The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-29
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A ST. Louis Editor Assaults D Witness
The Result Of speoulating IN
Gas Stock. z5......

Hr. LouIa. Nov 2s. Yesterday afternoon a
personal assault was made by j, H. McDul-
tough managing editor Of the Globe Democrat.
upon Robert A. Watt. gentleman VINO mas
besn closely identified with tho suit between
tho city and the At. Louis Gas Company. The
attack was made In tho private office u the
pruprlstors Of the Globe Democrat. and Mt.
Watt was roughly handled. being knocked
down and having one OF both OF his eyes con-
aderahy battered.
The affair grew out of the testimony given
Nv Watt yesterday before the oomnitteo Of
the lower house uf tho municipal assembly,
now Investigating tho matter. Ia which he
detailed conversations he had with third per-
sous, from which hs inferred that McCul-
Iough had been speculatlng In gas stock.
GRAVE RonpER CAPTURED,
CHATTANOOGA. Nov. a.. white man
named Bennett jackson was arrested here
this morning for "snatching" the body nf
Tennessee Keith. who died Wednesday night.
The body was packed IN q shoe box addressed
to tho Atlanta market as containing fresh fish.
I,aat night Ii was attempted to send the same
box to Cincinnati, the contents this time being
cotton seed but this was refused by the ex-
press company as being OF no value. The
change of contents aroused suspicion, which
led this morning to the discovery OF the body:
Bennett JarRaon. hia son and a aegtoD OF
the city cemetery. have boon committed TO
jail III default of $4,000 BAIL for sDatohlng tho
body Of Tennessee Keith last night.
NOT GUILTY,
NEw YouK. Nov GA Charlotte N. g.,
special says. The trial VI Miss 1inkhow, Or
Lumhortpn who last spring shot Edward
Hartman, Q Baltimore drummer, for alleged
setiuction, was concluded Wednesday. Tho
Jury, after few hours absence. rendered a
verdict Of not guilty.
DESTRUCTIVE AT JDutsvILLE
IouIaytbbE. Nov o.. A tornado. with
rain, pnsaod over thn nity early this morning
In n northeasterly direction. destroying some
email buildings and unruofing others. Tho
Cryatal Spring Distillnry In Brnwnstown stl-
butb. was demolished. Much damage was
done to monuments. ahruhhary. cunservatp-
ries and Duraeries around Gave I'LL aud In
the Germantown suburb.
4 w1rE MURDERER HANGED
GALVESTON. Nov. 2s.-Ia-marr0ws Nctra
will publish the following special, dated from
Laredo: CrrsencEp Uyalte, q Mexican, was
hanged III y. III. to-day In tho jail yard. He
fell nine feet. his neck breaking. He died In
seven mlnutas He was Il sheep hertier. He
suspected the inilhoity OF hls wife. One day,
while washing clothes In o pool. his wife
came for water, uyalte struck her VIII,
stick, knocking her into tho water. He held
her llndrr until ahe was drowned, then
dragged the body ont and mutilated 1t with
a knife In n fearful manner. lie arknDwl-i
edged his guilt Oh the scatlold. He exhibited
little emotion.
ACCIDENT ON THE N. Y. AND N. ID. II. II.
PROVIDENCE. Nov. 2s a handcar contain
ing seven men was atruok by u special train
pn the New York and New England Railroad
near Atwell'e Avenue bridge, thia city, yes
Iertay. and two af the men INSTANTLY killed.
The accident was due to violation OF the
rules nv the section foreman ia
charge of tho handear.
DROPPED DEAD.
pnoytDENdE Nov 2g.-Gapt. Cleo. A. Cole,
Il IA. f,..
Iethnus route. dropped dead at his homo
here this morning.
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.
SYRACUSE. Nov, 2s-The Mareellus powder
mills, twelve miles from this CITY, exploded
Thursday morning, dsmoliahirg three build
inga. and causing report which was heard
twenty miles away. lhoy contained 5000
pounds of powder. NO lives were lost.
AN ACTRESS ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
CrNclNNArL, Nov. b. "A variety actress
named Ada Cllltpn, from Columbus, while
partly intoxicated attempted To commit sui-
eide MT bal mnaQuc In Rohinaon's Opera
House last night by shooting herself IN the
brenst. The bill has not yet been extracted,
and IL IL not known whether the wound will
prove fatal or not
THANKSGIVING DAY SUICIDE.
NEwnuRa, N. ", Nov. 2s.-H Henry Hultz,
aged twcnty-live, respected resident of
blooming Grove. Orange county, shot him
self In u fit of melancholy on Thanksgiving
day during family reunion ut the old home
stead,
sUrFocATED ny HEN1TNE.
pETRoL1A. Ont, Nov. 2S-h white man who
was employed in cleaning tho car tank here
with bPn5lne to-day, became overpowerci
with the gas, and would have perished had he
not been rescued hv George Cook, foreman or
the works Tho latter, however, was In turn
autfocated and died before he could be gotten
out.