The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-09-09
Grimes and Casualties.

ucIs anu 'HorrlDle accidents, u mas not
been for want Of plenty of matter Of that sort
in our exchanges. Indeed nothing seems
to US as better settled, than that great crimes
and fatalities are epiiemical. For month
at time frequently, in every paper we open
4 terrible conilagraton starcs US in the face,
next il is II shocking steam boat explosion or
railroad accident, and next great frauds or for
corics abound, aud next it * all foul and
atroeicus murders. At present the last
species Of cpidemi seems to rage most yio-
lently, although thcrc is sprnhling OF the
rest, rs will be seen hy the blackcncd record
below, which is n condensation of the more
prominent crimes and casualties as we find
them ailoat in our exchanges Of single
week.
BLooU. .lFFRAy.--N Marshal, Texas Au.
gust 9TH, most bloody ai'ray occurred A
misunderstanding had long existed between
Mr.. Walls and the Star family. On the
day of the election, the parties met and the
difficulty commenced. One of the Stars
shot Walls with revolver three or four
times. Walls advanced upon him after the
first fire and pursued him some two or three
hundred yards, and oycrtaking him stabbed
him several times with bowie knife from
the effects o! which he died that night
While this was being enacted, difficulty
was going on between the brothers of Star
and the GOWNS. Young Gown shot one Of
them and killed him, while l.. s. Gown, the
father, received severe wound on the Shout
! l.,r trn,p L piEa lna;,t,a
hand nearly off.
MARRIAGE ASD MCRDEE. a farmers son
named Joseph ). Baird was married to n
young lady, eleven mills from Xenia, Ohio,
last Sunday. The lady, it is said, had been
| previously engaged TO a young farmer named
/ Robinson On Tuesday, as Baird with his
bride was riding in his huggy towards Xcnia,
/ Robinson was observed to rush ont oe a
/ thichet and taking hold ofthc horses head,
/ commanded Baird to halt, nj the same time
( presenting pistol. Mrs. i. screamed,
and sprang from the buggy Baird followed.
/ and cliuching Robinson, a scuiilc ensuci, in
which he was shot dead by Robinson. The
/ young wife then wronch,d the pistol out of
/ Robinson's hands and attempted 70 shoot
/ him. Two balls were fred 10 10 effect,
when Robinsonjump'd into the buggy, drove
: off and effected his escape
! MrgDFRIS NmGiylA.-On Grecnbricr Riy.
or, Monroe county, Virginia, lives a man
named Joseph Graham lie has three or four
grown-up sons living beneath his roof and
! (until the 2Ilh ultimo) one unmarried daugh-
ter-Miss Jane GrahaM--1gcd about forty.
five. This daughter had m illcgitimate
daughter by n man who recently died in
Missouri leaving the sum Of 3 900 to this
child who is now married TO Mr. Miller. OF
Nicholas county. Guards Of the most VIC,
lent character ar' represent 4 20 have been
common in this family. \ recent quarrel
had taken place, and one Of the brother
sought 30 injurc the character Of bis sister
by leaving anonymous and delamatory let.
tiers upon the highway. and ais, by writing
to Mr.. Miller, Of Nicholas, giving the mother
Of his wife character aB "hiach n he'll, and
rottOn o. carbon and asserting that hel
daughter (Mlcr's wifJ was no better.
Without any knowledge Of this, Miss Jane
Graham few weeks ago went to Nicholas
county to visit her daughter found that
she and her husband had separated, anl
that the cause was the anonymous letter
which Miller had received. Miss Graham
full Of The violence and determination which
characterized her, Immediately rc;urne,
home. \ violent quarrel cnsCcd bctwceI
her and the brother who wrote the letter
into which the old man and woman wcr'
drawu-Uhcy siding with the sonj-the up
Shot ofwhich was the forcibc ecctment o
Miss Graham from the house. She wen
then 10 the house Of brotherin-law, on,
Mr. Nolan, who lives hard By, who. gave hci
shelter and protection. On the night az III,
9th Of July, Nolan and wife wcnt to visit
neighbor, leaving Miss Graham to take car,
Of the children. After they were gone. Mis-.
Graham dressed herselfand went out. At
little past ten o'clock they were aroused by
the cry OF fire, caused by the Burning Of tn,
barn Of Mr.. Joseph Graham. From her C..
known yindictiyc temper il was at once Sus
pected that she burned the barn. The Ora
hams, however, made no effort to lelrn any
thing OF the whereabout Of Miss Jane, or t,
revenge themselves for the injury done them
and a. no one had seen her afterwards, Ill,
rumor began to find many tongues, that they
had put her out Of the way. The neighbor
hood turned out and made s,arch, and 10y
blood and the marks of several scliilleS
tracked the body to creek, where il wa
fonna, shockingly manclci in the top OF ;
blown down tree. An inquest was h'ld, am
a'ter hearing all the evidence, the jury cam
to the conclusion that Miss Jane Graham
fred the barn that in 50 doing She rouse,
the fierce dog belonging to the family, tina
the dog followed her, and that some Of thr
family pursued in thc same direction tina
some Of them came up with her where til,
first ind cations OF n scuihc occurred, tina
she then escaped but was overtaken where
the indications of a second scufllc were foun,
and there murdered
On Friday evening n boy coming along tn,
lcvec took an apple from fruit stand KEEP
by an Italian, and was pursued until the boy
took refuge on board the steamer Forcs
Rose, where the mate fired pistol at TIN
pursucr, the ball passing through bis live
and lodging in the left side The man die,
in few minutes. Apoice officer undertook
to arrest the mate, and was stabbed in th,
left side so that he cannot recover Tn
murderer, whose name is Middleton, wa
finally arrested. The RcpVblica says
"rherc has not been night within the las
week when the dagger has not drank TIA,
blood its victim! The police Office fo
scv raj nights past, has been the rSeptacl
Of bleeding men who have had thcskniie pa
TO tn m. The police are under Gc ban
and are poweress; in fact they are sough
after and boldly challenged and deticd.'
SUPPOSED MURDER NEAR GALENA- Ella
Horn, aged six, and Geo. Jackson, aged /:
years, living near Miville, 10 Davicss Co.
went in company to Apple river to battle, hay
ing a gun with them. A short time afte
jackson returned, reporting that Horn wa
drowned Search was made for the boy
and on being recovered, il was found he ha,
been shot. Horn had 81, 10 in his pocket
which had been taken, and il is thought tn
murder was committed for that small sum
MURDER N LAKE Co. ILL.--On the %,
inst, the dead body Of Thos. Doughcr,y, o
libertyvillc, was found near that village
The last that had been seen of Mr. ID. aliv
was that in company with another man, h,
had brcakfastcd the day before at Mr.. Mad
dens, on the east side OF the river. In Tia
afternoon some boys, hunting cows, hcar'
the groans of dying man, were frightened
and gave the alarm, when the body wa