The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-01-04

The frightful character of the wounds
was shown by the testimony of the ply
slcian at the inquest, and ls IN brief as
follows; Henry Ferz, ten balls in body,
age "a; Peter Bell, one ball in the back
of the neck and the base of skull, age 70;
Harry johnson, four balls in the body,
age 45; Rife Norall, six balls in the head
and body, either of which would have
been fatal, age 60; Judge Jones, eight
balls, one IN the brain, age %; Robert
Phoenix, four balls in the body, age 90
Ripley johnson, eight balls In the body,
one In the face, age 80; Mitchell Adams,
five balls, one through the brain, age So.
On this Testimony the jury returned a
verdict that the eight men had come to
their deaths from gunshot wounds in :
| tiicted by some party or parties unknown.
| THE COFFIN OF ELEVEN PEOPLE IN
NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Dec ga zri6une's special
from Hancock, Mich, says: A calamity
not surpassed in the annals of the coun =
try, occurred at 8 o'clock this morning,
at Hurontown, A family named Gross,
consisting of the parents and eight chill
dren, with visitor, were consumed In
burning dwelling. Theodore Gross and
wife returned from dance near by at 2
o'clock. At 2:30 son, Theodore, jr, re-
turned from the Huron stamp mills,
where he is employed. He went into the
house and to bed.
Shortly after, be was awakened By his
brother Nicholas, who heard screams
coming from an adjoining room, occupied
by their three sisters and three little
brothers. They ran to the door and
found the room mass of flames.
Smoke and fire were ascending the stair
way, and the boys escaped by jumping
through the window. They reached the
ground, seriously cut by glass and but
scantlly clad. One attempted to enter
the house ON the ground floor, where the
father, mother and two children slept.
but was driven hack by the flames that
enveloped the building.
In the course OF three hours a search
ing party went over the ruins and discov-
cred the charred remains of eleven bodies,
distinguishable only by the size of the
bores. They were gathered in a sleigh
box and deposited in public hail.
SEATTLE MAN sTARvEs TO DEATH WITH
$2500 IN POCKET.
SEATTLE, Dec. 3O.-The strange case
that represented $4,000 in his possession,
occurred IN Seattle this morning. DR..
Grant, health officer, was called &c the
Windsor lodging house to attend man
who was supposed to be dying.
On arriving at the house the doctor
found the man IN an unconscious condi
tion, what is known us the death rattle
already being present. The patient was
at once removed to Providence hospital,
where an examination was made.
There was no fever or evidence of any
disease present, but everything tended to
show that the man was starving to death.
The proprietor of the lodging house said
that to his certain knowledge the man,
whose name was Charles McHugh, had
eaten nothing for over week An at
tempt was made to fcrce McHugh to par
take of some nourlshsmeEt, but without
avail, and early this morning he died.
He has no friends, as far as known. in
Seattle, and no reason can be gwen for
his singular conduct, for everything goes
starvation.
A BEGGARs' TRADE UNION.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-A letter to the
Tribune from Paris says: 1t has been DIS
covered that for nnm Der of years past a
beggars' trust has existed in Paris. This
news has spread alarm to many house
holds which have been victims Of mis-
placed charity and have opened their
doors to sneak thieves and pilferers. The
trysting- of this corporation, SO
called, has been discovered by the chief
of police, into whose hsnds have fallen
documents containing much valuable 1n-
formation Us to regularly organized |
6eggars' guild, with headquarters IN an
old rickety building on one OF the dirty |
lanes of squalid Montmatre.