Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-31
CRIME AND CASUALTY.
A Nearly Fatal Bridge Accident on the
Little Rock and Fort Smith Rail-
way-FOur Persons Accident
ally Poisoned by Oxalic
Acid.
A Man Mistaken for Burglar and Shot
Dead-Four Murderers Hanged by
Hnskers-The East st. Louis
TrOubles-Fires, MUIR
ders, Etc.
Dick Savage, a Savage Character, saw
Bone For.

Dick Savage, Savage Character, saw
agely Done For.
PITTsBURG, July 30.-Dick Savage, hard
character of this city, was shot and probably
fatally wounded in a house of bad repute on
Grant street. about seven o'clock this even
ing The shooting was zone by Joseph
Crawford, who, together with two female IN
mates of the house, are under arrest.
Serious Railway Accident
LITTLE Rock, July 30.-A bridge near
GAINESVILLE, on the Little Rock and Fort Smith
railway, undermined by the heavy rains, gave
way t1is morning, and the rear passenger
coach going west was dItched- Nobody
tain Jack Horne and John Rice, of st. Louis,
slightly. One lady was dangerously hurt.
Four Persons Poisoned with OxaIic
Acid-A Man. Mistaken for Burglar,
is Shot Dead.
NEW ORLEANS, July ga family of four
persons were poisoned by using oxallc acid
by mistake forsugar in cooking.
]. E. GauthIer, aged seventeen years, be.
ing mistaken for burglar was shot and
killed by Charles Hernandez, in whose house
Gauthier was roomlng.
severe Hail-StOrm in Minnesota.
ST. PAUL, July 30.-A severe hail storm in
Carver, Rice and Dakota counties, this after
noon, did much damage to crops. In Carver
county stones fell four and five inches In cir
conference, covering the ground two or three
inches deep. The stones penetrated car
riage-top in one case. The track of the
storm was ten or twelve miles WIDE, and the
general course from northwest to southeast.
a 100000 Liquidation-Fire at Elgtp,
Illinois.
CHICAGO, July 30.-The IfibuNe's special
from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says that the Union
bank of that place, with capital OF two hum
dred thousand dollars, has decided to go into
liquidation
A special to the Tribune, from Elgin, says
that J. F. Spauldlng's Touring mill lat Hunt
ley station, was burned this morning; suo-
posed to be the work of tramps. Loss, $l0,-
900; half insured.
The East st. Louis Troubles.
ST. LOUIS, July 30.-A number of breach
loading Springfield rifles have been obtained
and placed in the markethouse at East st.
Louis for use by Mayor Bowman deputy
marshals and other citizens, for the defense
of the city should an attempt be made to take
passion OF it by the Metropolitan police or the
anti-Bowmanites. The arms are placed in
the western markethouse, which has been
planked up and secured against an attack,
and the place looks somewhat like an arse
nal. The Bowmanites say that they do not
intend to bring on further trouble, but will
defend themselves and the property of the city
in their possession to the last extremity.
Mayor Bowman says that he will not vacate
lu0 ClUJ Hall uutCSS ny lnO
tia Deputy Marshal Boreau is still in the
city, watching the movements of both parties,
and is ready to act at moments notice.
Four Murderers Hanged by a Party of
masked Men.
MONROE, LA, July 30.-A party of masked
| men, variously estimated at from forty to five
| hundred, rode into Monroe at one o clock this
morning forcibly took from the parish jall
| four colored men who were confined there,
charged with murder, took them into the
courthouse square, and hung them to the
limbs of an oak tree. Three of the victims
were implicated in the killing OF w. G. Fltz-
| gerald, last March. constable at Trenton
who had attempted to arrest them, as is 81
legged for disorderly conduct on the streets
| They had been tried; one of them was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life. two others
were remanded for new trial. and the fourth
victim, charged with waylayiug and murder
ing another negro in cold blood, had beer
sentenced by the district court to the peniten
tiary, but attained a new trial. The verdlc
of the coroners jury was that the said partie
came to their death by hanging. and that tn
same was done by parties unknown. Thu
names of the men hanged are Pleasant Phil
lipe, Henry Atkins, Jim Beatty and Ton
Ross.