The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-05
DAY DISPATCHES.

house. Two Kentucky ladies pr
pared and sent Carlisle to-day a bea1
tiful original device in flowers an
satin. It consisted If a gavel in tn
shape of a George Washington hatct
ct resting in the messy stump Of
tree in such a way AS to show bot
sides and the handles. One side Wa
composed of beautiful flowers an
the other of hand painted satir
Through the centre blade on whit
satin appeared in illuminated oil
English letters the following:
May eye b. keen AZ blade IT b ,tchet,.
Whose worthy members rise C'.saIch 1t,
AM rulings true a. steel t. ma Oh t.
All law u b business to d p>tch It.
On the left of the inscription wa
the trumpet o fame 'blowing out ga,
els and beneath it on the left was a lii
tie nude George Washington, hatche
in HAND. cutting down cherry Tree; O
his right were a larger Ratchet and
felled tree. In the upper right han
corner appeared the dome of the cap
toll with Il waning moon in the west
ward and a rising sun in the east. u
white satin ribbon tied about tn,
handle were the words "Georg
Washington to the speaker" Tn
ca d of the ladies who sent the fora
gift bore the following advice to tn
| speaker with regard to the name
in which the double ended lnstru
ment should be welded. "for nois'
use the hammer end at gavel and tn
blade when knots you can't %unravel.
TACOMA, N. H, Nov. 3.-1n hi!
confession of the recent brutal muir
der, Semon says he killed Mrs. Fore
at 9 o'clock Saturday morning, but
did not attempt to outrage her. She
was killed in a drunken s~quabble
She showed signs of life for about
ten minutes. He made several at.
tempts to bring her tO.life. Finally he
became frightened and chopped up
the body and put it into a trunk and
started off to dispose OF the body, and
he carried it to Ruddy's house where
he was somewhat acquainted. He
then left the trunk in front of the
house where it remained two hours.
He took it INTO the house about dark
and during the night became nervous
and could not sleep. When it was
near morning and he had no oppor-
tunity to dispose of the body, he con-
cluded upon the plan of killing the
Rudy family and burning the house,
thereby destroying all evidence of his
guilt.
Simon gives a graphic description
of the killing of Ruddy and the child
and his attack on Mrs. Ruddy. The
latter got up at midnight and made
HIM a cup OF tea and returned to bed.
Rnddy sat up with Simon, who did
not intimate to Ruddy that trouble
was likely. Simon was all worked up
aud imagined the house surrounded
10y people. II walked about the
house," he says, until about l o'clock
when it occurred to me I might kill
the family and burn the house. The
very moment the thought came to me
l struck Ruddy. l don't suppose he
saw me. l killed him instantly. He
made no noise more. than dropping
off. His wife ran out. There
Was no light on the table, when she
came in the room l grabbed at her
and struck her with the Ratchet. She
screamed. l cannot remember what
she said. The child Was screaming
also. / took him off the bed, but don't
remember cutting him with the
Ratchet. I cannot tell whether 1
the woman afterward or not.
At this time the trunk had not been
opened. 1 chopped the rope off the
turned out the body of Mrs.
Ford on the floor and in some way l
the bed-clOthing around every
me and poured on kerosene oil and
it on fire. Then l ran out into the
street and went right over to Ford's,
put could not get in there. I started
Plymouth. I didn't hear the fire
oells. nor did I hear the woman
cream. 1 didn't the house
until Jewell told mt.
supposed the bodies might have
9een destroyed. | have not seen
Ford since the Friday night before l
titled Mrs. Ford. l ate supper with
Tim that night. They had words at
he table, l did not see Mrs. Ford
gain until next morning. I cannot
lescribe the Ratchet. l remember
Wishing [ had put it where l found
t. [ did not throw the Ratchet IN the
liver. l had no thought of doing
1rs. Ford any injury till I saw her
II Saturday morning.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Dec. 81
Journat's Prescott (Arizona) spe-
lal gives the following account of a
scene in the court room Sat-
rday at Prescott: Judge French.
hief justice Of the territory, was pre-
lding in a case entitled Kelsey vs..
lcAtee, regarding a water right for
'rigatlng purposes. In arguing the
uestion regarding the admissibility
certain testimony, Attorney Cen
Churchill and District Attorney
UGH became very much exc ted and
nally came to blows. While the Off
srs were endeavoring to restore order
lcAtee, the defendant, drew a knife.
lshed upon a man named Moore, 70
ears old, and inflicted what is
fought to be a fatal wound. Then
upon c. ". Beach, late edi-
II of the Prescott Miner, and his
'n-in-law, plaintiff Kelsey, he stab
I'd hi.n in the neck and then made a
for the court reporter and was {
'out to plunge the knife into that
dlvidual when Mr.. Beach drew a s
volver and fired, sending a ball t
rough McAtee's spinal column, and 8
der was Immediately restored. Old I
an Moore and McAtee will die. ,
zach will recover.
WINNIPEG, Man., Dec. "a gen. a
al reduction has been made in wages a
the employees of the Canadian Pa a
railroad to-day. The boiler t
akers struck and refuse to return Il
der the new tariff. This seriously a
cts the company as cold weather G.
cessltates frequent repairs to en- Il
les, and it is thought probable that n
compromise will be made. a
Much satisfaction is expressed here IL
the conciliatory measures adopted il
the dominion government in OPEN N
the mile belt and other reserva- u
MS to homesteadings. Other griev- u,
however, remain, and the peo- Ii
will not be satisfied until all are bl
ressed. h,
'oNDoN, Dec. 3.-O'Donnell will he in
'ged on the 18th inst. lin
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