Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-07
MANNED FOR LIFE.
Colored Cedet Whitaker Terribly Outrag-
ed by Masked Men-Ears Manned and
Other Indignities Perpetrated Upon Him
Terrific Plunge of q Passenger Express
Train near Meridian, Ct.-Miraculous Es-
cape of the Passengers-Genera Criminal
Record.j
pAsrARpLy ASSAULT.

DASTARDLY ASSAULT.
| PoUaHKEEpsIE, N. Y, April 6.-At 6 o'clock
this morning John G. Whitaker, colored cadet
of the West Point class of 1876, was found
bound hand and foot in his room at the bar
racks, with piece of one ear cut off. The
| other ear was slit and his head was bruised.
He stated that three masked men attacked him
| when he was in bed some time about mid
night, and committed the outrage. Gen. Sher-
wood and Commander Lusede are investigat-
ing the affair. It is believed the outrage was
committed by cadets.
Cadet Whitaker made q statement to a re-
porter, in which he said three masked men en-
tered his room sometime after midnight and
inmped on him as he lay in bed. He strug-
gled but was choked and poundedan d told if
he made q noise he would be dead man
They tied his hands and feet and placed him
on the floor and tied his feet to the bedstead
and one said, Lets mark him like
they do hogs down South" They
then cut the lowe part of his
left ear off, and slit the lobe of the other ear
two or three times, and again cautioned him
not to holler, and left the room. An Indian
club was found near him smeared
With blood. Two of the men
wore dark clothes and the third light gray
pants and all wore black masks. Whitaker
had received warning on Sunday to keep awake.
There is as yet no clue to the perpetrators,
though the commandant has been investigat-
ing all day.
Whitaker was found in a half unconscious
condition, but he is able to walk around. Each
member of the cadet corps has been questioned
about the occurrence.
NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN DIToHED.
MERIDIAN, Conn, April 6.-The night express
that left Boston at 10 o'clock last night for
New York via Springfield, YVES partially wreck
ed by the caving in of an embankment, about
three miles north of the city. The train was
composed of two extra passenger cars, mail
and baggage car, two passenger coaches and
three sleeping cars. The locomotive remained
on the track but all the others bat the last two
sleepers left the rail. Tho first express car fell
on its side on the track, the second one tumbled
twice over down the bank. The mail car fol-
lowed and the baggage car was thrown upon
the end of the mail car, which saved it from
going down. The rest of the cars rushed
against each other but aside from being drag
ged off their truck escaped damage. No person
on the train was seriously injured. Conductor
Deckerman's back was slightly hurt. Engineer
Bradford had one leg injured slightly and one
of the deputy postal clerks had his head cut a
little Some of the sleeping car passengers
slept through all the trouble. Of the three cars
overturned only the mail car had stove in it..
This set fire to the car, but the flames were ex-
tinguished without damage. Some of the mail
bags we're badly soaked with water. The acci-
dent was caused by the Hartford Ice company
drawing off their ice pond which adjoins the
track. This caused the enbankment to give
way. The train dashed up it at estimated
speed of thirty miles an hour.
DISABLED AT SEA.
New YORK, April 6.-The steamship Belize,
which arrived to-day, reports signalling, March
21st, the steamer Leamarthan, ten days out
from Newport, England, for New York, with
the loss of her propeller, the cargo adrift, ship
unmanageable and strong southeast breeze
blowing. Endeavored to take the Leamanthan
in tow, but tue lines parted several times when
the Belize left her and proceeded.
COLLISION.
MAUoH CHUNK, Pa, April Ga collision be-
tween the Lehigh Valle.y, passenger train and a
coal train, at Ooalport, pitched eight coal cars
into the canal, badly damaged the passenger
engine and severely hurt the fireman. The
road was blocked for several hours.
COMPUTATION OF SENTENCE REFUSED.
TRENTON, April 6.-The court of pardons
has refused to commute to life imprisonment
the sentence of death against Frederick Grill,
who killed his daughter.
POSTMASTER ABsCoNDED.
GALVESTON, April 6.-Postmaster Fadder-
man, at Bolton, has absconded with $4,000 of
governments money.
HELD FOR TRIAL.
NEW YORK, April 6.-Prof. William E.
Sawyer, who yesterday afternoon shot DR..
Steele in the face, has been held II one thousand
dollars bail.
POLITICAL MURDER.
CINCINNATI, April 6.-Joseph M. Harrod shot
and killed James Fitzsimmons, at Austin,
Scott county, Ind, in quarrel growing out of
,oIiticaI discusaiOns