The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-04-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
PARTICULARS OF the fire at the Yank
ton County (Dak.) Insane Asylum have jus
been received. The fire ID supposedto hav'
caught from the kitchen. There were 1t tn
asylum fifty three patients and twenty ON
Gers and attendants, with their families
When the fire was discovered the male pa
tients were having game Of football, bu
- soon - 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. Tn
scene that followed beggars description
The attendants were. making every effort Il
rescue the patients, and many OF the lattel
seemed determined to rush back In thu
building. Every effort was made to grouJ
the patients as they were brought out, ant
several Of the insane were rational enough t.
tender assistance, but some Of them were .
Wild as beasts, and It was found necessary x
knock one or two Of them down to keel
them back. One woman was especially des'
perate. So determined was she to get bact
that she tore the dress from one Of the f..
male attendants. Two men rushed back IN
spite Of the opposition and persisted, and
another who went back came running out
enveloped in flames. and was 80 far gone
that he dropped down and died instantly.
The body lay near the burning building,
wrapped in 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 Cass County-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 Deadwood, are missing,
and probably escaped on the prairie. 1t is
not certain who the fourth one was, and the
managers feel sure that but four persisted in
the flames. The charred face was visible.
This body can not be identified, though two
or three of the attendants who saw it before
death are certain that it was an old man
named Amen Iverson, Of Yankton County.
w. r. LONG, alias Charles Crimson, a
tramp charged with stealing horse and as
saulting girl three years old, was taken from
jail at Kokomo, Ind, April 4th. by party
of disguised men who strung him up on a
bridge. He denied his crime to the last.
The only request he made was that he be al
lowed to sing song, which was granted.
He sang, "See that My Graves Kept Green"
After finishing he said he hoped he would
meet his father and mother in heaven. He
gave his name as Richard Long and said he
resided in Franklin. Efforts were made by
W. f. Vail, Rev. NJ. McCune and others to
prevent the mob from taking the law in their
own hands, but they were greeted by
shouts of derision from the crowdehat had
gathered.
j. r. DAVIS, carpenter, of Helena,
Ark, was drowned by the capsizing of a
she'll boat, April Sd. He was drunk when
The accident occurred. Efforts were made
10 save him, but swell from coal boats in
he river carried him under.
A BOY named McGrary was killed by
! freight train at South Bend, Ind, the
other day. He missed his footing while at
to get q ride, and the wheels of
fourteen cars mangled his body in shock.
ing manner.
II. N. BLOoDGOoD, editor of the
Sandwich (nl.) Free Press, had four ribs
broken and received other serious injuries,
April 4, by being caught in shaft which
conveys power into his printing Office.
CHARLES JEWELL, living near Ber-
wick, Warren County, ILL.,, was killed by the
accidental discharge of q gun which he was
few days ago. He was So years
BID, graduate of Monmouth College and
much respected. He leaves wife in very
poor health and five children.
The murder of Arthur Herbert, an
Irish Justice Of the Peace, has been followed
~ the stabbing of eleven lambs on his prop
,rty. A sister Of Thomas Powell O'Connor
has been sent to Jail for advising tenants in
not to pay rents.
The Standard Oil Company IS refinery
IN Pittsburgh, Pa, was fired by an explo-
sion of chrysaline, April 4, and damaged to
The extent Of $125,0
JOHN TEETs, living near Mount
CACuACucS N4ASA.S wan AuiCu WI pl6y4ul
horse the other day. The animal terked q
halter with force sufficient to dislocate the
young mans neck.
A. r. FRAME, telegraph operator at
Belpre, Ohio, was killed by Baltimore &
Ohio train, April 8, while walking on the
Parkersburg bridge.
AUGUST KoHNE, young German re-
siding in Chicago, killed himself with bull.
let the other day because his love had not
been returned.
SOME months ago package contain
Ing s., 900 was lost at Grayling, Mich, while
In charge of the express company. A few
days ago U. D. Price, poor railroad labor.
er, bought house and branched out in
other directions so as to excite suspicion.
Detectives visited the house and found un.
der clspboard almost Sc, 900. Upon being
confronted with those facts Price owned up
and said he noticed the package accidentally
drop while being transferred at the station.
He kicked it under the platform and after
ward secured 1t. He says he burned nine
FOO bills, for fear they might lead to his de.
lection.
JOHN BAELIs has been jailed at St.
Louis because he was only two inches
,horfnr than old mon Rondap the oho<fa