Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-06-26
A Chapter of Crime.

We CLEAN from our exchanges the follow.
ing chapter of crime, from which it will be
seen that the demon of blood is almost unop>
posed throughout the length aud breadth of
the land:
WIFE MURDER
A man by the name of Fox not long ago
married young girl by the name of Ashley.
near Tunbridge, Vermont They had some
trouble and parted. He became enamored
OF u young widow, and, it seems, was anxious
to get rid OF his wife. lie saw>her, aud per-
sua4ed her to meet him in an old barn on
farm where there was no one living, on pre-
tense of making up and living with her again.
She met him there, aud the uext morning the
barn was heap of ashes, aud her halEconsum.
ed body was found, with sufficient marks of
violence still to be seen, upon her head, to
show beyond question that she was murdered
Her lower limbs were burned off, but her body
was not consumed. Her skull was fractu ed,
evidently by heavy blow. The murderer
is now in prison.
WOMAN DROWNED IN ALLEoAANY RIVER.
A woman named Anne Callahan, whose
husband resides iu Garrison Alley, Pittsburg,
was iound drowned in the Allegheny river
on Thursday. She was seen during the
morning on the bank of the river in company
with named Edward Mcdonald, and
soon after was heard screaming for assistance.
Two men who heard the cries fastened toward
the spot aud saw the woman Ia the water and
Mcdonald on the bank. Her body was RESI-
cued soon after, but lite was extinct. There
being foul play, Mcdonald was arrested.
DESPERATE FIGHT AT owENsBURG, KY,
On Thursday eveninga desperate aud fatal
encounter occurred ut Owemsburg, Kentucky.
A difficulty sprang up between u man uauied
Goodman. guUsmith, and several othcrs'-
An attack made ou Goodman by two or
three men at the same time. Goodman drew
his revolver and shot one of the men, named
McAllister, killing him instantly. He also
shot man named Barkwell in the breast, from
the effects OF which it was believed he would
die. a third man. named William Brown,
he shot in the leg, intlicting serious but not
dangerous wound. Goodman, it is said, act
ed with great cooness aud deibeation, and
after the shooting was over ne deliberately
packed his clothes, settled with his employers,
aud left town. No attempt was made to ar
rest him.
ANOTHER MURDER IN LOUISVILLE.
A few nights ago a party of young men
went into u saloon, known as NO S." on
Third street, where they got into difficulty
with s. w Lehm tn, the bar keeper, in con-
sequence of his demonstrating with one of the
players for keeping score on the table with
piece Of chalk. Subsequently they struck
Lehman and his partner, Eughelbeck with
chair, cutting the latter over the head. Dur
ing the alteration young man named Thos.
Il. Judge was shot by Lehman. The ball en-.
tered the heart, causing almost instant death.
Lehman aud Enghelbeck were arrested.
NEnGo KILLED IN BOWLING GREEN.
An afternoon or Too since, says the Louis
vile C"ujrer, quite young man named Ed
ward o Day, was walking up one of the streets
in pcaceaDIe, quiet way disturbing no one,
When he came III contact with u party Of im-
pudent aud boisterOus negroes The negroes
were bent on mischief aud showed DISPOSE
tion to abuse the white boy. Ctne of the ne
groes said to o Day that he had been knock
ing down negroes, aud he supposed he waut-
ed knock some Of them down. O'Day quiet
ly replied, mo, l am not knocking negroes
down now" At this the negro drew u pis-
tOl aud made hostile demonstrations, when
O'Day gathered him by the collar, dexterious-
ly drew his knife. stabbed the negro through
the heart, killing him almost instantly.
A JEALOUS HUSBAND KILLS MAN WITH
AN AXE.
On Wednesday morning before dawn DO
lice officer in St. Louis was attracted by n
woman with light in her hand bending over
the PROSTATE form Of = man. On going up he
found u man lyIuR on the grass terribly wound
ed in the head the woman stated the man
was struck with an axe, by her husband nam
ed lin. Nolan. The woman was taken to
her house by the policeman ON Thirteenth
street near the Fort, where her husband was
arrested, aud they were both sent to the
Fourth District Station, the wounded man
being transferred TO a house in the vicinity
where he at present lies, with no hopes, tho
doctors say OfrecOvery.
A week or so ago, they had quarrel about
some man coming to see the woman, who does
not bear very good character. Nolan beat
his wife; and she in revenge procured war
rant for his arrest, but he ran away into the
country aud cOuId not be found. He return
ed on Sunday night, and going stealthily to
his house, he young man named VIM.
Denabe inside with his wife. Nolan burst
IN the door, but before he entered Denabe es-
capped through the back door. Nolan pursued
him with ap axe. and overtaking him, inflict-
ed dangerous wounds, on his head, breaking
the skull in several places. and left him lying
in the fe d, and returned to the house, where
he was arrested.
a QUEER FIsH.-A curious specimen Of
the fish genus found near the shore at
| Rock Greek, in this county, Oh Saturday
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