The New York herald., 1879-09-16
HIS EXPECTED VISIT TO JERSEY CITY.
A DASTARDLY DEED.

A TEMPERANCE aUNPowDEB PLoT-A HOTEL
BLOWN UP BECAUSE THE PROPRIETOR BE-
FUSED TO STOP SELLING LIQUoR-HIMsELF
DANGERRD.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
COLUMBUS. Ohio. Sept. 15 1879.
westerville in this county. the headquarters of
Otterbein University and the backbone Of the polit
cal prohibition party. has just now . sensation
which should incarcerate some Incorporate temper
ance people in the Penitentiary.
FORMER PLOT.
Four years ago Henry Corbin. saloon keeper.
was ordered to selling liquor in Westerville
or abide by the consequences. He arrested
many times and fined for selling liquor, for profane
swearing and for all possible crimes. but he refused
to give up and declared his intention Of staying by
his saloon long he wanted to. One night.
q small building. in which his saloon was situated,
was badly damaged by an explosion of a can Of
gunpowder. which some one had placed in the bar
room. The affair created great excitement and the
leading OF the village-preachers. teachers ana
doctors-were arrested. and an attempt was made to
discover who placed the powder in Corbin's build
ing but all to no purpose
ANOTHER TEMPERANCE EFFoRr.
Corbin then removed his family from wester-
ville but recently returned and opened the Corbin
Hotel and Saloon. His return awakened all the
hostility formerly manifested toward him and
socially he was ostracized. Last night, at late
hour An explosion shook the entire village. and
people rushed out to find the Corbin House
in ruins aud many neighboring houses more
or less damaged Although there was a number
Of people IN the hotel at the time. no one in
jured except Corbin. and he is badly hurt, having
had his teeth knocked out. hole made in his head
l,vh haav f{ry,ha
him from upper story.
LIVES ENDANGERED.
Mrs. Corbin, who was uninjured. says that from
the OF the explosion she is confident that the
powder was placed directly under the
pied by Mr. Corbn his wife. babe and two small
children. Her first knowledge of tho trouble
the explosion. followed at once by the crash
of falling timbers. The bed she occupied
with her husband and babe was blown
from under them, and two children. occupying
another bed, thrown into the cellar. but they
were only slightly injured. She found her husband
under fallen timbers, and too much injured to rise.
This morning committee appointed by the Mayor
made an investigation. and decided that the explo-
sion was caused by large quantity of gunpowder.
which was placed in the cellar and ignited by fuse
leading from the street.
THE PERPETRATORS.
Last night two twenty-sx pound kegs Of gun
powder stolen from village store. and this
was doubtless used by the dastards who did this
deed Citizens report that just before the explosion
two mon were near the hotel with dark
lantern, but no one thought their presence suff-
ciently suspicious to warrant interference with
their movements
the citizens say that they regret the explosion.
because it will injure the temperance cause; but,
although Corbin and his family have been rendered
homeless and pcnniess by this outrage. no one has
come forward to offer them shelter or comfort Tho
loss by tho explosion will be about $4,000. half
dozen buildings being more or less injured.