Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-27
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THE NEWS.
On last Thursday two negroes, nam
ed WIN. Lecper and Jacob Matthews,
got into dispute on the farm OF Jacob
Anthony, in Auburn precinct, Sanga
mon county, ending IN fight, in the
course Of which Leeper was shot dead.
1t was considered case of jnstlfabc
selfdefence on the part Of Matthews.
DIR. o. d. Wilcox, of Elmira N. T.,
committed suicide on Friday, because
accused of malpractice, and prosecuted
on account OF the death OF a man
whose leg he had amputated. He
took poison and died in halt an hour
In the vicinity of Dyersburg, Tenn,
a few days since. Vail and Spiccr, a
gentleman and his overseer, were inhu-
manly butchered at the house of Vail
by q man calling himself Melton
They haC been engaged in wood chop
ping, and by appointment, met at
Wallis house for settlement. Melton,
the evening previous, had borrowed
Wallis gun for the purpose Of hunting,
and during the afternoon visited "a
store at Key corner, where he purchas-
ed some buckshot and clothing, the
latter Of which. 1T is supposed, he dcpos-
tied in canoe at the river, as they
were not seen afterwards. Vail and
Spicer were awaiting the arrival OF
Melton when he came up, and without
any provation, discharged the contents
Of one barrel of the gun at Spicer, kill
ing him instantly. He turned the gun
then upon Vail, who was supplicating
for his life, and demanded his money.
Vail promised to get it for him, and
was in the act Of going after it, when
Melton fired upon him, SCATTERING his
arm. Vail Immediately fled into an
adjoining field, whittier he was pursued
and overtaken by Melton, who battered
his brains ont with the breach of the
gun. The ficnd next returned to the
house, and demanded Of Mrs. Vail all
the money in the house; she was
forced to hand him MIR. VS. pocket
book. from which he took some papers
and one hundred dollars in money!
Melton made his escape and had not
been arrested.
A shocking accident occurred as the
mail tain from Boston was leaving
Mortified, VT, on Saturday. Will
lam Shsttuck, engineer on board the
train, either jumped or fell from the
engine and struck his head against a
tie where the rail crosses it, mutiIating
his face and taking the top of his head
completely of.
A Mrs. Webb was going from her
residence in West Rush, New York,
to the house Of her son, accompanied
by her husband and son eighteen
years old, the husband who had been
drinking freely, suddenly drew dirk
knife and stabbed his wife in the side
near the heart. He was instantly
knocked down by his son. aud secured
but not not until he had inflicted sew
eral dangerous wounds upon himself.
His wife died the next morning, and it
is thought he cennot recover.
Private letters from Oregon state
that the election there has resulted in
favor Of the Democrats who carried
the Legislature. Gen. Lane, it is said,
will be the United States Senator,
General Quitman, in 1924, married
Miss Eliza Turner, the only daughter
OF Henry Turner, ESQ.,, Of Virginia,
aud neice Of Chancellor Turner. Of
mississippi. Mrs. Quittman still sur
wives him, With an interesting family
consisting Of one son and five dauph-
ters.
Four brothers, named Pulsey. were
drowned on Sunday Of last week, near
Baltimore. They were all drunk and
three persisted by the capsizing Of a
sail-boat, and the other fell from a
skiff.
IN consequence Of suspected NAL
feasance on the part of the conductors
on the N: 5. R. R., lately, the compa-
ny placed q detective on board Of each
passenger train to see that these Of.
fccrs made correct returns Of their 70.
ceipts. The result was that three Of
the Conductors, Woodbury., Hamilton.
and Bolles, Immediately resigned.
$50 man nnmed 0livor Ho-..A -
siding in Name village, Broome coun.
~ N. Y, some sixteen miles, from
Binghamptou, murdered two OF hi,
shldrsn on the 10th inst, BY cutting
their 1baoats With : razor. No motive
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