The farmers' union., 1893-11-16
CRIME AND CASUALTY.


7 he Albany vas taken in tow by the Phil
ad"Iph but sank in half an hour. her
crew going on board the Anchor Liner.
Shortly afterward the Philadelphia wen.
down in 200 feet Of water. The crews took
TO the life boats One had twenty three
persons On board and reached the shore in
safety. The other boat contained twenty
four people. /. was capszed and ali On
board we're lost
AT Akron, Ohio. the police captured
Richard Hulett~ aged 'hirty-iive. IN the
saloon Of john kocrbsc Hulett called FOR
drinks ard threw down a counterfeit dol
lar Koerl er refused it and Huiett offered
so cent piece, also counterfeit. hocrber
then grabbed the man and sent for the
police. AT the station Hulett 0nfessed to
having purchased 300 bogus dollars OF
William Dewitt, South street. New York
City. for s1l2. The "Gucer." he said, was
hidden at the residence Of his mother-in-
law Mrs. Mary Nigh. who lived an old
; canal boat. There a sachel containin: the
coin was found Mrs. Nigh had some OF
the coin in her possession and so had David
Radcliffe Radcliffe arrested. Huleet
claimed he had received the 50-cent piece
which gave him away in change for bogus
dollar
Mr.. Arthur Young, OF Cleveland. Ohio,
proves to be "Mother Hubbard,n notori-
Gus shopifter She had for years led a
dual life.
--Duriny religious services at Willow
Grove schootouse. near Martinsville. Ind,
Eedfo Kent Gu: the throat of Noah King.
With Il timber for a bat;ering- ram.
| masked robbers broke into the house OF
Christian Meliinger. near Wooster, Ohio
The boilers in the Elrod Mills. a. Sand
Mountain. Ala. exploded with terrific
force. Superintendent Richard Eirod and
Engineer Charles Dickinson were almost
| instantly killed. Robert Bullock and
| Phillip Elrod received injuries which will
| probably result in ,se death. The mills
we're damaged 20 the extent OF $50 900. No
Reason is known for the explosion. but it
| is supposed to have been because OF lack
| OF water in the boilers Ditmar's dyna-
| mite factory, at Bay Chester y. y. blew
| up. The factory was demolished 1t is
not know n whether or not any lives were
| lost.
| Seymour S. CABOT. salesman for Il Nir
| ginia distillery. has been indicted for en-.
bezzlin. So,35s OF the company's funds
| by rear-cnd collision on the Chicago.
| Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Weines-
| day evcnin: at list street. Chicago. three
| persons we're killed and thirty four in
| jured. Passenger train No IL. known as
| the limited vesttbuled express, crashed in
| to the rear end Of Il Blue Island :.ccom,no-
dation, badly wrccking two coaches
and the engine A heavy fog
had settled over the city early
in the evening. and it was almost impossi-
bic. trainmcn said. to clearly discern sig
nal lights The engine OF the express
train plowed its way into the coach of the
| I'M ppIa n he he wrp
the two sides like wedge. The car
was picked up and carried forward. 50
| great was the momentum. and was
| driven with terrible force into the end of
, the second coach from the rear. The eN-
plosiOn OF a lamp i-nitcd the woodwork in
| the debris. and the frA s'on began TO
! spread rapidly. As soon as the flames
! burst forth they we're seen by dozen peo-
! pie. who haltened to give tho alarm The
! fire was preceded by very little smoke. and
! before the first fire engines arrived
it had gained lively hcadway. Ad-
| ded to the horror of the scene. with its
! pile OF debris and cracking mbers. was
:he sound OF escaping steam The engine
attached to the limited express had been
partly demolished and pouring from
of its escape pipes was constant stream
of scaldin. vapor This made the worl, OF
| rescue almost an impoSsibiiity ut times.
! Men were driven back time and time again
! and often the worknicn were slightly
scaldcd.
| AT indianapolis. Ind. DR.. Z. A. Nc
| Kinney. aged -. drank from Il phial OF
| prus,ic acid in the presence OF Mrs. Jennie
| Harms and Miss Daisy Deems. on whom he
was paving 4 social call He fell dead at
| their feet. nr. Mckinney vas a promis-
| ing doctor. He was involved in hope
less love affair with youn. woman whose
name is not known and who had left for
Chicago to avoid him Miss Maud White
took morphine at the supper table and died
| in two hours with her friends around tho
he'd. The girl was de>ponient. aud said
she wanted to die.
At Halifax. n s. a man named Saw
a-". from brooklyn. shot and killed his
| wife. his child. and himself His wife was
a native Of Halifax. Hiram Richardson. Il
Dresden. Ont. colorc,l man. kicked his v ife
| 10 death After his arrest he admitted the
| crime ard declared he was sorry that he
did not 'do de ole woman up" fifteen years
| ago lie didn't care whether the authori-
! ties hanged him or not.
"A, st. Paul Joseph G!ocscr. Treasurer
of the Cigar Makers tnun. Suicidcd with
a S>-calihcr revolver placed in his mouth.
At the last election he ran for the Le-isla-
turc a,;d was defeated. OF late his mind
! had been unbalanced.
AT Moberly. Mo-. the Wabash "cannon
ball" train WAS wrecked. Fireman Malone
was killed and Engineer Robinson hurt.
"A gau- of burglars looted eleven St
Joseph tMo) business houses and resi-
dcncc>. securing jew:I-y and silverwarc to
the am unit OF $500. They are supposed
to have come from Kansas CITY.
FRANCIS II. Weeks pleaded guilty
emtczzcment when arrai-ucd in New
York. and was sentenced to ten years in
! prison.
1T IS reported that \ mob Of l50 men
has gone from South Pitt>bIrc to Jasper.
Tenn. for the purpose OF lynchin- the
! three Kennedy boys confined in Jail there.
Mrs Mar; McGee and her daughter.
who claim to be residents o: Chicago. have
been arrested at Dallas. Tex. charged
with horse stealing