The Washington critic., 1889-04-25
EARLY MORNING NEWS.


hotel used every means In their power TO
persuade him to come down, but without
avail. Every time anyone would start
after him he would run to the edge OF the
building and swing himself over. There
he would hang by his hands until his pur.
suers would retreat Then he would draw
himself back and walk up and down the
roof. Finally patrol wagon, manned by
officers Cook and Murphy, arrived. The
former crawled up through the skylight to
attract the old mans attention, while
from the outside. AS soon as Hogan
saw Officer Cook he ran to the
edge of the building, and without
saying word he swung himself over, hold
ing to the edge of the building by his hands
The crowd stood below in breathless ST.
lence In one brief moment the old mar
loosened his hold and dropped backward
His feet struck sign over the thrd-stor,
window and his body turned a complete
somersault, his head striking the pavemen
with sickening noise. The mans Brain
were scattered FOR ten feet In every direc
tion. His head and body were mashed into
a pulp, and the crowd stood back awe
stricken. The mans mangled body wa
taken to the morgue.
A Love Tragedy in virginia.
A Charlottesville, Va, dispatch says; "a
serious IL not fatal shooting occurred Mon
day afternoon In Buckeyeland, In the south
eastern part of Albemarlc County. TIL,
shooting grew out OF love affair, and thu
particulars of the case are, so far as can b'
learned, as follows: Mr.. William NJ. Ricki
had for some time been paying attention Il
a young lady, Miss Nellie Mullens, and sh,
had promised to marry him, but had subse
quently refused. On Monday, while Mis-
Mullens was at store short distance from
her fathers home, Kicks tried to have al
interview with the young lady, but was pre-
vented by some of her friends who wer
present. Miss Mullons left the store afte
awhile and proceeded home, but was over
taken on the way by Kicks, who, after som
words, drew pistol and shot her twice
one ball entering her head and the othe
taking effect in her side. A brother of thu
young lady came up at the second firing
and took the weapon from Kicks. The
young lady was taken to her home, ant
was at last accounts In very precariou
condition. Kicks was brought to Charlotte
vile, and, after a preliminary hearing be
fore q magistrate, was sent to Jail TO awai
the action of the grand jury"
The West Virginia Contest.
Tie joint legislative committee on tn
Gubernatorial contest met yesterday 4
Charleston, VIVA, In the Capitol building
there being present Messrs. Kee, Lively
Sprigg, Maxwell and Morris. Clerk of th
House Hamilton presented the petition an
notice Of contestTof Fleming and also th
petition and counter notice of Goff. Cor
siderable discussion was had between men
bers Of the committee as to the manner G
proceedings, but no definite conclusion wa
reached. Mr.. Hubbard, of counsel fo
tslk ,.Nl 4. 4
to exclude all depositions taken for Judg
Fleming since March ~, which course.
adopted, would virtually annul the resolu
tion adopted by the Legislature extendin
the time for taking dispositions until Ma
10. Mr.. Hubbard also indicated that h
would probably move to quash Judg
Fleming's notice. Their objections ar
wholly technical, and 1t is thought that til
committee will not pursue the course ind
Gated. The committee sat with open door
and General Goff was present at the begin
ming. Judge Fleming was not present, bu
was represented by Judge Okey Johnso
and j. +. Brown, bis attorneys.
A Baroness Bequest.
The last will of the Baroness de Fahner
burg, lately put on file in the Probat
Court of st. Louis, contains the somewhs
curious be4uest: "All the rest and residu
Of my estate shall be applied to the endov
irg, founding and establishing Of an asylul
for the good welfare and benefit Of poe
young white Protestant children, and ofpoc
old Protestant white men, and of poo
old Protestant white women; said asylum
to be established Ia the city Of Lexington
KY, and to be called the 'Hunt-Grus
Asylum in memory of my grandfather
whom my mother loved so dearly" Th
will ends by the statement that "the chi
dren and old men and women, for who's
special benefit the above asylum is to b
founded, shall belong exclusively to th
States of Kentucky, New Jersey an
Maryland" Further on the testatrix sci
aside the sum OF 100000, directing her g,
ecutor to expend 1t In the purchase of IL
I'm Spa, Belgium, and In the erection upo
paved with marble, to contain the toni
Of my mother, my brother and myself, an
cause their and my own remains to be eI
tered therein"
Tho Prosperous South.
Baron Erlanger has returned to Cincil
natl from a ten-days' inspection tour ov,
his system of ronds krown as the "Quet
and Crescent Route" extending from Gil
cinnati to New Orleans, with line /
Meridian and Shreveport. While he was
New Orleans he was guest of the Slide
family, to whom he is related by marriag
The Baron, although he has been in contr
OF these roads fof many years, had never b
fore passed over them. To q reporter
expressed great pleasure at the condition
which he found his properties and the ey
derces of prosperity In the belt OF count
which they serve. "What saw" said h
twas continual surprise. No man CT
visit that portion of the South for the fir
time without feeling that the half has n
been told regarding Its wonderful pro
perity. Everywhere development Is beii
| pushed with all the force capital and ente
| prise, practically unlimited, can comman
| Certainly the future OF the South is mo
| promising, and the growth and developme
| down there is bound to result In great pro
| to Cincinnati
An Ex-Burgess Arrested.
Ex-Burgess Philip Storm of Catasauqu
| Pa, was arrested Tuesday evening on
| Capias charging him with having assist,
in defrauding the Catasauqua Manufactu
| Company out of 81, ,S62.6l. A capias h
also been issued for the arrest of John
| Hopkins, the present burgess of Catasa
| qua, but he cannot be found having disa
peared several weeks ago. Hopkins was {
sistant superintendent of the Catasauql
Manufacturing Company aud weighed d
scrap iron furnished by Storm. IL is
legged he made false entries, and the mon
paid for scrap iron in excess Of what I
company actually received is alleged
have been divided by Storm and Hopkir
Storm was placed under $4,000 bail. Il
amount of scrap iron paid for and not J
ceived amounted to ,403,0l5 pounds. Il
fraud has been carried on since 1886.
Declines to be Pardoned.
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pardoned Enos Basbam Of Summers Count
sent up for four years in September last
grand larceny. The Governor gave as
reason that Basham twas not OF that {
gree Of intelligence to make him capable
distinguishing right from wrong" Baslf
declares he viii not accept pardon grant
on such grounds, and refuses to leave I
penitentiary. He says he has "more scr
In a minute than Governor Wilson h
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