The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-21

the Men Killed the Captain and Mat
Charged with Bring . Man tn Thro'
vitrioI In His Wife's Face-Tourist Muir
dered and Robbed On Pixies Peak-Kid
pspper Blake Caueht-Crime News
Boston, Aug. Ca special cable dis
patch 20 the Herald from. Buenos Ayre
says:
"Only meagre details OF the terribF
murder at sea on board the schoone
| Olive Packer have as yet been received
here. The crew of six men are at Bahia
over 900 miles distant, and will be sen
TO the United States for trial at tht
earliest possible date. They are VIII
| lam Horsburgh, engineer, who acted a:
second mate; Anderson Cook, Andrew
! Marsh. Manuel Barrett, John Lend and
| n. Barstad.
"Tne tragedy occurred about 125 miles
off the South American coast, probably
on Friday night. Complaints were made
oy the men on account of the hard work
companion whose name is not clearly
given in the kilograms received here,
crept to the cabin while the captain and
first mate were asleep and killed both in
their hunks. They then kindled in the
after-part fire. There was barely time
to take to the boats, the captain and
first mate being missed only as the party
left the burning vessel
THE murderers found no sympa thy
among the other men and the crime
was reported to the Bahia authorities
and Consul Shute Immediately arrested
them when they marched ashore"
HIRED TO THROW VITRIOL.
Chicago, Aug 2O-Charged with con-
spiracy to destroy the beauty and pos
si5ly the life of his wife by the use Of
vitriol, DR.. James o. Quicker has been
arrested and held in bonds OF So, 500 to
appear for a preliminary hearing Mon
day.
The sensational story which resulted
in the arrest of the doctor was told by
a Charles Z. Hill, who claims that he
was engaged by the physician to throw
the vitriol into the face of the woman.
The agreement, as related by Hill,
was that he should take a package to
Mrs, Quicker and then throw the acid.
He first made a preliminary investiga-
ton and met Mrs. Quicker. He says
that her beauty and manner made him
ashamed OF h4mself, and he told her the
story, which resulted in the Doctors ar
rest. The doctor denies the charges.
Do m l,fe
been married before. She is tho mother
OF boy 16 years old and was the wife
of E. A. Riley Of Detroit. Mich, VINO Sc
cured a divorce from her. Her father
was banker at Alton, Mich, and at his
death left her considerable property. Dr.
Quicker formerly conducted q sanitorium
at Louisiana, No, and Mrs Riley was a
patient. Their meeting resulted in their
marriage two years ago last June. Com
ing to this city they lived for a time at
the Lexington hotel. Last January they
separated and have since lived apart.
MURDER ON PIXIES PEAK.
Colorado Springs Col, Aug 30-The
body Of man on whose coat was a tag
on which. besides the name of the MAX
er, was "E. w. Kirzen, Wisner, Neb.,"
has been found near the summit of
Pixies Peak. There was a bullet hole in
the back of the head at the base OF the
brain, and the bullet had been fired at
such close quarters thar the hair had
been burned. The victim was about %
years of age, OF splendid physique, near
iy six feet tall and weighed about 175
pounds. 1t g believed that he was muir
dered While walking up theI peak to view
the sunrise, a popular fad among tour
lists. Whatever money or valuables ne
may have had had been stolen. The
murderer left a revolver near the dead
body. apparently for the purpose of CIV
.ng the impression that the man had
suicide.
Colorado Springs, Col. Aug. 20.-The
body OF the mon murdered near the
summit Of Pixies Peak has been iienti-
fed as that OF H. H. Kay of wisner
Neb. Kay was tourist and had been |
n this city and Manitou about a week |
He was stopping at a private residence |
n Manitou and on Wednesday walked |
10 the Peak.
KIDKNAPPER BLAKE TAKEN.
Albany. y. Y, Aug. 20-Blake. the al |
eyed kdknapper OF little Johnny Con- |
way. was caught in Schenectady by |
John F. Farrell shortly after noon to- |
lay and brought here about O'Clock. |
rhe station was filed with an angry mob |
Ind the police had great difficulty in |
getting the culprit from Farrell and |
placing him in the patrol wagon. When
hey got him In the wagon fully 1000 |
persons surrounded It and cries of
Lynch him: Hang him, Shoot f1im"
,nraged the mob TO a point of despera-
OF, but the horses were whipped UP and
hey ploughed through the crowd Mayor
Thatcher managed TO get in the wagon
nd held Blake with one hand while he
leld revolver with the other At the
'olice station an enormous crowd had
,athered but the prisoner was LANDED in
ne chief OF poiice's private Office in
afety.
Thin and impure blood Is made rich
nd healthful by taking Hoods Sarsa-
arilla,
YOUNG PEOPLES UNION
lays Proceedings. Beginning With the
Outdoor Prayer Meeting.
indianapolis. Ind, Aug. 20.-"Prayer
Or the Presence and Power % the Holy
ihost' was the subject Of the Sunny