Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-31
A Man Jumps From the Deck of a
Steamer.
BANK CASHIER TAKES His own LIFE
The Deadly End of a Long Stand
ing Feud.
AN OLD CRIME UNCOVERED

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, January SIT. f.
Hughes Of Gainesville, Fla, committed sui
eide today by jumping from the deck of the
steamer Tallahassee into the Delaware
river.
The Tallahassee left Boston on Wednes-
day afternoon. Mr.. Hughes was passen-
ger on the steamer. He was we'll educated
man and spoke intelligently on various top
les, and appeared to be quite a favorite
among the passengers.
Last night he spent most of his time on
deck, conversing with the men on watch.
He was In cheerful spirits. The Tallahassee
is attached to the Ocean Steamship Com
pany and plies between Boston, Philadel-
phia and Savannah. Mr.. Hughes had pur-
chased a through ticket, which would have
carried him from Savannah to his home in
Gainesville.
ROME, n. Y, January 31-George Bar
rard, cashier of the Fort Stanwix National
Bank of this place, committed suicide today.
The bank has been closed pending an inveS-
tigation.
End of an Old Feud.
PLYMOUTH, Ind, January 31.-John
Swoverland, well-known stock buyer, was
shot and killed instantly by Samuel s.
Stewart at sale of machinery on the
farm of Charles Elsener, last evening. The
shooting was the result of a long-stand-
ing feud between the two men. Swover-
land, 1t is asserted, had sworn to kill Stew
art
Stewart who is about twenty-one years
old, attended the sale and became involved
in quarrel with young son of Swover-
land, in which young Swoverland seems to
have beeen worsted- He started to return
home for his father, whom he met on the
way short distance from the scene of the
sale. The elder Swoverland Immediately
FASTENED to the scene and, it is claimed.
calling to Stewart, told him that he had
cCme to kill him.
Drawing a revolver. he shot at Stewart
but missed him. Stewart returned the fire,
but the ball went wide of it's mark. Stew
arts second shot struck Swoverland full
in the forehead penetrating the brain.
As Swoverland fell. Stewart fired again,
but only inflicted a flesh wound. After the
shooting, Stewart started for home, in
tending to get a horse and come 10 town
to give himself up. On the way ne met an
elder son of Swoverland who fell upon him
with knife and nearly killed him. In the
. fight Stewards right arm was cut nearly
TO pieces. He then went to Bourbon and
gave himself up, and was brought here and
placed in Jail.
Evidence of Murder.
VANDALIA. ILL.,, January 31.-Evidence
of a murder has been unearthed near Pat
kota, fourteen miles south of here, by the
finding of a lot of charred human bones,
supposed to be those of a man named
Smith, nephew of Thomas Smith. Smith
left home on horseback two months ago,
and since then nothing has been heard OF
him. few weeks after his disappearance
horse was found tied to a tree in the
woods, and from all appearances had died
from starvation and exposure.
The saddle and bride were identified as
those belonging to Smith. Foul play was
suspected, and suspicion pointed to some
enemies of Smith in the neighborhood.
day or two ago supposed tramps were
seen in the vicinity of where the dead
hcrse was found, and deserted camp was
found within short distance of where
the horse was tied. A large hollow tree
had been set on fire by the tramps, and in
the ashes Were discovered the human
tones. Il is supposed that the murderers
concealed the body in the tree at the time,
Eut learning that suspicion pointed to
them. they became alarmed and Disgusting
themselves as tramps, returned to the scene
of their crime and attempted to cover up
all evidence of their work by burning the
tree and it's contents.
Detectives are now at work on the case.