Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-29
The Stokes Trial in New York
A Confessed Murderer Re-
leased ed-Epidemie.
A Wife Murdered-The Sinking of
the Ship Peru-TWenty-fVe
Lives Lost.
Death of One of the ScuffletOWn,
n. c., Outlaws Sealded to
Death in a Boiler.

streets. The weather last night was
quite cold, clear and mOderating. The
fire in Goldsmith's lager-beer saloon, Oh
First avenue, this morning, caused q
damage of twenty-eight thousand dol.
lars.
Stokes to-day was ss-eXamined al
great length. At the former trial be
was not crOss-examined at all. The
prisoners statement contained nothing
especially new. On two or three occa-
siOns the counsellor either side indElged
in sharp passages. Stokes again denied
that he ever made any threats TO shoot
Fisk. James H. Ramsey, Of Albany,
President of the Susquehanna railroad,
testified concerning Fisk's character
John L. DOty, George H. Cole, Rufus
+. Andrews, David Smith, Daniel p.
IDgraham, jr., and Henry Deborlay
We're also examined.
There was a fire in a carriage shop last
night-lOss, seyenty-fiYe thousand dol
lars. One hundred and fifty men are
thrown out Of employment. The fire
caught in the paint-shOp, where a man
was cleaning brushes with naptha. The
shops viii be rebuilt at once.
In Harlem this morning the bursting
of boiler-range caused a slight fire,
killed lady and wOundeda boy.
A young man named Campbell was
found dead in his room, on Fifth ave-
nue., from q pistol shot, this morning.
The case is supposed to be one of suicide.
BRUSSELS, December 2S.-The pleurO-
pneumonia is an epidemic in the villages
of Prussia and Belgium, near the line
separating those two countries.
LONDON, December 2S.-GeOrge King,
who confessed to the murder Of POOk, at
Greenwich, has been discharged from
custody, he having been found insane.
Troy, n. Y, December 2S.-ArnOld
q Co.'s extensive printwOrks, at North
Adams, burned yesterday morning.
Loss, $50, 600; insurance, Sl00, 900. Two
hundred hands were thrown out of en-
plOyment.
INDIANAPOLIS, December 2S.-Isaac
Davis & Co.'s fur and hat store was
robbed last night Of between four and
five thousand dollars worth of fine furs.
INDIANAPOLIS, December ga man
named Theodore Jones, living a few
miles from this city, killed his wife bv
a blow with his fist last night. He was
arrested this morning. Theodore Brown.
a farmer living in Hendricks county.
killed his wife on Thursday last. strik-
ing her on the head with a chair while
under the influence of liquor. The
woman killed was his third wife.
NEW YORK, December 2S.-A letter
from Wilmington, North Carolina, YES
terday, states that Andrew Strong, one
of the notorious outlaws Of Scuffietown.
was shot dead by young man named
Wilson, whom Strong had warned to
leave the place. The body was deIiy-
cred by Wilson to the Sheriff, who inn
paid him one thousand dol
lars for it, which is the standing reward
offered by. the county for anv of the
Lowry gang, dead or alive. Wilson is
also entitled to five thousand dollars re-
ward from the State. The only villain
Of the gang now alive is Steve Lowry.
CHICAGO, December 28.-An incen-
diary fire at Abingdon, Knox county,
fast night, burned the dry goods
store Of b. Bradbury, boot and shoe
store of Marshall & Chipman, one resi-
dence, and two or three small shops.
Loss estimated at fifteen thousand dol
lars; partly insured.
Boston, December 2S.-The number
Of lives lost by the sinking of the shin
Peruvian Is twenty-five The ship had
a cargo valued at nearly a million dol
lars, consisting Of costly products from
the East Indies. Insured for four hum
dred thousand dollars.
The steamship Adriatic sailed to-day
with only one and twO-thirds Of another
blade Of her prOpellOrs hot, having re-
placed those lost on her late periloLs
trip from Liverpool to this port. Among
her passengers is Mr.. Froude, the lee
turer.
CINCISNATI, December 28.-At the
iron works at IrOnton, Iowa, Yesterday.
Ellis Moore, Jas. Nenters and Andrew
Diles entered three boilers which had
been disconnected from the rest OF the
battery for the purpose of cleaning them.
They opened the mud wave and allowed
the water 70 escape, but neglected to
close it, and the engineer, who did not
know Of the connection between this
valve and the one attached TO the bat
terry, turned on the steam from the lat
ter, instantly filling the empty boilers
through the connection pipe. Venters
and Diles managed 10 crawl out, but
were so badly scalded as to cause the
death Of both in q few hours. Moore
heard the steam coming and retreated to
the farther end Of the boiler, escaping
uahurt.
LOUISVILLE, December 2S. Levi
King was arrested to-day, charged with
the murder of Richard Baker on Thurs
day. The two lived in the village Of
in the lower end of the
county ahout fhfrtaan rf,iIas from. fl,o
city. On Thursday Baker and King
went to store in the vicinity, where
Baker showed a ten dollar bin and
bought dress and some trinkets for
his daughter. The men left the store
together. Baker failing to come home,
search was instituted, and yesterday bis
body was found i'm a ditch about a mile
fTOm the store, covered with rails, and
the snow of the previous night had al
most entirely hidden il from view. An ex-
nsyealed the fact that murder
had been committed. A stab, penetrating
the heart, evidently caused death.
The head and face were beaten and
bruised so taat they We're entirely past
recognition. A brother OF the dead man,
however, identified the body by his
clothing. Che dress and one or two of
the trinkets purchased by Baker were
found IN Kings house after his arrest.
A knife was also found on Kings per-
son, one blade Of which corresponds
with the wound IN Bakers breast. King
denies all knowledge Of the murder, and
says that Baker got drunk, and he left
him asleep under a haystack. King is
held for further examination.