The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-06-27
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The Trial of Young Wal
worth.
A Lottery Swind1er Ar
rested.
Sun Strokes. Cholera.
Sun Strokes, Cholera.
Accidents, Fires, Crimes,
Etc, Etc.

young Walworth, for shooting his father,
Mansfield Tracy Walworth, was resumed
this A NJ. About thirty friends and rela-
tives of the prisoner were in court in deep
The prisoner mother sat be-
side him The other relatives present
were Mrs. Chancellor Walworth, Rev.
Clarence Walworth, brother of the deceas-
ed, three young sisters and young broth
er of the accused, Gederal Hardin and L.
Hardin, uncles Of the deceased, Rev DR.
Backus and wife, brother-in-law and sister
of the deceased
Clarence A. Walworth, Catholic clergy
man. testified that he was the eldest and
and only brother of the deceased. He
made illusions to family scandals expected
to be paraded, and said he knew the ac-
cused from his infancy, and he was kind
gentle and courteous young man, whose
character was as near perfect as may be.
The witness contemplated travelling in
Europe year with the prisoner for a COM
panion, and on that subject received let
ter from him in Albany, dated the Sunday
before the tragedy, but on the Monday be-
fore receiving the letter he got telegram
from the prisoners mother, saying that
Frank had gone TO New York, she feared |
to meet his father. The next communica-
ton was telegram on Tuesday, announc-
ing that Frank had shot his father. |
Mrs Ellen Hardin Walworth, mother of |
the murderer, testified that she was mar
ried to MT. Walworth at Saratoga in 1852, |
resided there until 1861, when she went TO |
Kentucky and remained until 1867, with !
her husband, who was a clerk at W Washing
ton, when she returned to Saratoga and
opened a boarding house. During this
time her husband made occasional lengthy
visits, but she has not seen him for two
years. A divorce was obtained April Il,
1856. Deceased very frequently wrote to
his former wife, but some Of his
letters never reached her. On the
Friday before the murder Frank
went out fishing with his younger
brother to Saratoga lake. He returned
about six clock in the evening and retir-
ed early On Saturday he was arranging
| his clothes, books and other things and
went swimming In pond On Sunday he
/ slept until late. Some young friends Of
! his called in the afternoon and they went
/ to walk TO the woods. He wrote a letter
/ on that day and asked me for some. note
paper which | gave him. On Monday
morning came down early and seeing
| Frank in the hall, said You are up
early He made some casual reply and
went out the front door. | thought he
had gone to the Springs, and at the break
fast table asked why he did not return.
Some one said he had gone away and left
a message that if he was not back to sup
per he would not be home that day. |
then went to his room and on looking
around found an empty envelope in the
handwriting Of NJ T. Walworth / imme-
l II -. II, i,
and TO Judge Barbour, but could ascertain
nothing about him and then believed he
had gone to Troy, where she had lived
toll She was given a large package Of
lettess by Frank under promise that she
would not read them. They were from
Mr Walworth. She had also found sew
eral of his letters since his death in
Franks secretary. Walworths last letter
to his wife dated May Both, is as follows :
Prepare yourself for the inevitable |
am getting over my waiting fever / am
going to cali on my children My heart is
starving for their earesses. | shall seem
peacefully if | can, but with tragedy, if |
must Keep Frank Walworth out Of my
way You have taught him to hate me-
s Reware that you do not rouse the frenzy
dren | am a broken hearted desperate.
Save this letter for lawyer and the courts
if you please God is my lawyer now, not
the remorseess brutal God that Eliza
, Backus and c. Z. Walworth worship"
LEAvENwoRTH, June 26.-J. NJ. Pattee,
the well known lottery manager who has
figured conspicuously in the Omaha gift
enterprise, was arrested here last night, in
answer to telegram from Omaha, on a
charge of obtaining money under false
1 pretences. The charge is preferred by
some of the victims of the late Nebraska
State Orphans Asylum Gift Enterprise, in
which prizes were offered and drawn but
not paid Pattee was taken to Omaha
this evening, a requisition from the Gov
ernor of Nebraska having been obtained
DUBUQUE, Iowa, June 26-The Eastern
. bound freight train ran off the track neal
] Farley, Iowa, by the rail being out The
engine tipped over on its side as it ran off
and six cars, two loaded with cattle, rar
i into and over the locomotive, killing En-
4 gineer Tillotson. The fireman, Anderson
cannot be found. The cars were fearfully
] wrecked, and the track torn up some dis
tance. The whole thing has the appear
ance of having been planned by somt
fends mahciously inclined.
One fatal case of sunstroke occurred il
Galena this afternoon, resulted IN the sud
den death Of servant girl named Ellel
Quinn.
ST. Louis, June 26.-There were three
sunstrokes reported yesterday, none fatal
An unknown man was run over and kill
ed on the Iron Mountain Railroad, twC
miles below the city, yesterday, and anoth
er man named Isaac Huff was run over anC
killed six miles below lronton, on the sam'
road.
ST. LOUIS, June 26.-Four persons, on
Of them named J. I. Carlist, under sen
: tence to be hanged, and another names
Martin Wyatt, charged with murder, es
: capped from the county Jail in Lexington
sc Missouri, yesterday.
4 JACKSONVILLE, H., june 26-Hitt Me
M Coy, son Of D. C. Mccoy, proprietor of tn
Of City Omnibus line of Jacksonville, was rul
u over by street car last evening and die'
from the effects of the injuries receives
d. this morning,
.. DETROIT, Mich, June GA Home
lMich.) dispatch states that Abraham
Cooper, breakesman on the Miehiga
g Central road, was run over near Thre
Rivers yesterday, and so badly injured tina
he will probably die
CLEVELAND, o., 26-Two men, name
10 Joseph Shipley and Walter McGuire, ha
an alteration on the Atlantic 4 Grea
Western train this morning, near Warner
|. Ohio. Being separated in the car, the
b. went on the platform, when Shiple
pushed McGuire off the train, which wa
running at high speed. Mcclure wa
,oo instantly killed Shipley arrived in Clevt
SS 20 land and was taken to Warren. Both me
90 were under the influence of liquor.
sS SS STERLING, Ill, June ga fire brol
20 out last night at l2 o'clock in Wynn
10 Hoover's livery stable, and spread SO ra
300 idly that but little was saved. All ii
carriages were destroyed. Only five no
m Sos o,lt Of Gn,,rtean xrara saued ral,,