Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04

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Grimes and Casualties.
GRAND RAP1Ds,~ Mich.,' June 3o.-Last
night Frank Stedman and Samuel Hunt,
two farmers; living in tho township of Tai
nnadge, Ottawa county, about Is miles from
this city, got into quarrel and began shoot
ing at each other with revolyerG Each shot
three times. Two of Hunts bullets took Of
feet in Stedman, one inficting D. wound in
the right breast, which caused his death in q
fe~ hours. All Of 6tednnan's shots took
effect in Hunt; 6tedmall leaves o. wife and
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.oH1oAoo DssHo1zsr OFFICIALS, nRD1mEp.s
CHoAoo, June 3O.-The,gra jury of the
Cook county criminal court have returned an
indictment against Asa D. Waldron, treas
crer of Hyde park, on account of his defal
catfen of thi-ty-seven thousand dollars.
John McArthur, has also been indicted for
embezzlement in appropriatinS to. his own
use the funds of the post Office department.:
49,, FATAL MUNICIPAL QUARREL.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-. June 30.-The state Of
chronic disturbance which has prevailed in
East st. Louis for months past; eliminated
this afternoon in: fight between part of
tho Metropolitan police force and the city
marshals, organized by Mayor Bowman. It
appears that last January the Metropolitans,
under Chief Renshaw, took forcible posses
sion OF one of the city engine houses and
prison cells, which had besn used as police
headquarters, and although Mayor Bowman
has repeatedly demanded it to be vacated BY
them and returned to the city, his demands
were refused. About noon to-day City
Marshal Walsh learned that
there we're but three of the Metropolitan
force in the engine house, and thinking it
would be easy to capture, be mustered his
deputies at his own quarters, little more
than a block away. and made dish for. it.
He was quickly seen, however, and the occu-
pants Of tbs engine house, Officers Wallace
and GwYne ana TurHkey Chapman, barred
the door, hastened up stairs and che two first
named appeared at the, window armed With
Springfield rifles. Walsh and his men
rushed ON, armed with clubs and re-
solvers, and found Officer Stark near
the door of the engine house. whom they as
saulted aud with their clubs knocked, him
down.. Three pistol shots are also said to
wounded him in the head. Wallace and
Gwyne then called on the crowd to tisperse
when more shots were fred by Markham.
Wallace and Gwyne then shot into the crowd,
aud Deputy Marshal Sneville and O:Connor
fell dead, and James Doyle was wounded.
The marshal and posse then retired, taking
with them their dead.
= Mayor Bowman, in the meantime, ap-
peared on the grounds, and, he says, narrow
ly escaped, as one 81 the men III the engine
house, he claims, took tldeliberate aim at
him, but by quick jump sideways he avoid
ed being hit, the ball entering the ground
only a'feW feet from where he stood.
While the fight was progressing the alarm
bell ON the engine house was rung and the
Metropolitans hastencd to headquarters
from all directions, but the marshals had re-
tired and nothing further was done. Mayor
Bowman Immediately telegraphed to
Belleville, the '.' county seat, for
Sheriff Weber and County Coroner Conley,
who arrived this afternoon. Weber went to
headquarters of the Metropolitan and arrest
ed Wallack and Gwyne, and Coroner Conley
will hold an inquest on the dead tomorrow.
The circumstances which led to this un-
fortunate affair cover much time, and many
events dating az far back as 1867, when the
Metropolitan law was passed by the legisla-
ture. This law has been pronounced Tncon-
stitutional several times by the supreme
court, but the force has some way managed
to exist. 1t has been lately ignored by Mayor
Bowman, who organizeda force of deputy
marshals under :, the city ordinance,
aud the ..s. result has been two
distinct police forces, which have
been at swordsf points for months. Fpast
and conflicts more or ss:serions shaSe been
Of, almost daily occurrence There are also
two political factions in the city called Bow
man and anti Bowman, which are very bite h.
and stop at no means to do damage to eac
other. Mayor Bowman says, even granting
the legality of tho existence Of the Metro
politan police co1n force, the
original legislAtf6a specially provides that
they shall be entirely separate and definite
from the city of East St.. Louis, and shall
not occupy or use any Of the city's property.
Therefore, he Or his officers had d right to
disposess them of the engine house: Fur
ther trouble was apprehended fortnight, but
up to the present writing all is quiet on the
other side of the river, aud the probabilities
are no further violence Will occur {
winMtNeroN; Del.5, JUNE, sso.In addi-
ton to the engineer and fireman killed in the
disaster to the Southern express last night, a
man supposed to be William II. Haigh, of
Chicago, and Erishan Krauch Of Baltimpre,
were also killed. The engine, baggage, mail
apd and, two express ears were wrecked. s reil-
road tie had been placed upon the track.
One arrest has been made. 's1s''
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BA1rmoas,, ,M6 MI, Jdne se.AJohn McCor>
mick, asleep in his room this morning, was
fatally stabbed hy stohn Fleming. drunk, ;
SHOT THROUGH THE WINDOW.
GAhS S11,,slSSnel elso oE- -Kask1 E ghapman,
the well known *Carbondale merchant, and
head OF tho dunber firm Of .Qhspmau, 4
Herr, of Forman, johnson county. illinois,
was shot through the head and killed in =
bedroom at thus morning by an unkpqwn
party, who fred a pistol through a wifdbw'
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Eu A1BAs1, N. Y, June aO.r=A oil train vas
thrown from track Of the New Yorl
Central road last night, by the removal 81 .
rail-, and is oars wrecked. The oil took fr<
and q breakman named TEpas, was -b1rned
to death, and the engineer and fireman in
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