Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-03-25 | Page 15 | Day of Ghastly Crimes

OA DAY Y Of GHASTlY CRIMES Wilmington Del Tragedies Com Corn Comprised Comprised CornS S Murders Suicides and the Killing of a Murderer Wilmington Del March 24 Never before did the crime of Wll WIl make such a ghastly showing owing f as yesterday esterday Three shot to death as assaults assaults assaults that may result In three more zore pore deaths a half dozen persons slightly wounded and two suicides comprise the record The most sensational occurrence was the tragedy on the Baltimore Ohio express train which starting when the train had Just passed Newark Nevark twelve miles below Wilmington continued un til Ut Its arrival at the station and cul in the death of ot the thO th double murderer after aft r he had held a crowd of or mere mare than a thousand persons persona and I nearly all aU of the police force at bay I for more than Ulan an hour before he could be ue reached The victims of ot the workhouse trag edy Guards Walter Hastings tings and rhomas omas are still In a se rious condition at Delaware hospital and the physicians give ghe out no hope for the recovery recover of either Stephen Hunter Huntor Hn t the negro prisoner who shot ahot them down yesterday in an endeavor to escape and who In turn was shot and beaten by other guards is 1 at the prIs on hospital His death Is expected al most any time The other tragedies were the suicide of Mrs H Hattie tte Rommel and of Charles Tindall n a after r he had shot and killed Mrs ff Clara Newcomb because she re fused to elope with him