Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-04-21
TIE LATEST HORROR.
Two Well Kpswn New York merchants
Killed asd Another Badly Wounded-Iw"
Pi,,oIs, = Dagger and n Hand-(;renade.


. report in the Sun of the 9th:
At half past 10 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing people in the vicinity Of Burling slip
heard sudden. lond, Earring noise, for
which they were puzzled to account. A
moment later black smoke was seen is
suing from second floor windows of John
Jewett & Sons white lead establishment
at Burling slip and Front Street. The
first "a enter found the senior partner,
Mr.. George w. Jewett, stretched dead
on the floor of his private office; near
him his nephew, Orville ID. Jewett, NOR
tally wounded; another partner, Mr..
Joseph A. Dean, badly wounded, the
room wreck, and, lying on the floor,
a revolver, pistol. and knife. Fur
ther investigation discovered fragments
of shell, or bsnd-grenade. The young
er Mr. Jewett died in few hours after
his removal 10 the hospital, having ut
tered no word TO clear up the mystery
and the surviving partner, Dir. Dean,
processes to be unable to explain it.
The firm Of John Jewett Il Sons is
one of the oldest and wealthiest n the
white lead and linseed oil business in
this country. It's commercial record in
the Mercantile Agency dates as far back
as 1S47, and it was then an old firm.
1t is rated "a l." considerably over a
million dollars. A note in the Mercdn-
Aie Register says: 1t was so safe and
close il has never been necessary TO look
them UP, as credit has never been dis
cussed." Orville ID. Jewett, son Of
John Jewett, went into the firm in JAN
nary, 1859. After the death of his
father he inherited and represented that
interest The present firm was COM
posed of George w. Jewett, Joseph A.
Dean, Charles Jewett, and Orville ID.
Jewett Unlike the other members of
the Jewett family, Orville was of an
irascible temper. People well acquaint-
ed with him sayithat he was a sporting
plan and speI.dthrift, and that this
gave no little annoyance and uneasiness
TO the other members OF the firm-sO
much, indeed, that it was decided to get
rid of him by buying his interest.
When Orvillc heard of this determine
ton he became incensed, and had
frequent disputes with his partners on
the subject. About two weeks ago,
however, he consented to sell out his in
terest to Joseph A. Dean for $3.50, 900.
The agreement was drawn up, and, it is
said, $4,000 of the money paid down.
Yesterday the papers were to be finally
approved and signed, and the balance
of the money paid.
At half-past eight O'Clock yesterday
morning, an hour much earlier than
usual, Orville Jewett entered the Office.
He Immediately went to private room
on the third floor, where he remained
some time. What he did there no one
knows. After coming down to the office
on the second floor, he went first TO the
front room where his desk was, and
shortly after passed through the middle
room, or outer office, to the rear room,
where his uncle, George w. Jewett, and
Joseph A. Dean had their desks. In a
few minutes Mr.. George Jewett came
out and passed to the front room. A
heated conversation could be heard
going on in the rear room at this time.
Mr.. Charles Jewett lief; his desk and
went in there lie remained for some
time, but finally came out and went
down stairs to the street, leaving 0yille
Jewe;t and Joseph A. Dean in the room.
The discussion still continued, and Mr.
George w. ,Iewett returned to the rear
room. possibly as peace-maker. He had
not been in the room more than three
minutes before the explosion occurred.
Here the mystery begins, and the state
ments of those who were first upon the
scene threw but little light on it.
At the time of the explosion the mid
die or business Office was occupied by
j. ". Silleck, cashier: C. b. Pollock,
entry clerk; Arthur Dean, nephew of
MIR. Joseph A. Dean, and Charles Tain
TOT, business manager. The explosion
was so loud rs to attract the attention of