The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-18
CINCINNATI.
An Exaggerated Report.

SlNCiNNAIli Ouuc -. hS 2ePo's "
the collision on the Indianapolis, Gin
cinnati and Lafayette railroad to-day
was somewhat exaggerated. No per-
son was injured except drummer boy
of the Washington band, named Seem
Ter, who Was killed. He was sitting on
the platform at the time of the collision.
The trains were not seriously damaged. 1.
The collision was occasioned by mis-
Interpretation of orders.
Fire at Fort Wayne, Ind.
Ferguson's saw mill, the Post Office
and one store burned at Fort Wayne
Indiana, last night. The loss is from
$4,000 to $l5 1000.
Muderous Assault on Methodist
Minister-It Is Done with the Little
Hatchet.
Rev. J. Thompson, of the Methodist
Church, Leavenworth, Kansas. former
ly of this city, in bidding his friends
goodbye, this morning, attempted to
kiss a young lady, whereupon her
sweetheart, a man named Vaughan
who was present, ran out and got q
hatchet and cut Thompson in the head
and shoulders, inflicting awound from
which, it is said, he cannot possibly
recover.
CINCINNATI, June 1.-THE assault
on the Rev. j. j. Thompson by a man
named Vaughan, this morning, men
toned IN to-day's dispatches, excites
geat indignation among the members
of the Methodist Church here, Of wh:cn
he was formerly pastor. The Rev.
Granville Moody and other prominent
members of the Church will publish a
card in the morning, in which they state
that a thorough investigation shows
that Mr.. Thompson's visit to Mrs.
Schingledecker, the lady in question,
was OF purely friendly nature, merely
to bid her goodbye as he was leaving
for his home at Leavenworth to-day
that he did not kiss her or attempt to
kiss her; that as as he was shaking
hands with her at the door on parting
Vaughan rushed upon him with a
hatchet, cutting him in a fearful man
ner. The first cut is deep in the shoul-
der, the second in the neck and the
third Just above the left temple, going
through the parietal bone, forcing its way
into the cavity Of the brain. Mr..
Thompson was removed to his brothers 8
residence, and is lying at the poiot OF
death. The lady corroborates the above
statement. Vaughan, who was ar
rested this evening, states that he was
engaged to be married to the lady, and
that when Mr.. Thompson was here
some few months since he had reason
to believe that he was too intimate with
his affianced wife; that in order to test the
matter, he this morning, after leaving
the house, returned by the back en-
trance and concealed himself in a
closet, and that shortly afterward the
reverend gentleman entered, and, after
repeatedly kissing the lady, had illicit
intercourse with her, which 80 enraged
him that he rushed out, seized a hatchet
which was lying in the kitchen and re.
turning caught Mr.. Thompson, as he
was leaving the house, and inflicted, as
he terms it, "a just chastisement for
his deception and crime" The lady
bears good character, and Vaughan 8
assertion is credited by but few, while
many assert that he had nothing but
his insane jealousy for supposing that
any relationship, except the friendship
Of pastor for former member Of his
church, existed. The gentleman who
signs the card asserts that Mr.. Thomp-
sons life has been a very pure one, and
always above reproach. Information
from the wounded gentleman at this
hour, 1l:30 P. NJ, states that the
chances are that he will not survive
his injuries.