The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-19 00:00:00

A "LRAP FOR LIFE."

There was a " largo and fashionable" audience" at
the Queen's Theatre, Hull, on Tuesday evening, to be en-
tertained in a variety of ways, one of which was a fool-
hardy trapeze performance by two young' men calling
themselves Les Freres Trevannion. The performance
seems to have been descr:bed with graphic accuracy, for it
was "a thrilling and exciting act —the double fall for
life." This " leap for life" consists of swinging through
the air by the aid of two ropes with rings attached, from
a perch near the roof of the th-atre, immediately over the
front boxes, to a trap ze suspended from the roof at the
other en.l of the theatre, Hanging on the trapeze
by the legs was the ono gymnast, ready to catch his
adventurous companion immediately he had swung
through the air and let go the ring. The latter
bounded away, not, however, to be firmly and securely
caught in the grip of his companion. lie reached his
hands certainly, but slipped from the grasp, and commenced
his "second fall for life,'t from the roof of the theatre to
the floor, a distance of 33 to 40 feet; amidst the shrieks of
men, women, and children. The audience al rose from
their seats in breathless anxiety as to the fate of the poor
gymnast, who had fallen heavily on his side on the floor
of the ring, whence he waa immediately carried away ap-
parently in an insensible emn lition. Fortusataly, there
were one or two [nettledl gentlemen present, who lost no
time in examining the cond tion of the patient, and it was
announced that he Lad not sustained any serious injury.

EXTRAORDINARY TRAGEDY IN NORTH
CAROLINA.

On ono of the spurs of the Biuo Ridge, called "Bushey
Mountain," near the intersecting line of the counties of
Wilkes and Alexander, says a New York paper, there
lived a religiously fanatical family, consisting of James
Land, his wife, daughter, and two sons. From some cause,
unexplained, a quarrel arose between the sister and one
of the brothers, resulting in a deadly hatred, which
made the girl leave tLo house through fear, and to
which ,he did not return until about midnight. Upon
reachin`• tl.O door and attempting to open it, she was
met by her brother, and on attempting to enter the house
was shot by him an I instantly kilo 1, Whatever demo-
niacal spirit could have taken possession of the fratticide
seems to have, been immediately infused inta the other
brother, the father and mother, all of whom th ,u collected a
large pile of wood, which they fired, and upon which they
consumed the body' of the murdered sister until not a
vestige r..-mftined to testify to the trim A few days
afterwards the absence of the sister being discovered, and
no ratisfectory account being given of her by her
relatives, suspicion became excited, and soon widener:,
sufficient of her brutal murder transpired to cause the
arrest and confinement in gaol of all the remaining
members of the family. They were locked in the
same cull in the gaol at Taylorsvillo, in Alexander
county ; and on Friday night the father and two sons mur-
dered the wife and soother, thus adding another to the
horrible crimes already committed. Next morning
when the body of Mrs. Land was found by the j.dlor,
cold and stark, and mutilated in a most revolting and
disgusting manner, the wretches, father and sons, coolly
confessed the murder, as well as the murder of the sister.
It is believed they aro insane, and for fear another murder
might be added to the list, the father was placed in a cell
apart from the sons.

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NOTICI,

The Third E lition of " The Sus " of last Evaning was
published in 4imo for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.