The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-09-03

his clothing in flames, and his face black
ened with powder and smoke.
He was at once carried into an adjoin-
ing apartment, when he asked if he could
live. and was answered "No." When
asked what it was that had caused the
explosion, he replied, ga torpedo"
His wounds were most frightful to look
upon. Twenty-Five balls. slugs, and
pieces of scrap iron were lodged in his
body, his abdomen was cut open to a
length of three inches, and he was dread
fully burned over nearly every inch of
his body's surface. His two eyes were
also burned out. The explosion occur
red about twenty minutes after 10 clock,
and the wretched man fingered on for
an hour and quarter before being re-
. lieved from his sufferings by death.
In his agony he frequently exclaimed:
"My God, why is this / never did
wrong to a human being!"
Mrs. Allison was also frightfully in
jured. She was burned about the breast,
face and hands, and one of her arms was
mutilated so terribly as to necessitate
immediate amputation. DIR. Baker and
patient named King were also bruised
and burned while rescuing the unhappy
victims. Mrs. Allison died at 2 o'clock
on the day following the accident. An
inquest was held Immediately on both
bodies, and the jury returned verdict
that death resulted from "injuries sus-
tanned by the explosion of a oombustible
contained in box, and inflicted by a
person or persons to the jury unknown. J"
After the inquest, every effort was
made to discover the guilty parties.
Mayor Snellbaker, father of the present
Chief of Police, offered q reward of $500
for the apprehension of the wretch, and
the police were most industrious in the
search. They discovered that the box
was made by Mccullough e. Hively, car
penters, on Fifth street. The man who
gave them the job answered the descrip-
ton of the man whom the boys had en-
countered. All the evidence that could
be collected pointed to man named
Arrison, who had been student at the
Cincinnati College, as the murderer.
He was in the same class with Mr..
Allison, and being left in charge of the
college in the place of the assistant sur
geon, who was absent, he had quarreled
with Allison and been worsted. A few
days afterward, Arrison left the college,
taking his trunk with him, leaving word
that he was going to Iowa. 1t was de-
termined to arrest him, but nowhere
could he be found.
After lapse of many days gentleman
called at the Office of City Marshal Ruffin
with a mysterious letter, which he had
received from Muscatine, Iowa. The
letter read: "Has the excitement sub
sided any2 Are the police still on my
track as much as ever? Do you think 1
am safe here, or had better go to Cali
formal" 1t was signed in such pecu-
liar manner as to convince Marshal
Rufin that it was written 10y Arrison to
a friend in this city whose name was
identical with that of the person who
had by mistake received it. Marshal
Ruffin, with another officer, fastened at
once to Muscatine, Iowa, where they
found ArrisoD. He was in q saloon, and
endeavored TO go behind the counter
when arrested, but was prevented.
Subsequently loaded Colts revolver
was found concealed behind the counter.
Arrison stoutly denied his guilt, and
his case was so ably managed as to re-
suit in his receiving a sentence of but
ten years imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for the murder of Mr.. Allison.
After serving the sentence he returned
to Cincinnati, where he would have been
arrested for the murder of Mrs. Allison
if he had not speedily fed the city. On
the trial it was proven that he had told
one of the boys to stay and see the in
fernal machine opened, and "they would
see the prettiest thing they ever saw in
their lives. ."-New York Dispatch.