made Thomas was standing
in front of his furnace, lighting his pipe
with the red-hot end of II small rod of iron,
used by many of the workmcn for the same
purpose. He saw that KImbley war intent
on forcing him into u fight, and knew that
it he was drawn into n difficulty he would
he the sufferer, for Kimbley was u larger
and much stronger man than he. He
sought to make peace with his assailant,
but that failing, he tried to get away.
Kimbley followed linn mp, however, and
struck him several times with the bar OF
iron, one on the forehead aud two or three
times ON the arms and body. The blows
reused all the sleeping passions OF Thomas;
he turned upon kimbley, clinched with
him, and plunged the bar of iron, still red
hot aud splitting fire, into his breast.
lie threw the man from him, and then,
scarcely knowing what he had done, but
anxious to avoid any further difficulty with
his prosecutor, started TO run into the
street. He need not have feared pursuit,
for Kimbley, pierced to the heart by he
red hot iron, never rose from the ground,
except TO conyulsiyely gather himself up
and hurl a heavy piece of iron at the re-
treating form OF Thomas. The missile fell
short Of the mark, and he fell bach in u
dying condition. The men in the mill
took him up and bore him to his home
across the street, where he expired almost
as they laid him upon the bed.
When Thomas was told that he had
killed Kimbley, he seemed greatly shocked,
but declared that he had acted only in
selfdefensc. He gave himself into the
hands of the police, and was taken to the
Seventeenth Ward Station House; Thomas
is II large and powerfully built man,
about thirty years OF age, a native
of Wales. He has n broad, good
natured looking face, and u pair of hon
est eyes, that look into yours while he
while he conyerses with You. Nobody
would take him for apassionate or quarrel
some man. His reputation in the Cincin-
natl Iron Works, where he has been steadi-
ly employed for about iour years, is an
excellent one, nearly all his fellow-work-
men te5tifying to his industry and good
behavior. He has been in this country
thirteen years, three of which years he
spent in the Union army.
John Kimbley was an Englishman. He
has been in this country and this city for q
number of years. His reputation was as
fair as Thomas, neither of them being
men OF dissulute habits on qunTrelsome dis
positions. lie married his second wifi,
about two months since. As we have stat
ed, they always seemed 10 be pa terms o
friendship, working nmicably together il
the mill, and spending much time in eNcl
others society in their leisure hours,