The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-24
CRIMES AMI CASUALTIES.
A Terrible Ntsastsr-RDiler ExpI0sgVu.

CRIMES AMI CASUALTIES,
Terrible Disaster-RDiIer Expi0sism.
RICHMOND. ya.. March 2s..An app Hing din
In Henry county. seven miles from this city
yesterday The largo boiler exploited aud the
nsrr1 ana nss TeEs BorRs l2~ y 81 Dire
blown high into the air. and in d4. cen ing the
eodg Is 10 FRI P1s . ree be Pat q his lo hing aa
presented ghastiy 5partaele-a mas of seaid-
cd fl;sh and msngled bones. The hody of Cor
off. scaldtd apd b II OF b head AIKEN 1 1of and and
not found. Joseph Hall, a son Of the matagsry
VS. horribly mahgled his brains Icing da he'd
boier o2t in7 earth distance OF 100 fee' from the
E,ger, Hall, another son was not killed In
brains protrnded through the EZRA fractures sa IL IL
John 9. Thorp,, he sawyer, was buried In the
aIlge and lived for an hour and q half
me engineer was staded ali over the. body
dItion BE- managed to get up and l ran mis- si. %
Mr. Halls residence. but his Injuries are satd to
The killed are Gordon Rollins and Blnkas
Thomas, colored,, JOS Hall. K gar Hall and
5ohn !aa1 q. Ihorp, white. geo; Lnury, whit, was
Jas smith eolorad cas 1ss 7aneay s whts tfl 8a'0.
II The &c cid ns s chiefly attributed to the water
Asylum Abuses-Treatnarnt of Inmates.
FEw YORK, March pa memorial tn the
| Legislature | r the correction OF the abuses of
insane asylums was published to-day, and the
Medioo- Legal Society Of this city. ! society o
conn con posed q the most evninent nefnbera q lsotl
asylum as h % abas wss
reference to the asylnns OF this State
IN In the COURSE m e of the evening the esse,tion
Try are among the worst, II not the very worst.
In the civilized world. end that instead OF Inn
oi2s be ns GLE sendns d
| few years ago. Thus, within q short period.
measure Of personal restraint has been intro
sas eree and ecghg nnde
| took their reformation. This is a crib, made
barred lid to it. Into this cage the poor lunafi@
Is put and the top shut down and locked.
A muraerer's Confession.
WHEELING, W. Va. March 81. Wallace has
ehnfsssed e. + u tse mn murder Of Mrs Geo Wallace a1d
him and his wife. and that after killing herr
bsr eseY 9g9n M Ssaa 9 cry aa be and
concluded that he would kin Miss Church, and
went back to the house and asked her for some
with the hammer he had used to kill Mrs Wal
lace, After killing her he went homo and slept
ansli TIE q mo1nipg when ne gave the alarm Tn
who. he Gays. offered him SOS to XII Mrs. Wal
Mrs Waass ana Miss 2a' ognra rqe rre b e.
lieyed to have been outraged. The coroner's
pey il yerae q mq5dsr r. tho @
yented The ynchne oi she murderer long be b.
fore this.
fessten.
CAMDEN n J., March 2s-The chain Of cir
umstantial evidence In confederation OF Ora.
hams confession, in the Armstrong murder
Jenkins Graham was TO- day in very good
spirits: and has felt better, he says. ever tinoe
mses hs gavs his sIo secret All his a
there is a general impression tina he has told
m the entire truth al along; Graham has said
had ferrule on the tip Of the handle. The
prosecuting attorney told him he was mis-
terday a ferrale which was found j. near he
scene was tried, and it was found to flt the
hammer exactly.
Wife Murder.
WHEELING, ING, Y; Va. March %, Yesterday mar
wife. near West Aiexandria. about sIyte.p
miles from this city. and kicked her 10 the
slant death Mrs Bays brother had the mur-
of Jerry, Isaac and Jacob ghi1ds
at Mobile.
- MOBILE. March 23.-Jerry Isaac and Jacob
Of death yesterday for the murder of Mrs. Ybn
In 1875. The execution attracted an Immense
crowd. Jerry Vac calm and coilectsd, showing
no sign OF emotion except q dack SC .wl on hts
lace, but Jacob and Isaac were apparently snf~
Iering the tortares OF the damned already.
Jerry stood eregt and told his story without mes.
that Isaac Hall, who Is the prosecutor knew
who killed Mrs. 7on, for he had off red him
lJertyl 800 dollars in October previous TO her
death TO kill her.
The condemned men aseended the pia'f,rn
and proceeded TO address the crowd. fmphat~
lcally denying their gait. and calling upon
Each Of the condemned Drofessed bis hope Of
Rev. ar. Ellis sang hymn, assisted BY tho
sonvicts, Jerry singing rich sonor ous baas
Then followed q last prayer, and at the con ID
sion OF this their arms and legs were pini md
the ropes adjusted and the black caps drawo
irop fell, and the end OF this bIootly tr"gsay
was reached. After hanging twenty ufnut6s
The bodies were cut down.
Minnie Watson Gagged.
New. YoRK. March 1-Minnis Watson.
33rougat 3e TO this city BY Detective Kerns q few
me snartest female thief In America, was cora-
nitted for trial, In defauk OF 5000 bail, on the
ON o,maDlalnt OF Dudley y. Gregory, charging her
r airing apparel. She had been employed bg
Mr.. Gregory as a servant at his residence. IN
ier the name OF Mary Marks. .
Fatal Explosion.
New YORK, March 1.-An explosion occurred
on board the steam boat Magenta, on het 7
Two OF her passengers are known 10 have bee@
killed and four seriously wounded.
Gen, the Railroad swinaler.
MONTREAL, March 23-Str 4 A. Darion has
teeidsd adversely to z. ri. Gofs eleim 20 tbs
and sosan gsfoaa q and aad
0refble language 70 his hagtng used fmprgpsE
means 70 keep the Office. The court deeida1