Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-30
Lsng.op, on the O. and NJ. train, near Men

Lsngton, on the o. and II. train, near Men
doa, Ind, this morning. TIE assassin then
Jumped from the train while going forty
miles an hour, landed safely, walked half u
mile to creek, stripped and jumped in,
drowning himself. Some money and whisky
were found il his clothes.
LOUISVILLE, March 29sh The name Of
the assassin is William NJ. Haines, who has
been living in the West eighteen years. He
had letters bearing the date of Yuma, Ari-
IONA, showing him to be q resident Of that
place on tour through the East. In bis
valise he had dagger ard gamblers cards.
He had been a troublesome passenger and
was elected from the sleeper. The firing
was entirely unprovoked, and resulted in the
death of Swipgate. The latter was a highly
esteemed Christian gentleman.
GALVESTON, March 29th. - The Ne,es'
Whitesboro special says that the City Mar
shall shot William Carr dead to-day.
Wade Hampton and John Sherman again
Biting Their Thumbs at Each Other.
WASHINGTON, March 29th.-Wade Hamp.
ton cut John Sherman dead in the barber
shop of the Senate the other day. The scene
has been the subject of much gossip among
Senators, az personal explanation in the Sem
ate may follow as to the causes that led to
this cut direct. Hampton was in the barber 3
chair when Sherman entered. The Ohio Sem
ator dropped into vacant chair, and called
barber to trim his hair and whisksrs. As
he sat down he glanced over in calm way
toward Senator Hampton, and tleD turned
toward him and said, with an attempt to be
pleasant, "Ah Governor, good morning.
You must be having delightful weather in
your State by this time" Senator Hampton
raised himself slowly up at this, and turning
I al Gon a. h.
Ohio Senator, looked at him in the deliberate
fashion of man surprised at an unusual
display of impudence, and then slowly sank
back into his chair without word. The
Oaio Senator was very uneasy, and apparent
" at q loss to account for the South Caro-
linisn's sudden cessation Of civilities, for not
outstanding these two gentlemen had a
political quarrel during the campaign they
have been on speaking terms. During the
last campaign, it will be remembered Sher-
man made a violent assault upon the charac.
ter of Hampton. Later Hampton challenged
Sherman to produce his proofs. and inclesed
throughout the North as challenge, and
even this indignant protest of Hampton's was
used as another campaign document by the
Republicans. A week or two after this Incl.
dent there appeared in Charleston paper,
called the Mercury. a letter from Wash.
ington, containing series of malignant
attacks upon the personal character OF
Hampton. Roland II. Kirk, clerk in the
Treasury Department, was found to be their
author, and Hampton asked Folger to re-
move bin. Kirk, upon being asked by the
Secretary of the Treasury under whose direc-
tions he wrote the articles, showed a note
from Sherman expressing the hope that Kirk
or somebody else would make formal state
ment against Hampton. This angered Hamp-
ton, and caused his action in the barber shop.
This affair promises to have a sensational de-
velopment. Copies cf the letter will be in.
sisted upon as basis for future personal
exclamation.