May 31.—There is a great deal of excitement in town in regard to the death of Dr. Thornton. He was killed last night by two Irishmen from our hospital. One was a man who took charge of the dining room; the other, one of our best nurses. It seems they were both intoxicated, and went to Dr. T.’s house, near the hospital, and insisted on him giving them whisky. He ordered them off. On their going out the gate, he followed them, when one stabbed him with a knife, and he died half an hour afterward.
The men have been arrested. If they had not been under the influence of liquor I am certain they would not have committed the deed.
