THE MOHM.NG ASTORIAN. TUESDAY. JUNK 10. 11KIJ
SALEM TRAGEDY IN 1883
AN AKTOItf A MAX WHO FHJ
I KKI IX IT.
Killed Tlm'p Prisoners Outright,
Wounded Two Others One
it Them Mortally.
! The killing of three of (the guards at
the Salem penitentiary, nl the escape
of the two despi-cate prisoners, Tracy
ami Merrill, yesterday revalls he trag
edy of July 3, ISS1 The guard on that
or-caalon, who did desperate vM-k and
prevented five of the 14 who attempted
Ho eseape from eoning, lives In this
ctty. Single-handed he killed four of
tihe desperate men and wounded an
other so that he was unable to get
property, the ta having furnished
shotguns and Winchester rltles. Dr.
Kinney is fumlliar with the faets and
stated them as he remembered thetn.
Mr, Stlllwoll did state, however. In re
gard to She delivery yesterday that Tie
thought some prisoner who ihad Served
out his frm had been the mean of
getting the rifle Into hte prison
in some manner and that these had
tven Vpt there for sme time. They
are ,atll a plant" by the prison
ers. He ,4d also that almost all pris
on deliveries! take place on Tuesday.
He said that the prisoners planed the
esotv on Sunday, study It over Mon
day and oarry It into exeVutton on
Tuesday.
Speaking of the 1SSJ delivery which
took place on July 3. Pr. Alfred Kin
ney aald vesterdny that tthe p!an ued
by the prlir was ordinarily g safe
one. Thev seised the superintendent
of the ,r1n and drew- Knife on him
and h.U it ov.r him, stating to the
guards "hat If they shot they would
kill the sujert.it-?ndent .hording It near
Lis tiirvwt. The superintendent shout
d to the guards not to shoot. But as
ANOTHER CHICAGO FIRE
THIKTKKN
TlllltTY
Kll.l.KI AM)
IN.ll'ltKO.
t.HHoline IMuiit Itlamed and S.
eral Arrests !ade by
I'oliee.
way. Nine, however, made their s-i'n " prisoners clustered about the
rape, but were all landed back in pris
on In Jess than 30 days, except two.
one of whom escaped and has never
been recaptured, and another who re
fused to surrender and was killed while
reetatJna; arrest.
An Astorian reporter called on Mr.
Gilford Still weB, of this city yesterday,
who is now working at a local Hvery
stable, but who at that time made a
most remarkable reoird for his cool
headed bravery and remarkable marks
manship. He did not like to talk
about himself but discussed the pres
ent case freely and gave his opinion
thtvlt th A4nA Anil lata,. tl .
merots show that he was about right.
H said that 'f the Inside guards were
kill d It was done with bars of iron
or other objects, and that if the wall
guards were killed they were shot. At
that rime the news had not reached
Astoria of the manner of the killing.
Mr. Stlliweil lias had a great deal
of experience In guarding prisoners.
He guarded prisoners at San QuenUn
prison for a long time and was twice
on the force at Salem. His first ser
vice at Salem lasted 14 months and
the next time, he was there three and
one-half years. It was while he was
there- the last time that the terrible
tragedy occurred.
Fourteen of the desperate men plan
ned the escape, and had it not been
for the coolnss and bravry and splen
did marksmanship of Mr. Srlllwen they
would all have -jarried out their pur
pose. But five remained behind, three
dead In their tracks, another mortally
wounded, who died soon afterwards
and another whose leg had to be am
putated. Dr. Alfred Kinney, of this
city, performed the surgical operation
on the wounded prisoners. While Mr.
Stlliweil did iiot care to talk further
than that the men were killed with a
Marl in rifle, and that it was private
uperiiitea1eit and passed tinder the
wall wh're Stlliweil was standing he
fired fro n above killing two or tn
prisoners In their tracks, Thev then
"scaped to oover just behind a trick
waH. stIH holding on to the superin
tendent He began firing In Hne with
the guard, placing three bullets on
toD of each other In the wall at a dis
tance of 30 yards and following Itup
with the fourth shot the bullet crushed
through the opening made by the other
bullets and passed through the shoul
ders of the prisoner, killing him. The
10 remaining prisoners then scattered
and made a break for liberty. One was
shot through the arm before they-
readied a cluster of trees and here
they dodged among the trees, but
when over 300 yards away another
showed himself and StiHwell wrrnded
Mm mortally and he afterwards died.
The prisoners were gradually captur
ed until as above stated all but one
was captured, another being killed in
the Interim.
StiHwell looks to be about 40 years
old, his sandy hair and mustache, is a
hard-working man and very pleasant in
manner.
MAYFLOWER RBCOMMTSSIONED.
XBW TOKK. JuneS. Rear-Admir-al
Baker, commandant of the Brooklyn
navy ward, has received orders from
Washington to place the converted
cruised Mayflower in commission with
in two weeks. It is understood that
this vessel, formerly the yacht of
Mrs. Ogden Boelet, will be used by
President Roosevelt as a dispatch boat.
He will probably witness the autum
maneuvers of the army and navy oft
the coast of I-ong Island from the
deck of the Mayflower .
The yacht saw service In the Spanish
war and was then fitted up for a dis
patch boat for Governor Allen of
Porto Rico. When he resigned the
Mayflower was sent to the Brooklyn
navy yards.
PROVED HIS fOWARDICE.
NEW YORK. June S For telling
Xoah Parker, 22 years of age. that he
lacked the courage to shoot a fly, Jas.
Crane, aged 29, has been shot and
killed 1n a Brooklyn saloon. The bul
let entered the man's heart, killing
him Instantly. When he saw nis vic
tim fall, Parker became exoivl and
fired four other shots at the persons
in the saloon. None of the bullets
took effect, however. Parker then hur
ried to his home and later surrendered
to the police. Parker, who is a negro,
came from Kfntueky. An argument
over harse racing brought about the
banter to shoot which caus:-d Crtne's
death.
CHICAGO. June Twelve men and
one woman were killed ami alxiut 30
persons Injured In (Ire which this aft
ernoon destroyed lls. suttiuirtuni con
nected with St. Lukes Society at Wa
bash avenue and Slst stivet. The so
ciety occupied a building which was
long known as the Hotel Woodruff,
and for a hrief period as the Hotel
Lancaster. The greater porthui of the
patients received In the Institution
were those seekiig cur from drink
habit and those who were addicted to
the use of drugs.
Whn rhe fire broke out there were
on the fifth floor a number of patients
suffering from dllrium tremens ami
some who were deranged by drugs.
Some of these were strapped to their
beds and it was found impossible K
save them, so rapidly did the fire
spread through the building. The list
of dead so far as known follows:
S. J. NBWBLL,
WILLIAM KENT, akierman of the
Fourth wan!. Chicago.
MICHAEL LITOY.
CARL A. CARLSON.
JOSEPH HARRINGTON.
SAMUBL DALZKLL.
PR, J. STANTON.
J. B. BISHOP, of St. Ituils.
GEOtttWJ A. RIBHERKCK. of Hill
side Mich.
O. S. SCOTT. Inverse. Illinois.
JOHN B. KNAPPMAN.
MRS. B. M. BAl'MANN.
B. H. BOYD. 78 years old, member
of th? medical staff of the institution.
The seriously injured:
A. W. Wattels.
Mrs. Amelia Wilson,
Mrs. McMannls.
Mrs. B. H. Bowman.
F. J. Suit.
The fire originated in the basement
of the building ami spread rapidly to
the upper stories of tne building
through the elevator shart. Before
the ocmpaits of the building oould be
warned, flames had been carried to the
roof and had eaten through it and
were leaping high In the air. As the
Are rati through the building, patients
prang from their beds, and hefoie
they could he prevented several had
Jumped from windows u the pave
ment.
The police have aiwsled William
Laltvham, int engineer; Iee Stemour,
flivnnin of the building, and J. V. Ns
gel .(nvent.ir of the gasoline plant In
use In t'e institution; O. K. Miller
lreldel of the Institution, and WH
Ham Ste'ii-r. engineer of the building.
The police have the Idea that the fire
originated from mismanagement of Ihv
gasolne plant.
Otllclils gave out the following list
of missing; it Is not known thnt they
are dead, but neither their friends nor
the !oll.-e have been l!e to locate
them, ami It is known that they were
in the bulMtng when the rti broke
out;
M. J, Cahlll, WHIkun Kggleston. Mor
ris B Unicks, George llarrlgan, Chus.
MigrAll. Malivlm Morris, Thonuus Ryan.
The Danger Period lor the
Nervous and Broken Down in
Health Is Rapidly Drawing
Nigh.
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MORK Ft UK VICTIMS.
SARATOGA. N. Y.. June S.-Ftre
early today destroyed the Arcade, Clt
Irens NiitKtiial Hank block and Shm-k-
elford building, and raumt the loss of
five lives. The dead are.
M ltd. KLIZAHKTH M. MAI1I0C.
MRS. 8A1UH OWBNS.
DAVID HOWLAND.
MIW. DAVID ttOWLAND.
MRS. FARRINGTON.
The protierty Iomh Is $300,000.
SIIOCKBD TO IKATH.
NEW YORK. June S-Mi-s. J. Fee-
ley, of Hohoken. saw a child drop
througtt the air from a window almve.
Bellevelng It was her son. she scream
ed his name In hwrtbroken accents
and fell In a faint. She died a few mo
ments later. Mrs. Feeley had licen III
for several weeks and was out of her
bed for the first time when she received
the shock thnt caused her death. The
hoy whi fell to the street was not se
verely hurl.
HI'NTEIt AtVmKNTLY Kl I.I.I 2D.
SEATTLE. June 8-Th body of
John Plrie, a rancher of Arondale, was
found In the woods nenr his home
yesterday wh a bullet from n rill.
In his head. He had been missing from
home since last Monday, having stori
ed for a hunt. Searchers have been out
since Tuesday. Relatives believe thi
killing to have been accidental. Polrie
was 52 years old.
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doing hlrrrself or anyone else bodily
harm. J. W. Pike of Ohio county, Ky.,
with his wife and six children in a
covered wagon are traveling to the
Choctaw Nation. Pike received a
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is dangerous. Seven years ago he went
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TACOMA, June 9. Many persons in
Tacoma today saw two columns of
slfam rising from the apex of Mourn
Tacoma. The qufstion of the melting
of the snow by the h;tt of the sun,
the lifting and driving of the snow
from the summit by tho wind, and
esveral other powible explaatlons of
the phenomena wre dlsr ue.1"but none
of them answered or explained wrat
they saw.
DROCTII IX HONO KONG.
SAN FKANCISCO, June 9 The
Pacific Mall steamship City of Peking,
which arrivod last nlgt from the Ori
ent, brings the news of a water fam
ine In Hong Kong. The wells of the
olty th'-y run dry, and In order to
supply the Island with water, tugs
were kept running between the city
and the maJnland. The officers of the
Peking state that the drouth effected
the Chinese mostly at the time the ves
sel left. Before every public watering
place natives stood waiting a chance
to fill their buckets. In one place In
the busiest part of Hong Kong there
were more than a ithousand coolies In
line waiting to get water for their per
ishing families.
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Bakka, Lesle I venom. Alex.
Barret, C. A. Co Kucgo. N. H
Cornell, A., (3 Kioerbve. Cltius P.I
Curtis, .Misslva,. Learned, Mrs. A. F.
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