Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-23
Riot at a Funeral.
A PlTIFCL sTORY-A BRUTAL HUSBAND
POPLAR INDIGSArrOS


dispatch from Reading. Pa, dated Satur-
day says Yesterday the funeral OF Mrs.
Philip Bissinger and her three children,
whose death by drowning occurred here on
Tuesday, took place from here. The utmost
excitement prevailed, and a very large con-
| course OF people followed the bodies II the
grave, the procession comprising over thirty
carriages and not less than one thousand
persons on foot. For an hour before the time
| for the funeral the house was surrounded by
excited people, and the excitement was So
great that detachment of police kept guarI
on the prem iSeS. The cITCUn stances attend
Ing the death Of The mother and children
We're such as 90 excite the strongest int crest,
which PartakeS very largely of indignation.
BfsSlngcr is the Keeper Of q saloon In ~.
place and his family consisted of himself,
LIS WIfe and three small childCen-a boy and
two girls. His mother also M le her home
with his family Oflato. il s. said. there has
been considerable unbappiness. c8u~ci, the
nelGhi 0rS say 10y me tTea tment OF Mrs Ri l.
singer by her husband ald his mother.
Inc r port commonly accept : that Bis
singer had bestowed his affections upon az
unmarried woman nom Philadelphia. whom
ne ITeGuenIiN Iat Z { as house, AMI VINO ~ rs
b0iClS accorded authority denied MS wifi.
Oh Monday, as i - stated, quarrel took
place between the husband and wife 90 this
account, and he ordered her ont Of his sight.
tie tod her lac would give uag 5000 10 20
, away and return no more
She was To keep' the girls ne ~ keen the
hoy, AMI Threatened 10 Kill her II Sine re
turned. This prospect Of separation from
one of her children. added To the previous I'M
on her mind. and she was very mUcn de-
pressed. Ga Tuesday. accompanied Nv uar
three children, she let the house AMI entered
a street car. in NThiC she role out OF the city
for distance of about two and half miles
10 point OF the back OF the canal. She had
basket with tier, and this she proceeded %
| MI with stones. her children assisting her.
HAVING filled the basket, she bound ~ secure
~ 70 her waist and then taking child uuie
each arm and holding the other "8ild TO her
"Tea I. she plunged in the canal. Tie cries
rsigTFt az "a
man who could not swim. aud before ne
could get help all Were drowned. The bottles
wee recovered and removed 10 the house Of
me husband and lie was notified OF The &C.
currence, receiving the news. il is said.
while IL company with the woman who hal
caused the uuhappineSS. SO great was the in
tEn2iion fu.Ong the people at large that
detachment OF police was kept guarding
HiS mouse nom the first until after The fune-
raj II Is stated that 10 th1 crowd i'm stren-
I&nce yesterday not less than fifty men. aQi
even women, were armed With pistols for
tie avnwCd purpose Of shooting Rissinger.
tie was guarded by police all the way 10 the
crave and back, and as further protection
he coffin cOntaIrirg the little boys BODY
was placed in the carriage with him. When
the bodies had been lowered into The graves
part OF the crowd hCoied at BiSSiDgeT, a2d q
number Of women erdeavorei to hlt ~ him
one shot was fired without effect, and he
was instantly hustled into his carriage and
driven of. Another shot was freI IN pasS-
jng the gate, and is supposed TO have struck
him; as he was carried from the carriage to
The house. Great indignation still exists and
lynch law continues TO be freely talkei of.
SHooTING ARRAY IN BELAIR-A Nan
fOrdHy EOt1t0ed--A special telegram 70
Ire Baltimore sun from Belair MARYLAND
I'D inst, says: Mr.. James Monks waosp
home Is near the Hickory, Hartford county
was shot anu mOrtally wounded here Satur-
Jay night by young man named Thomas
Archer, jr. II seems that previously in the
afternoon difficulty had Occu. red between
young Archer and John Waun. Monks hal
nf afz1r
Archer by the throat and pulling him back
saturday night, about nj. O'Clock, Monks
was standing III front Ofthe Gran gers Hotel,
leanlng on the iron railing at the curbStOne.
when Archer approached him from the other
side OF the street and at once renewed the
difficulty by challenging Monks 10 come out
ma hght hlrn. Monks reply was, ~ don't
Know you" whereupOn Archer said. "Iu
make you know me-" ami drawing pistol
del1erateIy shot twice al Monks, one bali
generating the left breast Just above the
neart, aud the ether taking effect ia the LETT
lung. The pistol wa fret whilerthe parties
were but few feet apart, and 50 little noise
was made that II was some moments before
The persons standing around could realize
hat man had been shot. Monks reeIed and
fell. when some went TO pick him un. whel
Archer. retTeat.ng across the street. eyclai I'M
ed, in loud voice. Il shot The man. The
wounded man was taken into the total and
cared Tor he IS represented 10 have been a
quiet, !GOfleISIVe person, not al all CuaI rel
some. ana was "a claSs-leader IN the Metho-
dist church. He has a wife and six small
children who, In the event OF his death will
he left IN destitute cirCuIn ,tauctS He l.
ahont thlrty-fva years Old. Archer * "A
young man Of about twenty one yea. 5. whose
father keeps cigar store in this place. He
had no doubt been drinking during the day.
nut was perfectly cool and collected when he
dred the fatal sIOts. He was arrested and Is
now Ia jail awaiting an examination before
justice OF the Ueace tomorrow. Monks Is
still alive, but il Is the opinion OF his phySi-
clans that he capuOt recover"
A dispatch 20 the Baltimore Gazette says.
Monks was thought TO be at the point uf
death saturday evening, and has since been
deiirioUS, with Occas iOnal moments of seem
ing consciousness. No hope was entertained
ny he physicians, and 10 probe the wounds
y. He fingered all day yesterday. and las.
night pneumonia had set Ia, which wall soon
exhaust The vitality AMI snap thefcord by
which lie Is "a spend,i,n
A BOLD BURsLAR-Be AoJS E5e..a NJ, II
$3.50. Uyfd L@utts.-M psSrS. E'qrbee & Sutton
keep grocery aud provision store on the
corner Of Zubly and Laurel STREETS, 10 which
is al! achtd wagon ward whore cOuntryune1
leave their teams over night when they arc
IN toWr. The teamsters sleep il the dwelling
and outoulidings occupied by Mr. +. 3. Sut-
ton adjoining the wagon yard on the west.
and fronting on DUbly street On Wp!ua.-
day night there were quite a number Of them
nj the house, eleven OF whom slept in the
basement and back piazza, while others Oc-
cupleu tie second story or The uutnuiIt.us.
Some or them retired early, while others
were up nom time 20 time az late as twelve
O'Clock, after which time nothing was k lnvyn
until about three O'Clock yesterday morajng.
when Nj Sutton was aroused and Informed
that robbeTs had been in The house. Upon
examination and Inquiry il was aScertaiued
mat ali 81 The eleven who occupied the base
meht and back piazza lad been robbed OF
their money. Some hal their pants pockets
cut, and others their vest pockets, the rObber
or robbers being afraid OF awakening the
slumbering victims by extracting the con-
tents 10 neat manner. The total amount
lost foOts up some two hundred dollars. One
man alone, Mr. w. w. Bird, OF Rullnch
county, lost about one hundred and seventy
i've dollarS.-Sdrdn'Sdh Ns7CS, 3Oth.