Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-12-27
9os Angeles Aerald,
TeIegraphic News.
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Three suicides lie at the morgue to-
night, one woman named Lucas, from
the Sixth Ward and one we'll dressed
man who threw himself nnder the en-
gine on the st. Paul railroad, un-
known; another, unknown man
drowned himself in the river.
no HQ ST. LoUIs, Dec. %.
Mayor Brown has inaugurated q
soup house in q part of the tobacco
warehouse situated OH city property,
adjoining the city hall, on Twelfth
and Chestnut streets, it having been
fitted up for that purpose. About two
hundred men and women, out of en-
ployment were served.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.
Christmas was observed here i'm q
quiet manner. The usual services
were held in the churches and the GUS
tomary services and Christmas dinner
given to the poor children of the city.
The dinner given to the newsboys by
w. F. Fleiss was one of the features of
the day.
The Heralds Key West specials say
the us. steamer Pinta was suddenly
ordered to sea last night under sealed
orders Her destination is known to
be one of the Cuban ports. 1t is ru-
mored that some new complication
has arisen.
The Times makes the following
statement in regard to the escape Of
Genet: After escaping from Deputy
Sheriff Shields, Genet, in accordance
with preconcerted plan, hastened to
a close carriage in waiting near by,
and was driven to the house of q friend
in the lower part Of the city, where he
remained concealed until Tuesday
afternoon, then, skillfully disguised,
he was taken in another closed car
riage to the foot of Canal street and
hurried on board the steamer Ontario,
bound for st. Thomas, Acapulco C?[
and Aspinwall. Passage had been
previously engaged for him under an
assumed name, and he was received
by the officers without question. The
Ontario sailed at late hour Tuesday,
and remained in the lower bay until
yesterday forenoon, when she proceed
ed on her way.
The Common Pleas Chamber yester-
day issued an attachment against the
property of Genet. The order was
issued at the instance of w. Caswell,
who holds q small claim against the
escaped criminal, the grounds being
that Genet was also an abscOnding
creditor. 1g- hl
1t has been ascertained that Edison
Bradley, the missing Broadway mer-
chant, has fed to Canada with $40, 900
gold, to escape being prosecuted by
his creditors on the charge of fraudu-
lent bank receipts. His son, Major
Bradley, was last night committed to
the Ludlow street Jail, on the charge
of concealing property from the credit
Ors. y The complaint is made by his
brother-in-law, M. Hoffman. All the
parties We're members Of the firm of
Edison Bradley h Co., whose failure
was recently announced.
The Cubans here are making prepa-
rations to provide for the wants Of the
survivors of the. Virginius, after they
shall have landed in this city.
BOSTON, Dec. %.
A shocking murder was committed
at No. Providence street this morn
ing. Joseph T. Hignor and A. G. Hut.
tell, both Germans, carried on the
trade of ,locksmithing and slept in the
shop, where Hignor was found shot
and terribly mutilatad with q hatchet.
..ignor confessed to the murder.
LANCASTER, Dec. 25.
A bloody fracas took place at Grove
ton last evening, growing out OF, an
attempt by Michael OLeary and q
Frenchman named Blackwell, both in
tOxicated, to enter house OF question
able repute owned by Frenohman
named Gouye, Result: A fight and
the death of GOuye and his sen, q
young man, who was killed by o. Leary
with a club, the mortal w0unding OF
Blackwell with an axe by old Gouye
and q bad wound OH OLeary's head
from club used by female inmate
of the house.
-. NEW YORK, Dec. rs.
The Times says that JudsOn Jarvis
has ordered the arrest of clerk in the
Sheriff's office, and two deputy sher.
ifs have heen held for trial in case
of alleged robbery Of B. s. Croft, 9
wealthy Virginian, OF three $4,000
gold certificates, which he claims were
taken from him while drinking wine
with the above named officers. One
of the missing certificates was stopped
at the sub-treasury yesterday, with
the forged endorsement of Croft, and
has been traced to one Thomas +,
Smith, the saloon keeper, who gave
such an unsatisfactory account ofhow
IL came into his hands that he was ar
rested and held to bail In SO. 600. Smith
is understood to have made q clean
breast Of the affair, and interesting de-