Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-30
EASTERN NEWS.
The C0Wardly Shooting Of Two
UnSuSptCtilg Women.
SIXTY PEOPLE PREOIPITATED
INTO A RIVER.
Ward Found Guilty Of Larceny in the
First Degree.
A KIND LETTER OF CoxDoLsHcE FROM
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
The Present Policy Against
Polygamy Commended.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
A COwardly Act.

A COwardly Act.
CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-Five thousand people
blockaded Monroe street from Lssalle to
| Clark at 6 O'Clock this afternoon. and but
for the dexterity of a couple of policemen
the crowd would have hanged A. ]. Burns
to 9 lamp-post. Shortly before the en-
ployes of the offices and printing establish
ments of that neighborhood were released
from their days labor q young and we'll
| dressed man entered the hallway OF q
| building in which the offices of R.G.Dunn
| aud 90. are located and leaned against the
wall "a though waiting for some one. He
closely watched the employees streaming
down the stairs, until, catching sight OF
two young women walking arm IN arm, he
sprang forward, drew a revolver and fired
two shots in rapid succession and dashed
| cut. The street was crowded with people
coming home from business. An officer
promptly seized him, and walked him back
to the scene. The 70 m lay insens-
ible on the sidewalk. At the sight
OF the would-be slayer the people
became furious aud attempted to tear him
from his captors. Some one cried,
Lynch him." The officers hustled him
through an alley TO the station. Tn
crowd attempted TO follow but jammed it
self fast in o narrow passage-way. The
women were taken TO a hospital, where, il
was thought, the wounds would prove
fatal. The shooting, il is alleged, was a
cowardly revenge taken by q former fellow
employed in R. G.. Dunn's Office on the
two m who, claiming he had insulted
them a day or two ago. caused his dis
charge. The young man, Al. Burns by
name, called at the Office to-day and was
told il he would apologize to the women,
who are sisters named Mrs. Ray Good and
Lillian Walter, he would be reinstated.
Burns left and was not seen again until
arrested. Mrs. Good was shot in the neck.
Her sister received Q bullet in the side of
the head. Burns refuses to make any
statement.
quite q Calamity.
EAST SAGINAW, Oct. 29.-This evening a
FIRE broke out on the tug Mcdonald at the
dock, about 100 feet south OF the Genessee
Avenue bridge, upon which q large mum.
Der OF people c~ongregated. Suddenly q
piece Of the sidewalk on the bridge. FIVE
feet wide and As feet long. gave way with q
crash, ~precipitating 60 people into the
river Is to IS feet deep and with q strong
current. The night was cloudy and dark.
1 AA q - - ~
saved. Many are badly bruised. The
river is being dragged, owing to the large
number Of persons on the bridge and the
darkness, and the fact that people were
picked up along the river and were hurried
home. 1t is impossible to tell tonight how
many were drowned. The current WIS
very swift, and it is thought some bodies
have drifted some distance down the
stream.
Ward Found Guilty.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-At 1915 o'clock
this morning the jury re-entered the court
J and rendered a verdict of larceny in the
first degree. The penalty is ten years and
within the discretion of the court. Ward
gave evidence of a severe struggle as he
stood up to hear the verdict. In response
to the question, Have you anything to
say 2" he replied, Nothing" Sentence
was postponed until Saturday morning.
The case will be taken to the Court Of APP
peals. The jury frat stood eight for con-
viction and four for acquittal. The second
ballot was 10 for conviction, and on the
third 1t was II to /.
4, A Kind Letter.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The President
sent the following telegram of coincidence
to Mrs. Mcclellan to-day:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. 1885.
:. To Mrs. George B. Mcclellan, Orange,
N. j.: l am shocked by the Jews of your
husbands death, and while / know how
futile are all human efforts to console /
must assure you of my deep sympathy in
your great grief, and express to you my
W sense Of affection at the loss Of so
good q friend. %tSigned):
II GROVER CLEVELAND.
VIII DON Become Extinct.
WASHINGTON, Dot. 20. Ex-Governor
Ramsey, Chairman of the Utah Commits
sion. presented q report OF the Commission
to the Secretary Of the Interior to-day.
The Commission says ii is now only a
matter of time when polygamy shall be-
come extinct. and 1t recommends q con-
~tinuance Of the same policy.
Respect shown GEN. Mcclellan.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The President
has ordered that the flags upon all the
buildings Of the Executive Departments be
placed at half mast until after the funeral
Of Gen. Mcclellan.
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