Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-30

admitted That his conduct had been bsstv.
and said he was sOrry for what e had done.
ana also insisted mat ne never Intended 90
ing the Governor any harm.
A telegram sent to Inspector BvDes. of
New York, by the District Attorney al Ere
mont, Ohio, states that Thos. Evans. a
newspaper man, is wanted there for en- bez-
clement. Detectives arrested i'm the Man
sion House, az Brooklyn. one Thomas
II. Evans, a journalist who has been con
nected with the Brooklyn Times since he
came rom ONO, I'VE months ago. He was
held to await the arrival of the Fremont
police. he claims that he is the victim OF
mistaken identity.
Sam Baldwin, a teamster for the Da;sv
mine, was found dead in a long guIch near
the foot Of the old mosquito pass. in the
vicinity Of LeadYille, with a bullet hole in
his head aid his face battered to a ieIlv
He had been slugged and shot and DRAGGED
some distance. His clothes were nearly
stripped from his body by the assassin. ana
a belt containing eleven hundred dollars
had been taken from his person. A rude
mask was found near the body. The victim
was 30 years old and leaves several chill
dren.
A dispatch from WOOnsocket. Rhode
Island, says: The local Office of the Adams
Express company in this city was entered
by burglars, who rified the safe of 1000
in coupons and bonds and ST. 600 in bank
bills, both packages belonging to the WOOn-
socket Savings Institution. The doors of
the express Office were all found locked
The door Of the safe, which is an old
fashioned one. was closed but not locked
Thieves left no trace. The total value OF
the bonds, cash, check and notes stolen is
stated to be $4,000.
Policeman Michael German, of Cinc:n-
naJi, is dead. He was shot on the evening
OF election day, during a small riot among
the cOIOred men of the West End. Cor
man tried to arrest man, and was shot in
the back by an unknown man. This was
the beginning Of the riot. Henry Brown,
a cOlOred man, was also killed in the ARRAY.
On the receipt Of the news of the wound
ing OF German, Mrs. Rlner, z sister Of Cor
man, became i'll, and next morning; upon
hearing OF his death, she fell into q coma
tOse state and died in a few hours.
AT Elmira, N. Y, an explosion occurred
at the Chemung Canal Bank, creating great
excitement. The gas had evidently been
lett turned on IN the vault and smOthered
itself out. John ArnOt Cashier of the
bank, attempted to enter the vault carry
ing q lighted candle. There was an eX-
plosiOn which blew him across the room
and against the counter, burning his face
and hands. Every window in the bank
was blown out, the Office door shattered
and the lock torn off. A great crowd was
attracted by the explosion. ArnOt's in
jurles, while painful, are not serious.
Matt Smith, colored, employed as a
helper in unloading cattle at the stock
yards, was fatally stabbed in West Kansas
by q cOlOred woman named Jennie Smith,
with whom he had been living for two
years past. Smith went home at noon, and
domestic quarrel which began befre
was renewed, IN the course of which the
woman stabbed him with q butcher knife
and literally cut mis- heart in twain. Smith
survived about ten minutes, and then died
without making any statement, The WO-
man on being arrested took the matter very
cOOlly. She asserts that the man assaulted
her, and she was compelled TO defend her
self. Smith had a Odreputatiou generally
as a peaceable citizen.
Samuel Hayden, a prominent young far
mer Of Hartford township, near Bowling
Green, No, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head. During the morning
he took his revolver and started to the
woods informing his wife that he was going
out to kill q squirrel, and not returning at
noon, his wife became uneasy and started
TO search for him. About 3 o'clock his lit
tie tive-y ear-Old daughter found her father,
a short distance from the house, dead, with
the pistol lying by his side. No cause can
be assigned for his rash act. He was the
son of B. W. Hayden, q prominent Candi-
date for assessOrat the late primary election.
He leaves wife and two children.
At Athens, Texas, Charles E. Rogers, dep
uty district clerk of Henderson county,
die from q wound inflicted by a Negro bar
her named Banks. The Negro claims that
tn shooting was entirely accidental, but
he is IN Jail to await the action of the
Q 5urJs on a charge of murder. He avs
that Rogers came into his shop to get a
shave and picked up his pistol, which both
believed to be empty; that Rogers snapped
the pistol at him several times and then
gave 1t to him to put away; that, as he took
the pistol from Rogers, he, in 8 spirit of
pleasantly, snapped III, and to his utter as
constituent IL went of, putting a bullet
through Rogers BODY. The deceased stood
high IN the community, and his death is
sincerely deplOred. Many believe the Ne !
grO's statement.
Particulars of the accident on the Boston
and Albany RAILROAD, near Undertook. n. !
Y, show that it was caused by train wreck
ers, who placed pile of rails and sleepers
on the track, carefully Wedged in position. |
The locomotive turned completely over. !
The express car jumped over it, and the /
baggage and smoking cars were piled on /
top. The sleeper remained on the track. |
Engineer Davis was found under the wreck /
terribly scalded, and died at 8 a. N. Fire /
man Sdcknev' 8 recovery is doubtful. Con- |
ductOr O. H. Gould had a leg injured. /
George Fairbanks was /
scalded. A WreCking train from Albany /
cleared the track. The Boston and Albany /
officials have offered 81, 900 reward for the /
of the misoreants who wrecked /
the train.
At Marshall, No, Officer J. R. Cason ar
rested Rid Thomas on suspicion of being /
one Of the LOWery murderers. Thomas is /
q young man about twenty, and has hereto /
fore had good reputation. He lives about /
a mile from the scene Of the murder. He
was lodged in jail. The evidence against /
him is purely circumstantiaI, and unless 4
further developments are made, no trouble 4
is anticipated. A large mess-meeting was /
held in the Court house by the citizens of |
the place, aud q committee was appOints I
Of one from each township in the county
to help raise a reward for the apprehension /
and conviction of the Lowery murderer.
About 81, coo has been raised in Marshal 4
and vriufv1f=rr n1raaEcr