, 1879-04-09

nrl se-rlrcial tn thc rwenty-.evcnth Ctnrress.
10" "ctKa afterwards lIe tt,,nmtt, s,llrItfe at
l}arnns llotcl, baltimore, by shooting hiu,solf
III The right eye.
John Ewing, Of Indiana. WIS found dead In
rs room at Vincrtncs. Ind. in Dcccn,bcr 1871.
tNird md 1wcnty-tftl Convresy's ssrvS scr S,I ,niii
ls;li. atd had previously trrvy, IN The Elatc
Senate. Tn his table wnh In,lriti tlu following
epftnpls apparently just written by hilnaclt:
1tern Hes INN WIN loyctl his frfrn,it
His ttud, hfR country. and FInccHncs.
Alfrca +. White, OF UhIo. White lla,l i,eeu 4
Representative III The Twenty.eElhi, CnnErrss,
AMI Bluts Treasurer. appointed tu I'M vacnucy
talsaeh by thr rcIluvul uf Treasurer tilttlt ,Dr
frnlul. III 1902 hn wns appointed. BY Secretary
Chasr, Collector ii Internal lsnyennu !yr ii,o
Columbus District, wns subsequently detected
10 contra''and Cotton apccn'attons. was fnunA tu
be Il dcfnu1trr, n,la committed suicdu by tnktny
tptson III, sl!c '.raye ot Ills Two ehildrr,l, nt
Columbus, O.. Aug |, 1sai5.
Jaincs ltetry Lane, twieo United stotoa Se,,-
NOR IRON khh.ns, serving lp IT. lStai, cufntntt-
enwurth Mt ti'r cntl of his trrru of Office.
fan,us 8. .Iol,lsDn, Representative frp,D Ken.
tucky III the lhr;y.lrst Congress. committed
suicide Willie sttcr!I's unler InGnsnl depression
eaussi a s by hl.healss, ut Greensboro, Ky., Feb.
ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.
OF the dcnths ol Congressman wl,Ie., mny bo
termed acciacntR, the most prominent, prrIlpps
!,nw tE tis nufltc n!emory IS tia. Vi Cirn,clt
l~ Vallandlgt,at'i. which resulted from wound
received by Tho accidental tlircllas9a uf ptstO
Whllg H. y9s ars,lf's murder catu ut Lebanon,
Kot,ert lIa1,,n, United States serator iron,
train while walking OIL a track ut Indianapolis,
Nov. 10, 1873.
Still anoiser cass wns that Of Abraham 4.
Venabe, United Stntes Scnntur from Virginia III
1SGe'4, mn! Representative In iin 1wentv-tlliru,
Twcnty-fourtH, atd Twenty-nfth Congresses,
who rcrlshcd, with seventy oters. III Ito con.
migration ot thu Kicllm0na ti.rntEc, Dec. q,
1911.
Janlcs Hamilton, Representative from South
Carolina tr ie Seventeenth, Eighteenth, aud
nlIr.n, nnd subsequently Unltctl States Senator
from Texas. was ttsow1lcd un Ills f,nssugo from
New Orlca.a to Gulrrstnn, t!,e steamer Opctou-
sas, OIL which he wnst hnying bern r,tu ,nto by
wns Literary man, nih1 was one Of the founders
of the Southern Quarterly Iterier.
Josiah Stotldard J0hDson, thrice Senate. md
o1,cc ReErcscntatiye from Louisiana, dlrtl May
IN, 1889, from the eIGct nt MI explosion Of gun
iD,rder OIL the sttnilI packet Llonees GU tho Red
River.
Charles Tll'ingllnst james. United States Sen
ator from Delaware, invented r'ilcd cannon
ind lust his life wlitie experimenting with one
at Sag llarbor, Oct. II, 1862.
oNAyE CRIMES
arc faid Mt tho door of seyeral members nf Con-
ti,rs" rcrords: NV p't'e'' 'ea :"
llcnry Daniels, Representative from Vir.
Etnia III The Twentieth, Twcnty.iivss, and Twci,-
ty-sccond Congresses, had at, alteration with
hIs bruthcr.u.law at Muuut Sterling. Nv. IN
1915. aud slot li!m dead.
Chnrlcs +. Mitchell, Representative from
New York ln the Twrnk..ittth md l'wcntr.
fIxth Congresses, wus convicted Of forgery in
1872, sentenced to Sing St,g, from Wi,IrI, lie
was paraoncu IN 1873 Strange to saw, aftnr
gning West, nsd engaging in business NJ q mill
ull died d Respected number ut ,i,r cotum,,nitr
Jacob Burkcr, tho gruat tluuucIcr. was intiirt9tl
IN New York for cuuspiruty Il, Ielrnud. IN III.
failure Of Il lte-lnsuraura cnt,pa,1y of which he
was siur.ed 10 tic Unitua States Senate r, from,
Louisiana lis a Conservative, OF the ntIyice nj
President johnson, but was not admitted h, lila
srat. I,arker, notwithstanding his great wealth
ut varipus iimca, died Il, poverty, III Phi|uuui-
phIa, in December, 1871.
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naFto,, MY 1nr nAsinE EsioAai snslslsctloil viii
w Mne, ntnutu 4luI}'ou NelEHtHlan, VI
;;AafytalHl' eut eaaet Sonies!e Ut West inint,
lor w.e1! ny "ns flHl n!terwaras x!lsed
~ y o'u" ftaEct WIZ NV $.l'!le kb'!c' "i1l!e
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sl.,s taaas " "sss. "oI1ithFtsr' q 1!acEeil-
n!si., -. ~, NIIgiceentatFE9in tHe lhfLy'l1li!
Congtess alsa ~ eai!scalaace o. az unproYokcti
assit Msllcn Mts aao uFfP'l nlis Ds druiiksn
in y. G htteGts ~ tin. cll( january lofV.
1"se. ~ i", S' % lroni mummy ~
w. "c.itf-sescll!n AoNtIcss. Fet'lpVeu " SeW
ehnt nv n drunIr,, ,wat,t. s,t s,t fs..s. "no NJ,
effects Vi ll,e wound .yanunry, IsGl.
Rplol,un Shurp, uutubur 1T the Stain t1nusc
Of Kentucky, Sfuto Attu1nev-(;Cncrni. j,~,,rr.
sentative III t'u Fourtcu,,tb Cuurruss' was ns-
easkIl,nic I'd while member or lie St,,tc 1Inns.
In November, 1885, AMI tlir murderer es,anrt,'
although iii, Legislature oiIereI a reward of
$J,UtN lar hfa nrrest. Mr., stlarp was Killed ly
Il Sjr. Hcauchanlu for t!aniers IN rr,,"ri ~ ~ :,
wo,ini Wit, WHOM DenucI,a,np ,yns rTa,,,or.
I'd. fhe trial, wllicll resulted In Draucliamt,'s
acqutttnI Is o,,o of the most celebrated in liu,
nniuls OF criminal i,ri6nrutIc,rr' nm, frrn,"I
tin. tert for ac uf ti,.. must strI];in,s Imfn,s IN
weli.rrIucl1,bered 1wturc hy t;"v' fhnr;ra ~ =
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