The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-22
TRAGEDIES OF A DAY
Numerous Deaths by Violence and
Accident.
FELL FoUa STORIES TO DEATH

Lady Shot by n Jealous Lover.
"The Spider" a Murderer.
NEW York, Sept. pa man named
Goodman, aged 81, was instantly killed
by falling from the fourth story of pub
lie school No. 10 to the, sidewalk, dis
tance Of about fifty fleet. The brown
stone front of the school had recently
been scrubbed and the windows had be-
come spattered with dirt. Goodman
was sent up with bucket and sponge
to wash them. He had cleaned the top
sash of the windows on the fourth floor
when he slipped and fell. Below was
an iron railing about five feet high. In
the fall Gooaman's right foot was caught
between two of the upright spikes,
causing his head to bear the weight Of
the fall. 1t was crushed like an egg
shell and the foot was torn off at the
ankle.
Adjusted the Rope Himself.
DARLINGTON, Wis, Sept. 22.-Anton
6ieboldt, who pounded James Meighan
to death last Wednesday, was taken
from the Jail here yesterdsy by mob
and hanged to u tree in the park until
dead. Yesterday was the day set for
his preliminary examination, and lie
was brought to town from Monroe,
Green county, where he had been taken
for safe keeping, mob having threat
ened to lynch him last Thursday. He
was cool and adjusted the rope around
his neck. The lynching meets with
general approval.
Shot by a Jealous Lover.
ST. LOUIS, Sept 22.-Miss Mary Lin
cot, a young lady who lives in Clifton
Heights, suburb Of the city, was shot
and probably fatally wounded while be-
ing escorted home by Frank Richart,
yonng man who has lately been pay
ing her considerable attention. John
Pruett, former suitor Of Miss Lincut,
was arrested, it being claimed that he
was insanely jealous of Richart, having
Threatened to kill both him and the
young lady if ever he saw them together.
Nothing else would indicate that he
fired the shot.
Three Miners MangIed.
SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. GA great
mass Of falling roof caught Joseph
Horan, miner, and his two Hungarian
laborers while they were loading cars
in the Cuyahoga colliery yesterday
afternoon. They were in the face of
the chamber and were buried beneath
tons of debris, which it required several
hours to remove. When taken out
they were dead, their bodies being hor-
ribly mangled by the heavy weight of
coal and rock that cut and squeezed the
men.
Anticipated the Law.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 22.-Fred Kam-
merer, a wife murderer, overcome by
remorse and goaded on by the certainty
Nhof ha h. Ia.
life in the county Jail. No warning had
been given the sheriff or any of his
deputies that their prisoner contem-
plated such deed, and they were
struck dumb with amazement when he
was found hanging by the neck from
water pipe in his cell.
Expired in Her Husbands Arms.
DENVER, Sept. 22.-Mrs Margaret
e Mater, n years old, wife of Samuel
Mater, committed suicide at her home
by taking nearly a 1rachm of morphine.
Shortly after supper Mrs. Mater re-
quested her husband to take her in his
arms, saying: II am going to die in
few minutes. At the same time she
threw herself in his arms and almost
Immediately became unconscious and
died N short time.
Emulated His Brother.
HALIFAX, N. S., Sept, 22.--Alexander
M. Liddell, well known commercial
traveller, committed suicide in the
woods Mt Windsor Junction by cutting
his throat He had been on three
weeks spree, had lost his position, and
was ashamed to return to his friends.
His brother, also commercial traveller,
committed suicide by cutting his throat
Montreal five years ago.
SuffOcated by SnoLa
ST.. LOUIS, Sept 22.-Fire DESTROYED
Hynde & Whipple's livery stable, which
contained 100 horses and seventy-five
carriages. Five horses and all the ve-
hicles were burned. The loss is $50 900;
insurance $500. Loss on building,
$1,000; fully insured. Frank Bere, a
carriage driver, who was sleeping over
the office, WAS suffocated by smoke.
"The Spiders" Victim Dead.
CAMDEN, N. j., Sept. 22.-William
Robinson, the Gloucester City man who
was shot in quarrel over q game Of
pool last Saturday afternoon, died yes
terday in the Cooper hospital. Robin
inson was shot by George Anderson,
alias "The Spider" Jockey at the
Gloucester race track. Anderson is at
large.
Mother and Son Drowned,
MiDDLEBuRf, Conn.,, Sept. 22.-Mrs.
Isaac Wymette, Of Salisbury, and her
12-year-old boy were carried into the
river by frightened horse attached to
their carriage and drowned. A girl l6
years of age, who was also in the car
riage at the time Of the runaway es-
capped by jumping,
Killed by Collision.
SUsoEHANNA, Pa, Sept. ga col
HRiOn batween fraipht traiua IN fha
Erie railroad occurred in the West Sus-
quenanna yard. Engineer Joseph
Reilly, of Hornellsville, was 30 badly
injured that he died of his injuries in
short time. Both trains were badly
damaged.
Disemboweled His Adversary.
LEwIsBURG, Tenn, Sept. 22.-In a
dispute over trivial matter, A. M.
Duncan, q storekeeper, was disembow-
eled by John Purdom, farmer Dun
can will probably die. Purdom as-