The National tribune., 1888-07-26
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

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CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Pedro Yames the 15-year- old boy who muir
dered Station Agent Stevenson and robbed the
station at Glamis on the Colorado Desert, has
been arrested. He has confessed his crime
Henry Romase was stabbed by Theodore SUIT
ter July % at Chicago and died. The mur-
dered man had been keeping company with
Suffers sister and thereby incurred the dis
pleasure of the brother Suffer met Romase
with his sister, and after few words plunged
a knife with a seven-inch blade into his intes-
tines. Suffer is in jail,-Charles States and
party went into the Delaware to battle near
Chester on Sunday afternoon, and when some
distance out States went down without strug-
GLE His comrades did not know he had drown
ed for some time. He was about 81 years of
age and was wel-known expressman.-
Inspector Bonfeid, of Chicago, has now in his
possession copies of what purports to be a secret
newspaper, but which is n reality a secret cir
cular, differing but little from the famous Re-
Yenge circular with which August Spies called
the Haymarket meeting together two years
ago-Col. John Mueller, who was thrown
from his horse while Grand Marshal Of the In
teTuati0nal SharpshOoters parade on July 8,
died Saturday last at Newark, n. j.. from his
injuries. Nelson, yard conductor in
the employ Of the Philadelphia, Wilmington &
Baltimore Railroad Co, was killed Sunday after
noon while making up train at Canton. He
leaves wife and two children.-During q
baseball game July y at Columbus, o., between
boys Edward Pousch, an Is year-od lad, was
struck in the temple by swift pitched ball.
and SO badly injured that he died The ball
caused conclusion of the brain.-By the ex-
ploson of a steam-pipe on the tugboat Convey,
while the vessel was near WestpOrt, Ind, VIM.
Page, 25 years old, residence unknown; WIN.
Horngan, Is years old, of Soho, Pa. Robt Jones,
80 years old, married, Jacks Run, Pa; VIM.
Bigiey, AZ years old, married. Allegheny City,
Pa; Chas. Liester, 50 years old, Jacks Run Pa:
George McCann, u years old, Pittsburg, and
VIM. Kelley, 30 years old, residence unknown,
were killed.--The cloud burst at Wheeling
w. Va, and vicinity on Thursday night last
caused destruction of property estimated at
100000 and the loss of about 10 lives.-The
Cannon Ball passenger train, on the Alabama
Division of the East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia Railroad, ran through an open switch
80 miles from Chattanooga, Tenn, Saturday
last. The engine turned over and the engineer
and fireman were fatally injured. The switch
had been misplaced by ssYo negroes who were
caught They confessed and were taken to
Cleveland to escape lynehing.-Mrs. John
| ston, wife of Mr.. John Taylor Johnston, late
! President of the New Jersey Central Rail-
| road, died suddenly at Bar Harbor Me-,
| Friday night last, of heart complieations.-
| A murder was committed at the Farley House
/ in Columbus, Ind, Sunday. The victim was
! Oscar DOrum, the eerealine mill engineer. He
| had been having trouble with his wife for some
time, and she went down from indianapolis
and occupied a room with Dorum. The guests
! were startled by loud screams in the morning
coming from the room, and on entering found
| Dorum dying. Carbolic acid had been poured
down his throat while he was asleep. His wife
/ was at once arrested. Dorum came from In
dianapolis two months ago.-Joseph Racette,
a farmer of Longueuil, was found dead Sunday
morning. On Saturday evening. after work
| ing in the bayfield,, he invited some of his
companions to have drink, and after imbib-
| ing sufficiently Racette provided himself with
! two bottles of whisky blanc, villainous COM
pound consumed largely by French Canadians.
! He never stopped until he had finished both
bottles. Then he lay down never to get up
enthusiastically night a collision between
! freights occurred on the Norfolk & Western
! Railroad near Forest Depot, Va. which result.
! ed in tue death of Is men. The conductor and
one colored brakeman were the only ones who
escaped without serious injury. The names of
/ those whose bodies have been recovered so far
are Engineers Harris and Henry, and Fireman
! Mays. The recovered bodies were so scalded
| that the flesh dropped from their bodies. 1t is
not known who the other dead are,