The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-25
A SPRINGFIELD HoRRoR.

started the fire that burned Chicago.
T A SPRINGFIELD HORROR
CHICAGO August 23.-The Daily Ne,cs
Springfield, Ills, special says: This city
is greatly excited over a double, and
what may turn GU: to be a triple murder
which occurred in broad daylight to-day
on one of the principal streets. This
morning, Leonard Gardner, who had
spent the night IN Jail for wife-beating
procured bail and was released. He inn
mediately armed himself with two re-
volvers of large calibre, and became loud
in his threats against Policemen w. j.
Camp and Fred Gall, who arrested him.
About noon-time Gardner saw the two
officers approaching him on Washing
ton Street. Hastily entering a hall
way, ne opened fire. Officer Camp fell
Ddead; Gall. returned the fire rapidly,
and in moment Gardner fell, pierced
with three bullets. He died instantly.
officer Gall has two bullets in him. 1t
is not thought likely he will recover.
MADDENED By DRINK.
INDIANAPOLIS, August A.-The Jour
mails Salem, Ind, special reports ter
rible case of drunken madness: Fred
Berkey, Jr., son of one of the leading
citizens of that place, while intoxicated,
appeared on the streets and began an
indiscriminate fusilade: he fred nine
shots, aiming at whoever happened to
be In his range. Laura klerner received
two balls, one in the wrist and one in
the shoulder; William McClanahan was
shot through the hand; w. S. Percise
sustained flesh wound in the thigh,
Jordan Payne received ball through
the body, lust below the heart and will
probably die.
PAYNE. when shot, was III his buggy
with a companion. Dragging Payne
from the buggy, Berkey compelled the
other man to drive and attempted to es-
cape. Finding this impossible, he placed
the pistol to his head and fired. The
ball took effect and the young man died
in fifteen minutes. No cause is known
for the bloody work except that Berkey
was completely maddened by liquor.
sAvoRs OF SUICIDE.
PHILADELPHIA, August "a. = The
Record this morning says: Charles A.
Gambrill, a wealthy Baltimore merch-
ant, died suddenly at the Continental
Hotel. last night under peculiar circum-
stances. Mr.. Gambrill arrived at the
hotel on Friday last and since is said to
have been drinking heavily. A number
of empty bottlesTwerefoundi in his room,
one of which had contained spirits of
ammonia, and another yalerian. Both
these were empty.
MURDERED WHILE ASLEEP.
ST. LOUIS, August pa dispatch
from Vinitia says: Frank P. Cass, and
Goodykoode. two prominent citizens of
Vinitia, who left there a week ago for
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reserva-
tons, to buy cattle, we're murdered
while asleep in the camp last Thursday
night. The deed was committed for
plumber.
MINISTER SUICIDES.
WHEELING, w. Va, August "a Rev
S. S. Idleman, minister of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, at Green Spring
Run, committed suicide yesterday by
jumping from window and fracturing
his skull. He was labering under fit
of temporary insanity.
THE WAGES OF SIN.
SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, Mass, August
2f.-Ex-Treasurer Adams, OF the Fra
mingham Savings Bank. whose account:
were last week made the subject OF a
special investigation by Bank Commits
sIoner Gatchell, and whose resignation
was requested, committed suicide at the
bank this afternoon. by cutting his
throat. When found, revolver lay
beside HIM, which it "a supposed he IN
tended to use provided the razor did not
accomplish the work. This forenoon, the
ex-treasurer, who, all through the
trouble which the bank has been ex.
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