Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-01-06

The Gibbons Murderers-PursueG by a
Mob.
CATLETTsBURG (Ky.l, January 5th.-Jadee
Brown has taken the Gibbons murderers on a
steamer to Maysville, KY, for safe. keeping.
A mob took the steamer Mountain Girl and
went in pursuit. 1t is thought the prisoners
may reach Maysyille.
lSECoND DISPATCH.l
IRoNToN (O), January 5sh.-The prisoners
passed here at 2 P. NJ, and the mob has not
yet reached here.
| 2:40 P. M.-The mob are understood to be
| trying to secure a train to head off the mur-
derers at Portsmouth, or the nearest point be-
| low.
vANoEBURG tKy:l, January 5th.-The
steamer Mountain Boy arrived here at 2:S0
P. NJ with the Ashland fends on board, ex-
| pecting to reach their destination 1.-THE Mays.
vile Jail about midnight.
DETAILS OF THE CHASE.
Sheriff John Kountz left here at 6 P. NJ
and embarked in the Enos for Catlsttsburg,
arriving there at 1880. in time to attend the
| preliminary examination of Ellis Croft. Croft
was on examination. Excitement was rife,
and the rapidly.growing crowd threatened
violence. Word was received that train
| loaded with lynchers had started from Ash
land, and was expected at any time. Fear
| ing the mob, the Mountain Girl,
which was lying at the wharf,
was chartered to convey the prisoners to
Maysville. While the Girl was raising steam,
| the train from Ashland rolled in with about
| 800 determined Regulators on board. The
| Sheriff, with a party of ten guards. by an
adroit movement, removed the prisoners from
| the jail to the wharf. As soon as the crowd
| beheld the prisoners, they started down the
bank with loud yells of Indignation, gather
| ing arms and missiles ready for an assault.
| The Sheriff seeing the mob descending, and
| the Girl not having steam up, boarded the
| ferryboat with his party, and ran down
stream. The mob crowded on the Girl, cut
| her loose, and commenced a determined
chase. The Girl, not having sufficient steam,
soon fell behind but in short time
she got into shape and commenced
gaining rapidly on the slow ferry, and in a
short time the Girl approached so closely
| that capture seemed imminent; but fortu-
nately the Mountain Boy approached the
scene on her regular trip up from Ashland TO
| Louisa. She was hsilsd by the Sheriff,
pressed into service, and the party rapidly
transferred to her. When the transfer had
| been successfully made the Girl, black with
en- excited, raging and hOwling mob. was
right on their heels, and the chase wes re-
sumed but the Boy, flying light, showed her
a clean pair of heels. Near Ashland the
| Hudson, with the Kentucky militia, was met
in midstream, and Captain A. C. Respess, of
! the MasonCounty Guard, with % men, were
transferred to the Boy, and took charge of
the prisoners. The pursuing vessel was still
| in sight, but when they learned that the mi
! litia had arrived the chase was abandoned.
| During the chase the Boy cleared twelve
| miles an hour under high pressure.
FOURTH DISPATCHl
| PORTSMOUTH, January 5th.-The Ashland
| murderers arrived under & strong guard, and
| the mob who followed or the steamer gave
| up the pursuit.
| Terrible Explosion OF P0wler-Three
Boys Blown 10 Atoms.
OsKALoosA Ia.), January 5th.-An explo-
sion occurred at p N. to-day, whereby 500
! kegs of powder. the property of the Amer
ican Powder Company, went up with ter
| rife couvulsioD, caused by some boys using
the wooden magazine as target for breech-
loading rifles. Three boys-John Phillip,
son of the Mayor, whose father drew rife
as prize on New Years, Gerald Joyce and
John Stedman-were engaged in target prsc.
tice, and were all instantly killed, feaIfully
mangled and burned. They were carried
from 30 to 200yards away from the magazine,
and mutilatsd almost beyond recognition. The
explosion caused great damage, the windows
of nearly all the piate-glass fronts in the husi-
ness part of the city being wrecked, while
many houses in the north part of the city
suffered severely. The damage viii aggre.
gate not less than 1920, coo. Many other per
sons were injured by falling glass and debris
KEoKUK, January 5th.-The shock Of the
the explosion at O3ka!oosa was feis at Mono
distance Of thirty miles.
Deaths from Smallpox.
T. \
from smallpox occurred to day, making five
in all.
Mysterious Affair at On,aha-nisappear
ance OF a Wealthy Sandwich ISLANDER.
OMAHA, January 5th-Detectiyes here are
assisting in trying to unravel the case of the
mysterious disappearance of j. FL. Merton,
wealthy Sandwich Islander, said to be worth
quarter of million Of dollars. He arrived
at San Francisco in September, and pro-
ceeded to Liberty, Mo-, to visit a relative.
He attended the Fair in St. Louis and
bought large number of mules. One night,
about four weeks ago, he stepped out of his
hotel at Kansas City, and has not been seen
since Within the past week two carloads
of mules, claimed to have been his, have been
traced from st. Louis to Omaha and thence
to Blair, Neb., being consigned to respect
able and responsible firm, who show a clear
title, and say they don't know any such man
as Norton. Another carload has been traced
west of Omaha, and another carload in some
other direction. Whether Norton has been
foully dealt with and robbed, or has given
his relatives the slip. or has become insane, is
what the detectives are trying to find out.
At any rate his whereabouts is as yet IN.
known. His nephew, James A. Clark, Of
Liberty, Mo-, is causing thorough investiga-
! ton to be made.
An Indian Convicted OF Murder.
YANKToN ID. IT,, January 5th-Brave
| Bear, Yankton Sioux and member of
| Sitting Bulls band. was found guilty to-day
of the murder of David johnson near Fort
| Sully several years ago. The penalty is
| death. Sentence will be pronounced Monday
morning.
| Probably n Murder.
| OMAHA, January 5th.-On Tuesday night,
| at Camp Clarke Station, on the Black Hills
stage road, twenty-five miles north of Sidney,
Con. Schlequel employed in Chas. Moore's
store, was instantly killed by pistol shot
| through the head. Harry Hall was arrested
ON charge of committing the deed by Harry
Clarke, who brought him to Sidney and
lodged him in jail. A Coroner's inquest will
be held tomorrow. when the mystery may be
solved. Hall says he is a nephew of Gov
ernor Mace, ard denies having done the deed
but claims that Schlequel committed suicide.
A stock tender of the stage company says
that Hall placed the mqzzle of revolver
close to Schlequels head ana fred. They had
some dispute about money matters.
| Suicide by Fasting.
! WASHINGTON, January 5tb.-Cloe Ann
Violet died to-day, after fast of forty.
three days. Her delusion was that God COM
manded her to commit suicide by fasting.
Snow at Richmond.
RICHMOND (Va.), January 5th.-Seyen
inches Of snow covers the ground here.
The New York legislature.
ALBANY, January 5:h.-The Legislature
has adjourned to Tuesday.
| Death.
CINCINNATI, January 5th.-B. II. Johnson,
chief operator in the Western Union Tele.
graph Office here. died this morning of typhoid
pneumonia. He had high standing in every
way.
PoUGHKEEPs1E IN. W. January 5sh.-An-
gelo Cortella, who murdered Daniel Cash in
Sing Sing prison, attempted suicide this
morning. He will recover.