The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-06-30
UUOD'blE, GUIIEAU
Friends Of the Prisoner Call and Bid
Him Farewell He Is Composed
for the Greater Portion Of
the Time,
But Weakens on One or Two Occasions.
Bitter Against Arthur and
the Xardens.
Mrs. ScOville In Error rs to Judge
P0rter's and Mr.. Stones
Remarks.
The Drop to Fall at ,1:8O O'clock
To-day.
The Rope and Gibbet Thoroughly
Tested.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Crimes and Casualties,
ON TRIAL,

uN TRIAL.
PETERSBURG, Va, June 29.--The Surrey
county court has been engaged for the past
two days in the trial of Virginia Booth and
Mary Booth (colored), aged IA and Is years
respectively, for the murder OF Mrs. II. c..
Gray and Travis Jones, who were killed by
drinking
CoTpEE IN WHICH sTRYcHNIyR
had been put and which had been admin
istered by the accused. The trial, 1t is ex.
pected, will be long one, as twenty lone
witnesses are to be examined. Considera-
bic interest is manifested as to the result OF
the trial.
ACCIDENTAL.
LONG BRANCH, June 29-The express
train which LETT Long Branch at S57 this
morning met with terrible accident while
crossing the bridge over branch of the
Shrewsbury river near Little Silver station.
The accident was, no doubt, caused by the
SPREADING or THE RAILS.
Six cars, including four ordinary passenger
coaches, smoking car and u Pullman parlor
car, the Ienobia, left the rails and ran over
ties of the bridge, tearing them to splin-
ter. The cars kept on the bridge
till the train was half way across, when four
passenger coaches and the smoking. car
went over into the water with terrible
crash. The cars landed on their side in
about four feet Of water. The scene that
followed
BRdGARs DESCRIPTION.
An unknown man from Ocean Beach was
taken out dead. The cars were filled with
passengers, but the number injured is un.
known. There were about 100 hurt. De-
morest OF the firm of Demorest & Co., New
York was badly injured and will die.
WIN. II. GARRISON, t.|
son of Commodore Charles X. Garrison
was hurt in the chest. Charles w. Wood.
ruff, Of Newark, and ]. Mitchell Scranton
are also seriously injured. 1t is impossible
TO get the names of others at present.
Physicians from neighboring towns have
been summoned, Charles II. Foster, fire.
man of the engine, pulled ex-President
Grant ont OF the smoking car uninjured
Robert Robertson, iron merchant of New
York, was injured badly. A grocer named
Edison, of Brarchport was
CRUSHED TERRIBLY.
James B. Brooks, of the firm OF Brooks &
Dickson, theatrical managers, had his col.
lar-bone broken. Norris A. Brown, son OF
Thomas j.. Brown, superintendent of the
Erie railroad, received u severe blow on the
head and had his back injured. @. J. Fox
of Richmond, Va, had his hand crushed
James t. Mallory, 202 Broadway, was Sc
badly crushed that he cannot recover.
The dead man has been
identified
rs Jos. Bradley, produce dealer, OF New
York. Il. w. Demorcst, New York, is dead
President Galloway, OF the elevated rail
way is slightly injured. VIM. r.. Garrison
has been unconscious since the accident
He is suffering from conclusion of the
brain. George +. blanchard, vice. .presi
dent of the Erie road, Robt. Minturn and
Ex-PREslDENT GRANT
are among those only slightly cut or
scratched. VIM. A. Mccall, brakeman, was
most fearfully injured, his throat was
badly cut. Mr.. Mitchell's condition is pre-
carious, aud he has sustained internal iniu.
ries. Mr. Woodruff and Mr.. Mallory are
about breathing their last
JOHN t. RAYMoN,
the actor, has his collar bone broken and Is
otherwise severely injured. MIR. Fox, his
brother.in.law, is severely injured.
LATER
q, w. Demorest, produS dealer of la
Reade street, New York. has lust died,
The other dead man is Il. l.. Bradley, l5O
Seventy street, New York, who. 2
body is yet lying in an upturned coach,
waiting the result Of n quarrel between
three county coroncrs, each of whom claim