Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-10-16
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A child of Charles Dunn, of Quincy. Ill
ate piece of bread spread with rat poison
and died in few hours.
At Covington, Ohio, the Greenville Fall
mill and barn were burned recently. Loss
s2l 900; insurance, $4,000.
A Texas mob, in pursuit of horse thieves
killed q man named Hayes and fatall
wounded a man named Dunlap.
James Graves and wife were arrested a
New York on the charge of smuggling $50,
600 worth of unset diamonds.
Henry Bender played "Pinkerton detec
tive" at Sedalia, and was arrested. His oc
cupation is that of chimney sweep.
Chas. Gibson, of Houston, Texas, tried II
kill his wife, and was fatally shot by Free
Matchett. who took the woman part.
A mill belonging to the Newton Pape
Company, at Holyoke, Mass, burned re
Gently. Loss, 500, 900; insurance, $45.0 OO
A train on the Wabash railroad wen
through bridge near Maryvi..e, Mo. Har
vey Cornish, the engineer, was Instant.
killed.
In the case of Thomas Brownfield, OF
trial for murder at Clinton, No, the jur,
brought in verdict of guilty in the frs
degree.
At Bainbridge, KY, Lee Ladd and Chas
Mckinney shot at each other until Ladt
was killed and Mckinney was badly
wounded,
During the Democratic demonstration a
Higginsport, o., Robert Shaw shot Kendall
Overturf through the heart. The murder
er was arrested.
A fire at Boston destroyed two large shop!
containing $50 tons of rags, and two valu
able horses were also burned. Loss, $22,
000 insurance, S., 800.
A fire originating in o livery stable al
Alma, Nebraska, burned half of the town
including four stores, bank and severa
dwellings. Loss unknown.
Miss Rose Smith, of Grove City, Illinois
was killed by the accidental discharge of g
gun which she was endeavOring to secret
from her young brothers.
A fire at MilIersburg KY, destroyed the
business houses of j. B. Miller and D. D.
Conway, and the residence of John S. We.
mont. Loss, $25, 0Gc; Insurance small.
A fire has broken out in the Hella Mine,
at Marquette, Mich, LOO feet under
ground. John Rayson apd Ghos. Grubles
have suffocated. Their bodies cannot be
reached.
A serious fire has broken out in the Calu-
met and Hecla mine, IN Michigan, l 100
feet below the surface. Two men have
been suffocsted, and it is rumored that
other lives will be lost.
Charles McNairy (colored) was murdered
at Laurel Hill, n. g., by his wife, aided by
q Colored woman and man. He was an in
valid, and his wife killed him to keep from
him. The murderers were ar
rested.
A caisson of the railway bridge at French
town, Maryland, sank with seven men
under it. Air was forced into the chamber
by two pumps, and the sufferers were res
cued after confinement of five hours, and
taken to Havre de Grace in tug.
By the giving away of temporary bulk-
head at the Niagara elevator, Buffalo, n. Y.
Thomas daley was buried in the grain and
suffocated; and VIM. Ryan, John Ward and
Michael Ryan were cut, bruised and inter-
nally injured.
At Milwaukee VIM. Swale's wholesale
store was burglarized Of $4,000
worth OF goods. One of the burglars, Civ
the name of John Raymond, was ar.
p ed. The other escaped. The goods
were recovered.
The Bateman trial in Savannah, Mo-,
ended by Judge Kelley accepting q plea of
guilty from the prisoner and sentencing
him to be hanged on November q, .SS4.
refused to have any counsel ap-
pointed to defend him, saying he deserved
Heath and wanted to die.
A slight fire in the Ohio Wall Piper
Walnut street, near Court
street, Cincinnati, was quickly su bdued and
q Waterman left in charge. He went to
sleep, and the fire rekindled and caused a
loss of $4,000. Fully insured. Later esti-
mates make the loss $4,000; insurance,
S55, 900.
A fearful tragedy occurred northwest of
the city of Binghampton, N. Y. party
Of boys went out camping when one OF
them, Geo. Turner sixteen years of age
either by accident or design, fired musket
into crowd of boys, Kidding one Ernest
Gibson, and wounding another, James Liv-
ingston, probably MORALLY. After the deed
Turner ran, but was caught by Sheriff
Black and lodged in Jail. Great excitement
prevails.
The brig t. S. Merriam, Captain Hofs-
child, has arrived from Bathurst. Captain
Hofschild, lately of the bark Frederick
Scala, from Stelden with salt for Charles
Ton, reports that on September 18th, in
latitude 80, longitude 81, they had hurri-
cane, during which they lost all their spars
and sprung a leak. Kept pumps going
until the 2lst. Was then fallen with the
brig T. s. Merriam. He boarded the brig
and found the Captain, both mates and
some OF the men had died. The vessel was
in charge of the steward and two men, and
had been eleven days without a navigator,
and was short of provisions. Captain
Hofschild abandoned his vessel and took
charge of the brig, bringing his crew OF
eleven men with him.
Ten men employed in the construction
Of the new water tunnel for the village OF
he village. Thirteen men were employed
upon the work of sinking tunnel and
a new crib at point in Lake
Michigan. A crib had been constructed
about forty feet square, supported by poles
bound together by heavy chains. Upon
his platform had been Quilt small cabin,
in which the men employed, slept and had
their meals, having lived there for the past
three weeks. The platform was supported
BY heavy timbers resting on piles. The sea
became so heavy that portions of the plat
form washed away. The men awoke and
found spray with every wave washing in
the side of their hut. They were not much
and proceeded to get breakfast,
which they succeeding in eating. The
storm continued to increase in fury, great
wave struck the cabin and carried it fairly
into the boiling sea, and with it every m an
upon the frail structure. Twelve of the
men succeeded in climbing upon huge
stringers and lying face down, with their
arms around the beams, awaiting the arri-
val of assistance, and the waves with terri
BILE force tore them one by one from their