Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-06
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
REMARKABLE TRAGEDY.
Pistols. Bowie Knives and Bomb.
shells

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shells
The whole Thing Shrouded in
Mystery.
New YORK, April 5.
By an explosion of saltpeter in Jew.
et:'s white lead house, three men, in
Guiding the proprietor, were killed.
Another Account.
Another account this morning says:
A fearful tragedy occurred in the office
of the Messrs. Jewett, white lead man.
ufacturers, when a bombshell ex.
ploded, instantly killing George w.
Jewett. of Fort Richmond, Staten Is
land, the head of the firm, and a son
of John Jswett. Orviile Jewett, a rel
alive, also a member of the firm, had
his head shattered and suffered inter-
nxi injuries. He was taken to the
Chambers-street hospital. Joseph A..
Dean, Of Orange, N. j., had his knee
pan fractured aud suffered internal in.
%juries. Both Mr.. Dean and o. w.
Jewett refuse to make any statement of
the particulars of the terrible affair.
Pistols and a large dagger were found
among the trio. The explosion oc-
Cured in the Office on the second floor.
The windows are blown out; SCOT, two
inches deep, is on the floor, and the
Office furniture is powdered to bits.
Pieces of the bombshell are in the
room, The body of Jewett lies in his
private office. The carpets are bathed
in gore. The Coroner is investigating
the cas
Portions of the shell. or hand gren-
ade. we're found Embedded in the walls
and ceiling of the room, and two re-
volvers and a dirk-knife were found on
the floor. A scabbard and belt CORES
ponding to one OF the revolvers were
found on the person of Orville d. jew
EFT. Three clerks and a son of MI.
Dean were in an adjoining 70 ON at the
time of the explosion, and were posi-
tive in their assertions that the shell
had never been in the place. After the
q few shells had been picked up
or the battle fields and were sent to
members of this firm. who had them
emptied into East river. The clerks
say the shell must have been brought
to the Office this morning by one of the
injured men. The theory of the police
is, that Geo. w. and Orville d. Jewett
became involved in a dispute, and that
the shell must have been used as a
weapon. This theory is strengthened
by the discovery of the revolvers and
knife in the room. When one of the
revolvers was found its barrel was
warm and one of its chambers empty,
with an exploded cap on it. Mr.. Dean,
when asked for information, both by
the police and reporters, merely an.
swered, "Don't ask me-" One theory
is, that the shell was thrown
the grste with the coal. and That
it was a percussion shell and exploded
while being c~arelessly handled. Or
willie d. Jewett served in the army dur
ing the late war, and it is stated that
the shell was kept by him in the office
as a relic of the struggle. Orville ID.
Jewett, who resides at Orange, N. j.,
VAS taken to Chambers street hospital,
where late in the afternoon he was
thought to be dying. The surgeon at
Chambers-street hospital says that Or
vile ID. Jewett has several shot wounds
in the breast and in his abdomen. The
wounded men are expected to die.
10 Hancock Secretary
Schurx PrOmulgates u Plan Of
Reform Robson Believed In.
nOcent.
WASHINGTON, April 5.
The following letter has been sent
to Major General Hancock by General
HEADQR'S oil ARMY OF THE U. s.,
WASHINGTON, April 5, II.
To Major General w. S. Hancock,
Commanding Military Division of the
Atlantic, New York:
General: / now have the honor
10 enclose you certified copies OF the
letter of the Hon. Secretary Of War,
of April 3rd, and of the President Of
the United States, of the same date,
ordering the withdrawal of the troops
of the United States from the State
at Columbia on Tuesday next,
at IL NJ. Please cause this order to be
executed precisely at the time and in
the name described in said letters,
and report the fact promptly to these
headquarters. l have the honor to
be your obedient servant,
w. T. SHERMAN, General.
The Secretary OF the Navy last night
expressed his utter disbelief in the al
legged dishonesty and malfeasance of
~ex-Secretary Robson, and said the
money complained of as misused was
not diverted from one bureau to an
other, because the law did not divide
up among the several bureaus, but
provided that it be expended by the
Navy Department proper and not by
any particular bureau. Moreover,
there are still several hundred thou
sand dollars on hand. Secretary
Thompson is indignant at the use of
his name as made by the o%riginators
of the story.
Schurz has promulgated an order for
providing for tie investigation and de-
OF questions connected
with appointments, removals and pro-
motions, in the various departments,
by means of q Board of Inquiry COM
posed OF three members, one to repre-
sent the Secretary's Office and appoint.
ed by the Secretary, one to be selected
from such bureaus as the Secretary
may indicate and to be named by the
head thereof, and q third to be desig-
mated by the head Of the bureau
from which charges or recommends