Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-20

ing 1t were not injured, nor aid ,bo nold,
the least shook. The positive ana issl
live wires OF the fire alarm ns8.
and electric lighting system Of the n.y.
we're men oAreds snd powerful ou,,ays,
of electricity was passed through hsa'
man held brass nozzle in bla h tas9'
and threw q stream Of water on aug ~
wires without feeling a shock. ~ @s
Last Saturday Mary Koftord GALA,
Dr.. Rose, q prominent dentist of ia. ~
Vile, COL, and made the stsr,lir. .'Aa'
quest that he furnish her with a gre, 70
which could not be deteoled pvaoa
autopsy. She offered $500 COMPENSATE y
reluctantly admitting that she wIsh asUl'
get rid Of her husband, Hans Kofio,T V Y
that her husbands brother, of whom ~ ~
was epsmored, and herself might tooa, ,u'
enjoy an insurance Of $4,000 whioI L'
husband carried. After maklno Ia
appointment to meet both al b,s ,s.
Tuesday evening, the doctor ARRANGED , w,.s
the police and several interested ,n s.a
sroe men to be present, but to bs o'a
oealsd. At the intervisw the vS wv
diabolioal plan was made known. NJ.
man and woman were immsdls,sIS
arrested and placed in Jail. All tbs Na'
sons concerned are Danish. The yonn pun
brother ia 80 years OF ags and thu wo@sa
Is 80. ''n'Aa
Ben Won Phul, prominent real a.,,,.
man, and Henry Boemler, a barrIs,sr ",
some local reputation, had a fight in ~,
circuit court at St. Louis, Tbnr.a ,u'
Won Pbul WAS the plaintiff in a sni,;,
which Boemler, in his speech to tLr in,u
said that he knew that Won phul IA
knowingly given perjured ,sstimonS
Immediately Won Phul jumped to Il,
feet and proceeded to give the Offensive
attorney thrashing. He caught tbs
lawyer by the COLLAR of his coat and tbsn 1
got the legal head into ohancery. Boam'
Ter made only feeble Resistance AMI
was roughly handled. Before the dsnntS
sheriff in charge Of the court room cona
reach the two men Won Phul had to,n
Boemler's coat almost into shreds and
had bruised the attorneys face with ,vn
or three well. directed blows. When Van
Phul had been dragged off, Judge Adam,
called him up, administered a sever. "a,
buke and then ordered Won Phul Ia 10
taken to Jail for 10 days.
Charles Mclaughlin w4s shot and
killed at San Francisco Thursday nv
Jerome B. Cox. The tragedy was tbs
result of II years. litigation. McLsu.b. |
lin WAS pioneer, the pres dent Of ina
Central Gas Light company, and mil.
lionaire. In 1862 he contracted to buila
the Western Pacific railroad, and sublst
the grading and masonry work to JsrOm,
b. Cox and others, After 20 mIles Of tbs
road had been built MoLaug HIN failed IA
make payment. Cox brought suit against
the company and Mclaughlin for
$150,O00. Five trials resulted similarly.
The adverse decisions so weighed upon
Cox's mind that he last spring ATTEMPTED
to shoot Justice McKinslay of the supreme
court. Cox went Thursday morning %
McLsughlin's office and demanded $4,000
in settlement of the accounts. BEING
refused he shot Mclaughlin three TINES.
The man lived 80 minutes. Cox WA
formerly captain OF the Tenth Indian,
Battery and served during the war under
Gen. Rosecrans.
The Standard Theatre, at Sixth svsnu,
and Thirty street, In Nsw York
was destroyed by fire Friday night. I'll,
fire started before Z O'Clock, when no DEF
son was in the building except the stage
hands and two young actresses, who wsrs
rehearsing their parts with the prompter
The origin Of the fire is In doubt, but the
flames spread SO rapidly that those inside
had to flee for their lives, and within an
hour after the whole building was 4
wreck. The loss on the building and
scenery aud stage properties is estimated
at 1915, 900. The Standard Theatre was
built In 1870 by Josh Hart. After run.
ming it year he assigned the lease to
William Henderson, who last May sub.
let 1t to Messrs. Brooks & Dickson. A
new opera entitled "Bstrella" was pro,
duced in the theatre on Tuesday evening
and WAS expected to have good run.
1t WAS at the Standard that Gilbert and
Sullivan's operas, from Pinafore down,
were always first brought before the
American public.
Roe E keiser, rs years old, a beautiful
and accomplish, girl, committed suicide
by shooting bullet through her brain
Thursday Afternoon at the WindsO,
Hotel on Fifth avenue, New York. Al
4 10 O'Clock Robert P. Schoheld, formerly
sergeant of police and at present private
detective of the hotel, heard a shotiI
room No. 314, on the third floor. He went
to the apartment and pushing open The
door, which was unlocked, almost fell
over the form of the girl, which was
lying bathed in pool of blood on The
door. At her side was So calibre FIVE
chambered revolver, while in her
right temple was CHASTITY hOl.
through which the bullet hsd
passed into her brain csu;.
ing immediate death. In the room
were George A. Dunno, a young broker
and his wife, whom he had married only
10 days ago. 1t was on account of thls
marriage that Miss Keis,r shot herself
Thursday. The young couple, who were
spending their honeymoon at the hotel
were too dazed by the tragedy to give any
coherent account Of what had occurred,
Miss keiser was a native OF Utica and an
expert stenograpLer. She came. to New
York about three months ago. Since her
Residence in that city, Mr.. Dunno bad
boon keeping company with her and biz
deserting her and marrying another
broke her heart.
Mrs. Christiauoy, the divorced wife Of
x'aenator and ex minister to Peru, Isaac
T. Christisncy, died Thursdsy morning
in Brooklyn, raving maniac. She bad
become addicted to the use OF chlora aud
post norton examination was held to
ascertain II death was due to that poison.
The physicians, however, found that
death resulted from nervous prostrstiOn,
arising from her diseased mental condi'
ton. Mrs. Christianoy was originally
Mise Liili- Lugsnb.pl, a clerk in tho
treasury Department. She was married
to ''snatcr Christianoy in the fall
OF 1873 They lived happily for
year or SO, and then sue
Hesrion Of d'm-sic Irregularities began
to cause unlappil ess in the household
When Senattr Chris tiancy resigned BIZ
seat III tn nate 70 accept the position
OF minister to Peru, 1t was whispered
that he w.a led to do it chiefly because
ne wished to remove his wife from ilhu
epces distaststul to him which sur
rounded her in Washington. They went
to Lima, but before a year Mrs. Chris.
uanoy return ed alone, and gossip was
again revived. When Minister Chris
ltancy resigned aid returned hou g, few
months later, divorce proceedings were
instituted, which lasted several mouths
and attracted widespread attention. Dur
Ing this prolonged trial Mrs. Chrstiancy
began to manifest evidences of unsoundness
OF mind. One cold night in December
she was found wandering the streets Of
washington arrayed only in a thin nigh,
dress. When taken home it was found
mat she had managed to escape from the
mouse without alarming the family, bnt
how she had done so neither she nor they
could tell. She was very i'll for some
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