Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-10
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A Mormnn TO be Tried for AdnItsrv.

A Mormon to be Tried for Adultery.
SALT LAKE, UTAH, August SIN
the third district court to-day, Nor
mon polygamist was held to bail in
the sum OF $4,000, charged by his first
wife with adultery.
A Thief Of Time.
PHILADELPHIA, August Sd. II.
Krause, jeweler Of North Wales,
Bucks county, was robbed last night
ola box containing about one hundred
watches. They were taken from his
hotel, as is supposed, by a hostler
named Rookie, who has fed.
Horrible Death.
ST. LOUIS, August 9.-While the
iron frame of a printing press was
being hoisted up a flight of stairs, at
the Journal of Ct1D1DIerCe Office, this
afternoon, the tackling broke and the
frame slid back with great velocity
and reaching the pavement, it passed
over James Durien, a newsbOy, crush
ing his head of and tearing open his
bowels, killing him instantly.
The Ohio BOrgIa Case Accidental Death.
COLUMBUS, August 9.-The Coroner
of Morrison comfy got his Jury to-
gether to-day in the Baffinbarger poi
soning case, but the taking of testi-
mOny was postponed until to-mor-
row.
One man was killed and another
severely wounded to- day, on the new
railroad from this city to Springfield,
by the falling of derrick.
Another Explosion Two Men Killed.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, August g.
During d thunder storm yesterday
afternoon, the lightning struck the
railroad track just outside the east
end Of the HOosac tunnel, and enter
ing the tunnel on the rails, exploded
charge of rO-glycerine. Two men
were instantly killed, and another so
severely injured that he died shortly
after. A charge was similarly explO-
ded in the west end Of the tunnel
during the same storm, but without
damage.
The Lynching at Frankfort, Ky.
LOUISVILLE, August Further
information concerning the hanging
of two negroes at Frankfort yesterday
indicate that it was done by about
forty persons, and that the negroes
were taken from the Jail so quietly
that hardly anybody in town was
aware of the deed till all was over.
They were taken across the Kentucky
river about mile from Frankfort and
hung near the spot where one of them
had committed the rape few days
previous.
Insurance SwindIe.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, August 9.-In the
Bennett insurance case, involving
thirty-three suits in the Supreme
Court, brought by Erastus T. Taft
against thirty-three insurance COM
panies, to recover in the aggregate
about Sl20, 900 upon policies of insur-
ance issued upon Bennett Brothers
stock of dry goods, lately owned by
them in Syracuse. q decision has Just
been rendered by the Judges to whom
all the suits were referred, in favor of
the insurance companies. The suits
were defended mainly on the ground
that the fire was fraudulent and in
territorial. The trial lasted thirty
days, and over one hundred witnesses
were called and sworn. The referees
hold and decide that the fire by which
the destruction of the insured proper
ty occurred, was caused by the fraud
ulent act, procurement, connivance |
and consent of Samuel F. Bennett. one |
of the insured parties.
The Westfield Explosion.
NEW YORK, August 9.-The West |
field is being fitted up to be in readi- |
ness to resume her trips in two weeks. |
John Watson died yesterday from |
his wounds received by the explosion |
of the WestfieId on the 23d ult.
A few patients are yet in the hos
pital.
The CorOner's inquest was to-day
commenced in regard to the disaster.
Julius Raymond testified that his
father was killed by the explosion;
he was certain he was the only man |
in the engine.rOom for about ten min
utes before the explosion, and OBJ
served the steam gauge just before the |
but did not notice the figu res
presented.
The Board of Inspectors continued
their investigation to-day. Inspector
Matthews admitted that he was one /
Of the inspectors deputised to do the
work. The clerk, who gave the GER
named the inspectors. The /
inspectors did not go inside the boil
ers to test them. Belknap said that
was a good engineer.
Robert Gillian and Charles Elliott,
on the Westfield, testified
that they heard no steam blown of.
Michael J. Milan, passenger, was
blown overheard; saw the engineer
on board; his eyes were closed and
his back against thegentlemen's cabin
in the forward part of the boat; his
feet we're on the seat; this was about
five minutes before the explosion;
the engineer was about seVenty-flve
feet from the engine room; has re-
cognized the engineer since; is sure
it was the same man he saw asleep;
saw him at the investigation to-day.
Upon the conclusion of Milan's tes-
timony, the inquest was adjourned
until tomorrow.
Another death from the Westfeld
explosion is reported at Bellevue
tonight, making the total
of deaths one hundred,
John II. Horn, second officer of the
steamer Sherman, died to-day in the
quarantine hospital Of yellow fever. ]