Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-27
EASTERN NEWS.
A Terrible Tragedy at
Laconia, N. b.
CELEBRATION OF EVACUATION
DAY IN NEW YORK.
An Ex- Convict Claiming to be
a Chicago Detective.
JOHN MAOKAY GOING TO
EUROPE AGAIN.
High Toned Opium Smokers
Arrested.
TlLDEN GONG ON AN EXTENSIVE
WATCHING TRIP.
An Ex-Convict Claiming to be
a Chicago Detective.
JOHN MACKAY GOING TC
EUROPE AGAIN.
High Toned Opium Smokers
Arrested.
TILDCN GOING ON AN EXTENSIVE
WATCHING TRIP.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL.

TACOMA, N. H., NOV. Z0.-lnls morning
the residents were startled by the story Of
. terrible tragedy that occurred at A
O'Clock. s.. s. Andrews, q neighbor Of
James BUDDY. aged 40 years., was en-
| ployed at the Laconia Car Works, and was
alarmed by q woman screaming. He
aroused his son and hurried to Ruddy's
They found Mrs. Rudy, aged IS years,
lying on the ground beneath the front
window, through which she had leaped.
She was bleeding profusely, and said she
had been cut all to pieces. She was prop
erly cared for. Assistance was obtained
and the door of Ruddy's house was forced
open, when flames burst out and an alarm
Of fire was sounded. The flames were
quickly extinguished, and the bodies of
BUDDY and their only child. IL years old,
were found lying on the kitchen floor, both
cut in q terrible manner and covered with
the contents of . feather-bed, which had
been saturated with kerosene and set on
fire. The bodies were so ~disfgured by the
flames as to be nearly past recognition. In
the bedroom was found the trunk of the
l~ifeless body of Mrs. Ford, which was
identified by her husband. One of her
limbs had been chopped, and the de-
tached member of the remaining leg
was bound to the woman's body with q
clothes-line. The bed clothes had been
saturated with oil and an attempt made to
set them on fire, which failed. Mrs.
Rudy being questioned said the crime was
committed by Thomas Samon, an English
man, and an acquaintance of the family.
He was q cook by trade, about 38 years Of
age. Mrs. Ruddy's statement before the
Coroner's Jury was: We went to bed
at about 9 O'Clock. At II Samon came
into the front room and looked out of the
front window, saying he was nervous and
couldn't sleep. I got up, made him a cup
of tea and went back to bed. At 4 o'clock
Samon came into the front room again
and acted queerly. He went back to
the kitchen. My husband and I got
up. He also went back to the
kitchen. I soon heard q fall, and went
out and found my husband hanging over
a chair with his arms down. Samon
started for me and struck me with a
Ratchet on the head. l grabbed his arm,
but he struck me and threw me to the
floor. He then went into the front room
duu nAAo0 bnO O6Oy, WnO was CTylEks
While he was there l tried to unlock the
kitchen doors, but he returned and again
struck me on the head, knocking me down.
I laid perfectly quiet, and he went back
into the front room. He came back again
and poured feathers and straw over us and
went out. I got up and tried to open the
front window, but could not. I then
broke the frame Of the glass end jumped
through.
Samon was arrested this afternoon near
Plymouth. He didn't resist arrest, and
has been taken in charge by the Plymouth
officers. Suspicion being against Ford,
the husband Of the murdered woman, thai
he might be implicated in the affair, he
was arrested this forenoon, and remains
in custody. Great excitement prevails,
and fears are entertained Of a vigilance
committee being organized and the pris
oner lyme he'd on his arrival. A later reporI
from Plymouth says: ''Samon denies al
knowledge Of the affair, and his arrest ii
q perfect surprise" Samon has never
icated. At a late hour Mrs. Ruddy's con,
dition was no worse.
Celebrating Evacuation Day.
New YORK. Nov. 26.-The day opened
with q dull, leaden sky. At sunrise thu
forts and ships fired q salute Of twenty.
n guns. At 9 the people took posses
sion of the streets and every means o.
conveyance leading down town. They
filed the cars, omnibuses and carriages
and still the sidewalks on Fourth. Fifth
and Sixth Avenues and Broadway present
ed 3 dense mass Of humanity. The decor.
atoms were elaborate on public buildings
and ~clubh0uses, but the residents of dwell
ing houses contented themselves with q
display Of the stars and stripes. Occa.
sionally the colors of France and Germany
mingled with the red, white and blue. All
places Of business are closed, and the en-
tire population Of Manhattan and Long
Island have given themselves up to the
enjoyment Of this patriotic occasion,
President Arthur and Governor Cleve.
land and staff are ct the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. Other dignitsries from other
States are also present, Including among
which are the Governors Of the twelve OF
the original thirteen States. The display
Of military promises to be fire.
Notwithstanding the rain, all the details
Of the celebration were fully carried out.
About 9 O'Clock. President Arthur, accom-.
panied by ex-President Grant and Gen.
Varnum, 1917 the rlitn avenue Hotel Tor {
point where the head Of the column wa
being formed and took their places in the
line. 1t was nearly 10 O'Clock before the
line was put in motion. The police had
great difficulty in clearing q passage.
After the police came Gen. John Cochrane,
Grand Marshal, and staff. accompanied BY
the First Troop Of the Philadelphia City
Cavalry. under the command Of Brig. Gen
E. b. Grub. The First Division was
commanded by Brevet Brig. -Gen. Richard
H. Jackson, Of the Fifth United States
Artillery. and composed Of United States
troops, the escort to the distinguished
guests following in carriages.
President Arthur and the Cabinet were
in the first carriages. followed by the
Governors OF States. Mayors and other