Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-12-28


ONE or rHE STRANGEsr SUICIDES or TIE
lEak.-i ia - Louis last sunday night, about
lOo'ClOck. Mr.. Anna Bowman. wife at y. n.
koWiuah, mayor OF EaSi ~ Louis, aud one 81
the weaitheSi citizens If ~. Clair county, III.
committed Suiclde. ID appears from the state
ment oi Mayor BOwman. that ia the early part
81 the evening his wife had been cut visiting.
and returned home about O'Clock. Mhile
going up ne steps the lady dropped heavy
object nom her bosom, and her husband asked
her what Is was. She replied IL Was pistol.
hastily picking u mp and again gslng into the
teli I'M no manner alarmed. shortly thereafter :
he heard heavy sound, a. II window sash
had fallen. though BE- did not hear the IMPORT
oi pistol hurrAing To- the noon he saw his
vile falling hack upon the bed Cl>piug Tor
breath. the pistol Ina her right hand. The ball
had entered an inch above the heart ply
>lcian Ma> summoned. hut OF course the poor
woman Wa> hcyond aid. The motive j. in
VOWED lu deep mystery. a Mrs. Bowman vas
apparently happy. and had an the Injuries she
could wish She WAS formerly the wife of Al
tred Becker. from Whom She VAS divorced
shortly before her marriage 10 Mayor Bow
man. The mayor >aSS their relations were as
happy ~ they could he She Was about tWcn-
iN-ninr year. oi age aud very beautifal Only
an hour before her suicide she wa> bra the very
midst OF FAY social company. and her man
ner> were unusually NiNaciouS.
TIE BEoTHrEHooD Nor BRoKE~ 90 Mat
thew Lafkin>. thv secretary uf the Brother
hood oi Locomotive Engineers. read with in
creduIous look last evening an article i'm an
evening paper To- the eicct THAI the brother
hood = gradually breaking up through Nolun-
tarN Withdrawals and from diSancction. paR-
ticuiarly among the Delaware IackaWanna
and western. The Pennsylvania Canal and
Railroad and the Atlantic and Great Western
members. These Statements. a. well a. that
setting ioIth that the master mechanic af the
Morris and Essex division of the delaware,
IackaWanH3 ana Western road had aVerrcd
that the order prohibiting the employment of
brotherhood members was issued al the re-
quest 81 the engineers and other employees
who desire an excuse FOR Surrend.ring their
lodge charter. We're pronounced hN SECRETARY
Iafklns to have been manufactured cat of the
whole cloth. The tale that Leu engineers
have Voluntarily withdrawn from the brother
hood. said the secretary. "or have lsetn ~
pelied Tor non paN ment of dues. j. a Wilful
eNaggcratlon. ieW became in arrears aud
Why Because the companies dad noi pay
their men Tor thIer months m succession last
summer aud are StIl bchndhand. Aud this
same reason explains why the order itself got
INTO arrears ln l'aN ncntS Ia the men On strike.
The order j. Just a. strong. financially and i'm
membership. ~ Il Was one year ago. f'tl0.
Time. ..fh.
MOLLY Mcguire MURDEEEss.-A special
dispatch to the New Work TfUfsS trpiu ~hsnau-
daah. Pa. Dec. ~. Says:-The arrest - Patrick
ODonnell. the hairy man. aud Cha>. sharpe,
charged With the murdcro Geo. II. Smith. at
Audenrled. in 1853 a. announced Ia the TsHleS
ON Tuesday. created no little excitement all
through the coal regions. The murder was a
hendi>h one. aud the arrest of the perpetrators
i regarded Vi th JOY. The three noted "slusNi-
cr>, Sldttery, Nuiherin and herI'igan. fur
nished he necessary information ag1Iu>i the
outlaws Two years ago. - DOnneh = said TO
he guilty 81 murdering no less than four men.
lie ! regarded a. a brute. aud the worst Molly
Ot The lot. lie made a statement when arrested
al Rock Island 10 the effect that h. was a Mol
ly Magulte. hut he Vas moi Just clear on the
Subie'i "l the smith murder. Ills hair hangs
down on his shoulders. aud his gray beard
reaches almost 10 al, waist H. never ShaNrS,
which lS The reason Tor has being known a. the
hairy man They viii have a haheds corpas
bearing tia week. hu! viii noi he Tried before
next March u i probablr that tle little lIalrs
AMI the Dun nurdcrcr> Viii be app-chended
IN a short time.
INHALED On a SNA.-I Most Si0,isHg a.
cideat.-A littly girl aged l. wears. daughter
If Brother James Mathis. Was climbing tree
for peT>immoH>. when she slipped and fell
about : feet. striking ola a snag. which entered
the lower portion OF her abdomen about IN
cbeS. The Snag MAS near2i9 inches AZ diane
ter and blunt a. the point, making rishtt,n
wound that Mortified an who saw u. The little
sufferer hung suspended some I feet from the
ground. With no SUPPORT but the cruel >nag,
until her aged and crippled father ran 3o yards
TO her relief. on Olsen gazing The body The in
te>tineS glIShed oui al the rent and were held
in situation 10y her father who carried her 10
the house. some los yards. bleeding aud shiy-
ering with pain. Dr. j. 4. NiHgo operated The
following day. assisted by Drs l.ytle, at GaiDss-
Vile. and Stanford and Owen. DIR. Ningo took
charge of the case. and has exhibited rare sur
gical skill. In fact the little lrl il rapidly get
ting well. He has extracted numerous bits Of
wood and bark from the interior of the wound
though II Is healing kindly, and all cons;iiu-
tional disturbances have been successfully
combatted.-l Cumming tGo.D Banner.
IMPRISONED FOR LOVE MAKI>G.-John }.
Coi]'ett. a soldier of the regular army. il now
imprisoned i'm Fort wadsworth. Staten Island.
on a charge Of conduct prejudicial 10 good
order and military discipline" d i said,
however, that the real cause Of his impTison-
ment is the fact that he fell ia love with
young girl named Alice Decameau. whose
father, wealthy gentleman, OWNS property
and lives near Fort Wad>worth. Corbett
wrote several gushing letters to Miss Deca-
meau. and She. like a dutiiul daughter. gave
him To Gen. Hancock. torbett SAYS the young
lady encouraged him. and his counsel yester-
day gave notice before Judge Benedict. in
The United States Court, IN BROOKLYN. that he
will to-day apply for writ of habeas corpus in
his case.-IN. y Times. ..th.
IN THE FAMOUS ASTo>ELII WILL CASE,
the court has very properly decided that the
young woman who claims the cardinal Tor her
father must produce her mother. This claim
ants counsel have always objected To doing,
unless II should become absolutely necessary
for their case, but they insist that the lady is
alive and that it was only with the desire OF
avoiding a painful scandal that she has not
been produced ~ a Mitne>S. They say that
the lady is married and occupies high social
position.
An INDIANA TRE.sURER's DEFICT.-An i'm
Nestigation Into the accounts Of &C. New
land. late treasurer of Lawrence county. Ind.
disclosed deficit Of $1,000 or sl5,e0. New
land died i'm March last. and Col. r. A Sears
was appointed Ia succeed him. Col Sears had
reason To believe that something was wrong
and instituted an investigation with the above
result. Mr.. Newland was a democrat. elected
in 1874 on the platform of economy md reform.
Col. Sears il a republican, appointed 10y a re-
publican board OF commissioners.
A SHOCKING TRAGEDY is reported from
farmyile. Va. ordinarily one OF the quie;sSt
places in that state. Col WIN. r. Berkeley an
eminent lawyer, was shot and Killed while
seated i'm his office, by Capt VIM. n. Kennedy.
a well known hotel proprietor, who then shot
and fatally wounded himself diving some
hours afterwards. II is thought that Kennedy
had some personal grievance. His manner
fa Some Time had h.aan t.,.ndv a..l A