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All the Latest Teleg:raph News FOUNDED 1906 TEtE A\-EATHEK gexf:ram.v fatr .\M> MOXDAV. WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS Nineteen Men Killed In Explosion - Ball Player Drops Dead Aged Man Drowned In River - Victim Of Police Bidlet Dies lower levels Of Workings Transformed Into Fiery Furnace By Flames RESCUE PARTY CAUGHT T(M OF POLICE SUCGUMiS WK "ULLET EGISR Man Giving Name As Edward Sullivan Dies At Mercy Hos¬ pital After Being There F or Days-—Officer Is Re¬ leased By Jud ge O'Boyle Private Car Of Mana^fir On Black Biamon'i ^m^^ Aid ?«perinfendent May live Rlood pnisoiiinfr rpsultiiijj: from a hulh>t t'irpd a ivook asrn thi.«; moniiiig: hy Officer Edward ! Butch) .McDonald, of Ilanovcr town- 'shin ivsultt'd fatally yesterday afiernoon. A man orivintr his name as ;E(lv.-ard S-.uliv-.Hi. and resid'-nce as Brooklyn, hoth Ihonprht liy the ; officers to ho liclitious. is the victim. Tlio ond canio at 4:1.") o'clock iyesterdsy af'tprnoon after ho had hoon at the Mercy hospital almost a A\-eek. V,(\mV^ RADIY MtUn ATI^n ^^'hile on imHoI last nipht the officer was placed under arrest DU..1>....> DiWLM^I, IiUHf.il ^,,^. (.^,,^,_._^. ,),.;,.,.j,^.^^ ,.,.j^p ,,„^j McKelvey. The char^jo is man- !sl«u.c:lite'-. 11," was released on bail after being taken Iiefore .Judi^e nelpjrraM'i to Indepondont.) Peter A. O Hoyle, at West Pittston. James Gilligan qualifiod as the Portiviie. Pa . .\ug. 2.—Nineteen bonchin.HIl. men art dead and as many more ! STORY OF SHOOTING «riouii.'- in'iired as the result of an | It Was .shortiy before 3 o'clock last Sunday niorninsr that INIcDon- exnio.<:;or of dynamite whioh oc-' a'd placed the dead man under arrest. He had found him sleeping in curred at the East Brooksidp colliery's .vaid in the I.ec Park section. The man fought desperately and of the Philadelphia * Rpidinp Coal'^^ok the ofncer ofi' his guard. Wliile prostrate iho officer claims his A Iren To. in rhe wpst md "f this i P''''"^'"''" *^i'>'^«''l '' brick from a nejirhy ])ile and it was a case of shoot icanty at noon todav. The tons of i <'^' ''*' ^j"^'*^' '""l**^'^- .I'TiamUe exploded t. ;th a roar and i ^^^ "'''^''^' ^''^ -"° ^"^ *'"''''^' '''*" ^''"'^ •<^'fg»t-g in the knee. The vic- th. mvHerio-js pow.r which shook-:*"'' ^'"^ quickiy rcmoveil to iht hospital but yesterday afternoon it th« i-as.=ive mine pillars sma propyl"^^'^^ discov-red that blood poisoning had set in and that it would be '.s thctph they v.ere ^raw? sent!"^^'t'''*"'"'.^' ^^ amputate tho limb. This was done but the shock was too much for the man in his weakened eondiiion. The officers feel certain that he has conoealed his identity and that tliejijpme given is fielicious. ....,:'^~-~''-^^--- --"¦ MYSTEP IOUS VISITORS- ' ,\noth,-r mfttter to wliioh the officials are turning their attention BOTH LEGS CUT OFF OF CHILD Charles Deets of Page Street Kingston At Bat in Ninth Struck Over Heart During Contest At Harvey's lake - - - Harry Allen Threw Ball HELD rOR CARDirr MURDER Frank Kirk And Martin Flynn Bound Over For Court Witliout Bail BY STREET CAR HI^ SISTERS AMONG SPECTATORS Wanders From Companions ;„„„f-^^:^;;r£/rpr.ctd'tn;ctl';^^^^^^ And Steps In Front Of S. Main Street Car—Is At Mercy Hospital ATTORNEYS PROTEST F th prop!? sent a sheet of flame shooting alon? the r;'.n?r->y.«- and hreasts. seekinp an 'ut'et. Part of this flam? struck a 'pocJft-f of Erf»^_ whhh had arath^retl' nni'f the fire ho..-s ma-le his in.inec- tjHf fhi<^ mornine and a second and ;>igpe rlfadlv explosion oc< urred. over- ftelmrnsr Supt .Trtin T^orenz and a .r'jcu n? partv who had snne to the ^d o.' the men iniured in the first ablest rn. *' .\ Fiery Furnace. ' Fer fi\e minute.c rVe bottom of the taipe whifh is I.S"'^ f«-e' helow the fVirfaec. reached hy th" deepest shaft Ir th'' anthracite repion. looked like « fi<-^rv furnace with all the miner? T»ith'a re^ich cf the flame.c l\inp yirc.o- *r3t' en their facs whore they have t^ re^T thcrcce!* es to a\*o:d hrea*hin^ the f :me-= The he.it. however, either srorcl:e<' thV life out cf mo.st ofj these men or the se'vrro concii.ssion hr.i'' fl^ ire rcclc killed them. .^ seo- "lid reyciio force s'jrceed'^d in rcsen- ina^^h' b'^djes of Pi'nt. ' orenr and : th.it r.f Hirry "^rhofT.sf'i.. T.cron^ i v.as hrorcht to the Pottsvillo hospital j rtt the Plifi- Pl?>mcnd in 0°nera' ' r'anpeT Tichprds' private car and 1 it i.s ?:."i(? he w'M r-cover. H* is not' burned. .''chcff.'^t.Tn however, is s,3id '" he fatal'''- in'iired Oral on Fii*«. Th*- explosion set Ire to the m'.rje •ind the resriiin-r forro, in belm^t-s c'lntainln? .«tored oxysen "-as soon or, the scene. Mil'ions of dollars' wort'i of the Pre.ot red ash coa' In slow rate of ar>eed. The niotorman 16 the fact, that -slranpers visited thp man at the hospnM'tlunn?''thp"l''':f, '"' ^^^ '^" "^'"' """' ^^"^ "'' Charifed with murder. Krank Kirk and ."VTartin Klynn, were la.st night re¬ manded to the county jail, without bail, to await the action of the g^rand jury. They are named a? co-defend- ,; ants with Joseph .Murray, and all ^* three, the deotectlves claim are im¬ plicated in the death of Edward Car- .. diff. of 470 Xorth \V'aehington street. The ba'l ^hat struck him was thrown by Pitcher Harry Alien,, who win be buried this afternoon. i lie ija.i ..ici. That -Murray wielded a beer bottle in the fi?:ht and that Kirk later boast¬ ed of having: "g'otlen the first craclc at that .smart Alec," are claims of tho detective force that has been at work on the case. Klynn. the third man sealed at the table with th others, is said to have joined in the rush for the table at which the dead boy warn .seated. District .\ttorney BigeloiW yesterday pre.sented a petition to the <jourt ask¬ ing fcr the revocatjon of the license of Donato {•"rancionne. of the Tripoli hotel, at the corner of South and South State streets. The crime which was committed in that place was tha ba.=ls for thie action. In addition to this the officers etat« that Friday afternoon, the day after . , the murder, two women had a ro-w in told him not to go ovcr.the.-^e today, but he was determined to the . With thst idea in mind sh I of 163 Pa??e street, Kingston, dropped lifeless across the bag. ( of Alder.son, daring a game betvveen the team from that place and the team from Meeker. The contest was on the diamond of the Valley grounds at Harvey's Lake. His trr>gic death was witnessed by his sisters Gertrude and Betrha, who, v/ith almost a thousand other spectators, were on the side lines. The'v accompanied the remains to the family Edith .^Miith. aped 2 vears. nf rear .'OS South Main street, i.s nt the Mer..- Hospital, with the left leg am- putated at the knee and the greater j J^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^-^^ N ws Broken To Mother. News of t!ie de-ith reached this city and an Independent portion of the right foot mLsslnj? This is the result of her being run down b> a traction oar opposite the .New Penn Tobacco factory at s:331 reporter called the mother to the telephone of a neighbor. By last night by a .South Wilke.s-Barre | discreet questioning; the fact that it was her so'n and that he car, being run a.s a special for the i ^gJ „o,^e ^o Harvey's Lake WBS secured. She grew anxious Saturday niKht traffic. The <>ar was in charge of .Motorman Jahn \'an Buskirk and Conductor C^f^; Schweitzer " At the Ume it was coming toward Public- ijritiare at a and whon .she asked if something was wrong was informed that he had been injured. " That's too bad," she replied, "but I wp'k hut rffiis<'<l to give the hospital attendaats their names or ad¬ dresses. The hody is now at the ALirlcy morgue at F^Mst F^nd where it can hn viev.-ed for idmtifit ation. SESSION Of Mims Locals Vfliose Votes Were Disqualified May Demand That Anotlier Convention Be Held To Order A Special Election As In Ninth District directly upon it. Thia was due to the fact that the little one had darted from the eidewalk directly in the |iath of the approaching i;ar. same side room. According to th« go. WitJi ttiat Idea m mind stie was allowed to go and with j ¦''^°^y *°'<^ ^*^^ **'" were discussing the the way paved for the breaking of the awful news that awaited ; S^^ Trvn^ne^" LTherTom7n: ner. j named Teresa &mhh, sat at another At Bat in the Ninth. l Zu^„ ^'l^. '"te^rupted their oonver- 7. ^L • iL • • .1 .c ' 1 1 1 r r^*"""- S>i»^ was told she was not In- Ii was trie nmtri mnmg at almost 3 o clock yesterday aft- ! <^^^iuded in the proceedings wher(»t ytruek by the >-unnir>K board the j g^^^^j^ ^•.^^^ chjrles came to bat for the Meeker team. He I T *"^7"'.^ ^""''^'^'^ ^""^'^"^'^ ^«" I ttle form wa^s hurled to the pave .ndj , ',1 vt J r r i n '''^"-"¦'=' ^^'"- ' '^ I glass at the other women. One waa the limbs went under the wheels of j laceO ifie pitcnev and aitei a tew balls had passed the pan, struck and the retaliation took the the 'ront truck. The motorman ap-j Pifchcr .^ilen WOUnd Up and let loOSe a swift Ditch It went ^'"¦"' "^ hurling a beer bottle at Te. threw In thei -ii i i •. . ^ ,^. ' _»'-"<• resa. The latter ie sought by the de- be picked up at any ral weeks ago sha attempting suicide In aboard the car andru^shed her to the lA'alter's drug store, the first on their up town trip. From here the police patrol acted as an .ambulance and the <hild was rushed to tho hospital. There she w.is hurriedly placed upon :he operating table and reports this morning at a late hour were to the ¦ tc faltrr effe.t that she had a fighting rhanc for Mer life. brother I larrj'. a few years older, was next at bat and took his stand at the home plate. Staggers Down Line. Hall way to the bag with his brother watching him anxious to drive him around the circuit the younger Deets was seen n his steps. In a few moments he was reeling in Storj- of Trapcdy. These in brief were the develo'p- ments of yesterday in connection with the investigation of the death of Ed¬ ward Cardiff, who fell lifeless to tha floor in the .sordid side room of tha Tripoli hotel on Thursday night. Ha District 1. L'. .M. \V. A.. Is apt to calied. That that number can be mus- have»a repetition of the history of ^ tered is a doubtful proposition but DL=trii t 9. where after the man who, some of the di-ssatisfied men of the had long held the office of president | district are at work on the project, was declared elected, a special con- ; Thoy claim that in the conduct of vention turned the trick against him! ;he clection.s .it some of. the mines and another election was heid While; conditions weie .such as to warrfnt •nd the officials of the company a^ter , the convention concluded in thl<J cjty| the order for a special elec'tion being •loin? all thev could for the dead ; one week ago yesterday with promises | issued. It is claimed that repeatedly tr.d iniured. rushed it? "fire car" to ^ uf .support com'ng from the defeated Uhe rub's gov.'rning the eIeotion« in region is threatened by the "re Xcighbor.s state that the children have be-n permitted to roam the streets at will in this family. The conditions have have become such that only the past.week the attention of Mrs. Bertles of the T'nited Chari¬ ties was c.alled to the condition of af¬ fairs, l.ipt night this tot in company with a number of other children wan¬ dered from the home but got away from the others .and darte .donto the car tracks. cij , r 1 • I ' 1 r 11 V,; . ° —1^^^*' ""'>¦ a boy and while the detec- !drunken tashion but kept on for the base. When he reached i '^'^^^ ^^^'^ ^^'-^^^ ^'^s due fror it the last ve,'<ti: acros.<; the ba.'Z. ;e • f •tren^t When the WBS goru- and he i-.V lifeless shock 5m th* of a blow struck by .Murray, who used a beer bottle, the other dazed spectators, among whom ' tj^ims are to the effect that he had (>,e the ;"i.r,n of the emlosion and under direction of Manager nicha'-ds. men and their supporters it was' learned during the week that some ofi and that the se.o.^ion will have to he ment. »¦• fl';rr>e'3 were ."o circums'-r'bed that j the Imals whose votes were Sins-e- of he fire snre.idincT is pa.st. I out are not content to thus T"annor« on S^v'ne The Brooksido colliery h.T.*: fewer f'rei.irr' emolo'-'^s than any other coal 'nerat'on in this county. Manv of the erppjoves are sons of firmers ttearby and or this account the cTt.Ts- trorh" drew to th" scene of th" mine, 'renzfd farmer."; and their wives fo'- ^isnv mi'eo nround who were anxious about relatives. There were enthu.sin'-tic choiit' ¦"hm Piipt. T.orenz and Foreman J-'chofsta'I with thre<^ rn'ners wer'' nrongi.t to the surface. The miners "'•Hxf ,1 ^i^^j.). „, .soon as thev in- 'nalefl the fre.<=h air. Bc<»io< Bnrtiv K<-orfT>p<l. \ir»- of the bodies of those dead ¦^ere so Scorched hy the heat as to '"> un'-ecrtrni/ablf and the only way to a.Boertain their names will he hy tile rprords of the men who went i ^oiTTi to work today. The driving of the tunnei where thf p.rciden' ocrurrerl was under the (lirectien of private contractors and "lost rf the employes killed were ^'rrkins; for these contractors. There »¦«.¦? oimparatiT ely few emp'oyes 'he ccel company killed y the cx- P'osion. the union ha\e been violated and wh»n the times comes the.v will be thrown at hand with the proof to back up out are not content to thus let the, their .assertions in this respect. At, matler rest. ! any event It is sure that the effort "Ki.ght." i.s the watchword they to have a special se.-sion will he made have adopted and efforts ha\e been, and that it if^ now under way. put under way by which five of the' Friends of the officials claim that locals are to be brought lopether with i with the voie.s thrown out counted the refjuest for a special convention ' in the admini.stmtinn would have won at which a new election shall he the ' out and that the strength shown in isoue. It i.s stated that if that num-i the poll of the delegates is sufficient SHERIFF 'LEW WAS BUSY Sheriff Kniffen and his assistants rosuiT-ea their cru.sade against alleged ber make the request the executive proof Ihat the majority of the Incals j jj, " ' " ^^ i- '^' t itt.ston board has no choice in the matter' api>rove of the a<lministration at any' SHOOTING AT LUZERNE; WOMAN IN CASE REES ley conns<'ated goods in a house .¦-•aid I t> he conducted by Mrs. T. :Mu len! ; The <>tl;er place visited was that of VVilli;ini Stoponkis near the' Port Crith I'ne. Beer and f)ther Intoxicants, t^te officers claim, was foimd in this place .\t I/arksville the hous- the officers were pfter w.ts found closed, but it is sa'<l information will be sworn out on Monda.v against the al eged pro¬ prietor. STRTCKl:\ IN (ITY. At 3:15 o'clock this The cause of the shooting is not known (Sunday) I morning, Edward Engle. aged 35 r^l . r r ^ n I W3st Side Hospital where but lit of years, of Lusernc, was fatally i _ _ ^ shot in the stomach. M. Lipko Got r: II. Pakcr. a traveling s iles- Engle is at the Nesbitt'"^^" "• '^' ^^''t ^'''" '""'"''• ^''^''^ ,'^'ork (¦it\. v.hlle hurr>ini'' tf. c'tih tbe .Bl.ack Diamond Exp'ress f'li- his home i\esterdav afternoon wis taken with tie hopes are entertained for his heart trouMo and'ha-T to h- cirried _„ Tr • I. i • .IT. X !intn th^ T'rmical Hote' from whrr^i recovery. He is shot m the stom-.y,^ ^.3s tak^n to the mo-cv ii.spitai. ach and the intestines are perfo- ^ ^_ . _ h-^!of that town are luider arrest byl ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^.^^ ^^^^^^^ _J fp^iau-; uixp wAVTEn. brother and en I he latler was he^rt-broken over the affair when he realized that the boy was beyond help. In a vain hope of ,'uiTged'^^m;.... bringinf^ Mfe back word was sent for Dr. J. Hislop at Alderson, her and Cardiff. but his effort.s were futile Deets was employed i s a plumber for a Luzerne has .several brothers and one other sister than w^atched his walk to death. crimes, i^he was a police character, known as ".Silverthreade" and 'Chrlst- One of the trio it Is now man. He those who PLAINSVIllE Hi fil I n y fl ni 0 ii I ll \U I - '• ¦ S ¦-* > li\ '¦ "¦^'' -¦''^'^«'>' hefore 4 o'c I l\\J Tl UXJrli rS lii iinU' !? I'jjJhf^'-f^'^J-aft-rnoon that the hei with his ideals of , chivalry still unsullied, called them to account for the same. The three, tho detectves now claim, rushed ' fop him. Then a scuffle ensued and a, blow was struck that ended in death. On the other hand the attornevs for the defendants claim that a case had been built of the whole cloth and that as a matter of fact the boy w«!^ ¦ troubled- with heart failure and that before a blow was struck he fell to the floor. Then the room turned Into an uproar and no one can tell just e.xactly what did happen Samuel Weed Goes Face First Info But Four Feet Of Water—May Have Been Hesrt Failure—Was Out Fishing Wit h .Relatives Kall.ng from a n.shing skiff into , his four feet of water, withm sight of i thei lis heme at Plainsville and in "l^e the"'t'l,'nn^|and William Lloyd, also residents oni sewers Po!n.Tnd brothers, the *'ho were tn charge of *'r.tre the explosion occurred, h ">m- of the largest drainage •'^"'a :n the anthracite region. Their'Chief Kiileen and the officers "«t of employes was a'most decimal-i . . r _ «-j ¦ ^« ^^ the catastrophe. Many of th«;are in quest of a woman named^ ^(^Oie.; were terribly mutilated, the t-__,-- r',roTip CVio rtraa aritVi thp I i ^••-tuies being warped and di.=figured "^^""^^ ^^^^2- ^"® '•'^^ ^^^" '^"® 4 0'clock thiS momlng Were tO i ^^-^'1'^'^ - Industrial Insurance V the terrific heat .ind cut andfhrPP mPTl when the shOOtlnff OC- „, - , '• ^^e"'^ f''"" Wilkes-Barre an^i vicin- ,tnree men wnen ine bnuutmg uu >^^^ ^^^^^^ ^.^_^^ ^^^ ^.^^^^^ ^^ ^.^^ .^^.^ j^.^^_^ ^^^^^^^ accident and funeral i Buckingham avenue, Luzerne. j Reports from the hospital ati ^ite6 by flying debris. ^^r^^^XaT^SZ ^:ad'j:i: '"^'^ ^"^ ''''^'^ ''''' the ^.awl was Still ina precarious! ^vml^ntf »<»rried and the catastrophe leave;? mountain in the direction of Dal-condition and was not expected to "^'¦'^'"•^'' record ''«y orphans who were dependent on | , , ,;,.^, 1^/^ ^'''^ ^^ ¦f'-thers for support. las' h^ei 'N^sauf:,. «ie!r presence of two scns-in-:av\-. .Vamue! j Veetl, aged fil years, was drowned i List night. This is the conttruction ! place.I upon the death, although there is a st ppositiiin tha't death may have been caused by hear; failure as he was subject to tpe'.ls of that sort. t,ast night ^\¦opd and his two .^ons- l-n-lav, Howard Joplin and ncorge "^"1 Kckhi<.idt, al.so of Plainsville. went to .shirts and oxeralls. .\pp y "O East: ,jj,, ^iver.. The. ¥POt they .se ected for their ti.shing venture was not more than se\en himdred yards from the M'eed home. The trio had ii.'hed for .sonn time when the older man tried to shift his pc.'-ition in the boat. On tu doing he lost his balar.'-e and fell from the boat. It had heen r.nchored in hut two feet of water ai d the section where he fell in was •lock yes- V, 1.4 ., J earing wa» held. -Alderman Frank B. Brown pre¬ sided and .-Mtornej-B Murrav and Mc Donald, representi«g the two youne n.en, entered pleas of not gulltv tl the charge. County Detective Mc Kelvey then took the stand and sta.ted thnt as a re.sult of the investigation h« m company with other detectives had learned that the three were involved in the ru.sh for the table and that Klrlc had latter boasted of the tact that ha , got the first crack at the smart Alec. ; With this he concluded and the iustlc board. But when he fai.ed to ; announced that the defendants to the surface thry dragged • held without ball. boat with considerable I Then came a lustv protest frnm fK« difficulty and hurried to shore. He ' attorney.^. Thev claimed It waV r. ftll on his face and it Is thought that I evidence and that all the rule.s of possioly the shock caused the death. ¦¦ dence had heen Dr. companions felt no alarm and were not alarmed when he went o\ er ccme him into the a wera W.\XTI^D- Kxperienced I o\eriiII Northampton street. I Mangle, of Pai-sons. uas called but he failed to re\ive the man. Un- ¦ licrtaker Moore, of Plains, was di- iitcted to remove the body but when ¦ he reached the scene the remains ' had bten tak'en to the home. A wife . and several children survive. in one policv. Weekly Good position for men will bear ln\ estlsralion. Safety Reserve Fund. l.'.O X. Y .r. 1 r.VLl'S IJE.Vli KST.\TE Kor sale. Fiver front lots at Falls. ¦ Pa.. $135 .up. Easy Terms. See ; O'Connor, 8 W. Northampton street, ' tor early selection. Bungalows for sale ! at $45n to $S00. Choice sitea. New not over four feet. On this account phcue ,'6:^G. . , evl- violated and thit I their clients were being railroaded to i jail with the most serious charge i in the criminal calendar hang- 'ing over their heads. The justice was firm however, and stood by hia ruling. An effort to secure on cross examination the names of the wit¬ nesses that would testify to such facts failed ae the officer stated that he re- fused at that time to testifv on that , n alter. There was a general com¬ plaint from the attorneys at what Ihey termed "high handed" methods upon the part of the justice. Concemins the Side Rooms. This tragedy haa brought the atten- i
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | The Independent |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
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Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
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Month | 08 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1913 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | The Independent |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1913-08-03 |
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All the Latest Teleg:raph News
FOUNDED 1906
TEtE A\-EATHEK
gexf:ram.v fatr
.\M> MOXDAV.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Nineteen Men Killed In Explosion - Ball Player Drops Dead Aged Man Drowned In River - Victim Of Police Bidlet Dies
lower levels Of Workings
Transformed Into Fiery
Furnace By Flames
RESCUE PARTY CAUGHT
T(M OF POLICE SUCGUMiS WK
"ULLET EGISR
Man Giving Name As Edward Sullivan Dies At Mercy Hos¬ pital After Being There F or Days-—Officer Is Re¬ leased By Jud ge O'Boyle
Private Car Of Mana^fir On
Black Biamon'i ^m^^ Aid
?«perinfendent May live
Rlood pnisoiiinfr rpsultiiijj: from a hulh>t t'irpd a ivook asrn thi.«;
moniiiig: hy Officer Edward ! Butch) .McDonald, of Ilanovcr town-
'shin ivsultt'd fatally yesterday afiernoon. A man orivintr his name as
;E(lv.-ard S-.uliv-.Hi. and resid'-nce as Brooklyn, hoth Ihonprht liy the
; officers to ho liclitious. is the victim. Tlio ond canio at 4:1.") o'clock
iyesterdsy af'tprnoon after ho had hoon at the Mercy hospital almost
a A\-eek.
V,(\mV^ RADIY MtUn ATI^n ^^'hile on imHoI last nipht the officer was placed under arrest
DU..1>....> DiWLM^I, IiUHf.il ^,,^. (.^,,^,_._^. ,),.;,.,.j,^.^^ ,.,.j^p ,,„^j McKelvey. The char^jo is man-
!sl«u.c:lite'-. 11," was released on bail after being taken Iiefore .Judi^e nelpjrraM'i to Indepondont.) Peter A. O Hoyle, at West Pittston. James Gilligan qualifiod as the
Portiviie. Pa . .\ug. 2.—Nineteen bonchin.HIl. men art dead and as many more ! STORY OF SHOOTING
«riouii.'- in'iired as the result of an | It Was .shortiy before 3 o'clock last Sunday niorninsr that INIcDon-
exnio.<:;or of dynamite whioh oc-' a'd placed the dead man under arrest. He had found him sleeping in curred at the East Brooksidp colliery's .vaid in the I.ec Park section. The man fought desperately and of the Philadelphia * Rpidinp Coal'^^ok the ofncer ofi' his guard. Wliile prostrate iho officer claims his A Iren To. in rhe wpst md "f this i P''''"^'"''" *^i'>'^«''l '' brick from a nejirhy ])ile and it was a case of shoot icanty at noon todav. The tons of i <'^' ''*' ^j"^'*^' '""l**^'^-
.I'TiamUe exploded t. ;th a roar and i ^^^ "'''^''^' ^''^ -"° ^"^ *'"''''^' '''*" ^''"'^ •<^'fg»t-g in the knee. The vic-
th. mvHerio-js pow.r which shook-:*"'' ^'"^ quickiy rcmoveil to iht hospital but yesterday afternoon it th« i-as.=ive mine pillars sma propyl"^^'^^ discov-red that blood poisoning had set in and that it would be '.s thctph they v.ere ^raw? sent!"^^'t'''*"'"'.^' ^^ amputate tho limb. This was done but the shock was
too much for the man in his weakened eondiiion. The officers feel certain that he has conoealed his identity and that tliejijpme given is fielicious. ....,:'^~-~''-^^--- --"¦
MYSTEP IOUS VISITORS- ' ,\noth,-r mfttter to wliioh the officials are turning their attention
BOTH LEGS CUT OFF OF CHILD
Charles Deets of Page Street Kingston
At Bat in Ninth Struck Over Heart
During Contest At Harvey's
lake - - - Harry Allen
Threw Ball
HELD rOR CARDirr MURDER
Frank Kirk And Martin Flynn
Bound Over For Court
Witliout Bail
BY STREET CAR HI^ SISTERS AMONG SPECTATORS
Wanders From Companions ;„„„f-^^:^;;r£/rpr.ctd'tn;ctl';^^^^^^
And Steps In Front Of S.
Main Street Car—Is At
Mercy Hospital
ATTORNEYS PROTEST
F th
prop!?
sent
a sheet of flame shooting alon? the
r;'.n?r->y.«- and hreasts. seekinp an
'ut'et. Part of this flam? struck a
'pocJft-f of Erf»^_ whhh had arath^retl'
nni'f the fire ho..-s ma-le his in.inec-
tjHf fhi<^ mornine and a second and
;>igpe rlfadlv explosion oc< urred. over-
ftelmrnsr Supt .Trtin T^orenz and a
.r'jcu n? partv who had snne to the
^d o.' the men iniured in the first
ablest rn.
*' .\ Fiery Furnace.
' Fer fi\e minute.c rVe bottom of the taipe whifh is I.S"'^ f«-e' helow the fVirfaec. reached hy th" deepest shaft Ir th'' anthracite repion. looked like « fi<-^rv furnace with all the miner? T»ith'a re^ich cf the flame.c l\inp yirc.o- *r3t' en their facs whore they have t^ re^T thcrcce!* es to a\*o:d hrea*hin^ the f :me-= The he.it. however, either srorcl:e<' thV life out cf mo.st ofj these men or the se'vrro concii.ssion hr.i'' fl^ ire rcclc killed them. .^ seo- "lid reyciio force s'jrceed'^d in rcsen- ina^^h' b'^djes of Pi'nt. ' orenr and : th.it r.f Hirry "^rhofT.sf'i.. T.cron^ i v.as hrorcht to the Pottsvillo hospital j rtt the Plifi- Pl?>mcnd in 0°nera' ' r'anpeT Tichprds' private car and 1 it i.s ?:."i(? he w'M r-cover. H* is not' burned. .''chcff.'^t.Tn however, is s,3id '" he fatal'''- in'iired
Oral on Fii*«. Th*- explosion set Ire to the m'.rje •ind the resriiin-r forro, in belm^t-s c'lntainln? .«tored oxysen "-as soon or, the scene. Mil'ions of dollars' wort'i of the Pre.ot red ash coa' In
slow rate of ar>eed. The niotorman 16 the fact, that -slranpers visited thp man at the hospnM'tlunn?''thp"l''':f, '"' ^^^ '^" "^'"' """' ^^"^ "''
Charifed with murder. Krank Kirk and ."VTartin Klynn, were la.st night re¬ manded to the county jail, without bail, to await the action of the g^rand jury. They are named a? co-defend- ,; ants with Joseph .Murray, and all ^* three, the deotectlves claim are im¬ plicated in the death of Edward Car- .. diff. of 470 Xorth \V'aehington street.
The ba'l ^hat struck him was thrown by Pitcher Harry Alien,, who win be buried this afternoon.
i lie ija.i ..ici. That -Murray wielded a beer bottle
in the fi?:ht and that Kirk later boast¬ ed of having: "g'otlen the first craclc at that .smart Alec," are claims of tho detective force that has been at work on the case. Klynn. the third man sealed at the table with th others, is said to have joined in the rush for the table at which the dead boy warn .seated.
District .\ttorney BigeloiW yesterday pre.sented a petition to the |
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Year | 1913 |
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