The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-12

the chamber adjoining. The greatest con-
| fusion and excitement was created and the
| grief and horror and despair of the family
knew no bounds when the full extent Of the
soul-sickening and dreadful tragedy was
| known. The lovely Young wife a bride of
few months, lay in the hallway weter-
IN her warm life's blood, dead to all earthly
sorrow. In few brief moments
| after her cruel husband shot her down,
and he, the perpetrator of the unnatural,
! hendish and cowardly deed, lay across the
bed in his own room breathing heavily and
struggling with death in the last throes of
agony, the neighborhood was aroused and a
| messenger dispatched for a physician, who
arrived and found the once happy wife a
| corpse, cruel wound in her left breast The
| ball penetrated downward and across sever
| ering the aortic artery, which caused instant
death. The husband shot himself in the
| lett breast the bullet penetrating the abb
domina portion of the aortic artery, and he
expired in twenty minutes, unconscious of
the fearful, heartrendng havoc he had
created in one OF the city's happest house
| holds.
This tragedy is the most lamentable and
| leartrendng that has ever been recorded on
the pages of the history of this city. Every
circumstance surrounding the case
creates the profoundest wonder that
the young husband could be so RASH
SO cruel and SO unnatural. He loved his
vile, and the pangs of jealousy
eaten, lay upon the table in the room which
| the couple occupied. Pollock had given it
! to his wife upon entering Every act of his
during the fatal afternoon and evening
| brings up the saddest and most touching
| recollections and Yividly Dortrays the un-
| questionable horrors of mind unbalanced
and demented by strong drink and offers a
| sequel to humanity that is indeed startling
| lesson which should ever remain in m emory
Suicide seems to be a mania with the
children OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Pollock,
| one OF their sons having twice tried to hang
| himself, one to shoot himself, and one to
bleed himself to DEATH Another, daugh-
ter attempted suicide by poison.
Particulars Concerning the Vernon Tornado.
Special to the Indianapolis Journa.
VERNON, June IL. "A fearful cyclone
passed between Vernon and North Vernon
about o'clock Sunday evening, sweep
ing everything in its path. 1t appeared to
be about two hundred yards in width The
African Methodist Episcopal Church, a large
brick structure was completely demolished
and number of dwellings were DESTROYED.
One of the strangest features of this storm
was that in its passage over the Muscata-
tuck, large stream near, it licked the wa
ters up entirely, leaving the bed of the river
| bare for an instant. 1t passed on in an
easterly direction, and struck train of cars
on the 0. & NJ. railway, near Butlerville; it
was freight train heavily loaded with SUI
gar, two engines being attached to the train.
1t lifted number of cars bodily from the
track and deposited them in the woods near
| by. Miraculous as it seems, no one in this
vicinity was killed, though number we're
| hurt, some seriously. The damage to prop
erty will reach many thousands in This
county.
Conflict Between Police Board and Council.
Evansville Journal.
| The caucus on Saturday night between
| the police commissioners and the Demo-
cratic members of the council did not
result in the settlement of the vexed
| question. The commissioners notified
the councilmen that they intended to assert
their rights to the extent of Furnishing those
who attempted to defeat or obstruct the OPP
peration of the new law. The councilmen,
backed by the opinion OF the city attorney,
manifested no disposition to yield what they
regard as a municipal prerogative. Their
action is based on the grounds that this city
| is governed by a special charter; therefore,
the metropolitan police bill does not apply
to this city. The commissioners say they in
! tend to make their appointments to-day, de-
mand control of the police, and if refused
will cause the councilmen to be arrested
| under the tenth section of the bill The re-
suit is watched for with anxiety by friends
of the council and the commissioners. The
! present council is Democratic. They intend
40 keep their force on duty by refusing to
| pay the metropolitan police; also, by refus-
| ing to surrender the station-house.
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE June 11.-There are no new
developments to-day in the contest between
the police commissioners and the City Coun-
ell. The commissioners have forwarded
their bonds to the capital for approval, and
taken other steps to perfect their organiza-
ton preparatory to demanding possession of
the lookup and police headquarters The
Council tonight made few changes in the
police organization appointed at the last
meeting but did nothing looking to recogni-
ton OF the authority of the police commits
soners. The latter will probably have the
officers and patrolmeu all appointed by the
time their bonds are returned approved and
at once demand the disbandment of the Coun-
Gil police force There is 10 excitement over
the matter, and so far no steps have been
taken by either party to transfer the vexed
question to the courts The probabilities are
that when the worst comes to the worst the
city police will step down and out and the
metropolitans quietly take their places
Farmer Beaten to Death.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
SEYMOUR, June 1l.-Word reached here to-
day of the death of Jesse Marthena, Il we'll
known farmer of Jennings county. On Fri
day last Marthena who was aged about
sixty years, got into an alteration with VIM.
Lock wood and a soE.in-law OF LockWood's