Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-20
Crimes and Casualties.

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great excitement, caused by the aeci-
/ dental shooting and killing OF Mrs. r..
/ H. Bibb, by her cousin, phOs. Hook
/ er5mirh, a lad OF about fourteen. The
boy Is now raving maniac. de ran
up the street from the spot screaming
and tearing his clothes from his per
son. This is the most shocking oe-
curTence that has ever happened III
our town"
The Troy N. " Press gives an ac-
count Of the finding in den on Sew
enth street of that city, OF young girl
with the pallor of death on her brow,
only recently having given birth 10
an infant. After Tummaging through
the different rooms the child was
found wrapped up In shawl and
lying in a corner where there was
nothing but rubbish, which was piled
upon the newborn infant; and IN all
probability il had been left there at
least four days. The spark Of life was
almost extinct, and but plaintive wall
indicated its presence.
The Norfolk (Va) Journal Of the
IIth Is in receipt of the intelligence of
a most revolving and diabOlical out
rage committed a few days ago on
Woods farm, near Hickory Ground,
NOrlOld county, by a negro family
named Seguine, who horribly man
gled aud murdered q little cOlOred boy
whom they took int the nearest piece
of woods, and having first cut out his
tongue by the roots, they put an end
10 his sutIerings by cutting his throat
from ear TO ear. The hends then hid
the body in a clump Of bushes and
went quietly hume. They have been
arrested.
a tragedy occurred ina Catholic
church at Piqua, Ohio, on the l4th.
While the congregation at the st.
Mary's Catholic Church of this city
were engaged in worship, a young
woman by the name of Miss Mary
Maher entered the church and took q
seat, and in a few moments thereafter
deliberately took from her pocket
pistol and shot a young man named
Thomas Wise, who occupied the seat
Immediately in front OF her. Wise,
after being shot, arose and started to-
ward the entry. The woman pUr-
sued him, endeavOriug to fire upon
him the second time, but was pre-
vented from doing so by a policeman,
who happened to be present, and who
arrested her.
A fresh murder was committed yes
teTday in the Rue St. HOnOre. The
victim was young woman named
Josephine Rispal, aged twenty-five,
living at the house No 2S5, and who
was the mistress OF a man named Du-
rand, q packing case maker at Menll-
mUntanT. The latter came to see her
generally during the evening, but ar
rived on the occasion later than usual,
and in q state of intUXicauOn. The
woman had been waiting fDr him to
dine Tor more than an hour, and made
some C5SerVGtiUn Ou the delay, to
which he replied in a brutal manner.
Some high words followed, and the
man at length took a clasp-knite from
his pocket and stabbed the female sew
eral times ia tie neck and breast, one
wound penetrating 70 her heart and
causing death instantaneOUsly Du-
rand went down stairs 20 the concierge
OF the house and told the latter what
he had done, and asked him TO go and
inform the police. The murderer IS
aged fOrty-eight, is married, and the
father Of Il family.
The New York World, Of the 6th
ius;.. scvs that james Brady, seaman,
swears hat during the last voyage Oi
.he shin Neptune, Captain Peabody
put him IA irons; anu WHiie
in irons, the Captain, finding
him asleep, beat him on tRe head
with c0whide, put a br00u-handle
u2deT his knees aud doubled hlm up
50 that he could not move; then
pricfed him in the back with = sword
and struck him on the face with Il,
also beat him with an iron Delaying
pin. The second mate compelled hun
To lie over the pig-p-n, MS feet on one
side and head Oh the Other, Ia which
position he WAS kept fifteen minutes.
lie was then compelled to stand on
his head about one hour, his legs rest
ing againSt the pen. William 6lies,
native of B0stOrB swearS that the
second mate beat hin nearly every
time be came near him, made him
stand on his head until his eyes felt as
If they would burst, his tongue hung
out Of his mouth, and he thought he
was dying Ia that position he was
compelled to kiss one Of the negroes,
the mate threatening to break his head
if he refused. The men say no cause
existed fer the this cruelty.
Some children going to school at
POissy, three mornings back, discOv-
cred a corpse hanging by the feet 10
the lower branch Oi a tree just outside
the town. They immediately gave
information at the Marie, and the
authorize. hasJcuGd 10 theSpUt. Upon
the body being cut down * was rec
ngnized as that of woman named
Marie, an industrious, Intelligent per
son, aud the mother o; f9mily. She
was in the habit of leaving her home
early in the morning, and going round
T. the various works in the neighbOr-
hood 20 supply the men with coffee,
etc. Unfortunately for her, she was
known always To carry considerable
sum about iIer, and that Circumstance
probablv led TO her death. She seems
ia have been attacked while return
inc nome iB the evening, dragged into
a field and stEangled. As she was
very powerful woman she would nat
urally have struggled desperately,
and consequently the crime can handy
have been committed by one person.
The London Daily Telegraph gives
the following he9rt-rendins testimony
Cby the sole surVivOr) Of the loss %
the fishing smack Supreme, OF New
biggen Point: Taylor Brown, on
being sworn, said he was fisherman,
residing at Newbiggen, and, on Thurs
day morning last, went TO sea ABOUT
four O'Clock, in company with Hunter
Taylor, George Ralph Briston, and
William Oliver. They formed the
crew of the cOble Supreme. A squau
Of sind came suddenly upon them,
and the bear went down, brO3dside
drstss Although they were all thrown
= the water, they managed TO catch
IN, ~, and scramble uPOn her side;
the oC Ren broke, the craft rolled
The mast ~SJL3F1t, and the men
bottom upP- - ksel for safety.
upon e. Six yClock: but
This would be abOu. s~sssrd tlraed
the bottom shortly aftes ~4asir INTO
over, and threw them all az- @oRsly
the water. They had just prev Va
pOsseSsed themselves of the ouOs
used for keeping up the nets, and on
these they continued to fiOat until the
boat again came to the suriact. ray
Ior and Bristol managed to scramble
upon her side, but the buoys on when
Brown and Oliver placed themselves
were not sufficiently large TO support
them properly, and for some
time they were in imminent
danger OF drowning. An oar toriu-
uateiv came to hand in time, and py
a.. q to FaH