The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-12-15
Avillianous Murderer.

On the 9Th OF January last N new 1orh,
VIM. Sindram, q printer, shot his landlady,
named Mrs. Catharine Graves, because she
asked him for money he was owing her for
board. He fired two shots at the lady, the
second one Of which eventually proved fatal,
but not until the expiration of five months
after the shooting. sindram's trial is now in
propress. de refuses to plead insanity, as his
council advised him, saying that only such
assassins as Guiteau pleads insanity. he has
written number Of letters since his imprison-
ment, and they are being introduced in the
trial In the letters he states that he is anxious
to know "who is now stuffing the geese at the
old boarding house." adding that he never
did know who stuffed the geese, but
that stufing was good thing, and that was
what caused him to put lead stufing into Mrs.
Graves. "She had the devil in her" he says,
'fand desired to stuff it out" He writes
that he prefers hanging to long imprisonment,
but changing in New York is played out"
eff hanged he continues, "I will join Cox
and Balbo i'm heaven, where all murderers CO."
In his letters he says he is glad he shot Mrs.
Graves, and that If he had 1t to do over he
would shoot her again. He expresses his de-
| light that she suffered SO loig before she
| died. The introduction Of these letters in
| Court is creating considerable excitement, and
| Indignation is high.
Horrible Cremation I'm y Theatre.
| News from Vienna relates horrible disaster
by fire. The Ring Theatre, formerly the Comic
| Opera House, where Sarah Bernhardt recently
| performed, took fire at o'clock on the night
of the 9Th inst, just before the beginning of
| the opera, "Les Contes De Hoffman" The
fire was caused by the fall of lamp on the
stage. The house was tolerably full and the
loss of life was great Up to the time of the
dispatch seventy bodies had been recovered.
Many persons were injured. Sixty were
saved by means of ladders and by jump
ing into cloths held below. The greatest efforts
were made to save life. The scene was terrible,
the flames shooting up the roof, and eventually
quitting the entire building. Later.-One hun
dred and forty-five bodies have been brought
out of the theater, and the dead therein still
numerous. Many bodies were consumed in the
galleries and other elevated parts of the build
ing. The chief cause of the catastrophe was that
in the confusion the iron portion separating the
stage from the auditorium was not lowered.
Thousands Of people assembled in the neigh
boring streets, where they could hear the cries
of agony of the people at the windows of the
theater, praying to be saved. The rapidity OF
the flames prevented the people from taking
advantage of the ordinary exits. Only small
portion of the audience saved themselves,
leaping from the windows three stories high
into cloths held below. The dispatch says
The taking out of bodies from the
theater is continued. 1t is estimated
that 800 persons persisted. Some bodies were
fearfully dishgured. Several persons were
injured in springing from the windows of the
theatre. Among the missing are Herr Fife
and the Court Musical Director. Herr Helmes
spurger. Most of the bodies identified up tc
the present times are those of tradesmen and
minor officials. On the spreading Of the
news of the disaster the performances at othel
theaters were stopped. 1t is estimated that
the audience In the theater numbered 1000
Many persons were trampled to death in the
panic which ensued. As soon the fire wat
seen there was an explosion of gas and tht
audience were plunged in darkness.
| LATER.
Later details from Vienna concerning tht
burning of the Ring Theatre, says that the