Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-28

The Trial of Frank James,
the Outlaw.
PRETTY STRONG EVIDENCE TO
PROVE AN ALIBI.
A Remarkable Railroad Ac-
cident in Texas.
ANOTHER BEAR MOVEMENT IN
WALL STREET.
A Murder, Fire. Suicide. Hanging
and Circus Tragedy.

and Circus Tragedy.
ESPECIAL TO THE sKS1ISEL.l
ST.. LOUIS, Aug. 27.-A Gallatin special
says Frank James trial was resumed this
morning. Mrs. Samuels, mother OF Frank
James, Wal sworn for the defense. after
which Dick Liddell was cross-examined.
1t has leaked out that the defense will
endeavor to prove an alibi. Gen. Joe
Shelby being their principal witness, MI
further that the Winston gang consists OF
i've men, but that Jim Cummings was the
fifth man. Frank James in the cross
examination said the Arrangement to come
to Missouri was perfected at Bob Halls
house in Tennessee. Frank James was not
present. The defense laid great stress on
this point. Witness then narrated his trip
which terminated in the Winston robbery.
His direct testimony vas mistaken. Lid
dell Wa asked IL, IL company with Jesse
James, Wood Hite and Jim Cummins, he
did not meet Gen. Joe Shelby in q Ant
near Ehelby's house just after the Winston
robbery, and Shelby said to Jesse: 81
thought you were dead" Jesse replied:
''You see I am not" where is Frank y
asked the General. "His health is 30 bad
that he has been south several years" re-
piled Jesse, and did not witness say be
had not seen Frank James for two years.
Witness answered he had not seen Gen.
Shelby since the robbery until he met him
IN KAnooo 1skU Last Tbnradav WifnQaa
further denied that he had told several
other persons Frank James was not in the
Winston robbery. Witness related his
negotiations with the Governor to sur
render and his willingness to reveal the
secrets of the gang.
Judge Lynch en- Utah.
PARK CRY. Aug. 27.-Last nights num-
Der Of masked men stopped engineer
Thomas, roadmaster Hughes and q fireman
in the employ Of the Utah Eastern Rail-
road, and compelled them to return to the
shops and take an engine and caboose and
run about 80 masked men to Coalville. 20
miles distant. Leaving . number OF men
in charge Of the train, the vigilantes pro-
ceeded to the County Jail, and bringing
their guns to bear on the officers they OBJ
thluc0 COubkO1 Vi taC JoAAb anu sonAA6 -
named Jack Murphy from his cell they
returned to the train and ordered an i'm
mediate return to Park City. Upon srriv-
ing here the ~vigilantes took Murphy to q
telegraph pole near the station and hanged
him, the body being viewed by q number
Of passengers on an early train. Murphy
was arrested on suspicion Of having shot
Brennan last Wednesday.
A Singular Railroad Accident.
GALVESTON, Aug. PA Waco special
says the Texas and st. Louis south-bound
passenger train on Saturday night jumped
the trsck, and the whole train, engine aud
all, landed ct the bottom of a15-foot en-
bankment, wheels up. All lights were
e~xtinguished. The passengers CROPPED their
way out Of the windows a. best they could.
Strangely, nc q was fatally injured. The
only one seriously hurt was Mrs. Cham
bers. badly bruised. Her child's thigh
was broken.
Railroad Accident.
CISorNNATI, Aug. PA special from
s~teubenville, Ohio. says IN accident 90
Cured on the Panhandle road this morning
near Mengo Junction, within 100 yards Of
the great disaster OF '70. The ~east-bound
freight, 10 minutes late. collided with the
Cincinnati exprsss passenger train, on
time. Both engines and one postal %.
were wrecked. Engineer Charles Wolf
Dennison Of Ohio, Clerk william NJ.
Newman and John B. Hoyt. both Of In.
dianapolis, we're injured fatally.
Poor Wall street,
WALL 6T1zEg. Aug. 27-11:20 4. MA
great depression characterised the open.
ing At the Stock Exchange to-day, and
during the hrst 10 minutes prices dropped
ons-hAlf to ssven.eighths from the closing
quotations ON Saturday. The entire list
shared In the downward movement and
there was . free pressure to sell.
Hanged for Murder.
RALxIoH, N. O., Aug. 27.-This morn.
ing Henry Jones Was hanged for the muir.
der Of Deputy Sheriff Avis n. Blake last
year. The execution was private. Jones
made : profession Of religion. He was re-
markably self.possessed before the exscu-
ton and on the gallows. Jones was Is
years old. He heaven . wife and an
infant.
Probable Suicide ~ Newport.
Providence, Aug. 27.-John W. Bige-
low Of New York was found dead in bed at
his cottage ct Newport on Sunday. It 10
rumored he suicided on account Of fnan-
cial difficulties, but the doctor and family
deny the report.
A Peer Hut Fatal Marksman.
MILAN, Ind. Aug. 27.-John Brown.
drunk. fred at the telegraph operator At
the Ohio 4 Mississippi efice last night,
missed him and hit Dowd Allen, killing
him instantly.
The Missing Girl Found.
Sr. Louis, Aug. 27.-A brief dispatch
from Keokuk, just received. announced
the finding there this morning OF Mary
Churchill, the young girl who disappeared
from her home here . week ago last night.
No particulars yet.
Another Good Man Gone Wrong.
DETROIT. Aug. 27.-Evidence is now
very strong to show that A. A. Atherton,
County Treasurer Of Rossoommon County,
has skipped with funds to the moun Of
about $4,000.
4 esS.ooo Fire.
NEW York. Aug. ga fire in West
Fifth street yesterday destroyed SOS. 900
worth Of property. The principal loss Ia
the wool-pulling factory Of Hiram Hollis
Of Boston.
Crushed By IN Elephant.
CINCINNATI, Aug 27.-Henry Packard Of
Hartford, Conn.,, an employe Of Barnum's.
crushed dead this morning by one Of
The elephants.
A Numbering Father.tn.Law.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 2.--Parker White
vas stabbed and killed by his father-in-
aw, Sylvester Gray, yesterday. Both were
The City Marshal Of Dodge City, Kas.,
I'LL be . candidate for reelection, and
ases his claim upon the fact that be has