Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-12-14

October. One Of her crew, Patrick
Shields, was arrested for drunkeness.
The man admits he was drunk, but
gays he was given no hearing at all,
and was refused permission TO com
municate with his captain or
consulate. He was Kept at work
leaning streets more than one week
aud was brutality beaten 10y the
police, received internal injuries
which may prove fatal.
SHOOTS HIS CoMRADE.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.-Fort Sheridan
was the scene of a tragedy Saturday,
the participants belng Uni'ed States
soldiers. Private William SlOss and
Private James Mcdonald, of Com
pany ID, Thirteenth infantry, were
working over their accouter-
ments in the company dormitory, it
being inspection day, and convers-
ing together. Suddenly they began
to quarrel and without warning Sloss
wheeled and catching up his rifle
fired at Mcdonald. The ball enter
ed to the left of the right hip and
passed out through the stomach.
The unfortunate man expired in a
few moments. Sloss seemed to have
been entirely overcome by the result
of his fit of anger and refused to an
swer any questions, swaying him
self to and fro, and saying, ooh why
did / do it," He was turned oyer
to the civil authorities for trial.
NoRCRoss is THE MAN.
New YORK, Dec. 14.-rhe identi-
fication of the head of the Sage dyna-
mite-thrower as that of Henry L..
Norcross, of Boston, was made
ON olete at midnight Saturday
night at the morgue by Herbert M.
aowes, of 172 Summer street, Som
erville, Mass. Mr.. Howes was a
,choolmate of the dead man, and
accompanied reporter to this city
make the Identification positive.
Mr.. Howes, in detailed statement,
lold be traced in the features of the
head aud dismembered remains al
lhe peculiarities of the face and
figure which marked the individu
ality of his friend. Mr. Howes de
clared that Norcross' hand coulc
never have thrown the dynamil,
which shattered Mr.. Sage's Office
It was, therefore, with reluctanc;
that he undertook to compare de
liberately the features Of the bomb
. thrower with the likeness of hi
= friend which he carried in his mind
After an hours patient examinu
tion Mr.. Howes was convinced tina
the remains were those of Henr,
: l.. Norcross.
HIS PARENTS CONVINCED.
BosToN, Dec. IA. The father an,
mother of Henry l.. Norcross ar
now fully convinced that their Sol
is the man whose insane act in tn
Office of Russell Sage resulted In hi
own death.
FOUR PERSONS MURDERED.
NEW SMYRNA, Fla, Dec. H. -
Mrs. l.. ID. Hatch and her little son
Miss A. HI. Bruce and Master Fran
, Packwood, were found murders
Saturday afternoon in cottag
recently leased by Mrs. Hatch fo
the winter, six miles from here
The throats of all four were cu
from ear to ear, and they had bee
dead nearly twenty-four hours
There is no clue to the murder, bu
tramps are suspected. A posse @
fifty men are securing the country
KILLED BY A DRUNKEN MAN.
, BROOKLYN, Dec. A. Saturda,
! afternoon Charles Dowd and wife
while walking along Third street
were met by man known a
"Sackner' Feeney, who, reeling il
drunken manner, applied viii
epithet to Dowd. The latte
knocked Feeney down. Feene!
jumped up, unsteadily pulled ,
revolver and fired two shots, which
mortally wounded Mrs. Dowd
Feeney was arrested.
A LUCKY CoACHMAN.
RUTLAND, VT, Dec. IA Joe
Benedict Harris, one of the richest
and most Influential citizens o
Rutland, died recently, leaving 1
large property to his children
After his death, IL was made public
that his youngest daughter, Mary
Gardiner Harris, had married Sc
cretly her fathers coachman, James
+. Sweeney. They were married al
Sandy Hin, N. ", by Rev. f. r.
Armstrong, and their marriage had
been concealed from their relatives,
including Mr.. Harris. Mrs. Sweeney
inherits $4,000 from her fathers
estate, AS soon as the marriage
became public, the Harris family
endeayored to separate the husband
and wife, against the protests OF
Mrs. Sweeney, 1t is said that an
elder brother of Mrs. Sweeney Of
fered to pay her husband a sum OF
money II he would go West and