The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-27
The RESULT OF A QUARREL
Among School Chiidren-An Insane Fathers
Crime.

Crime.
Cincinnati, o., December PA dis
patch from Macarthur, o., tells OF tragedy
arising from a schoOiboy's quarrel.
The children Of Sydney Dlge and Pearl
-Dutrow, farmers III Jackson township,
had a quarrel. Dutrow, upon hearing of 1t,
went last Thursday night to Dilge's house
armed with an axe. lie began an assault
on Dilge. The latter made IL vigorous de-
Tense and with the help OF q corn knife, be
fought him off after woundins him severe
ly. Dutr0W was brought to Macarthur,
where It was found tIat he was insane.
He was locked up. Last night he set fire
TO the cell in Jail and that structure and
the sheriffs residence were destroyed. All
the prisoners except Dutrow were rescued.
HIS SONS SIN
Ruins Treasurer Foersteu, of st. 10 us--A
Shortage in ISIS = ccount.
st. Louis, Dec. 20.-Yesterday morning
the vault of the city treasurer at the city
hall was found open and a number of pa
pers therefro1n had been placed Oh a table
i'll the office and burned. Later it was
learned that Ed Foerstell, son of City Treas
urer Foerstel, had committed suicide.
= AalserisDie AAan.
Deposed, shortage in his account Of
$4,000, his son, the assistant treas
staring him in the face, Michael
J. Ferstel, until tonight city treasurer of
st. Louis, is one OF the most miserable OF
men. An investigation of his affairs resulted
in the discovery of the shortage given, the
immediate removal Of the treasurer by Act
ing Mayor Wabridge, and the appointment
as temporary treasurer of Charles Parsons,
the best known banker of the city, who i'm
mediately gave the required bond OF $oOO,-
600 and assumed the position.
Acting Mayor Walbridge Immediately
ordered the city auditor and Comptroller
Stevenson to take charge Of the books in
the office of the treasurer. Comptroller
Stevenson made partial report to Acting
Mayor Walbridge in which he states that
Treasurer Ferstel is $4,000 short in his
accounts.
Informed of His Boys Suicide.
When Treasurer Ferstel reached his ofica
| this morning and discovered that there had
| been Il fire and all the papers dIsarranged
| almost his first words were:
When Eddie comes down we will count
| the cash. although L don't think there is
| much there
! A few minutes later the bookkeepers ar
| rived and it was learned that there should
| be little over $1l 900 iii the safe I've
sent for Eddie said the treasurer, and l.
| think he will be here in minute" At this
| time the rumor of Eddie's attempted sui"
| eide was current all over the four courts
and the city hall. A dozen officials and de-
! tectives and newspaper men stood arounos
| All knew where Eddie was, yet none mad
the nerve to speak. At this moment an EN-"
ployee of the office came in and said: :.
My God why don't you teuf Why done
| somebody tell him."
Tell what?' asked the treasurer, as hs
| finished looking at the statement the book
| keeper had just handed him.
mike, Ned has committed suicide.
BE a man, Nike" said General Steven
son. and the old mans eyes swelled up
| with tears as he laid a friendly hand on his
| shoulders. When the full import OF the
sentence was fully grasped by terstel he
| looked at the safe, turned pale and then
did not speak or look up. The only outward
| sign of the grief which he was undergoing
| was that he seemed TO grow twenty years
| older. The treasurer paced the office 9
minute, his handkerchief to his eyes and
| then by violent effort suppressed all emo
! ton and went to the comptroller.
When will you look into things here with
me?" he asked. LAS soon as you are ready
replied the comptroller.
in few minutes work was begun undes
the direction of comptroller and his assis-
| tants of the cash on hand of which the
young suicide was custodian His death had
closed his lips but the last act of his life
surrounded him with evidence of guilt. The
attempt to burn the city hall is construed
b. the police as the act of a guilty man,
whose only chance to escape detection WAS
in the destruction of the records of the city
treasurer's Office of which he had control.
Young FerstePs record is that of q wild Young
man and heavy better, placing several thou
sand dollars at q Tune. lie was also interested
in real estate deals beyond his capacity
| handle.
Forestel's Shortage.
St Louis, December 23-T'he develop
ments in the city treasury scandal are SEN
sational in The extreme Yow the man who
negotiated the loans for Foerestel, who. in
fact was a go-bctwecn for the treasurer
and the money lenders, has made state
ment in which he says there was a shortage
in the city treasury for two years when
he first began to borrow money for
Foerestell to cover it up. He
| declares that Mike Foerestell
himself knew all about and was
! active in covering it up. The statement,
which was printed this morning, created
a tremendous sensation. Vow is the man
who holds Foeresters note for something
like 5000 whic' the latter says is forged.
! Foerestel has refused to prosecute Vow for
the forgery, which fact in the teeth of his
| declaration that he never executed the note,
is commented upon unfavorahly. 1t is
| also limited that some of the signatures to
| Foeresters bond arc forg2ries.
A Crazy Act.
Fayetteville, Ark, December 2o.-A terrible
| wreck occurred at Greenland, five miles from
| here 4 freight train was passing there when
| a young man fred into the train. the bullet
| nentrated an oil tank ear md exploded it. This
| wrecked the train and burned sixteen cars
| with their contents the oil spread the fire and
| it was with great difficulty that the citizens