The Tipton advertiser., 1876-11-23

IEEkisn pNUNlhtS~- ~
Price. son OF Hon. Hiram Price, occu-
pics nice residence on the principal
street of the city. Until leaving for
Il. Louis some day. before this occur
renee. Hon. Fl. Price and wife had
lived with this son, occupying room
directly over the parior. On Thursday
evening of last week the family con-
sisted only of Mr.. and Mrs. w I'll.
Price and little daughter and lsiy
guest. all Of whom retired for the night
at about eleven o'clock. What fol-
lowed the Ga-,tte thus relates:
.Atquartcr past twelve O'Clock, Mrs.
Price was awakened by > crash OF
glass. followed by a heavy sound, down
stairs: she awoke her husband. and
told him what she had heard; he rose,
hurried into the hall, and down stairs,
and was naar the botto1 when an ea-
plo-ion occurred which shook the
y hole building. and was followed by
breaking Of glass, and a terrible crack
ing and crashing. The family were
greatly terrified 81 course, feeling in
which Mr.. Davies household next
door, shared.
Mr.. Price Ma below-Mr~- Price
thought he had h<~n hurt She
wrapped blankets about her little girl.
called 70 Miss Da Be- IN cpsBe with
her. raised window. and went out on
the front verania, where she cried
fire. fire" AMI for help, ~ load
as -he could
The neishbor- lad heard the explo-
sion-in truth il was heard ali about
for distance Of nearly half q mile
and soon D-. W. +. Peek came run
ming over from his residence. nearly
opposite. He a-ke-i what was the
matter. Mrs Price tnii him tine house
was on fire-that Mr. Price was down
stairs, and couldn't get lack. The
front door was locked: the doctor
kicked ii open and rushed in, closely
followed ky l.. : Davie-, DIR. Fred-
Baker, and l.. &. i,es>aist, Who had
also come 10 the rescue. The house
was 20 full Of smoke that they could
hardly make their way into the par
lor--but they went in. and found the
sofa on the south side Of the lack
parior all a5lase. a- vas the carpet
about il. DR.. Peek and Mr. Davies
threw the -ofa out Of the window, and
soon the remaining fire inside was eS-
tingui.hed. The appearance Of the
room showed rnar some terrific force
had been 81 woFs. Every pane Of
glas- but one in the bay window had
disappeared, and a large pane Of the
front window i'm the front parior wa-
al-o out. Plaster was on the carpet,
chairs knocked about, wail- and cell
ing darkencd with smoke AMI broken
in places.
Then there wa. hunt for tiie cause
Of all this noise. fire, and confusion
and soon thick pieces Of iron were
found in divers place, and when these
were put together. the trouble was ex-
plainei: q four-ani-oae-hal shell
had been thrown through the bay
window hal nuliaai under the sofa
and exploded, scattering destruction
all about il. Only the sofa prevented
the pieces penetrating the ceiling and
going in the room above. Eight
pieces Of the shell were found in the
house. and two oatside-and two oi
three more are wanting.
Yesterday forenoon Me,srs. Des>ain1
and -metham took the piece Of ths
shell to the Island to have them ex,
amined by the officers Ii wa. {
peculiar -heil-it was round aaC
smooth outside, but inside the hollow
large enough to contain 2 half pound
Of powder, WIS polygoHal, having
angles in twelve diamond-shaped
sides. Evidently it was made to hurst
into exactly twelve pieces, fer the lines
Of the pieces were thinner than ths
pieces themselves. The officers said
that no such shells were manufactured
in L. :. arsenals; and one remarked
that he had read an advertisement In
New York paper Of just such shell
N l,f. ~
more fearful work than an oriinar,
shell. The officers were quite sure il
was not obtained at tine arsenal -
little clue was obtained al this con
ference. The man who prepared th'
shell timed the fuse for about twr
minutes, for ii Wa at least that space
of time between the cra-h of the win,
dow and the explosion. The neigh
bors all agree il was al least two min
ute between the breaking Of the glas
and the report SoET. tlten, it il eyi
dent the villain thotIyht that Mr.. pric
would be awakened hy the faliin.
gia-z, come down stair 80 ascertain
the cause, and get into the room il
time ~ he subject to the deadly effec
of the explosion This l. the theor
Of all who have ac c4uaintes! them@eive
with the circumstance.
Who did it, ani tho object, are my-
ieries. Ii Hon. Hiram Price was til
object Of the s.oandreEs vengeance
the villain had not learned of nis al
sence, and threw tie shell exacti
under Mr.. Price room. If William
Price was the object, thea tie nIyster
deepens, for ne knows of no man VIII
Is personal enemy. But how snc
| enmity a. this can Ia harbored again-
the elder Price no one can imagin,
1t Is all a mystery-the purpose va
not robbery; it was destruction {
property, If hot death Of the inmate
Of the house.
The city council at once offered sl9l
reward for the arrest OF the perpetra
tors, and the Sheriff added 500. bu
as late a. Yesterday there had been n
clue found which amounted to any
thing.