Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-16
EVENING STAR.
A Mss Pierced to the Heart By n.
Hot Iron Rod. and Aimest Instsntl,
ktlled.

Prom the Cincinn sn Commercial, sept i2l
At noon yesterday. while y mar by the nsu.
OF thom; : Thomas, ''hcater' in the Cinela-
mai Railway Iron Works. was oaie ~ e.uas
has dlnner al me bo~rcins house Of rhoms,
Reese. isi T. 81 Front street be was suscxea
hy ilow-workmsa OF the name OF Iohu
hmbley. The Two men had alwAys ben frn
.TIends, and ThomJs bad done nothing thAt a..
was aware OF 10 rupture the good feelIng ca
iSung between them. He tried 20 IT ake klmbley
underSi md his, but the latter. who scted ike
a drunken man, would neither Us,ep I, wh,t
his mend had 20 ~, nor give any eNrlapauon
OF has own conduct, kept up the AT OK ~ A.
re enting scme insult or injury. and WA onls
prevent d from severely beatng Thomas by
The lsndlsdy, who forced her, eli betweea ~.
two, and made h IN I've the house
Atl o'clock when ThOmss went down u
the mill 90 resume work NJ ms furnace, kinb-
lsy went at HIM gain with n fiat piece OF Iron
Snd his h.srdS iUll OF StCne-cC;l. When thl>
second stack WIS mcde, Thomas was sanding
IN irOnf of his .urnace lighting his pIpP wllh
the red hot end OF a snail rcd OF IRON, us-d Nv
many OF the workmrn Tor the .aene purpo-@.
He saw that kimhleN was intent on forcing
m into fight, PUd krew hist a. he was drawn
IUto = dim, ulgy. he would ne the suh-rei, To-
hTmhley was larger and much stronger MAJ
Than he lie sought 10 maze pee VIA rs
Sss.IlsEt. hut thSt iatfng. tired 70 gel SwaH.
himhley followed him mp. however. oud
struck him eVeral tffues with the TAR OF iron.
once On he torch -Id.snd twtce or three on the
anus snd body. The . blows reused all the
sleeping pa SONS Of Thorn - NJ turu-d upon
hmblsy, clnch u with hltn. arf pluucc : The
rcd Of iron, sun red-hoi. aud spittHg flr, iEto
tls breest. He threw the man rom him and
then, scarcely knowing what b. b al done. bu'
anxious 10 aNOid any lur her difIicutty VITA
has PEI. ecuior, started 10 run lnto the stree
He heed no, have feared pursuit, Tor ktmulsy.
pitrcod 10 the heart by the red hot iron. neNe~
rose lrom the ground, except e conyulSivelv
gather hImSel up snc hurl a heavy piece al
iron At the retredIng form OF Thomss The
missile Tell Snort OF the mark, aud he lell back
Al a dying condition.. The men m the IN 20 took
hIm up aud bore hun 10 MS home across the
! street, where he expire almo-t - they lSis
him upon the bed.
When Thomas wac told that he had killea
himbley. he seern"d CRAFTY shocked, but de-
clared that he had sctcd only in elf-defenca
lie gave himself into the charge Of the police
and was taken 10 the Sevent snth Ward STA
tIcn-house Thomas Is a large and powerfully
built man. about - ycsrS Of aye, a native OF
Wales. He has a bro, 4. good -natur q looking
lace, and pair of honest eve that gaze square
Nv into yours while he converses with Won.
Nobody would l.. Ike hun for n pasSsouAta or
quarreisome man. His reputation In the Ciu-
cInuati Iron Work., where ne has h en- ste a
lily employed for about four ye-rs, l. an excel
lent one, l., .rly all his fellow-workmen tssti-
lying ID his industry and good behavior He
has baen in this country thirteen years, three OF
which he spent in the Union army.
John kimbley was au Englishman. lie hsd
L en- in this country aud in this city tor a num-
Der Of yeSrs. His reputation was as fair Is
IhomeS', neither OF them being men of DISCO
lutte habits or quarrelsome dispositions. H.
rarfiCd hts second wife about two months
since. As we have stat q, they always ssamed
10 be on terms Of friendship, working am,cably
together in the mill. aud spending much time
in e..ch oihe-'s society in their leisure hours.