Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-09-04
NEWS SUM MARY.
The East.

The East.
The body of Thomas Munce, a wealthy
farmer of Washington county, Pa, who disap-
peared some time ago, was found a few days
since, by his friends, picked in the dissecting-
room of the Philadelphia Medical College.
Munce was found drowned on the Sd of July,
and the body was removed to the Morgue,
whence it was turned over to the Medical Col
lege. Quite a sensation was produced by the
discovery.
A ~FRIaHrFUL accident occurred in New York
the other day. The walls of a building which
a party of laborers were pulling down gave
way, instantly killing four of them, and
wounding nine others SO severely they are not
expected to recover. Three of the wounded
have since died. Michael Broderick, of New
York, assaulted his mother-in-law. Broderiek's
son, aged 10, interceded as a peace-maker,
whereupon the father turned upon his boy and
stabbed him fatally. Another son came upon
the scene, and was in turn stabbed by the
derer was arrested New and rich oil dis
coYeries have been made four miles southwest
of Titusville, Pa.
A TERRIBLE accident occurred ON the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad on the 9th of August,
near Cameron, W. Va, by which four German
emigrants were killed, and fifteen or twenty
wounded. The accident was caused by the
spreading of the track, which threw the tender,
express car, and one passenger down an en-
bankment and all the coaches off the track.
The car turned bottom upwards, the trucks
with it. Some of the emigrants became en-
ragged, thinking the conductor and engineer
were trying to kill them, and set upon the Off
GERS of the train with stones, and they had to
flee for their lives. Belfast, Me-, has ex-
perienced a disastrous conf1agration, which de-
stroyed 130 buildings estimated loss, $780,
600. Miss Seayey, of Belmont, N. H., aged
60, died the other day of voluntary starvation,
sister of the deceased died in the same way a
few years ago.
THE accident on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, near Cameron, W. Va, was not so
serious as at first reported. None of the emil
grants were killed, though several were Sc
verely injured. AT Rochester, N. Y, last
week, a passenger train ran into q carriage
which was crossing the track, smashing the
vehicle, and killing the occupants, James An
derson and Dennis Delany, one of whom was
horribly mangled- The engineer, John Day,
stopped the train as soon as possible, and got
of the engine to see what injury had been
done. In passing in front of the locomotive
he saw it covered with blood and brains, and
was SO overcome by the shock that he walked
a few steps, when he fell. He was carried
into the s-moking-car, and died in a few min
utes.
A FIRE in Lynn, Mass, last week, destroyed
300, 600 worth of property. One Prof. Bel
lene, from France, performed a feat of e1-
traordinary daring at Niagara Falls, the other
day. He crossed the river on a tight rope,
1 500 feet long, opposite the Clifton House, in
sixteen minutes. Returning to the center, he
cast his cloak and balance-pole into the
river, and then jumped off into the water be-
meath, a distance of 140 feet, disappearing for
a few seconds, after which he rose to the sur
face, and was picked up by men in waiting,
and went ashore in a small boat.
The West.
KELLAR, the man who murdered his wife, his
wife's sister and her two children, in Linn
county, Kansas, a few days ago, was taken
from the possession of the Sheriff on the Doth
of August, by q mol of about 800 citizens, and
hanged to the limb of a tree. The Sheriff,
having received intimations of the gathering
of the mob, had secreted the prisoner in the
woods, but was forced by threats of violence to
reveal his whereabouts. Judge C. w. Blair
and others addressed the mob in behalf of law
and order, and entreated them to desist from
their unlawful course. The lynchers, who
were composed of the best citizens of the sec
tion, listened patiently, but they were inexora-
BILE. In response the leader of the lynchers
said he believed he had done his duty in bring
ing the prisoner to that place, and he was
sure the punishment about to be melted out to
him was just. The murderer was in the hands
of the people, who could decide what his pun
ishment should be. A vote was taken to de-
eide whether to leave the matter with a COM
mittee of twelve to decide the fate of the pris-
oner or to the Court, and the choice fell in
favor of the committee which had charge of
Kellar. The committee of twelve were requir-
ed to cast ballots as to his disposal Eleven
NOICb W6I0 CAST seven IOr hanging ana
four for trial. The fate of the pris-
oner was decided. Nothing could
arrest it, and preparations were at once made
for the execution. Twelve volunteers were
among them Boyd, the husband of one of the
women murdered, and the father of both chill
dren. Kellar was given an opportunity to
make remarks. He declined, but denied all
knowledge of the murder. He was apparently
unaffected by the hasty preparations going
on. He was offered q chance of confessiontoa
minister, but declined. The two executioners
then pinioned him and stood him on the top of
tree already selected. Kellar was blindfolded,
Boyd placed the rope over his neck.
word was given, the wagon driven from
under him, and John Kellar was dead.
Mayor Medm, of Chicago, has gone on a
twelve months tour to Europe. The Coro-
ner's jury in the case of the victims of the re-
cent disaster on the Chicago and Alton railroad
attributes their deaths to the m care
of the conductor and engineer of the
coal train; and the Coroner thereupon issued
a mittimus for the two men who are incul-
pated- The engineer was already under arrest,
but the conductor has thus far eluded the
of the detectives. Mr.. McMulin, Gen.
eral superintendent of the road, offers a re-
ward of 81, 200 for his arrest. 1t is reported
the Hon. Matt 81. Carpenter is about to
institute legal proceedings against the Chicago
Times for defamation of character /. Hon.
Sawyer, member of Congress from
the Sixth District of Wisconsin, committed
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by cutting his throat. Mr.. Sawyer had served
three terms in Congress, and was an indus
trious and faithful representative.
THE report that Hon. Philetus Sawyer, of
Wisconsin, had committed suicide was a cruel
hoax, and arose from the blunder of an in
competent telegraph operator. A serious col
[ision occurred on the Cincinnati and Marietta
near Loyeland, Ohio, a few days ago,
resulting in the death of three persons. The
accident was caused by the freight train run
ming out of time. The conductor and
engineer have been arrested, and will
be prosecuted by the company for murder -.
o Custis, a colored body-servant of George
in 1882, died at Canaan, Washing
ton county, Wis, recently, aged 107 years..
Great excitement exists in Baxter Springs,
Kan. over the discovery of lead in the streets
of that city. 1t is found in immense quanti-
near the surface, and the citizens general
ly have turned out to mining.
The desperadoes in and around Ellsworth,
Infatuated at the killing of one of
their number by the Sheriff, threaten to de-
stroy the town, and the citizens have formed
themselves into military companies for it's de-
fense::-:The boiler in a shingle-mill at Spen-
GER, Mich, exploded the other day, killing
three nen and badly wounding four others.
JOHN HANCOCK, an old and respected citizen
of Payson, Ill, recently murdered his wife,
while laboring under a fit of temporary in