The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-21
INDIANA.
Suicide of Burnside.

suicide OF Burnside.
INDIANAPOLIS, August ooh. NJ.
Burnside, committed suicide at Fairland,
Indiana, this morning, by hanging him
telf during temporary fit of insanity.
He was brother of General A. +. Burn
sides.
Shot for Seduction.
. George c. Harding, editor and proprie-
tor Of the indianapolis Herald, shot Mr..
Moritz, a prominent merchant of this
city, this afternoon under the following
circumstances: These gentlemen have
been warm friends and very intimate in
their social relations. Moritz, who is a
Hebrew of about forty years ofage, and
married, took advantage of this intimacy
and succeeded in Seducing the daughter
of Mr.. Harding, young lady of about
l8 years of age. This seduction was ac-
complshed in March last, and improper
relation have been maintained by the
parties since that time. The young lady
was brought to confession of these facts
by her father last evening, and over
whelmed with remOrse and shame. sought
to take her own life by taking opium,
and, it is thought, repeated the dose this
morning. About one o'clock this after
noon Mr.. Harding went in search of n
physician, and while passing down the
street met Moritz, and Immediately fired
at him, shooting five times, and then
passed on down the street. Mr. MOritz
was taken to his residence, where med
ical examination proved that but two of
the shots had hit him, one shattcring the
left elbow, and the other passing directly
through the lung and lodging in the
chest. 1t was thought the latter would
prove fatal, as he spit blood quite freely
for some time, but at this hour, 10 o'clock,
he is resting quietly, and it is thought he
will recover.
The Victim Dead.
Mis-. Harding died about three o'clock
this afternoon.
Mr.. Harding was admitted to bail on
$4,000 bond this evening to await the
result of Moritz's wounds. The public
feeling is very strongly in sympathy
with Mr.. Harding. The wife of Mr..
Harding and stcp-mothcr Of tho daugh-
ter has confessed since the shooting that
Moritz had also made improper proposals
to her within short time. Mr. MoritZ
denies the charges made by Miss Hard
ing on her death bed and says, as soon as
he is able, he will prove his innocence.
His statement, however, is not very gen.
orally believed, as it is not the first Of
the kind in which he has played the same
role, ,'and Il suit is now pending in which
he is charged with the same crime.
Another Abduction Case.
FoRT WAYNE, August 20.-A sequel
to the Charley Ross abduction case re-
Gently occurred in the small village of
Leo. Il few miles north of here. Ida
Shannon, a little girl about eleven years
of age, received permission from her
parents on last Sunday, the 10th inst.
to visit relatives living about n mile in
the country Not returning mt the APP
pointed hour, her father started in search
of her but could discover no trace Of
her whereabouts, till hearing that man
and woman named Thompson, who had
been lettering about the village for some
days, had also disappeared, the father
started in pursuit on foot and found them
ut Antwerp, Ohio about fifty miles from
Leo. Thompson denied all knowledge
of the child but thorough search being
instituted the girl was found in a house
near by, fast asleep. Thompson and his
wife We're arrested and brought to this
place for trial. No reason can be assign
Il IL. . Il
Railroad Decision.
LAFAYETTE August 20-ln the Cir
cult Court to-day Judge Hammond rem
dcrcd a decision in the action brought
BY the Board Commissioners of the Tip
pccanoc Company ct di, stockholders in
the Lafayette, Muncic and Bloomington
Railroad Company, against the Toledo,
Wabash and Western Railroad Com
pany, and the Lafayette, Bloomington
and Mississippi Railroad Company, to set
aside tn" lease granted by the
former company to the latter. The
question passed upon by Judge Ham
mund was uS to the effect of the general
statute of Illinois Of 1860, which forbids
any railroad company Of that State to
accept lease of any railroad out of the
State, without having first obtained the
written consent of all the stockholders
resident of the State of Illinois. The
question arose upon motion to strike out
Of the complaint the above statute, which
motion was sustained. The other qucs-
tion in the case had been passed upon
adversely to the plaintiff by Judge Vim
ton. The case now goes to the Supreme
Court.
Temperance Camp Meeting.
The attendance at the temperance
camp meeting at Battle Ground was very
large, and much enthusiasm was mani
tested
This evening Mr.. Chance, the Ohio
battle AK, is spreading himself in the
court house yard on the temperance
question.
W. W. Curric is announced to speak
on politics here tomorrow evening.