The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-02-24
'tabbedin saloon in Springfield, found


that the fatal wound was made by Jerry
Chadwick, and that Francis NJ. Kinney,
keeper of the place, was accessory. Chad
wick has been brought to Springfield from
New Paris, Ohio, and held for examination
on a charge OF murder. He has confessed to
the commission of the act.
The coroner was called recently to hold
an inquest on the body of Geo. w. Shober at
302 Elm street, Cincinnati. The jury found
that he had shot himself "on account Of
long continued illness, which, to some ex-
tent, had affected his mind" Shober was
twenty-four years of age, single, paper
hanger by trade, born in Cincinnati and liv-
ing with his father.
A few mornings ago, q man named Johu
Dittman, about twenty-eight years of age,
was struck by a locomotive while walking
along on the Hamilton and Dayton Railroad,
between Cumminsville and Spring Grove,
near Cincinnati. Dittman was knocked
from the track and terribly injured. The
train was stopped, backed, and the body Of
Dittman picked up and placed in the bag
gage car. The train again started on its way
to that city, and on arriving there the in
iured man was still alive. He was taken to
the Cincinnati Hospital. Everything possi-
BILE was done by hospital surgeons, but it
was of no avail, and Dittman died shortly
after his arrival there.
While the west-bound fast mail train No.
2, on the Panhandle road, due at Urbana at
1:30 in the morning, was taking water at
Brush Lake, three miles east Of that city,
recently, the attention of Conductor Jones
was attracted by noise of some one at
tempting to uncouple the engine and two
front cars from the balance Of the train.
Stepping upon the platform, he confronted
masked man and demanded what he
wanted. The robber had a butcher-knife in
his hand and struck at Jones, who jumped
across to the platform of the baggage car,
pulled the bell rope, drew 9 revolver and
| fred at the robber, who jumped from the car.
Jones followed, firing two or three shots at
the man, who made his escape with COM
panion. Two suspicious looking men were
seen lurking about the express car at the
station, while the engine was taking water
Jones escaped uniniured, but thinks he
wounded one Of the gang. No doubt the at
tempted robbery and probable murder
would have been successfully carried out,
but for the daring bravery OF Conductor
| Jones.
Max Rhein, discharged soldier, was
found in the canal, few days ago, near the
Cincinnati Work-house. The deceased had
black beard and mustache, was dressed in a
brown Scotch suit, with light-gray under
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thirty-seyen years of age. Twenty dollars
were found in his pockets. The verdict Of
Coroner's jury was, Supposed suicide"
A Springfield letter says: Clarence T.
Adams, who shot himself at his fathers resi-
dence, near Troy, the other night, was en-
gagged here in the manufacture OF patent
rat trap, an invention which did not pay.
He not only lost small fortune, but is
heavily indebted in this city. He eloped
eight months ago, with Miss Stella Zeigen-
fielder, of Troy, residing in this city for some
| time. but abused his wife, and she left him.
Last Saturday he called on her. Some angry
words passed between them, when Adams
fred at his wife, the ball entering her arm
near the elbow. Having, as he supposed,
killed his wife, he rushed into his fathers
house, exclaiming: "I've done what 4
wanted to do. Now / will kill myself" and
passing through back room, shot himself
on the spot Adams gave no intimation be-
fore leaving here of what he really intended
to do. if he had this murder in his mind. He
was regarded as a young man of rather weak
mind. Nothing was ever noticed in the con-
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