Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-03
EASTERN NEWS.
The Murder of an I'm
natural Son.
A PROBABLE SUICIDE AT THE
NOTED SOUTHERN HOTEL.
A Colored Raper is Lynched in
Maryland.
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The Homicide Probably Justified.
CINCINNATI, June 2.-Shortly before 2
o'clock this morning DR.. z. z. 10y, .
well known physician, shot and killed his
broiher-in-law, Harry Chsmplin, st their
residence. No. s77 West Seventh street.
Champlin is an unmarried man, and has
been addicted 10 drinking. For some
time past he has been idle, and has been
in the habit Of demanding and obtaining
money from bis mother. He went home
in q partial drunken condition, and went
10 his mothers bedside and began abusing
her. He awakened 8 visitor. Mrs Glenn,
who went to him and begged him TO de-
sist. He struck her with q chair, and
then returned TO abuse his mother. This
aroused DR.. 10y, and Mrs. 10y, Cham
plin's sister, and when they came TO the
room Champlin rushed down stairs. Pro-
curing . knife he returned. DR.. 10y
warned him to stop, but Champlln, With
so oath, rushed 3; him with the knife.
The Doctor, who was standing in front OF
his wife, fired, and Chsmplin fell. The
Doctor shot 10 scare him, but found, how
ever, tina. Champlin was dying, the ball
having entered between his eyes. DR..
10y was taken 10 the ~stsiion-house and
locked up on the charge Of murder. He
regretted deeply the affair, but made 8
clear statement, Of the entire transaction,
showing that be acted solely in self-de-
Tense.
LATER-In the Police Court to-day DR..
10y was charged with murder in the sec
ond degree, which, in this State, carries .
single penslty-thst Of imprisonment for
life. His examination was postponed IN
til tomorrow, and he WAS released on sl0,-
900 bonds.
A Fat Leap.
ST. LOUIS, June 2.-R. II. Reynolds,
of late the First Auditor Of the United
States Treasury, killed himself this morn
ing at the Southern Hotel. There is an
air-shaft in the hotel over the rotunds.
Reynolds either jumped or fell over the
railing on the third story into the air
shaft. He struck the marble floor Of the
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hotel. He was picked up dead in the
front Of the Office. His skull was fractured
and one of his legs shattered. A visit
made TO Reynolds room disclosed the fact
that it was full of gas, although the stop
cock was turned. Hence, the theory 10
held in the hotel that it must be suicide,
and after failing to asphyxiate himself he
took the terrible dive TO the marble noor
below. Reynolds had made 8 careful
toilet. He had been in St. louis since
Saturday. stopping 9Th G.. n, Albers, but
left that gentleman's house and put up at
the hotel last night. He was in excellent
spirits when last seen alive. and no motive
can be suggested for the self-killing. He
was on his way to Kansas to buy land. He
left the United States Treasury only q
couple OF weeks ago.. He was about 60
years OF age and q fine looking, healthy
man.
A Colored Raper Lynched.
WESTMINSTER, Md, June AIT 1:30
O'Clock this morning q body Of masked
men rode into the city and went at once to
the Jail where Townsend Cook (coloredl
was imprisoned for an outrage on Mrs.
Knott, near Mt. Ayerey q few days ago.
They broke down the Jail door. over
powered the Sheriff and proceeded to
Cooks cell. A rope was placed around
his neck, after which he was led out and
put into 8 wagon, and the masquers pro-
ceeded out on the Mt. Ayerey road. At
8 O'Clock the body Of Cook was found
hanging from a tree. Two bullet wounds
were found in his back and neck. A piece
Of paper was tackled TO the tree, and bore
the words, written with q pencil: "This
man confessed his crime" No clue has
yet been obtained as to who were engaged
in the lynching.
Reaume, she Lunatic.
DENVER, COL, June Am intimation
from Chicago to-day is to the effect that
Louis Resume, the Denver printer who
captured the Wabash train between Kansas
City and Chicago yesterday. was not crazy.
except from the effects Of liquor. This
was received by his friends with indignant
surprise. They say he does not drink. and
that his acts on the Wabash train cannot
be attributable to that cause. About 7
o'clock on Friday evening. an hour before
be started East. Reaume met Justice So
pris on Fourteenth street and complained
that Q lot Of men were after him. He
talked and acted in the manner that showed
plainly he was crazy. Sopris told him he
had better go home and lock himself up.
He replied that he would as soon as he no.
titled the police that men were after him.
He went to the headquarters and made
complaint, then went back up town. He
must have then gone directly to the train.
Before he saw Sopris he went TO the Mer-
chants stables and said a lot of men were
| after him and wanted 10 kill him. and he
asked for a horse to go p the police head
quarters. Several other men who saw
him that evening say he was certainly
crazy.
a Labor Disturbance.