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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
ANOTHER cRon1N SUSPECT.
The Man Who Committed the Crime
Believed to he Located.

CHICAGO, Oct. 3.-Application will be
made to Governor Fifer within the next
ten days for a requisition for Tom
Geoghegan, now nearing the close of q
term of two years in the state prison at
Salem, Ore. In the requisition Geogehan
will be charged with minor crime, but
the real object of bringing him back to
Chicago is to establish his identity as the
man who butchered DIR. Cronin.
Geoghegan is well known to the Chi
cago police. He lived many years in
this city, and made record as dan
gerous and desperate criminal. He was
an associate Of major" Sampson, who
testified at the Cronin trial that he was
approached by certain parties with the
proposition that he murder DR.. Cronin
for consideration. Sampson weakened
and told his story to the police. 1t is
now claimed that the sa1le parties made
the same proposition to Geoghegan, who
gladly accepted their offer, and mur-
dered DIR. Cronin in the Carson cottage.
The name of Geoghegan was whispered
at the time in connection with the muir
der, as he was known among a certain
element as man VINO would not hesi-
tate to commit murder for money when
he was guaranteed protection by such
an influential combination as that which
engineered the removal of DIR. Cronin. 1t
is even known that he was accused of
the crime at the time by one of his asso-
ciates, and that he shortly afterward left
this city. going west, where he com
mitted numerous burglaries and high
way robberies, for one of which he is
now doing time.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 3.-To-mor-
row Florida elects IA governor, secretary
of state, one justice of the supreme court,
attorney general, comptroller, treasurer,
superintendent of public instruction and
a commissioner of agriculture. All the
the lower house of the Legislature, and
half the senatorial districts there are
thirty-two in alb choose state senator's.
There are two full state tickets in the
field-those of the Democrats and of the
Peoples party. The former is headed by
Henry l., Mitchell for governor, the lat
ter by Alonzo p. Daskin. The Prohibi-
tionists have as "a candidate for Gov
ernor N. J. Hawley, of Alachua county,
but this party is not likely to poll over
300 votes in the entire state. The Re-
publicans made no nominations this
year, either of national electors, con-
gressmen state or county officers
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
No More ChoIera Cascs.

QUARANTINE, Oct. 3.--Dr. Jenkins Wis
tied the Bohemia and Hoffman Island,
and when he returned stated that every
thing is in good shape in the lower bay.
No new cases of cholera have appeared,
and he said that he did not expect any
among the passengers now detained las it
is now six days since the last cases were
discovered. All but two or three people,
who are sick with measles, have been re-
moved from the Bohemia and the ship
was disinfected. There are only three
cholera patients in the hospital on Swim
burne Island, and they are in fair way
of recovery. DIR. jenkins and his several
assistants now consider the end in sight.
The Paleria, Gothic, Moravia, Nevada,
Slavonia, Massilia and Indiana are still
off the upper quarantine station, but all
are well ON these ships, and most of them
will bo released within few days. La
Gascogne arrived yesterday with all well
on board and proceeded to her pier.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
sickIes in the Campaign.

leaders in this city are not advised that
General Daniel Z. Sickles, of New York,
will make any speeches in support of
President Harrison's reelection, as
current report asserts. 1t is said that
the general has revised the report of his
remarks at the @. A. r. reunion in this
city week before last, which was made
from "A long hand sketch taken by a
that TINS revised the speech will he cir
culated by the Republican national com
mittee. The speech is understood to be
an amplification of the generals remark
at the Chicago convention, interiected
into Bourke Cockran's famous midnight
speech, mo union soldier can vote for
Grover Cleveland"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

CHICAGO, Oct. 3.-There is some little
romance and considerable mystery con-
neeted with the death of Frank Mezick,
the young man who committed suicide
by taking morphine Saturday afternoon
while in the company of Mrs Hathaway
The woman in the case is not quite 90
years of age, and is the wife of a wealthy
contractor in Cleveland. She quarreled
with her husband and came to Chicago
two weeks ago. Shs has been stopping
at the Wellington hotel for the past
week under an assumed name. She met
Mezick and they went to hotel. where
they engaged rooms. During their stay
at the hotel Mezick swallowed an ounce
of sulphate of morphia. He refused aid,
and died at hospital II few hours later.
The suicide was "a years old. He was
private secretary to DIR. w. 7. Barnard,
of the Chicago Southside Rapid Transit
company, and had bright prospects for
the future. No reason for the suicide is
known except that Mezick had been
drinking considerably of late.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
An English Horse Won.

RoUEN, Oct g. Twenty-six horses
competed yesterday in the worlds
championship leaping sweepstakes for
$4,000 francs and the gate receipts. All
but two French horses cleared the loose
bar at sixty-tive inches. The bar was
raised two inches twice, and then one
inch, to seventy, at which height it was
cleared only by the French horses Cor
set, Nancy and New Moon, the Spanish
horse Alpine and the English horses
Chicago, Tallyho and Tasmania New
Moon, ridden by Purotta, and Tasmania,
ridden by Stevenson, cleared the bar at
seyenty-two; the others failed. Tas-
mania then won by clearing the bar ut
seventyfour. subsequently Tasmania,
on exhibition, cleared the bar at seventy
eight inches.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

DEADwooD, S. D., Oct. 3.-The Bap-
list church at this place, valued at Sl5,-
600, was destroyed by fire early yester-
day. The church had recently been COM
pleted. The fire is supposed to have
been the work of an incendary Dur
ing the progress fireman named Glenn
Squirting and a physician named Maui
teous became involved in quarrel
which resulted in the physician getting
the worst of the encounter After the
fire he armed himself, and meeting spur
ling in a saloon resumed the quarrel and
was knocked down. As he arose he
pulled revolver and shot Squirting twice
in the body, killing him The murderer
lies at the point of death with brain
fever. Tho excitement is intense. The
firemen threaten TO lynch the physician.
He is in Jail. surrounded by AN armed
guard
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

FOur miners We're killed by fall of
rocks in the Ernest pit. near Eiselben, Ger
inany.
Three person persisted in fire which
destroyed thirteen dwellings at Tauerand
Steinau, Germany.
The reports from the White House of
Mrs, Harrison's condition condition CON
tinue most encouraging.
A cutters crew of sixteen apprentice
boys from the naval training station es-
eaped to Newport Saturday Twelve of
the boys have been captured by the police.
The well known Jockey, Holloway. has
been expelled from all German tracks, on
the ground that he has disgraced himself
by indecent conduct at the Hop garden in
Berlin.
Ninety-eight fresh cases of cholera were
reported at Aamburg yesterday Berlin
reported twenty-four new cases. and there
were five deaths from the disease at EudR
Pesth, Hungary. =. -
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
A vandcrbiIt Family scandal.

NEW YORK Oct. 3.-The action brought
by Mary f. Vanderbilt to recover $780,
600 damages from her father-in-law,
Captain Jacob Vanderbilt, of Staten
Island, for the alleged alienation of the
affections Of her husband, Jacob H. Van
derbilt, came up before the supreme
court but went over to October I'm
known to the captain the two were mar
ried, but when the former heard of the
union he offered young Mrs. Vanderbilt
81 900 Il year if she would agree 10 IL sep
aration and give up the name of Wander
bilt. Her husband became "a changed
man. Justice Barrett awarded the young
wife 500 month for alimony, and
counsel fee of $500.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
DEACON AND HIS CHILDREN.
He Will Bring Them to Boston and Then
Sue for Divorce.

Sue for Divorce.
PARIS, Oct. 3.-Mr. Edward Parker
Deacon was united with his two chill
dren Saturday night. 1t was the first
time that he had seen them since May 81.
They come from their mothers control,
with nurse, according to order OF
court. Their father met them at the
conciergerie of his closed city house and
dined with them.
His pardon was just in time to win
the custody of his children. Mrs. Dea-
con had brought action while he was in
prison, with no evidence of prospective
liberty. Against one serving criminal
sentence she was sure to win. His par
don was a thunderbolt to her.
In an interview Mr.. Deacon said: II
have lived over repeatedly the scenes
through which l have passed. The ad-
vantage taken of my confinement by my
wife TO break the agreement made about
the custody ofmy children intensified my
longing to be free, and to defend them.
Having obtained my children l must
rest, to prosecute the case at Grasse,
Oct 13. This will establish my un-
doubted proof of Mrs. Deacons unfaith-
fulness, and will furnish ground for a
divorce suit, which will be brought in
Boston,"
Deacon says he will return to America
with his children this month and that
hr will reside in Boston or Newport. He
will leave the baby with its mother.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

CLEVELAND, Oct. 3.-Supreme Justice
Somerby, of the Iron Hall, was given
warm reception at Army and Navy hall
He addressed large audience of MEM
bsrs of the order, defending his course
Hs chief officer, and in concluding said
That he would not answer any questions
In public, but would meet in the ante
room all who desired to question him.
y. was lament raised storm OF indig-
IN, and the chairman, who was
friendly to Somerby, declared the meet
ing adjourned. Somerby went out by
Bade door and could not be found. An
other meeting was then held, and
6omerby and his associates were de-
nounced in vigorous terms. While the
Indignation meeting was in progress
eOme one turned the lights out on the
stage and afterwards in the main halls,
and the crowd dispersed with many
angry mutterings.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

Though the tortoise is slow of food, It Ia
quick to make the best of all It's available
modes of defense. The box tortoise pos
sesses a singular defensive apparatus. The
plsstron or shell covering the under part
of the body is so formed that its front seq
ment can be drawn upward to protect the
animals head, the head meanwhile be-
ing drawn back under the carapace OF
shell on the back of the tortoise.
The upper and under shells then meet in
front, forming kind Of box in which the
creature is unassailable. When the dan
ger is passed the reptile relaxes muscle,
and the raised part of the plastron falls,
allowing the head and fore feet to come
forth. This movable plate is fastened to
the plastron by strong hinge Of elastic
li0ament.-Youth's Comnaninn.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

GUTHRIE, Q. T, Oct. 3.-There will
be serious trouble with the negroes here
and in other towns of the territory. The
territorial laws provide for separate
schools for the negro children, and
though they have been given all facil-
titles and accommodations equal to the
white children they are not satisfied, and
demand admission into the white
schools. The matter is in the courts,
but the negroes are not content to
await decision but are trying to force
their way into the schools. AT King
fisher forty negro children. backed by
large crowd of adults, entered white
school and it was necessary to use force
to remove them. Negro preachers are
advising their people to use force if ne
cessary, and open warfare is likely to
break out at any time
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
FRANK COOLEY KILLED.
The Noted Outlaw Meets Death at
His Fathers Home.
SHOT FIVE TIMES AT THE SHERIFF.

That Official Finally Got a Chance
at the Fugitive Mountaineer and
Fired a Bullet That Pierced His
Heart-Jack Ramsey, Another of
Gang, Escapes.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, Oct. 3.-Frank
Cooley, the leader of the notorious Cooley
gang, was shot and killed about 8 o'clock
last evening at the home of his father,
"Lute" Cooley, between Fair Chance
and Smithfield.
The authorities sometime ago decided
that the frequent raids into the noun
tains would never capture the gang, and
they changed their tactics. George
Fisher, United States secret service
detective, from Hagerstown. Md; Frank
Pegg, OF Uniontown; Policeman Hartley,
of Fair Chance, and others, have been
quietly lying about the neighborhood for
the past three weeks. They observed
that the gang came down from their
mountain retreat to old man Cooley's
every Sunday for three Sundays, and
amused themselves playing cards and
drinking.
Sheriff Mccormick concluded that
they would repeat this again yesterday,
and prepared to make a capture. EARLY
in the morning the sheriff and a few
deputies from here stepped ont quietly
to Fair Chance before daylight to avoid
the spies of the gang and Joined the
watchers in the field.
Frank Cooley and Jack Ramsey, the
two most daring of the gang, came rid
ing down to the Cooley house about
noon, and in the afternoon went back of
the house into field which had been
lately cleared of timber and was full of
stumps
A Bullet Pierced His Heart.
When the sheriff's party came down
on them Ramsey and Cooley were both
half lying and half sitting against stumps,
with their Winchesters beside them.
Sheriff Mccormick was in advance, and
while some distance off Cooley spied him.
He and Ramsey fired five times at the
sheriff without getting up, but all their
bullets missed him. The sheriff had
meanwhile taken refuge behind tree,
and from this place fired the ball that
pierced Cooley's heart as he lay against
the stump, killing him instantly. A
number of shots were fired at the out
laws by other members of the sheriffs
posse. Ramsey started off on a run as
soon as he saw his chief was killed, with
some of the sheritfs party racing after
him, and firing as he ran, but he got
away.
Coroner Holbrook, of Fair Chance, was
summoned, and held an inquest on the
body of the outlaw, which lies at the
citement prevails in the southern end of
the county and feeling of relief is felt
over the death of the outlaw leader
None of the sheriff's party have re-
turned, being still on the hunt for Ram
Sey.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

FALL RIVER, Mass, Oct. 3.-John
Kennedy, OF the city, was murdered in
Anawan street yesterday afternoon by
his brother-in-law, Maurice Kennedy,
who lives with him. Both men had been
drinking. Shortly before the killing
they quarrelrd, and Kennedy ordered
his brother-in-law to leave the house.
Kennedy went into the street and threw
a half pint bottle through pane of
glass into the room where Kennedy was
Sitting. The latter ran to the door and
the men clinched. Kennedy got Ken
nedy's head under his arm, drew his
pocket knife and plunged it to the hilt
into Kennedy's abdomen Just below the
stomach. The wounded man dropped
on the sidewalk and died in few min
utes. Kennedy was soon CAPTURED.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct 3.--The en-
pioyers and granite cutters of Westerly
signed an agreement on Saturday, and
quarries We're opened this morning. No
such luck attended the deliberations of
the committee of the Granite Manufac-
turers' association and local branches of
the National Granite Cutters union,
who met at Concord, N. II. No agree
fnent could be reached, and considerable
time was consumed in regard to over
discrimination against non-union men
and apprentices
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
- HOW THEY WORKED 1T.
New Scheme of Street Car Conductors
for DefraudinR tho CompanY

New Scheme of Street Car Conductors
for Defrauding the Company.
CINCINNATI, Oct. "A few weeks ago
the Cincinnati and Covington Street
Railway company reduced the fare from
ten to seven cents, and travel was greatly
increased, but strangely enough the
revenue was largely decreased. The
company employed Detective E. A.
Miller, of Cleveland, o., to discover the
cause if possible. Miller came here and
began running a car. He was affable
and soon had d staunch friend in every
conductor on the road. One night about
week ago, when he had made his last
trip, a conductor said to him: Are you
short tonight?" Yes" said Miller. The
conductor then handed Miller a lot of
punched tickets. He took them to his
room and made careful examination
of them. He found that one of them had
been scorched.
He at once inquired from headquarters
what was done with punched tickets
after they were returned by the con-
ductors, and was informed that Giey
were placed in a sack and burned in the
power house furnace. He watched the
operation from a place of seCreSy and
the leak was discovered. A clerk threw
large sack fall of punched tickets on
the edge of the fire and left the room
The fireman hastily took up Il rake and
withdrew tho bag of tickets. stamping
out the FIRE. These tickets We're sold to
conductors, 1G0 for 81. The company
then tried several plans to catch the
conductors who were nsing them, and
were at last successful ih locating six of
them, and estimate that the amount of
money would range anywhere from $50
900 to s10o,O00, and say the stcalings
have been going on for five years. One
conductor. on Il salary of Si2 week.
haH 1..,...
building association The scheme was a
new one and hard one to detect.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
MY LITTLE LOVE.

My little love. the livelong day,
I've waited, toiled and dreamed,
And wondered should / meet you hero;
And sweet at times it seemed
That all my life's light would go out
Into waste so drear,
II, when the shadows fell about.
failed 10 find you here.
All, surely there's a lesson to
Be learned in love like this.
Eaught save the hand of Heaven, dear,
Could bring such boundless bliss.
Not that love my Maker less
His world is made more bright
When ] can feel your fond caress,
As we sit here tonight.
-Cy Warman in Creede Chronicle.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

REpDINo, Cal, Oct. 3.-J. w. Smith,
who on Friday last shot his wife and cut
his child's throat, was taken from the
deputy sheriff of Shasta county and
lynched by mob. The deputy was
standing on the platform at Castella,
with his prisoner, waiting to take his
prisoner to the jail at Redding, when
about fifteen men jumped off as the train
alackened. With drawn pistol the party
forced the deputy sheriff and guard to
stand aside, and took Smith short dis
tance away and hanged him TO tree.
Within ten minutes after the train
halted Smith was dead man. He said:
"Gentlemen, Ideserve it, did wrong"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
Lost In the Woods.

WILLIAMspoRT, Pa, Oct 2.-Three
boys ranging in age from to II years,
Jacob WaclIenhuth, William Richards
and John Wilson, are lost in the woods.
They started out Saturday morning to
gather chestnuts and have not yet been
found. They went in Il northerly dirac-
tion, and entered the woods several miles
from this city. Searching parties were
out all day, but without success. The
boys We're barefooted, and coatless, and
if they spent the night out of doors mus
have suffered terribly from the cold. 1t
is reported that they were seen near
Warrensville, nine miles from the city.
The search is being continued today.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

RocHErrER,, N. Y, Oct 3.-A special
threshing ON the farm of Frank Whit
taker, in the town of Torrey, the boiler
burst, blowing out both ends and a heavy
stick of timber was hurled into the barn,
striking man named Raplee, who was
feeding the machine and driving it COM
pletely through his chest, causing almost
instant death. A number of other peo-
pie who We're standing near We're consid-
erably bruised and shocked by the ex-
plosion,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
Disastrous RaIIroad wreoks.

LANsDowNE, N. J., Oct. "A dis
astrous wreck occurred on the Eastan
and Amboy division Of the Lehigh Val
ley railroad at Hampton siding. Cna
section of the west fast freight was ram
into by coal train. The crews had
scarcely recovered from the shock whom
an cast bound coal train crashed into the
wreck. Three engines and many cars
We're piled on the tracks. Engineer Jor-
dan Werkheiser, Of Easton, was killed
and Brakeman William Dietrich was
badly injured. A stock train ran into
another coal train near Bound Brook
and six cars were wrecked.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

BERLIN, Oct. 3. Prince Frederick
Leopold of Prussia. who started in the
international officers race from this city
to Vienna at 6 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, rode into Rumburg, just across the
Austrian border, at IL o'clock yesterday
morning. He was also the first one to
enter Weisswasser, 249 kilometers from
Berlin. He estimated to have covered
about 100 kilometers in the first twenty
four hours
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
An Embczzlcr,s Suicide.

NEWARK, N. j., Oct. e.-William L.
Albany, committed suicide in a cell at
police headquarters by taking carbolic
acid. He was u pious young man and
reproved others in the store of John
Ruckelhous for swearing. Two weeks
ago he was arrested in Asbury Park for
embezzling $47 and confessed that he
had begun stealing two years ago. He
was bailed in $500 and went to Albany.
Meanwhile Mr.. Ruckelhous discovered
that the defalcations amounted to over
&l0, 900 and made new charge.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03
Murder and Attempted Suicide.

NORWICH, Conn, Oct. 3. - Charles
Henry Wheeler. 32 years old, came here
from Wood River junction, r. l., called
at Nath B. sStory's house, where his wife
had been visiting, and fired five shots at
her, Three of the shots pierced her
body, infiicting fatal wounds Wheeler
then fired two shots into his own neck,
and ran to the woods. Jealousy was the
mntiNn
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

NEW York, Oct. IA shortage in the
accounts of A. s. Let's, cashier in the
freight Office of the Pennsylvania rail
road in Jersey City, has been discovered.
As far as an examination of the hooks
has gone it appears that see 900 in cash
and 500, 900 in checks are missing. The
checks have been stopped, Let's has
been in the freight office ten years, and
was practically the cashier of the freight
department. He is married and has a
wife and two children.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-03

PORTLAND, Ind, Oct. 3.-The Port
drilled in another we'll near Camden.
The flow had just been turned into a $50
barrel tank when an explosion took
place. a number of persons were stand.
Ing near ana were severely burned, but
none of them fatally. Albert Graves,
among the scolched ones 1t is supposed
that some one among the bystandefs
struck q match and that this caused the