Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-05
A Triple Tragedy.

Iowa City, November 5-This city was
thrown into great excitement this morn.
ing 10y terrible triple tragedy. A.
Stein, prominent figure in police cir.
cles for several months, cut his wise'e
throat, chopped up his mother-in-law
and killed himself by poison. Stein and
his wife are dead and the mother-in-law
NAV recover. Jealousy, insanity and
liqour are the causes. Stein has had
trouble with his wife for several months.
She left him lust summer and began q
suit for divorce. He subsequently at
tempted to abduct her and created great
excitement by dragging her to carriage.
This morning he went to the house OF
his wife who resides with her father and
mother, and found only his wife and
mother-in-law at home. He was far gone
with poison. He brutally hacked lis
wife and mother-in-law until the former
died and himself fell dead. The coro-
ner is investigating.
Another Steamboat Disaster on the Mis-
sissippi.
Keokuk, Nov. 5.-The wreck OF the
War Eagle, the elegant passenger pack
ct that struck the Keokuk and Hamil-
ton bridge last night, was visited by
hundreds of people to-day. Captain A.
NJ. Hutchins. general manager of the St
Louis packet line. is of the opinion that
the boat can be raised. The loss to the
bridge company will be fully $4,000; no
insurance. The War Eagle was valued
at $4,000, aud was insured for $4,000
One-third OF the cargo will be saved. Nc
bodies have been found as yet. 1t
known that a large, portly and vel
dressed man jamped into the river ant
was drowned, going down when ski 4
was within few feet of him. A coloret
deck hand was struck by piece of the
iron bridge and instantly killed, falling
into the river. The following is q list O
the passengers who were aboard of tn
ill-fated steamer at the time Of the dis
aster as shown by the War Eagles re
| gister:
Frank Hacket and child, st. Paul fc
st. Louis; G. II. Burlington, for S
Louis; W. Hotonfeld, st. Paul for S
Louis; P. a. Kendall, st. Paul for S
Louis; Henry Eastwood, ST. Paul for S
Louis; - Roscoe, Dubuque for S
Louis; Lit. Thomas, Dubuque for S
Louis; ID. Raven, Dubuque for S
Louis; Taylor Davis and wife, ST. Pal
for st. Louis; 2. Hen, wife and chill,
Burlington. for Hannibal, Mo-:
Rodist, Ft. Madison, for st. Louis
Mrs. White and daughter, Lands,ng, fc
Hannibal; Mr.. Keepers and wife, Muse
tine for Quincy: Mrs. Townsend, Daver
port for Hannibal; Miss Marten, Davel
port for Hannibal; Mrs Sarah Shuck, d,
buque Cor Hannibal; Miss Ward, Davel
port for Quincy; Mrs. Cowden, Muse
tire for st. Louis; Miss Halcomb, S
Louis for st. Louis; Mr.. Woods an
wife, Davenport for st. Louis. The fo
lowing passengers are known to ha,
been saved: Mrs. L. r. Davis, New Yor
Mrs. f. @. Townsend and Miss Merrill
of Hannibal; Miss Saradoris, Clinto
Mrs. d. e. Conden and Mrs. Conde
Washington. Iowa: Mrs. Anna Whit
and Miss Mary White, Lansing, low;
DIR. Atkins and wife, Chicago
| n L Al D,J
Cullom, Senaca Falls; W. Porter, Go!
Montana; J. Smith. h,.Memplis; DIR. j.
Gardner, Roscoe; DIR. W. H. Hunt,
Payton, and Chas. Armour and wifi
Wizard Oil Co.; Mrs. FL. t. Bradsha,
Fort Gibson; \. Wood and wife, SabuI
b. kemper and wife; Wm. Homes,
Louis; James Hcnnesscy. ST. Lou
John Perry, ST, Paul; Enoch Poale, z
ducah, Ky; Lawrence Kimball, ST. Pan
JAS. Mulligan, minneapolis: Margar
. Mulligan and daughter, ST. Louis: S
! rah II. schron, Hannibal:
Bates, painter, and Ds
O'Keefe, cool; on thc boat; Ii. e. Bead
: and Ilboetts, pilots: il. c. Beudle, brot
j. er OF the pilot; NJ. Conners. head bake
I: j. W. Clifford, grocer, and four or fl
V others whose names could not be ascc
Q tained. There were several persons II
;. doubtedly drowned, but at this hour
is impossible to tell how many or vi
6 they are.
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