The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-15
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The Hanging Of Toettle An Audience Of
Six Thousand Persons Witness
the Hanging.

from Sherman says: Julius Toettle was
hanged to-day for tho murder Of Joseph
Rrenner in DcnieoD, Ia January. Six thou
sand persons Witnessed tho execution.
BURNING or a NEW YORK TENEMENT HOUSE
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED.
NEW YoRK, Nov. H--This morning fire
broke out On the second iloor Of tho tenement
| No 80 Cannon street The tsuement was oG-
cupicd by AT least twelve families and the eS-
citement was terrible Mary Bahiska. living
on the third lloor jumped from the window
and WAS severely Injured internally, while
| four members OF a family named Bot1kei,
| living on the top floor. were suflocated by the
smoke. tho father. Joseph .otzkei endeav
ored In every way to save his family. but
| finding his efforts fruitless, rushed to the
| window, threw himself out. and was picked
up dead. Patrick J. Lynch. fireman, while
| endeavorng to save tho inmates, had both
hands severely burned. Tho damage to prop
| erty Is small.
| Lynch, the fireman. three times reached
| the fourth iloor ana tried To bear ont tho I'M
| conscious women and children. Each time
| he WAS driven hack and iinAlly made his own
| escape by the tottertng tire-escape. In his
| descent he inhaled the tlAmcs and WAS borne
to the hospital. where ho lay dying at mid
When the cries of the neighbors brought
| the police and irsmen to the house HaZsky
was seen rushing wildly To The window OF his
bedroom and returning. MS II endeavorlng to
| drag something with him. The smoke drove
him back, but he returned again. This time
u sheet Of llama shot into hi, face and with q
despairing cry he seized the window frame
and sprang out. The distance was not SO
| great. but IN his descent his feet were caught
| BY tho Intel of the window below and ho was
turned head downward. Thus he struck the
| pavement.
When The firemen gained the top floor four
human bodies. closely huddled together on q
bed III little side room. Wero found, They
were I'aIzsky's wife and children. The smoke
had overcome the wife, and with her last
strength feeling about for har boys, she had
fallen upon them and died there. Their
cheeks were sghtly scorcbed. otherwise the
lifa lad not touched them. but tho smoke had
done 'he work effettually,
A family nsmed Cohen lived IN the build
ing, and Yesterday Mrs Coben was observed
carrying out seyeraI large bundles, About 7
O'Clock Cohen. ht4 wife and children LETT tho
house. the adults carrynE large bundles.
Cohen was arrested at the Insurance. office.
where he had $500 on hts property. lits wife
was found at 1o6 Hester street and locked up,
A BROTHERS y REVENGE.
C1NrISNATI, Nov. IA special states that
James Z, Ferguson killed James Fl. Goomhs.
on Main street. Ilopkinsvile Ky, last oven
ing. Ferguson came to that town to compel
G0ombs to marry his sister, who he had
ruined. Tho latter refused, ana Ferguson
bought a shotgun, loaded 1t and deliberately
shot GoOmhs.
DOUBLE HANGING AFFAIR.
LEBANON, Pa, Nov. 14.-Chares Drews
and Franklin Stickler wore hanged here to
day for the murder of Joseph Kober, at In
dian Town Gap last December.
sUICIDED.
ATLANTA, Ga, Nov 4.-This morning VIM.
Seagrove. u young farmer near Griffin, Ga,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head with pistol. The cause Of
the deed II not known
ANprtrEu HANGING AFrAJp
ATLANTA, NOV III. Sheats (cooredt WAS
hung to-day at Danielvlle for the murder OF
John Ledhetter (whitel. Sheats was cursing
his employer John Williams, when Ledbctter
attempted to interfere, and Sheats killed him
with a shotgun There was an immense
crowd ut tho hanging, bnt no excitement.
Sheats said he WINS ready to die. The drop
fell ut :3O and In twelve minutes Sheats was
dead. He struggled violently.
BURNING or THE PEORIA STARCH WORKS.
PEORIA. Ill. Nov. 1I.-The Peoria starch
works were burned this morning. Loss Sao,-