Daily globe., 1881-08-31
EXCITING EPISODE.

| EXCITING EPISODE.
ALBANY, Aug. S0.-The train from the
north on the Delaware & Hudson Canal com
pany's railway, which reaches this city at 9:3s
a. M, was the scene to-day of most exciting
affair. When the train reached, Comstock's,
two men, supposed to be members of the
Frawley and Magic gang. entered a
car as passengers. The chief of po-
| lice of Albany and Sheriff Post, of Sara
toga county were telegraphed, and when
the train reached Meehanicsville Post and as
| sistant boarded the train, walked up to one
man and plucked the ticket out of his hat to
see whether it read Albany or not. The man
| Immediately drew revolver and fired, in
| flicting an ugly wound in the neck of Post,
| who quickly returned the fire hitting him in
| the forehead The second fellow fled and
Posts victim undertook to follow, but
fell off the car from loss of blood.
Post pounced on him and beat him
until hauled off by train hands. Number two
while running off was shot in the neck by a
farmer. Both were then secured and taken to
Ballston Jail. The names given by the GRIM
inals are Lewis Proctor. and John Murray. In
the firing that followed the first exchange of
shots, a deputy sheriff was wounded in the
breast, and a civilian named j. X. Farman was
shot in the shoulder, but not dangerously
injured, Proctor's wound is in the back of the
neck. One of the prisoners said to reporter
if his paper said anything he would like him
to publish the fact that Proctor and his friend
were arrested in New York State. Proctor is
about 26 years of age, five feet six, and rather
slim. The friend is between 30 and 35, and
six feet tall. The fellows are said to have
committed several robberies in the neighbor-
hood.
FURTHER STORM DISASTERS.
SAVANNAH, Aug. 30.-Every arrival contin-
ues 10 bring fresh accounts of disasters by
storm. The Juniata, from New York, ar
rived to day. She brought the crew of the
schooner Panuch NJ Soils, bound from
jacksonville to New York, with
lumber, which she took off. On
the 2sth. Capt. Soils was lost overheard.
Jas. G.. Harris, mate of the schooner Mary g..
Fisher, from Philadelphia for Wilmington, N.
c., laden with coal, was picked up at sea on
the Goth by the steamship Santiago, and
brought 10 this port. He was
on a piece OF the cabin Of the schooner,
naked and delirious, when found. The schooner
foundered, the oath, off Frying Shoals, and all
hands were lost except Harris. 1t is esti:
mated over 100 lives were lost in this vicinity
by the gale. Between twenty and thirty in
quests have already been held. With the ex-
ceptlon of seven, all were negroes washed of
plantations.
The steamship Marabah Anducher is re-
ported ashore ON Saoelo. The pilot boat Belle
picked up, sixteen miles southeast, a raft with
the captain and six men of the barge Bruins
wick, from Pascagoula for Boston, which
foundered Saturday. Four men were lost
from the raft.
KILLED HIS FATHER-IN-LAw.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 30.-At about 10 o'clock
tonight young nan named Herman Hilden "a
German, shot and instantly killed his father-in-
law, Paul Krimmer, and mortally wounded
his mother-n-law, Mrs. Krimmer, at the resi-
dence of Krimmer. No. 500 Canton street.
Hidden YVES at once arrested. Family
trouble is the cause assigned. Later it was
learned that Hidden has been at work in st.
Louis, and arrived here last Saturday evidently
with the intention of numbering his mother
and father -in-law, for he did not go to the
house until about ten minutes before he did
the shooting. Hilden tried to escape but was
caught
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.
NEW HAVEN, Aug. 30.-An explosion oc-
CURED soon after o'clock, in the loading
room of the powder factory. The cause was
the explosion of the machine used in load
ing cartridges with illuminate. One end of
one story building was blown out, and both
side walls fell in, but fortunately but few peo-
pie were in that room. P. N. Warner was
badly burned by powder and cut in the hand,
and may not recover. VIM. Aress was badly
burned all over his entire body by powder and
by his clothing taking fire. Fl. Davidson and
daughter were both burned. The others in.
iured by powder were Chas. E. Allen, Ed.
Broderick. Daniel Katon and two young girls.
BURIED BY FALLING WALLS.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 30.-The wall of build
ing now being demolished at Sc Hanover
street, near Pratt, fell, birying several colored
laborers in the ruins. Henry Hawkins and j.
Jackson were dead when reached. iThos. Bruce
died soon after being released, and others are
severely but not fatally injured.
SUICIDE.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 30.-Alfred Horgett,
train dispatcher on the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton railway, to-day was found dead in
his room, with a revolver ball in his head and
a revolver in his hand. His brother, to whom
he had written letter, feared such an act, and
had the shock of finding the dead body.
Extensive preparations have been made for
the accommodation of guests at the national
soldiers reunion, to be held here Sept. IA, Is
and 49, A large number of halls have been
engaged for the use of various regiments and
other organizations which may desire to hold
reunions. Besides the halls, rooms for head
quarters for various armies have been provid-
ed where the registry of visitors are to be
kept.
STEAMER WRECKED.
CAMDEN, Me-, Aug. 30.-The steamer Plan
ct, which went to the wreck of the steamer
City of Richmond this morning, has returned.
She landed the passengers safely at Rockland.
The captain of the Plenet says the Richmond
was not more than fifty feet out of her course
when she struck, and had commenced to back
water. The fog was a dense bank. The Off
GERS, crew and passengers all behaved well
All the baggage and the greater part of the
freight, furniture and bedding were saved.
Every stateroom was searched, and one lady
who had left her diamonds in her stateroom
had them returned to her.
MURDERER ARRESTED
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 30.-A Dallas, Texas,
special to the Courier Journal says: The ar
rest was made there to-day of Geo. Alsop, who
recently murdered constable Harrison near
this city. A reward of $500 was offered by
the State for the arrest
GASOLINE EXPLOSION.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 30.-A barrel of gaso-
line exploded in the cellar of beer saloon
and dwelling room, at the corner of Buckner
and Brown streets, and considerable damage
was done the building. Miller and wife were
seriously injured. 1t is believed the former
will die.
HARRISBURG, Ont, Aug. 30.-Horace Mont