The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-20

tragedy In New York Is condensed from
A report In the Sun II the 9th:
AT half past 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing people in the vicinity Of Buring slip
heard a sudden, loud, jarring noise, for
which they were puzzled to account. A
moment later black smoke was seen Is
suing from second floor windows Of John
Jcwett a Sons white lead establishment
AZ Burling slip and Front Street The
first 10 enter found the senior partner
Mr. George w. Jcwctt, stretched dead
on the floor Of his private Office; near
him his nephew, Orvillc ID. Jewett, NOR
tally wounded; another partner. Mr.
Joseph a. Dean, badly wounded. the
room 4 wreck. and. lying on the floor.
4 rcvolycr. "A pistol. and a knife. Fur
Their investigation discovered fragments
III Il she'll. or hand-grenadr. The Young
N Mr. Jcwctt died in few hours after
hi~ removal To the hospital. having Ut
tered no word "a clear up the mystery;
and the surviving partner. Mr.; Dean.
processes 10 be unable 10 explain il.
The firm u John .Jcwcti a. Sons Il
one " the oldest and wealthiest in the
white lead and linsccd oil business IN
this country. H. commercial record III
the Mercantile Agency dates a. far back
a. 1871. and il was then an old firm.
II j. rated IA LII considerably over
million dollars A note in the Merca,s-
Mt REGISTER says. s'It was - safe and
close il has never been necessarily look
them up. ~ credit has never been dis
cllssed DryilIc H. .Icwctt. a -on of
John ,Icweti, went into The firm ia Jan
nary, 1859 After the death of his
father he inherited and represented that
interest The present firm was com
posed ~ George W. .Iewctt. Joseph A.
Dean. Charles .Icwctt. and Orille ID. \
.Icwcif Unlike the other members ii
the Jcweti family, Orville wa~ III ia
ra>cihle temper. People well ac,luaini-
IA with him SAY that he was a sporfin.
man AMI IA Sprndfhrift, and that this
eaNr up little annoyance and uneasincS~
W illc other members of the film--~t
much. indeed, that il was decided io cot
nd 81 him ~ buying his interest.
When uryile heard Of thi- determine
ton M became inccnsrd. and had 4
frequent disputes with his partners IN
thu subject About two weeks AGO.
however. he consented ~ sell OUT hiS in
tere>t 70 Joseph a. Dean for $4,000.
The agreement was drawn up. and. il l.
said. $4,000 Of the money paid down.
Yesterday the papers We're q be finally
approved and signed. and the balance
q the money paid
~ haf-pa~t eight o'clock Yesterday
morning, an hour much earlier than
usual. Oryille Icwett entered the Office.
lir immediately went "a Il private room
on The third floor, where he remained
some time What he did there no one
knows. Afier coming down 10 the office
IN the second floor. IL went first III the
front room where his desk was. and
shortly after passed through the middle
room. or outer Office. 10 the rear room,
where his uncle, George w. .Jcwett. and
Joseph A. Dean had their desks. III n
few minutes Mr. George Jewett came
out and passed % the front room. A
heated conversation could ~ heard
going on in the rear room N this limo
Mr.. Charles .Icwett left his desk ana
Went ~ there. lie remained for some
'lnl". put finally came ont and went
down stars y the street. leaving Orvillc
JeMcit and Joseph 4 Dean in the room.
Inc discussion still continued. and Mr..
neofEc " Icwcft returned 10 the rear n
room. possibly ~ peacc-maker. He had
not been IN The room more than three
minutes before the explosion occurred
Here me mystery begins. and The state :
ineili, ~ those who were first upon the I
scene threw but little light on il. N
AZ The time Of the explosion The mid !
uir ~ business Office was OCCUPIED ~
y. W >illcck. cashier: q. n. Pollock. \
Entry clerk Arthur Dean. nephew ~ /
mr.. Joseph a. Dean, and Charles Tain
'or' business manager. The explosion I
Wa ~ loud rs to attract the attention az Ii
'he officers around the Fulton Ferry slip. |
while ~ the immediate ncirhborhooi :
.ne shock was distinctly felt. Engine
.N". III, whose house !, just opposite, J
!, rv''irnlng from fire. and firemen :
'''n1N Murray and Cook were assisting L
y getting u into the house when they
leira Ms explosion. Looking over Tie il
way they saw dense volumes Of smoke II
'sSonilg rom the windows. Rushing Il
'Ner' .n,y ran up the stairs and entered y
wv middle office. As 10 what occurred il
n'vr ~ arrival, Henry Murray SAYS: n
men got into the outer Office. | n
'"ulh The clerks there. but they were a. Ii
'noHo1ess ~ statues. apparently par il
ME-, AZ ~ what had just taken place. "
: N room was filled with smoke. and II
'fger volumes. mixed with SCOT. were I,
s \, nom the rear room. Thinking
.',N 'he place was Oh fire, rushed IN. 4
MIN S,, second explosion took place. u
!. through The smoke could see firrnrar
nF fireplace. and, in cndcavoring Ia /,
'eNh n, stumbled over the body n Il
IA n'n' picked IL az and carried Il to n
ne itpni room. and then discovered that II
\. va dead This was the body ~ \
,".s 1e ~. Jcwett. Returning u the i