The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-07-04
Crimes and Casualties.

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Grand RAPIDS, Mich, Jun. so:-1a..
night Frank stelman and Samuel Hunt
two farmers living in tho township Of Tal.
madge, Ottawa county, about IL miles from
this city, got into quarrel and began shoot
ing at each other With revolvers. Each shot
three times. Two Of Hunts bullets took Of.
feet in Stedman, one inficting . wound in
the right breast, which caused his death in q
few hours. All of Stedman's shots tool
effect in Hunt. Stedman leaves wife and
four children.
CHICAGO DIaHoNEHT OFFICIALS INDICTED.
CHICAGO, June 30.-The grand Jury of the
Cook county criminal court have returned an
indictment against Asa D. Waldron, treas
urer of Hyde park, on account Of his defal-
cation of thirty-seven Thousand dollars.
John Macarthur has also been indicted for
embezzlement in appropriating to his own
use the funds of the post Office department.
FATAL MUNICIPAL QUARREL.
ST. Louis, NO., June 30.-The state Of
chronic disturbance which has prevailed in
East st. Louis for months past, eliminated
this afternoon in a fight between part of
the Metropolitan police force aud 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 been 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, he mustered his
deputies at his own quarters, little more
than block away, and made dish for it.
He was quickly seen, however, and the occu-
pants of the engine house, Officers Wallace
and Gwyne and Turnkey Chapman, barred
the door, hastened upstairs and the two first
named appeared at the window armed with
Springfield rifles. Walsh and his men
rushed on, armed with clubs and re-
volvers, and found Officer Stark near
the door of the engine house, whom they as
saulted and with their clubs knocked him
down. Three pistol shots are also said to
have been fred at him, one of which
wounded him in the head. Wallace and
Gwyne then called on the crowd to disperse
when more shots were fired by Markham.
Wallace and Gwyne then shot into the crowd,
and Deputy Marshal Sneville and O'Connor
fell dead, and James Doyle was wour led
The marshal and posse then retired, ia King
with them their dead.
Mayor Bowman, in the meantime, ap-
peared on the grounds, and, he says, narrow
ly escaped, as one of the men in the engine
house, he claims, took deliberate aim at
him, but by quick jump sideways he avoid
ed being bit, the ball entering the ground
only 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 as 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 organized force of deputy
marshals under the city ordinance
aud the result has been two
distinct police forces, which have
been at swords points for months past
and conflicts more or less serious have beer
of almost daily occurrence. There are also
two political factions in the city called Bow.
man and anti Bowman, which are very bite
and stop at no means to do damage to eact
other. Mayor Bowman says, even granting
the legality of tho existence of the Metro
politan police commissioners aud force, the
original legislation 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 right to
disposess them of the engine house. Fur.
ther trouble was apprehended tonight, bu,
up to the present writing all is quiet on the
other side of the river, and the. probabilities
are no further violence will occur.
EXPRESS WRECKED.
WILMINGTON, Del, June 3O.-In addi
ton to the engineer and fireman killed in tht
disaster to the Southern express last night, {
a man supposed to be William II. Haigh, O.
Chicago, and Erisban Krauch of Baltimore
were also killed. The engine, baggage, mai
and two express cars were wrecked. A rail
road tie had been placed upon the track
One arrest has been made.
A WHISKY TRAGEDY.
BALTIMORE, Nd, June 3O.-John McCor
mick, asleep in his room this morning, wa
fatally stabbed by John Fleming, drunk.
SHOT THROUGH THE WINDOW.
CA1Ro, ILL.,, June 30.-Frank J. Chapman
the well known Carbondale merchant, ant
head of the lumber firm of Chapman 4
Herr, of Forman, johnson county, Illinois
was shot through the head and killed in
bedroom at this morning by an unknown
party, who fired pistol through a window
No arrests yet.
BURNED TO DEATH.
ALBANY, N. Y, June 3O.-An oil train wa,
thrown from the track of the New Yorl
Central road last night, by the removal of
| rail, and 19 cars wrecked. The oil took fir,
and breakman named Truas, was burnet
to death, and the engineer and fireman in
jured.
TRENTON, N. j., June 6O.-A fire il
Frenchtown, New Jersey. caused q loss Q
| about $4,000.
Fashion Notes.