The morning news., 1890-11-14

! Tampa NetCS. One OF the DOidest a.
/ tempts at murder aud robbery that We
have ever heard Of was committed Monday
night. Between 10 aud IL O'Clock MIR. Zee
I lev, who is a carpenter employed on the
TAMPA Bay hotel ami who lives by himself
I in his cottage near tie South FI0ridn rail-
roads water tank, was sitting on his front
steps when two negroes approached hin,
one Carrying .E W.nches'e; ,.voIrnS TIaS
in his hand. The negro with the rife pre-
sented it st Seeley with the evident taten-
tion Of killing him, but the cid man caught
the barrel and thrust it aside. The other
negro then fired on him with his pistol, the
ball striking him in the heshy part OF the
left forearm. inflicting only flesh wound.
| MIR. Seeley cried out for help, and tne
/ negroes. probably thinking that his cries
aud the shots would attract crowd and
| they would be caught. ran off.
Jacksonville Times Union: A few days
ago a pathetic funeral proce sion passed
through the streets OF this city and wended
its way TO the cemetery. The hearse con-
tanned the body OF a woman who died In
poverty, the two carriages following held
| women Of the town. There were no other
mourners, and probably in the strict accep-
taton Of the term these were not mourners.
1t may be that some white-souled woman
sent prayer after the silence that was soon
to be buried in silence, but if any man
uttered word of pity it had hint of com
tempt in t,fOr the woman dead was a fallen
woman-and yet who was responsiblel
Years ago, so far ago that she hardly dared
dream Of them, this woman had home.
happiness and love. A little child kreit at
her knee, husband called her wife The
demon of strong drink entered the home
and desolation followed. The wife secured
good position In the city. but the wreck
of joy always confronted her, then came
temptation and the mockcry or love, and
she fell. The old-time world Of purity
spurned her, the new world of vice held
out its arms What chance was there TO
reformf None. The appeal from mans
Judgment has gone 10 the high court of
heaven. Upon whom will the guilt rest!
The following sp acial was received by the
Times Union from A. c. Charles, oae Of
the yachting party whose disaster it de-
scribes: "Boca Grande Pass, Fla, Nov. 5.-A
party of gentlamen consisting Of James D.
Goodwin, A. F. Henry, James Brooks Of
Detroit, Mich, A. G. Charles of New Or
leans, and r. ]. Dolin, on pleasure yacht,
arrived here few days ago, and after
having a good time left for Tampa, inviting
W. II. Simpson of Jacksonville, Fla, to go
with them. After getting out to sea en-
route for Tampa they encountered a heavy
sea and met with a serious accident
from an explosion of the boiler
and Mr. Simpson was struck by a piece of
the woodwork and thrown into the sea,
while the writer was thrown backward by
the shock and barely escaped the same fate
as Mr. Simpson, who may not survive the
shock. The wreck was abandoned, and the
party, all but myself, were taken aboard
steamer which was sighted near daylight
2nd thought to be bound to Tampa or Mo-
bile. No tidings OF the engineer or the fire.
man have as yet beon received. As Mr..
Simpson was of Jacksonville | send this to
the Times Union, that his family may know
OF the accident" The Times Union was
unable to learn any additional particulars
Monday night S. R. W hitley, a guest at
the Grand Union hotel, at Jacksonville, was
robbed. He retired about IL o'clock, leav-
ing the door slightly ajar, and placing his
trousers, which contained his money,
amounting to $3.50 in gold aud S2-bill, on
a chair. On arising yesterday morning he
found that somebody had entered his room
and extracted all of his money from his
pocket. He suspected Joseph Dial, who
occupied the room next to his,
with his wife and two chill
dren, and secured the services of
they found Dial at the Cabinet saloon,
wnere he had been imbibing, to certain
extent in the seductive cocktail, and was
then negotiating for a barrel of whisky
He turned to the officer and Mr.. Whitley
and asked them TO give him bills for some
gold. Officer Hitchcock at once placed him
under arrest and carried him to the CITY
Jail, He was stripped and searched, he
swearing that he was innocent, but about
SIG was found on him. Officer Hitchcock
then went to the hotel and began a search,
but, mot tiuding anything. he told Mrs. Dial
that her husband was in jail and she might
as well give up the money. She then went
to the chimney and took out S205 in gold,
which made in all 1921 recovered. Dial
was turned over to the county authori-
ties