Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-08
FINDS DEATH UNDER A TRAIN
Terribly Mahgled Body All that is Left Of
aabespondent Man,
HORRIBLE CHOICE OF A LINCOLN SUICIDE
Frank wniton, weary of life, Throws
Himself Berdre the Locomotive
of noR9cIS island Fast
1is Express.

/ LINCOLN May 7.-(Special TelegramO-
/ Frank T. Walton of this city at $50 this
morning threw himself in front Of train No.
81 on the Chicago, Rock Island C Pacific
railway and was instantly killed
/ The scene of the tragedy was near Union
college. The body was horribly mangled.
1 Walton, who was 2S years old. is the same
man who was suspected of having tried to
commit suicide at the Windsor hotel on
Tuesday night last by turning on the gas
and closing all the windows of his room.
A coroners jury was summoned and Wis
tied the scene at once returning verdict of
suicide this afternoon.
Walton was engaged in the chattel mort
gage business in Lincoln. At G O'Clock this
| morning he called at the house of Philip
Manning, near Union college. and wanted to
borrow revolver to "shoot a rabbit" He
was also seen at about the same hour by
n. Z. Parker sitting in cut on the track
Inc case is undoubtedly one of premedltaed
suicide. -. ~
REASONS FOR THE ACTION.
Walton was the son of Thomas Walton,
recently defendant in sensational di-
yorce suit in which he was compelled to
pay $4,000. This is said to have preyed on
the mind of the young man of late, as he
1elt that the verdict would tend to ruin the
family and leave himself and brother and
sister destitute. Another source of worri-
ment Is said to have been the threat of
prosecution made by Charles Griffith and
others, who accused him of having bribed
witnesses to testify IN his fathers behalf
in the divorce suit He had put in a good
deal of time looking up testimony for his
father and was at first On the bond of j. 4.
Hood, accused of perjury, but afterward
withdrew from It, rumor is also afloat
to the effect that physicians had told him
he had Dllt n few to lie
tives have considered him mentally unba-
anced for several days and on one or two
occasions he has been closely watched on
account OF apparent suicidal tendencies. On
Wednesday last he was quite indignant that
any one should have suspected him of an
attempt at suicide at the Windsor hotel by
means OF gas. He had recently told sew
eral parties that he could see no use of any
one living after his money was gone, and
no seems to have been in a rather impe-
cunious condition at the time Of his suicide
The funeral Wit occur from his residence
tomorrow at o'clock p. IN.
Governor HolGomb today received from
the United States treasury, Washington, D.
c. draft fot- $3.50, to be applied to the
use OF the twq Solqiers' and Sailors homes
FEATURE OF THE HILLMoN CASE.
Adjutant General Barry has received a let
ter of inquiry, from the law firm of Gleed,
Ware & Gleed, Topeka, Kan, asking for
the war record of one John w. Hillmon.
The letter stated that application to the
Washington mill !tafy authorities had failed
to locate him in company l. First, Nebraska
cavalry. or any other Nebraska regiment
In service during the war. 1t had been
represented to the Topeka law firm that
Hillmon was IN such company and regiment,
and affidavit to this effect had been filed
in Kansas tceurt. General Barry replied
that one John w sIfillman, not Hiflmon, was
member of that company and regiment.
The following discharges from, the Ne
braska National Guard are anRouncei from
the adjutant generals ofTice;r, Prixate Henry
b. Evans, company f, Second regiment, Lin
coin light infantry on request. for bust |
mesa reasons; Sergeant Claud H. Ough com |
pany G, First regiment, Geneva, promoted !
to be second lieutenant; Private John L. |
Coleman, company II. Second regiment Te- |
kamah. non-resdence.
Today Secretary Ludden of the city school |
board made formal demand upon the county |
treasurer for the Sl,161 school money be- |
longing to the general and bond funds that |
were in the hands OF MaXey Cobb. The |
demand refused and notice served on |
the commissioners that the board must have |
the money. The sanitary district VIII fol- |
low suit.
2-year-od son of William Sexton, re-
siding at Cottage Park addition, is lying |
at the point OF death as the result of eat
ing quantity of concentrated lye this noon. |
One week ago the child swallowed some of |
the lye. but as the amount was small its
life was saved. Today he swallowed a larger
quantity and his mouth and stomach are in
a terrible condition. r..r'
The first of the gambling cases came up
for trial today in Justice Leese's court that
of August Saunders, arrested nearly four
weeks ago for running an open gambling
house in the county of Lancaster. There
were FIVE other houses closed at the same
time and the proprletors placed under ar
rest. continuance was taken until Mon
day.
Omaha people in Lincoln: At the Lindell
"A. Aaron, George A. Day, August Myer,
Frank l.. Gregory. At the Lincoln-Henry
A. Pattison, J. Furth, c. F. Weller, e. e.
Bruce, Edward Walsh, w. S. Jessop M. II.
Collins.
Thieves Go Through n store.
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Neb., May 7.-(Spe-