The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-18
HORRORS.
A Crazy Frenchmau Cuts on His Daughters
Head.


A Crazy Frenchmnn Cuts Cuts on His Daughters
A shocking murder was committed recently
at Levallois-Perret, France, by lunatic, on
his own daughter, aged eighteen. The man, a
DYER named Dubois, residing at Clichy, had
only few days before come out of an asylum
where he had been for three months under
treatment. Having expressed a desire to take
a walk, he started with the young woman in the
direction Of the Seine, and while crossing
he took knife from his pocket
and cut her throat. The cries of the daughter
were heard by two workmen at a factory close
by, and they fastened to the spot, but arrived
too late to save the victim, as the father had
almost severed the head from her body. The
murderer then ran to the Seine and threw him
self into the water, but on seeing a boatapproach
he swan ashore, and was secured. Dubois
replied in an incoherentmanner to the questions
put to him, and was evidently insane he had,
besides, no motive for hatred against his daugh-
ter. When in custody, the gendarmes had some
difficulty in preserving him from the anger of
the crowd.
Terrible Mining Accident.
A terrible accident occurred in the coal mines
of Butsch, Dickson 81 Anderson, at Brazil In
diana on Monday. The mine is entered from a
shaft with steep grade. Three men were at
work eXcavating across a passage about 200
yards from the entrance, but concealed by a
curve. In hosting up car load of COAL the strap
hitching the mule to the car gave way when
near the entrance, and the heavy car descended
the grade at fearful speed, giving the miners no
warning, or chance to escape. Joseph Grugen
was struck by the car and jammed between 10
and the wall and instantly killed The top of
his head was taken off. The obstruction over
turned the car, and the coal was thrown upon
Joseph Jacobs, who was also struck by the car
and fatally injured; the third man escaped with
a few bruises. Grugen and Jacobs were Bel
gians, and were working in the mine for the
first time. The former has wife and two chill
lrtr l,n lof NNNf
two children of deceased brother.
Massacre of "A Caravan.
The Independent, of Constantine, contains an
account of the massacre OF a Tunisian caravan
on French territory. Commercial relations were
opened about q year ago between Guefsa, in the
Regency, and Tebessa, in Algeria, the merchants
of the former place sending OIL carpets ETC.,
and receiving in exchange corn and printed
cotton stuffs. Last month caravan, com
posed of twenty-six Arabs, woman, and
three Jews, all Tunisians, with abont fifty
camels or asses laden with merchandise or
specie of the value of So 600 francs, were return
ing to Guefsa and had arrived within six hours
march of the frontier, when they were attacked
by one hundred and fifty horsemen of the Alge-
rian tribe of Nemenehas, headed by three Caids.
The Tunisians did not resist but were, never
theless, cruelty put to death, with the exception
of the Jews and the woman, who escaped
wounded. The animals and their burden were
carried off and the Caids not only openly boast Of
| this massacre, but one of them, named Ben Ali,
subsequently received sum OF SoO francs from
the father of the jew killed to restore the body
| for interment.
communicated note since sent to
| the above-named journal by the Government of
Algeria explains the outrage by'stating that the
| Nemenchas were greatly irritated by rumor
| that the Tunisan tribe of Hammamas were pre-
pairing to again invade their territory; during
the last two years different irrupti0ns had cost
| the former not less than SO men, 7S7 camels
| and 300 sheep; when still under the impress
4 sion Of this fresh nr0VOCatiOn. the NemeQclas
had accidentally met the caravan, which hap
pened to be composed of q fraction of the tribe
of Hammamas, and had accomplished this sum
mary act of vengeance.