Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 24, Number 41, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1875 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY, JUNE 3 18751

THE BLUE AND TFIE GRAY. Br the flow o the inland river, "Wheuce t! e firsts 01 iron have neu. Where the blade or the grave-gra.- quiver. Aflepare theranksof the dead; Uüdr the a d and the dew, v altiug the Juognientviay ; Under the one. the (ilue ; Under the ether, thejUray.. These la the robing1 cf glory. Tboe in the ilo an of uefeat; All with the batl'e-blood gory. In the dusk of ererulty meet; Under the sod nd the dew. Waiting the Judiment-day; Under th laurel, the Bin; Under the willow, the Gray. From the si enceof rorrowful hours The desoHte mourner go. Lovingly laden wlih Ilow-rs, Alt e for the friend aud the foe. Under the d nd the dew, Waliltig the Judgment-day; Under the rose, the Clue; Under the Hilles, the Oray. Bo with an f qual splendor The m-iming sun rays (all. With a Uuch impar.lally tender, Un the bio-nso an blooming for all. Undr (he od and the dew. Watting for the J:dim?nt-dy : BroiJered with gold, the Dine; Mellowud wita gold, the Uray. fck, when the summer calleth, On forest and fle:tl ol grain, With au equal murmur lalleth The "' l lug drip ot the rain; Under he sei aud toe dew. Waiting the Judgment -day: Wet with ra!n,the U.ue;

Wei wilii raiu, the Uray. Badly, but not with npbral Sing, The generous deed wa done; In the amrrasof the years now fading. No braver battle was won. Un-ier the -d and thedew, Waiting Ihe Judgment-day: Undr the bo!-Homs, the Blue; Uuder the girlands, the Uray. No more hall the war-cry fever. Or the winding rivers bared; They banish our arger forever Woe they laurel tue graves of the dear". Under i e sk1 and the dew, Wai.;ur the Judgment-day: Love and tears for tue Blue; Tears a d love fr the Uray. WISE AND OTHERWISE. To prevent smuggling wear nothing but home-spun. m The "first gun" fired at Gen. Sherman's book is ol an e'pistolary character. Somebody broke into the warehouse of a New Orleans undertaker last Saturday night and solemnly stole thirty coffins. Tbo president' friends, 'tis said, are urging bim to write a bock to offset Sherman'. It would doubtless sell well as a curiosity of literature. Newspaper puarapha abusing Grant have no erf ct in the state cf New York. Several canal boats there have been named after him. A talented Indiana burglar sect a lot of circus ticket to a family, and while they were eu ylng the sbow he went througn their house. Courier-Journal. . The post-offices are complaining ol the great number of boxes oi grasshoppers that western sufferers are sending east through the mails. Tum far, bawever, not a postmaster has beeu lost. Among those who were not killed in the Boston drug-store explosion was a clairvoyant who lived in the building. Worse than that, she nevr once predicted that the old thing was to be blown up. In Tennessee only one paper approved the Nashville lynching, and only one defends Henry Ward Beecber. That's as near being a garden of E.len as an American State can reasonably exp ct to find itself. Massachusetts people are crowding to their Siate Home to register their names In the cupola. These names make rather heavy re4dingf r hot weather, but greatness "mu--t not be lost sight of altogether. In examining a recent military bo.ok, the critic of the Cnieago Inter-Ocean ''can almost hear the whirr and piDg of the thundering cannon." Iii doesn't seem to hear the shrieks aud groans of his readers. (Jou rier Journal. The Milwaukee Sentinel's humorous paragraphs were all left over the other day to make room for soma resolutions from the cemetery association, and a crowd of Milwaukeeans appeared at the office the next moriiing to welcome the new humorist.Courier Journal. The legal profession isn't over-sensitive, but if Judge Porter's concluding remarks to the Beecher jury do not make the lawyers of America shut up their offices for six weeks and deny that they ever siw a court-house, they are not the high-toned persons that William Blsckatone intended theta to be. A tall girl with forty-live dollars worth of millinery goe to church every Sunday And tits directly in front of the Titusville Herald mm, so that he can't see the minister. Why does l't he forget his surroundings som day and hit her oae? Ten thousand pens would leap to his defense, il he should get into a controversy through it. Considering the amouut of downright wickedness left us by Lord Byron, the Brooklyn Argus' assertion that there is probably not a young lady ia this country who would not cbeefully give something towards a mono uient for him, is rather start ling. However, the Argus looks at things from a Brooklyn observatory with a ragged edge. By ari order from the p03t ofSoe department, separate pouche for registered lotters will soon be placed on all the principal mail routes in the country. This will be invaluable assistance to the mail robbers. Heretofore they have been obliged to carry oil bags of uureoiunerative letters, and, with much care aud toll, fish out the letters that had money in them. Detroit Tribune. Carruth, the Vineland editor, with the bullet in his brain, still lives. Anthony, the editor fchct through at Leavenworth, seems likely to recover, and libel suits aains var'nns prominent newspapers have tailed miserably. Is toeie not a special providence for the unfortunate class of men who grease the wheels of progress on half wages? St. Louis Republican. Here's richness! The Italian Senate has passed a law making profanity a punishable offense. The penalty fixed for swearing is imprisonment for several days. It is thought that it would have been better to impose a money fine. If profane men were forced to pay a'fine for every oath uttered, a serious J rait would be made upon individual re sources and tbo public revenue would be considerably increased, as the Italians are very proficient swearers. Cincinnati claims to have the oldest woman in the United States Mrs. Podesta; born January i2, 17C9, and, therefore, 100 years of sge. Mlaa Anthony ia far too modest to astert her right to wear the wreath of suow thus awarui to Mr. Podssta, and in ignor loir b"r claims tarnt Cmcibmti exhibits, as usual, that slnguia-ly bad tasto for which she is almost as notorious as for her sit.gularly bad whisky. Two genial you' g residents of PortJervi, New York, hve been amusing themselves lately by firlag bullets at the passenger .train- of the Erie R.ilroad. Nollring was

done about it until the two amnsing per

eons sent a ball or two through the directors'scar. The director, who had endured the sufferings of the passengers with sucn heroio lortitude, at once bad the men arretted. Punch'H prescription to prevent railway disasters is thus proved to be good. Our Southern exchanges tell about a Georgia woman who is farming in the mwt cuccesful way. She supports herself, her niece, and a crippled brother. She made 22 bales of cotron last year with the help of two hind hands, and owes no money. She came into town the other day with two wagon loads of corn. She raised 500 pounds of nico tobacco, ot her own curing, to sell, and yet there may ba fonnd able-bodied young men who Bay that farming doesn't py. THE BELFRY BUTCHERY. A STRONG CHAIN OF CIRCUMSTANCES. STILL MORE FATAL KVIDEXCK AGAINST IMPER HIS ARRAIGNMENT HE IS SHOWN THE REMAINS OF HIS VICTIM AND TAKKN TO THE CHURCH WAS HE INSANE? THE HEXTON's JUMP FROM THE WINDOW OF THE CHURCH THE MOST IMPORTANT TESTIMONY YET. The Boston Globe gives tbe following additional particulars of the beastly butchery of a little ctrl in a Boston church,, and tbe secreting of her writhing body in tbe bel fry: Every new fact brought to light iroui day to day regarding tbo murder of Mabel loung seems to implicate Thomas W. Piper, the sexton, deeper and deeper as the guilty man. Thare is no doubt in the public mind that he is tbe murderer, and so far as toe facta already developed are concerned it must U3 admitted that circumstantial evidence not ball so strong has hanged many men be lore now. Yesterday, in examining all portions of the church in the most care fal manner, some of the officers made an important discovery which would seem to change tbe entire theory as to the spot in which the foul deed was accomplished. Piper's room is at the rear ol the vestry, separated from the Warren avenue sideoi the building by an old study, which was formerly used by the pastor. As the church laces on Canton street, it is necessary, in order to reach the sexton's quarters, to enter by a side door on Warren avenue near the rear ol the building, and pass through tbe vestry and the old study. From the rear end of the vestry a door leads to a back staircase rising to tho gallery from tbe other end of which the tower is reached. On this back staircase spots of blood were found, yesterday. The supposition, then, is that the murder was done in Piper's room, where tbe bat was known to be, at noon, and that he carried the victim and tbe weapon up into the tower by way of this staircase aud along the gallery. THE POOL OF BLOOD IN THE TO WE Rroom under the belfry is accounted for by the theory that he deposited the inanimate body of the girl on the floor there while he concealed the bat under a plank, and then carried her up the ladder though the trapdoor. Should this be the true theory, the murderer must have stunned the child bv the first blow, then striking her until be supposed her dead, he took his dreacilul burden up the dark, winding back stairs, through the whole length ol toe church iu the gallery and into the tower. Returning, he doubtless avoided being seen in the front oi the house, and leaping from the window, as before described, h sought bis own room by skulking along the avenue and entering the side door. The door leading to the back staircase has been tor a long Uine closed with a spring catch and the Key ol thalock was supposed to be lost. Yesterday, however, the spring catch was found to be las tened back, aud the door securbiy lockttd. Piper's clothes have been placed in tbe hands of experienced chemists, as there are fome spots on them whicn are supposed to be blood. He was addicted to the use ol laudanum. Tbe Rev. Dr.Pentecost visited Pic er, in bis cell ia the basemeutof tue City Hall, yesterday forenoon, and had a conversation with the wretched man. Mr. Pentecost lound Piper in a restless and excited frame of mind. As soon as the young man recognized his visitor he exclaimed, "do you think it possible, Mr. Pmtecost, that I could have done this?" "I am sorry to say that I qo," replied Mr. Pentecost. "You don't bei ave that I could have beeu sane when I did it, do you?" was his next question. Mr. Pentecobt replied that he did, and that if PIPER DID THE HORRIBLE DEED he was responsible lor it, although he thought that, in all such terrible crimes, the persons who commitied them were more or less affected in mind at the time they were committed. All through tbe first part of the interview Piper endeavored to convey the impression and make Mr. Pentecost believe that he was insane, although it was qui to evident that he was merely acting a part. 'O, Mr. Pentecost," he 6aid, "you known very well that I have not been myselt lor a long while." He endeavorwd all through tbe interview to make Mr. Pentecost believe in bis innocence, and kept saying, ''How could I have done such a thing?" As his confidence increased he bacauaa more rational in manner, and stoutly protested his innocence ol the horrible charge. Nothing of a confidential character was communicated, and tbe un fortunate man made no confession. W bee th coroner's jury had been empanneled. Oflicers Dearuorn and Ham brought in Pinr. whom thev had conveyed Iroui his cell in tbe City Hall in a carriage, and tbe entire company went up stairs, where the remains ot the little gtrl were laid out in a casket, ready for Interment. Here the sexton was requested to step forward, which be did, and in another momont the murderer looked upon the dead face of his disfigured victim. vVhile all others in the room were more or leas affected, Piper was as cool as though be bad beeu gaziug on a pleasant landscape or a boquetuf fijwers. He stood for a moment lookiug at the body, "as he would lo0k at a dead cat," in tbe words of one oi the spectators. Then Officer Dearborn addressed him a tew questions. First. Officer Dearborn remarked to him that be need not answer auy question unless he saw nt. tie then as ted mm airectiy n no had ever known this child. Piper again GLANCED STOLIDLY AT THE BODY, and replied that he did not. The officer asked bim if he would swear that he had not. He answered, with some hesitation, that ha was cot willlogto swear that he had never known her, but that he was pretty sure he had not. Several other leading questions were put and answered with the aamesunen ana sioiia aeniais. me juij, having viewed tbe body, adjourned till this aitemoon. at 4 o'clock, when the renlt of an autopsy by Drs. Tread well aud Bolles will be announced, and tbe hearing nf the testimony will begin, umcers um and Dearborn then conducted the prisouer to the church, where tbey were met by nev eral of the church officers, including the RbV. Mr. Pentecos, and Piper was taken all over the buildieg. von to the bellry, whee the girl was touod. He preoerved the same HU.len aud impassive OfrlUBanor, nuu iu answer to all Questions be replied odI? by the most sweeDiH- denials of all kuowlrdg ol the affair. Fortunau-iy, the I act that he was to be brought to the charcb waa not generally known about the locality, and no demonstrations were made aa tne carriage harno Mra and the officers passed through ! the streets.

THE BOSTON I J LOU' OUT.

EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO WERE BLOWN. SCENES AND INCIDENTS. DESCRIPTION OP THE BUILDINO DESTROYED DAMAGE DONE SEARCHING THE RUINS HCfcNES AND INCIDENTS (SPECULATIONS AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE CALAMITY. 7 he Boston (ilobe gives an elaborate and graphic description of the terrible scenes attendant upon the mysterious explosion al ready reported in the Sentinel: The build ing ws five stories in height, and had a fronUge of 25 leet on Washington street. It wa completely demolished and fell with in a moment after the explosion, buryinz a number of occupants in the ruins. So iar as ascertained, there were fifteen or twenty persons in tbe building at tbo time of the explosion. At 8 p. m. nine had been taken out of tha ruinp, of whom but two were fatally injured. A man named Pratt was thrown bodily from a window bv the shock, and all the glass within a block of tbe building was shattered. Sergeant Thomas, of Htatlon 4, was on tbe ground quickly after the explosion, and ran to give the alarm, but some one was ahead of him, and the alarm was sou tided from the box at the corner cf Washington and Boylston stret, exactly one minute and a half alt-r the explosion. The fire department rallied with its customary promptne-s, and the flame?, whk-h were now bursting from every part of the debris were quickly extinguished. The news of tbe awful occurrence i-pread like wildfire throughout the city; a second alarm was rung in at 6.41, and immense crowds invaaea ine streeia in me localitv lor a distance of many blocks. T;ie police seconded the efforts of the tireaien nobly, and did their best to keep back the tremendous crush, and to rem ive the bun -rers as expeditiously as possible. As fast as the wounaeu were remove i they were taken to the city hospiul in ambulances and every available vehicle. The explosion occurred within a lew seconds of 6:30 o'clock. An eye-witness told a Globe reporter that the souud was not harp, but muffi-ni and dead, like a heavy "boom!" It was so heavy aa to 6hake the earth for a great distance, and immediately the air in the vicinity was FILLED WITH FLYINO BRICKS, beams, and clouds of blinding dost. No flame was visible from tbe street. When the explosion occurred, a Globe reporter was standing in front of the building of A. Whitney & Co., No. 6S0 W aehington street, opposite Dows's corner. The first lucident which attracted his attention was the abrupt flight of a hack from the street to the sidewalk where he stood. Mr. A. R. Corliss, who was looking into the hat store at the corner of Washing ton and Kneeland streets, says the tirtt thing be noticed was the toppling over ot tbe walls of the building and tbe terrific crashing ot the rafters as they fell. He says be saw a carriage containing three ladies overturned on to the sidewalk, aud, an in stant later, a woman fell or jumped from tbe third floor of the bu Iding to tbe streets. ' In his words: "She shot down like a rocket." He saw the walls In tailing strike the apple stand on the corner, and sup posed that the old apple-woman was ctushed to death Mr. Corliss rendered efficient service to the tbe woudded, wh .m be assisted to remove, acting in the coolest manner in the midst of the wildest excitement. He helped to remove four persons from the ruin. James Mitchell, ot 13 La Grange street, bad reci ei ir.'Sö-0-9 from the house only yesterday, but the bous was heavily damaged, and Mr. Mitchell had a very narrow escape. James R. Sanford, real estate sgent. was ;in the plump er a shop on Lit orange street, up to a moment before the accident, when he stepped out on tbe street, and the next inUnt found himself in the eweler's store. No. 81. LaG range street, havi'e; been blown through the show window. He was injured about the throat and bead, and his hands were slightly cut. He then ran into the shop ot one Sellermann, a German, and aked for water to clear his eyes from the blood. The whole-souled Teuton refused, saying that he "dad no time to gif away any water." AT THE TIME OF THE DISASTER there were two clerks in the druggist's store, attending as usual to tbe duties of tbe trade. Two of the assistants were on their way to dinner . when the alarm struck, and knowing that tbe fire was near by their place of business they returned to the store. Before their arrival the street was crowded wit.h Htartled residents' ol the neighborhood, who, howeer, were no more at a loss to understand the cause of tbe explosion than the clerks themselves. For tunately their two fellow workers came out alive from tnepuddon terrible ordeal of firej and smoke to which tbey bad been sub jected. One ol these, indeed, was bdly bruised ana cut, ana win neea a long respite from duty to fully recover bis wonted strength. The other, Mr. Park, was in at tendance at tbe. soda fountain at the very instant of the exrl"sion. He describes the event as follow: "I was bv the soda fountain, when sudden! v a bright flish of light danced before my eyes. The next instant there was a tremendous upheaval ot everything, followed by the downfall of the building and all it contained. I was twi-ted pround by the door, with a mass of debris, which bruized and lamed me somewhat, but still managed to come out without serious harm." The escape was certainly most fortunate, since the women whom be ws serving, and who stood not more than a few feet away, were swept un der the falling ruins into the very depths of the funeral pile. That the other clerk, who was attending to his duty in another part ot the store, was not killed is a matter for congratulation. Doubtless, in the rigid investigation which is sure to follow the disaster, the testimony of these clerks will help to clear up tbe mys tery. The building at the corner ot Liiurange and Wash! n Eton streets was a substantial structure: built in those antebellum dajs when shoddy architecture was unknown. For a irreat many vears. the apothecary s ore at the corner hyd been a popular pltce tf resort for thirsty souls during tne "neatei term:" and tbe soda lurnistea oy mat n:siarred tountaln ranked very high among FRIENDS CF THAT HARMLESS BEVERAGE. Mr. G. D. Dows, the proprietor, was one ol the inventors of the modern so Ja fountain; and, mo extensive has the 'business come to be, that a manufactory established on Sudbury street has enjoyed, for several years, a large trade. Mr. Dows took a great interest in ginger pop, 'Green Mountain beer," and other varieties of summer drink; and his drug store was a sort of emporium for this kind of eflervescence. Tbe tailoring establishment overhead was not so well known, perhaps, but still resorted to by a great many customer; and tbe llayden Block was as generally known to B stonians as any otbqr structure not a public building. According to all accoums the building was well constructed, within as well as without. Tbe mass cf debris which cumbers the street this morning would indicate that tbe timbers were rotten and the walls insecurely built, it the public did not tske in'o account tbe tremendnun force of the explosiv po wer. Tbe estate was taxed for about $50,000, and probtbly waa well in -ured. Mr. Dmgley, who acts as sgnt for the Haydea heirs, the owners of thebuld-

ing, is absent at Ashfield, and, consequently

ib is luipuNtiuie wj present, in a moruinir, an ac urate statement of insurance. The damsga done to the adjacent buildings was slight, considering t' e tremendous force- ot tie ' explosion. Tbe work of removing the debris and reaching the imprisoned persons beneath was begun as soon as the flames bad been tufil cleutly quenched to enable the firemen to eet at the ruins with safety. As large a f;rce as could work with convenience went at it with a will, while the police kept back the crowd. The scene was illuminated by the gas which, coming from the broken and twisted pipes, cast a bright light over the entire place, and a little later, a calcium light with a reflector was placed in the window of No. GS0, on the opposite side of the R'.reet. The windows of the surrounding UUILDINOS WEHECaAMMKD WITH FACES, nd Washington street was tilled with a solid mas of men and boys for a long distance, far into the night. Themost absurd stories concerning the number of the killed circulated about the city and stimulated the intense popular excitement. Mr. E. O. F. Farrer states that he assisted to remove the first woman taken from the building, lie formerly belonged to tbe lire department. At 10 o'clock tho firemen got tho last of tbe shaky floors cut down, and nil th- remaining timbers fell in with a trenieniJoua crash. Warreu Hook and Lii 'der Xo 1 arrived shortly afterward to cart away the timber. The" firerueu were workiog with a will tossing the hewy joists and handful? cf bricks into th3 street with wonderful quickness, ia their sad and discourajins s area lor the bodies cf the mgs!ed and the dosd. Now and then they were seemingly spurred on by the excited crowd, and with redoubled energy beut to their task. Suddenly a loud and "hoarse cheer rent the air. The eager crowd pressed forward, but were kept back by the exc',td policemen, and lor aa Instant the bevy of workmen tU2gin;r with all their miht at their almost hopeless task ceasr-d thf ir labors, but ouly for a moment. The next minute an animate form of a human being was draped from beneath the debris, lie was a nun in tNe prune of life; but as he stood or rather leacel upon his deliverer he presented a ghastly aud sorrowful spectacle. In epite of the dirt which covered his face and in fact his entire body, a daath-like pallor was visible where flash was t- be been. Supnorted by his deliverer aad another fireman, who sprang to his assistance, he stood with trembling and shaking limbs as near upright as be could, and in reponne to the load and prolonged cheer with which he was sre'ed, feebly waved his band. This was a signal for a still more excitir and uproarious shout, and as with tc tiering deps he walked to a drug store near by it btemed but for THE GREAT EXE3TI0NS OF THE POLICE, that he would not until his strength was wholly exhausted be able to reach a place of safety where he could receive tbe care and attention so much needed. The man was in his shirt sleeves and over his shoulders was the tape in the position it was when tbe crush came. Us name was ascertained to be Samuel T. Fraer, of the firm of S T. Fräser & Co., tailor?, who occupied the second story in tbe doomed building. Mr. S. f. Fräser, tbe tailor, whose almost miraculous escape ha3 been chronicled, was interviewed by a Globe reporter, last evening, and told tbe experience of his imprisonment as follows : The sound of the explosion was tbe first intimation he bad of anything wrong. He describes tbe round and sensation as siuiil r to that of the terrible nitro-glycerine explosion at Worcester, "four or hve years aj;o, at which he was present After the explosion, fce knew nothing till he found himself cov ered up in the ruins, lie c uld plainly bear shrieks and cries for a few seconds, the screaming of a woman beiug plaiuly audible. Tnen he began to feel the heat of the flames, and was badly burned on both wrists. He was fastened" by a timber across tbe right arm, and was unable to extricate himself. He then beard the people at work on the outside, and, after they had penetrated through the roof near him, he asked lor a saw, to release bis ar. One was given him, and he attempted to ue it, but was unable to make any progress, and returned tbe saw to the men outside, who soon cut off the timber and dragged him, out, so covered with dirt and ashes as to be unrecognizable, bur, aside from tbe shock and his braises and burns, uninjured, lie was taken to the house of Benjamin J. Remicb, 8 Newton place, where be was seen by the Globe reporter. He says he had six or Beven girls at work in the shop y esterdy afternoon, but knows nothing of the fate of any ot them. Mr. L. E. De Ward, of 2ö La Grange street, was one of - THE FIRST MEN ON THE GROUND. He says that one man remained burled under the ruins for more than half an ftour, confined, but not injured. He remained wonderfully cool, saying, Take your time, boys. Help others first. I can wait." The hrave felloe was saved and escaped unin jured. While confined he could n-t more in the least, and the situation was one to try the strongest nerve-. After a number Of bodies had been taken lroni the ruins, criers were given to suspend operations for a while until portions of tbe wall which tottered above had been pulled down. This was accompliehed quickly and without accident, aud work was soon .resumed. Above tbe scene ot deolaaioo, coats, dresses, underclothing, etc., bung on the eoutn wall in tbe same position they oc cupied before the crash. In such a c atastro phe as this nappenmg upon the mam thor oughfare of the city, and at a time when there was tbe usual throng or people re turning from their day's work, there were, of course, a large number of bair-breadtb escape, and almost every. one who gathered in l be immediate vicinity, directly alterward, had his own tale to tell. The shock was so peculiar that even those who - were at some distance from the scene and thought, at first, that "it was nothing bnt a cannon," inetinctivelv felt that it was not that but that some terrible accident bad happened. People in buildings in tbe immediate vicinity felt tbem shaken as if by an earthquake and at the same instant with the shock and thunder of tbe report came a dense cloud and whirlwind of smoke and rubbish and small fragments of debris through the open windows. A street car passing at tbe time wa thrown from tbe track across the street and the passoneer8 piled up together on tbe floor: ihevall escaped without serious in jury, however, although several were badly cut by the broken glass, a gentleman walking up Washington ttreet bad arrived near Beach street when , HE FELT A EC8H OF WIND, and a large pane of glass in tbe window of Fenno's clothing store, on the corner of Beach and Washington streets, cracked and Tell outward upon him. A terrible shock and report followed, and looking nphe saw tbe walls of a building on tbe opposite side ot the street rock and fall in like a house of cards, with a terrible crash, and he rushed away as last as bo could, blinded by a white cloud of dust. Tbe people rushed from a 11 quarters to the spot, but lor some little while .were restrained by fear from approaching very near the scene of the dloaster. Tbey rushed out, just as they were, without walling n oe parncuiar in the matter ot their attire; many of them without bats or coatx, od some In tblr shirt-sleeves an Uppers, pale and agitated Thev approached as near as they dared, snd thn tbe cry would come. Look out t" "Give way there!" "Run! run!" And a

gsneral stamnede would take nl

anybody'a knowing exactly whv; but there -rru ifrs oi mrwier explosion, as it was known that there were several lre-ra nt pun. powdfr in the adioinlrr b-rl', lr..th crowd assembled in the upper part of La vjranseaireer.aiid gathered about the police wne-e me Kiuea ana wounded bad been carrlel. Every now and then they would give way for the paMEeofanexpres wagon, with a cot bed Inside, which would drive up In front of the (station, A moment ot suspense, and then a murmur of horror and pity would arise as it drove slowly away again through the crowd with two police officers snpportlnz the form of a man wboe face wa laditinui?hab)e beneath its-covering of blackness and blood. An alarm was rung and the ngines an i hook and ladder companies were promptly on tbe spot, the smoke continuing to rise in dense masses from the scene and floating over tbe adjoining buildings. About 7:30 o'clock a woman was DRAGGED FROM BENEATH A PILE OF BCBnisH, and carried ofl on a stretcher, her arm was broken, and there were some slight injuries about her head, but ehe appeared to be perfectly cool and rational, except that, strange to say, she ould not tell hr name or tne number of her residence. Another woman was taken from tbe ruins, o black thai it was Impossible to tell whether she was a negrefca or not. She was conveyed to a neighboring apothecary shop, where abe lay fir some moments, gasping painiolly, as if partlailj fuff.cated, and as she gasped, a set of false teeth dropped from her mouth to the dxir. This incident caused a laugh among the bystanders, in which the huffcrer ioiued fesblv. She soon revived, and was taken borne in a carriage. There were several slight wounds about her body, moätlv burns. At the mimeut of the explosion a Warren street car, full of passengers, was passing by in the direction of Boylston street. Jt was lifted from the track, horses and all, and thrown on tbe opposite sidewalk, being hair turned around. Neither the horses, driver, conductor, car, or any of the passengers were injured in trie least. The car was righted by the crowd, who gathered as if by magic, the horses were hitched to the other end, and catloped back toward the South End. All the northward bound cars on tbe line were turned back and passed through Eliot street to Tremont. At about 11, it black and tan dog was rescued from under the ruins, safe aud sound, but somewhat nucertain as to where he should go. A Globe reporter, anxious to gain all the information possible concerning the origin of so terrible a calamity, sought out tbe clerks who were in tbe store as those who should know- best the real stale of affairs there. Mr. Djwnes, one of the salesmen, has no theory to offer to account-for the disaster. Like his co-worker, Mr. Park, who ttood at the soda louctain at THE MOMENT OF THE EXPLOSION, he cannot Kive the slightest positive information concerning the cause. The bright flash ot light, followed by the npheaval of everything, would seem to indicate that the source ot the calamity was from beneath. But in the cellar, according to the united testimony of the clerks, there was nothing which could CMue such an explosion. The idea which had obtained some credence that the explosion was the result of experiments with nitro-glycerine is sufficiently disproved by tbe tact that tuere was nothing of that violent expIo.ive nature in the store. Indeed, there seems to be no occasion to keep the dangerous article in an apothecary etablishment. II nitroglycerine were to be used at all, it would bo at the manufactory on Sudbury etreet. There being no nitro glycerine in the store, the question arises, What could have caused tbe explosion? Joda fountai-is have blown t pieces several times iu this city; but no combination ot the mild chemicals employed in the making of sod'i water could produce 8uch a dreadful effect. All sons of rumors were talked about on the streets; some attributing the accident to some defect iu an apocryphal steam boiler, others to the occult influence of tide water in the fcewers. As matters stand now, everybody who has heard of the disaster baa as good a right to present a theory as either ot tbe clerks. It seems most probable, as matters now lo k, that some leak in tbe gas pipe which supplied tbe establishment will be recogniz -d as the true cause ot the calamity. Oi course, if there was an extensive leak of gas into tbe cellar and any one should carelestjy venture down stairs with a lighted lamp, disaster would be sure to occur. But tbe question recurs: "Did any one go down stairs with a lighted lamp or carelessly throw into the cellar a match or cigar end?" aud it is hard to make any certain answer. At any rate, it the clerks are to be bolhfved, there was nothing in tbe cellar to GENERATE SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. Boxes and barrels were not used as recepta des for filthv rags and other refuse; and the utmost care was exercised to keep the premises reasonably secure against fire. For tbe present, at It-a-t, tbe origin of the disaster is shrouded in mvstery, and it may well b doubted if thequestiou will be settled to general satisfaction. .Certaiuly, if the manufacture of ginger ale and sod water involves such peril to human lile, some means of protection for tbe public should be deviled if there were any carelessness in the management ot the establishment which does nt at all appiar then tne people have a right to insiot that the lesson sLall be heeded. 1US TORI'S DIAMONDS. KT. LOUIS DETECTIVE CAPTURES PULLMAN PALAClk CAR PORTER WITH KISTORl'S LOoT JEWELS. The St. Louis Republican cf yes terday says: While tbe Rlstori troupe were en route from Indianapolis to St. Louis on last Saturday night, they were robbed of five beautiful soli taire diamonds, two of which were sleevebuttons, and three were shirt-studs. Tne jewels disappeared while they were in tbe sleeping-car, and all enorts t discover any trace ol them were tnenectual. 1 he troupe gave tbem up as lost, and probaly never expected to bear from them azain. Yesterday afternoon Detectives O'Neil and Stiles, b. some means, the nature of which my never be known to ye stupid citizens, obtained inforu atlon that there was a n-gro in town who was attempting to sell some valuable diamonds. They immediately laid themselves out to bring that man down. After much tramping and watching they collared him on the corner of Third 6treet and Washington a ventre, and on searching bim, found that he bad hs diamonds yet in his possession. The fellow first explained that be bai woo the beauties while gambling in New York. This stuck in tbe detectives' throats and refused to go down. He then said that a friend of his. in Cheyenne bad given tbem to bim to pawn here. This statement was likewise obstinate. Ho finally stated that be was porter of the car on the Vandalia road in which tho Itifctori troupe came to this city, and that he seized upon an opportunity to make away with tbe gems. This seemed more probable, and although the detectives had not been notified of the loss by the troupe, they accepted tbe state ment as the true one. While tbey were taking tbe fellow, who by the way is quite intelligent, downstairs to tbe caltboohe at the Four Court, be offered to give tbem 200 a piece if they would give bim an opportunity to escape, but he ia still locked op. Tbe diamond, which are worth bout ?i,000, are at the Four Courts, and R stori n been telegraphed in regard to the cap-tare.

TO ONE FAR AWAY. The nht is wild. Arrows the kr I'arx lea en clouds go hurrying by, Veiling th e solemn s'ars; 1 hear The cry of k afa-bird'a hovering near. And catch th fair.t, low underu re Of sorrow la tt'e waves th-.i moan And fret nptn the bhore. The wind that seeps across the bay, weirdly and oleunu.ell thediy Rangln the wild m:mh reeds; afar Acam thedini horizon's bar, U bite ship-, like muhVd jrhosts, crept bv. And in the low hunu mlMy my. Vanished and catue no more. A nnniPless weight is in the air. All unwind sounds that erst were-fair, r?tiu fraught wl:h pretwajfaof woef I wander to the Kaods below, Andt KUii 0'er lbe lonesome ea, Lut up my fceart to Heaven for thee, So lar o far away. Ood be thy guide and guard this niht ! Keep thee In wifely till the liht lawneth acrr.na the main, aud still Shelter thee safe from every 111, Into thy dear life's end; may lie So m-lth his love encircle the. Thou canst not widely stray. I heed not that the blinding sprar 1 ike icy fingers, bara my war ; i fear the sulieu waves no more, Nor sorrowing wind that haunt the fchore: Leavi- g thee in Ills hsnds, 1 know He will not lall my tru-t - and no Dear heart, good night good night! DARK DEEDS. STORY OF SHAME ANI) DEATH.

" -tiiuira um fcJ-.00.ND WIFE ANI ""W" HIMSELF ON TUE GRAVK OF FIRST LOVE. HI The New aua oi JiOJidar. car The dead body of John George Youngwaa

lound on Saturday on the grave of his first r-J wife, who was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery. East New York, in 1S64. The body J lay on its back, the head ard Shoulder touching the grave. Clutched in the right hand was an old-fashioned six-b4rrelled revolver, and it was plain that Youn had I

not nimseii, ana the bullet wounds in tho neaa snowed that death must have been almost, instantaneous. The headtna tne grave bore the dates, Born 1S19 died i!?oi." earthe body was a felt hat. in th lining of which was pinned a slipol paper having tbe man's name and address written on it. The police recogni2-d Yourg without difficulty. Young's cotta e was at Broadway and New Jersey avenne, and thither police officers were despatched by the roundsman to inform Youi g's eeoond wife ot the suivide of her husband. They found the house closed, and although tbey pounded the doors for admission there was 3iO EE POSSE TO TUB SUMMONS. Seme one suggested that they l.jrce an entrance from the rear, and, taking a neighbor with them, they went to the back side of the bouse and opening a window crawled in. The little kitchen was plainly furnished, but what immediately attracted the officers' attention were the blood spots wrich were conspicuous on the floors and on some of the turubure, and going a little further, they saw that the ttains extended into tbe hallway. As the party entered the bouse a little Newfoundland dog met them, and began to whine piteouily. When he naw tbe civilian he ran to him and fastened his teeth in his trowsers leg, tugged at it for a moment, and tben ran to the cellar door, still whining; then back to the neighbor again to tuz on the Dantaloons, and tben to tho cellar tairs again. There was a bloody trail leading toward the stairs, and the natty allowed the dog to lead thaja to the SDOt wa&re tbey were con vinced tbey were to find Mrs. Young's body. A kerosene lamp was lighted, and down tbe rickeity stairs the men went. At tLe foot tbey lound an axe on which were olood stains, and a little further on was & blood stained shovel. Tbe cellar was dark. aud groping around tbey at length lound a compartment, and forcing the door of it. Mrs. Young's body was ciscovered wrapped. in an old carpet. The features were COVERED WITH CLOTTED BLOOD, and one side of her bead was crushed. On tbe chin was a deep cut, and the toroat waa terribly lacerated, and tbe gold brooch she wore was bent by a blow. About the neck, secured with a cork, was a small gilt crucifix. Tbe body was disfigured in many places besides those mentioned, and it emitted a repulsive odor. A policeman was put cn guard, an 1 the crowd that bad by this time assembled were kept out of tbe bouse. Coroner Simmes had the man's body removed to the house from the cemetery. The premises were carefully searched, and a bloodstained press-board and a pair ot pantaloons were found in tbe bedroom. On the work table was a letter, ol whlca the following is a copy: l am unhappiest man. Drive myself into murder and sell destruction iu despair. She who did get on me so much disgrace, and deprived me of my honor. Thia monster o f a woman has a husband n New York by V the name oi Adam liabeiig. She orinkf . J She is not my wile, but by certain caresses she bangs on my back. She is a thief, I and makes others believe it was I. I beg myV housekeeper, Willhelmiua Batzold, to caveJ myself buried by the side ot m v fitst, Alterv this look lor my heirs. I beg the public tov Ijrgtve what l done. Shame, honor, ami despjiir done it. - I am no more able to write, liow I will end my life, 1 do not know myself yet. I will be found. Tuis woman is not my lawful wife. She ought to be in Flatbusb. AFTER THE DEATH'pF BIS FIRST WIKK Young, as tbe neighbors called him, took to drink, and the police say that they hav-' ofen locked him up for intoxication. Sooil he brought home his second wife, Anna,l who has since borne a bad reputation lor j drunkenness and thievery. In October last! she was accused of stealing a carpet from Gustave Cuinan, and Jus. ice Gertram released ber on her own recognizance to appear on a certain day. Young gave ber money to go to Germany and she disappeared. Wilhelmina Petz d l was put in the house as housekeeper. On Monday last Anna rnflnnAariul. haviniy ir i tniJ n rvt gone to Germany at all. but being In j New Yorkjill the time. 1 here was troubidjj between the two women, and Young, it Ihf' sid, struck Anaa and went away in a pet j Officer Fisher arrested Anna tor not appear- j ingontbeold charge, and the justice agaliw released her oa her own recognizance. Stu told the justice, however, that Young was the real thief, aud that she could show! stolen property in his house. There was j noise, the neighbors ay, ia the bonse all I tbe week, save ou Kr way, when all was still. On Friday nfgbt Young was seen by bis acquaintances, and be seemed to be excited. Tbe housekeeper was willed Young's property $330 of which she has held for bim lor soma time. The coroner had her locked "P. m Yesterday alternoou a man who had been) beaten in a law suit stood at the corner G riswold street and Jus ice alley, and cursed high and low. He was spouting away ia vehement tones, when a lawyer asked. "Are you swearing at anybody in particular ?" "No; blat you, no !'' ripped the man. "Well, it is too bad t have all that wasted. I wish you would uss a few oftnebiggrwt and bet oaths on Hannibal Hamlin, if. i rates on postage." ThV ilin right and left for 1L man who raised the

man gave it to Hamlin right and left for IL minute s. and then the police lüterfered.-4 Detroit Free Tree. I

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