Huntsville gazette., 1882-04-08
Personal AND GENERAL.


City, Mo-, was found dead In his room,
March so, having taken poison. The fol-
owing note was found on the table: "My
fathers address is William Sheehan, North
Walpole, N. H." Sheehan had letter OF
recommendation from the Smith Refrigera-
4 tor Manufacturing Company, of Michigan
City, Ind, speaking OF him as a sober, in
dustrious man. 1t is supposed he took the
dose in fit of dependency, finding himself
out Of work and among strangers.
The Field monument to Major An
DIRE, at Tappan, N. Y, was partially de-
stroyed by dynamite, March 80, notwith-
standing the guard established since the de-
Placement on Washington's Birthday.
THE following murderers were sus-
pended on the 31st: Doc. Wright. colored,
at Chatham, Va; Al. Weisinger and Bill
Ludlow, at Selma, Ala. At South Pueblo,
Colo., w. T. Phebus and J. w. McGrew,
| eminent horse thieves, were taken from Jail
/ and hanged by masked men. The vigilantes
then rode to a ranch ten miles away, cap
tured the Chastine brothers and an accom-
i plice named 0wsby, and strung them up in
the adjacent timber. 1t is stated that but
one Of the gang is left as a sample, and
! anecktie sready for him.
THE Coroner's jury find that the
burning Of the steamer Golden City, lat Menu
phis, March 80, twas caused by Wash Smith,
celored, captain Of the watch, handling
lamp, setting fire to lot Of jute then and
there stored in the deck room, and said jute
was not covered as it should have been to
avoid accident OF fire; that stored near the
4 lutte was a lot Of tar and oil barrels, and that
the manner in which said jute, tar and bar
res were loaded, and in the absence OF
proper coverings, and absence OF specific
orders in regard to carrying lamps through
the boat evinces most positive criminal care
lessness on the part of the mate and other
officers Of said boat, whose duty it was to
look after the loading and management OF
the boat in such way as not to endanger hu-
t man life.''
g MoLLIE BOYER, aged II, belle of
Philadelphia, Pa. was drenched with vitriol
just as she was entering her residence the
: other evening. Blinded by the blistering
D shower she fell with cry Of agony into the
g arms of her sister, who had come to the door
q to admit her. The motive for the assault is
shrouded in mystery. Mr.. John E. Keys
q and his wife occupy the house from which
! the vitriol was thrown. Some friends
standing on the opposite side OF the street
say thatthey saw an old lady lean out Of the
third-story window, as if watching the ef-
feet OF the deadly shower. The two fam
a lilies are not acquainted, and no trouble Of
any kind has occurred between them.
DILLY and Hany, two Indian mur-
derers, were recently shot dead at Okmu-
gee, Indian Territory. The spectators were
nearly all Indians, mainly friends Of the
4 prisoners. There wasS no disturbance,
scarcely word being spoken from the time
the criminals were led from Jail until the
| sharp report Of the rifles announced that
their doom had been sealed and the law
Wind dicated. They were found guilty Of the
murder OF an Indian sixty years old, who
had been robbed by Lilly, and who was
prosecuting him for the theft. The MUIR
s derers professed to have been converted
and united with the, M. E. Church. They
died expressing the hope-of eternal life.
I OFFICER JONES, of Kansas City, Mo-,
was fatally wounded, April 8, while at
!. tempting to esttwonegroes who had been
charged with theft. The men started to run
away, but one of them, Dick Harrington,
was captured. AS officers were taking him to
the Central Station they were overpowered
by mob, who took the prisoner and swung
him off from the Bluff Street Bridge. AS
he went over heshrieked that he was inno-
cent. One Of the crowd fired pistol shot,
therope was cut, and he fell corpse to the
4 track below. The MOB quickly dispersed.
and no arrests were made. The other man
was captured in. Kansas City, Kan, and is
now in jail.
PARTICULARS of the fire at the Yank-
ton County (Dak.) Insane Asylum have just
been received. The fire is supposed to have
caught from the kitchen. There were at the
asylum fifty patients and twenty Off
4 GERS and attendants, with their families.
| When the fire was discovered the male pa
tients were having game OF foot ball, but
as soon as the attendants left them to rescue
/ the invalids and females who were inside,
there was general stampede among them,
and they, too, rushed to the building. The
4 scene that followed beggars description.
| The attendants were making every effort to
rescue the patients, and many Of the latter
seemed determined to rush back in the
| building. Every effort was made to group
the patients as they were brought out, and
several of the insane were rational enough to
1 tender assistance, but some of them were as
II wild as beasts, and it was found necessary to
knock one or two Of them down to keep
them back. One woman was especially des-
perate. So determined was she to get back
that she tore the dress from one OF the fe-
male attendants. Two men rushed back in
spite Of the opposition and perished, and
another who went back came running out
enveloped in flames. and was so far gone
| that he dropped down and died instantly.
The body lay near the burning building,
wrapped in a quilt. The heads, from which
the hair was burned, and the bodies could
Be disguished among the smoking embers.
It is considered reasonably certain that two
Of these were Orrin Lynch and Peter
Peterson. of Cam Coanty-the former an
idiotic boy from Union County. The third
| BODY is probably that OF Joseph Haverly, OF
Deadwood, but L. J. Prindle and Frank
Conlan,. both of Deadwosd, are missing,
and probably escaped on the prairie. It is
not certain who tho fourth one was, and the
| S.oI e,,,1r thaf hut fOur Derished in