Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-30
HoME NEWS.
TWO NIenDroMned.

ATLANTIC CITY, n, j., July o.
Through carelessness of some excuTsionists
of the German Independent Congrega-
tional and Harmony Singing Society sad
accident occurred here at 10O'clock to-day.
Rudolph Ketterer, of Philadelphia, and
Joseph Rush, of Camden, while bathing
ventured out about half mile and while
attempting their return were carried to sea
and drowned. Charles Smith, of the same
party, in attempting the rescue of Ket-
terer, was exhausted after grasping him,
and was only saved by the noble effort and
superior abilities of the famous swimmer
Boynton. After rescuing smith Boynton
attempted to dive for Bush but was unsuc-
cessful. The bodies have not yet been re-
covered.
South Carolina Finances.
CHARLESTON, July 24-The State Treas
urer, Cardiac, in an interview with cor
respondent of the Net0S and Courier, pub
lished to-day, gives a full statement of the
financial condition of South Carolina.
He says he hopes the suit of the tax payers
to have the S7000,0 600 of conversion bonds |
declared void, will succeed, and will give |
the movement whatever aid he can. He |
claims, also, to be the originator of the suit |
inasmuch as it is founded almost entirely |
upon facts published by him last year,
showing that at least Sc, 100000 of CONVEX |
sion bonds were issued without any au-
thQrity of law in explanation of the empti- |
ness of the State Treasury. Cardiac said
the appropriations for the year, including
tue old claims, We're So, 800, 600, and the re-
ceipts of the year are only 81 500, 900 so that
the next fiscal year will begin with defect
OF at least S715,000
Daring Robbery ofa Railroad Train.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, July 22-An extra
ordinary and daring robbery on n railroad
train was committed last night, four miles
west of Adair, on the Chicago, Rock Island
anH Pacific Railrpo1 int t1,ara
is a sharp curve in the road, and here the
robbers placed heavy timbers across the
track, to throw the eastern-bound passen-
ger train off. The engineer, John Raffer-
ty saw the distractions in time to reverse
the engine and apply the air break, but the
robbers, observing the movement fired at
him from an ambush, shooting him dead.
The engine struck the logs and went off
the track into the ditch, and was followed
by one of the baggage cars, the Others re-
naming on the track. Several of the pas
sengers were bruised, but none were Sc
riously hurt. The robbers, who We're
masked, after opening and emptying the
safe of the express messenger of its con-
tents, rode off on horseback
Among the passengers on the train were
thirty Chinese students, en- route to Spring
field Mass.
More About the Iowa Railroad Robbie ry
CHICAGO, July GA special dispatch
from Des Moines, gives the following ac-
count of the attack on the train of the Chi
cago, Rock Island Pacific Railroad last
night. The train left Council Bluffs at
five o'clock with four coaches, two Sleep
ing coaches in the rear. The sleepers being
filled with a company of aristocratic Chi
nese on their way to New England col
leges. There were also two baggage eX-
press cars in which was the through Cali
fornia mail and Express matter containing
nearly $4,000 in the safe, and three tons OF
Oh Aesx- s1Nnr
of Des Moines, about $50 O'Clock, at q
sharp curve on the road in an isolated spot,
with no house for several miles in any di-
recton, the train was going about TWEEN
ty-five miles an hour, John Rafferty,
saw one rail suddenly moved from its
place about sixty~feet ahead of the engine
He instantly reversed the engine and APP
piled the air breaks, when in the act the
bullets came pelting into the engine, like
hail. The engine ran into the bank anC
turning over and throwing out the en-
gineer John Rafferty,, and the fireman
the former falling on the latter dead.
1t is supposed that Rafferty, was killed
by conclusion as no bullet wound wa
found on his body. The fireman escaped
/ unhurt. The train being very heavy raj
| about one hundred feet and stopped, Tn
/ baggage cars doubled and were badl.
smashed. AS soon as the train ,stoppe'
several large athletic men masked in full
kuklux style appeared at the express ca
in which We're Conductor VIM. Smith
Supt. Royce, Express Messenger, inc
Burgess and three other persons, and com
menced firing rapidly into the car yelling
'get out of there dam we, get out of there.
Two bullets passed through the clothes q
the conductor, one grazed the skull of tn
baggage master and one side of the head G
the express messenger. The inmate
Jumped out to the rear under cover of
half dozen navy revolvers. Two of tn
robbers marched up and down the trai
threatening to shoot any person VIII
showed their head saying, "get down OF
of sight dam we or we will shoot you. =" Th
robbers then took about two thousand do
lars from the express safe, cut open til
mail sacks but took no letters. They the
mounted their horses and rode off aero
y the prairie in a southerly direction, IL
whole thing bein done in less than tie
minutes.
Fortunately they did not cut the tel
graph wires, Pad Superintendent Roy,
at once fastened to the nearest railroi
station and telegraphed in all direction
Engines and posses were sent out fro
Council Bluffs, on the Burlington al
other roads, to intercept the robbers. The
dress and voices indicated that they we
regular bushwhackers. They evident
intended to get the usual valuable EXPIRE
matter which passes over this route
Mondays, but which went through on
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