The Portland daily press., 1869-12-01

last was fixed for the trial, and Coni,ar and
his friends entered Somerset, the comfy seat
armed to the teeth. Here the accused naries
numbering twenty, and Cooper, with his con.
federates, equally strong, entered into a omar.
rel, which eliminated in a regular pitched
battle. One hundred and fifty shots were
fred, resulting in the killing of three man
named Todd, Doulton and William Peasants
and MORALLY wounding one James Peasants,
The fight was abated by mutual consent, both
parties being out of ammunition. Shortly
after each party having recruited their forces.
they were about to resume the contest, when
they were warned off by armed citizens.
They do things queerly in New York. When
the jury retired in the case of Allen, the nanel
thief, rumor was circulated that they stood
eleven for conviction and one for acquitta]
and that the latter had been bribed to hold out
a month if necessary. At eight o'clock there
being no prospect of a verdict, the few report
ers vanished. Shortly after another rumor
came from the jury room. 1t seems that one
of the eleven who favored the conviction of Al
len, irritated by the persistency and stubborn
ness of the juror who stood for acquttal,
charged that the latter had been bribed. This
insult the Juror for "acquttaP' repealed with
Indignation, styling the other juror liar.
Hot words followed, and finally, both having
lost temper, a fight ensued, lasting until the
other Jurors separated the combatants. 1t is
said that the not guilty juror came out Sec
ond best, and received a sound thrashing. 1t
was not long time after this event that the
rpb
them that they had agreed. Two hours were
consumed in hunting for the Judge, and the
prisoner was declared guilty. Mr.. William
F. Howe moved for an arrest ofjudgment, and
a suspension of sentence until Wednesday.
Both motions were denied The prisoner was
then sentenced to five years at hard labor in
the State Prison.
Petersburg, Va, furnished horrible item
for the newspapers last week. 10 the "trying-
room" of the pork-packing establishment of
Thomas s. Co., there is large vat in the
ground into which the refuse water and oil is
drawn from the tanks after the lard has been
drawn off, for the purpose of being skinned
This vat was being filed and was almost full,
when the foreman called to Edward Welsh
and Dennis Quinlan, Swimmers" who were
standing near the edge of the vat, to get out
of the way. This they attempted to do; but
the floor being greasy and slippery, Welsh
who is quite an old man, missed his footing
and fell into the vat. Quinlan Immediately
rushed to his rescue and seized him by his
shoulder, but Welsh, frantic with pain seized
Quinlan by the legs and dragged him head
foremost into the boiling caldron. Mr.. Graves
and Mr.. Franklin, employees of the establish
ment, hearing the shrieks of suffering, extri.
Gated them from the vat as soon as possible
and before life was extinct. Both were horri.
bly, scalded, Quinlan was entirely submerg.
ed, and when his clothing was removed nearly
every particle OF skin came with it. Every.
thing was done for the amelioration of the
mems suferings, but Quinlan died the next
morning, and Welsh's condition was beyond
hope