The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-06-01
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

-Ihe autopsy on the body of Ruben
stein, the New York murderer, who lately
cheated the gallows by dying in his cell,
showed that he had actually died of star.
walton. The remains weighed but forty
nve pounds, and not particle of food was
found in the body. This led to- an ex-
animation of the sewer pipe, when it was
discovered that he had through that
channel disposed of the meals which it
was supposed he had eaten. Medical men
are much interested in the case, as manv
physicians have held it to be impossible
for person to die of starvation with food
within his reach.
"A few days ago little child was
burned to death in New York city, in the
presence of its helpless drunken mother.
The screams of the child attracted the at
tention OF the neighbors, who, on break
ing into the apartment, found the Door
little thing in the very agonies of death
burned almost to crisp. The women
the child's mother and her sister-both
helplessly and hopelessly drunk, were
lying on a bed in the same room, utterly
unconscious of the screams of the child.
When the Coroner arrived, the body lay
on chair, uncared for and uncovered,
and the mother was still drunk.
Mrs. Thos. T. Cutlett and her daught-
er, aged seventeen, were literally roasted
alive at Baltimore, Md, the other morn
ing, by the explosion of a coal-oil lamp
which it was customary to keep burning
in their chamber during the night. OBJ
serving the flame Pickering, Mrs. Outlet
rose and took the lamp in her hand, with
the intention of throwing it through the
window, when it exploded with terrific
force, forcing the burning fluid over her
clothes. She was enveloped in flames,
and her daughter, leaping from her bed,
rushed into her arms and hcroically
battled the consuming element. In few
moments their night clothing was a sheet
of flame, and, locked in each others arms,
they rushed into an adjoining room.
Their agonizing screams attracted a son
of Cutlett and several male boarders, and
by the use of blan kets, etc., the particles
of burning clothing sdhering to their
charred and quivering flesh were extin-
guished. Both were terribly and fatally
burned, the daughters entire body being
reduced to crisp.
Several nights ago, Mrs. Wisenhunt,
living in Pickens County, Ca, while her
husband was absent from home, fastened
herself and children up in her house,
scattered fire over the floor, beds and
clothing, with the intention of destroying
herself and them. The oldest child, girl
eleven years of age, managed to escape
from the house and ran out and screamed
for help. The mother followed her, and
because the child had attempted to save
herself from the flames, seized stick and
struck her several blows on the head
beating her brains out. While the mother
was engaged in her bloody work her little
boy escaped with the other children from
the burning house and carried them to a
place of safety. Before she fastened them
up in the house she had beaten her chill
drcn terribly with a shovel. The little
boy was badly cut and bruised. Mrs.
Wisenhunt was indicted for murder in the
Superior Court of Pickens County. The
counsel for the defense filed a plea of in
sanity, and the jury returned verdict
sustaining the plea. When asked her
motive for committing the horrible deed,
she said that 1.-THE Almighty told her to
do it," in order to get her children where
their father could not impose upon them.
"A good joke on Gen. Sherman is CO.
ing the rounds of the fun-loving cotcries
OF Washington, the hero of which is, sad
to say, dog. 1t appears that the General
owned pretty little dog, who-as may
happen to dogs and men-got led astray
In vain they searched-he was gone.
Each day the General listened for the pet
dogs honest bark baying Deep mouthed
welcome as he drew home. In vain; he
heard no bark not even from the family
sausagcs. But behold! one day q servant
rang the house bell and handed in an ele-
gantly-monogran1ed and sweetly-scented
letter, whose contents were found 10 be
pompously as follows: PJundmaster
and Mrs. Blynstyne present their compli-
ments to the General of the Army and
Mrs. Sherman and have the honor to say
that certain small dog supposed to be
the property of the General Of the Army
and Mrs. Sherman has come into the pos
session of Poundmaster and Mrs. Blyn-
styne. On payment of a trivial forfeit,
usual in. such cases, Poundmaster and
Mrs. Blynstyne will take great pleasure
in restoring the dog to the General of the
Army and Mrs. Sherman" The General
of the Army carefully kicked the pompous
servant down stairs as compliment to
Poundmaster and Mrs. Blynstyne, and
then sent colored man to the public
pound to- pay the fine and redeem the
bOW.WOW