, 1870-09-28
TRAGEDY In
INDIANA

A Dianppointcd Lover sa"ua ',,,.nl,.
kncccsAfu1 Rival, 1A -.st,,.r
E-,cud. I1,x Rlvrg'* Wife"
nnd Ends By Blowing ""s
Rrains. c.,, % |
r.,,n ,t< pu.hr;E< {fad E:rue'tnn, sfpt: st = T..
r,na n the most terrible tfasea,es s9a' ass
pyer happened in our cooHss; R!;isT n;rht Tha
deEsoo to"nsup aapa secutl to be actuated bY
actol ~ 'aG f,s Ind coustcd and wanted 70
revenge; y,nslaip; she refused him and |
Ha1ts ~ 1rcs-nt husband, Allen JsckmAn.
eu end ,,nts4l to him in wedlock aoont nine or
sen 'lon n'onJ ,,nJes tle influence OF liquor, ali
.,aa,,rbt TEe1 tue matter WAS forgotten. On
~. Tfidsy night, howeyer, after I
~. dtbanchery and drunkenness, the
+;cnJ Of jealousy and revenge Was
.roused in him. After he had retired from
tle f.ir md : s.tsn M his b suppef' hs I'D s.ddlsd np
About o'clock At night, after the family hid
returned, he arrived It Jackman's house. He
assnmed the name Of pat sTompkins, in or3er
to deceive tha inmates. They, however, soon
detected the trick. When be found he could
not induce them to open the door, ho tried to
lneak iu the windows. and doors OF the house.
I. nalls. arriving At tho back door, conelder-
= ns'. Jackman finHllv whisperedto his wife
to step out It the front door and 90 to ME.
N:tli.m Rsccs, the neaFent noighbor, asquitk
ns shc could 50. She mAde her escape aud
succeeded in reaching R1cets in safety- She Was
quickly followed By hsr husband. They relas-
time 1t Rice's, it waa thought best BY Nj.
1s:ee that they should all go back and See If he
might not te firing the house, As he had
threatened to do They went back quietly
and found Long still at the bsck door. talk
ing aud working "a II he thought Jackuan
eclres secrctod in tho weeds, watching his
motions After perhsps twenty OF thirty
minutes he left the house, got on his horse
and rode rapidly away. giring the imprnssiona
to the secreted parties that he had gone, and
thar there, would be no danger In the house.
tisst came to the hnuse he told Jackmku that
he lad couo to kill him and his vito.
Jackman, 1sice and Nrs- Jackman now en-
terel tho house, Mrs. Jackman gtang into
the bzck room. They scarcely entered tho
noea. and began rrsPaFa'isoa foE t.,;taas Ssfenss
s' of cat. % stole 'A IN upon M them. JssF:
man w1s in the act Of loading
his gun He had also picked up butcher.
knife. Long ordered him peremptorily to
give up the gun, telling him be would shoot
him down Instantly II hc did pot. and present
soms hesitation be handed tho gun to Itice
when Long fired, Jackc1an recelFing the sho
in his left arm below the elbow. Long telling
lin, he did not want to kill him. that b.
had nothing aglinst him, but that he intond
ed to kill his wife. He wanted to know whor,
she Nxs-.- Captain Rico now began t1 inter
<ede, which Immediately raised Longs ir
toward him He began to threaten him. au'
eid he would kill hin too il ne took jack
maa's part, firing almost simultaneous wisl
tbn threat. When they both found them
4elvea wounded, they 1an from tho hous
}nrafhAr-rtat, t+7rtrv fha rnet1Ar 0f tn
e. house they met the fiend agsin.; fIo1
fa;utncys. Iozs Of blood, and fright, the
both fell together, Long firing tEo shot
at the instant they fell. He now thought b
hal lonc tho work for these two, and, .Aftk
searching awhile far the woman and faitiug.i
lli1 enorts to find her. mounted his horse -
rode between three and four miles TO u
jesse Winahip's, tho father Of Jackman'e vii
He galloned In grest hasre to W,nahip's. ami
finding them in bod. attempted By ha1loosr
to get them out Of the house. From b
1nannes they suspected rouaething wrong; b
him In, or else he broke in tha doo-, We dor
know which. He, in what they thought
joculRs manner said TO Mrs Winahip: :" Hes
am going to shoot you" She repliei
s.Well. shoot away" It was no sooner IA
tl!an done, the ball entering shs body Of Nj
ranging downward and outward, emetgs'
juet ADORE the hip bono. uc then L
wlnsllip's ana ride rap:aIy to his fat
er's, hut did not 60 into the hou.
but went to sfr. springer'H, u near neig
bor, walked them up, told then, he had kill
Al. Jacknan, old Dil Ihce, and old He
N,uship-told them he hal livel long enou,
in this xorld-bid them good-by, eaying
would never be taken alive or hung. ]
then left Spnngers, getting orer tte gard
fence into a coru-i-td. In As,out twenty mi
uses they heard tho rep ,rr OF gun aud nc
TO the front door anil beard grooming. Sprir
ct went out into the road aud walked tows
MIR. Daniel Longs house He l,21 not Gc
far until he met Mr.. Lang. the father of |
murderer. In the ruad, and thcy both got 0,
tbe fence into the cora-feld togethor- A
Ioda from the fence they found him lying
his lack, with his brains llown out aud nj
revolver lying on his t,reast, but ifo not
tinct: They removed hin to the hou
wterc be fingered until o'clock the n
morning.
The Coroner Was summoned to the &C.
and held an inquest. when the above II
were brought out, and the jury returnet
verdict Of eelf+dsetructiuu. II is thought
tho parties may possibly recover, though
wounds OF Hr. Rice and Mrs. Winship are c
sideTed very dangctou-.