Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-06
A Young Lady Shot at the
Supper Table.
A Father ROasts His Child
Alive.

Ku- Klux ON the Upper Mississippi
CHIoAeo, July 5.-As the Judy johnson
was passing down the Mississippi river,
just above Quincy, she was fired into BY
some persons on shore. Bennett White
was shot in the abdomen and another shot
passed through his clothes. He is now
living at the fremont House, in Quincy,
in critical condition. Two young men
named James G. West and Charles Orr,
have been arrested on suspicion OF being
the guilty parties.
Fiendinn Murder of a Beautiful
Young Lady.
A dastardly and brutal murder was
committed near the village of Jabbona
Grove, DeKalb county, L., on the eve
ming of 9TH inst. Miss Joana McCUr-
mick, beautiful young lady of II years,
daughter of Ms. Mccormick, q wealthy
farmers widow, while sitting at supper
table with her mother, two younger sis
tiers and brother, was shot dead by
farm hand in the employment of Mrs.
Mccormick, named John Reed. The
reason for his committing the horrid deed
was the fact that Miss Mccormick had
refused to accompany him to a 4th of
July celebration on the following day.
Reed fred two shots through g window
from q double-barreled sho.gun-the first
shot entered her brain, killing her in
stantly. Reed returned the gun to a
neiehb3r from whom be DO Trowed it, and
fled. Toe whole neighbor hood is in pur'
suit of him, and if caugh: he win pretty
certainly be lyncded az ones.
A Father EEOasts His Child Oh a Hot
stove.
Martin MeaTd, farmer in coed Cir
cums;ancas, residing near Gilman, Iro-
quois county, Illinois, was arrest ed on
Saturday for numbering his boy aged IL
years, in q most cruel and tiendish man
ner, on the 14th ultimO. 1t appears
from the testimony of Meard's wife that
on that day, while she was lying sick in
her oed, the brute stripped the child, laid
him on a hot stove and roasted his back
in terrible manner, then beat him unmer-
cifully and placed him in his sick mothers
bed, where he died in few hours. The
fieEd buried the body of the murdered boy
unders hedge, and then went TO town and
publicly advertised that his boy had run
away. Suspicion was subsequently arOus-
ed that there had been foul play. Search
was made, the body found and the muir
der,r arrested. He is low in jail at
Wa seka. Mrs. Meard witnessed the
whipping and death of her boy, but was
helpessly sick in child bed at the time.
Iater-The Murderer E6u KIuxed.
WATsEKA, Ills, July 5.-Martin
Meaid, an Irishman, confined in the
county jail here, awaiting trial for burn.
ing and whipping his II years old boy to
death, was taken from the jail at z
O'Clock this evening and hung by an in
censed mob of 500 armed men, followed
by 1000 men, women and children.
Mira gave the Masonic signal of dis
tress which was not responded to. He
renowned the craft. He was given an
opportunity to speak and pray, and con
fessed lis guilt in address to the crowd.
He refused the benefit of prayer by a
protestant clergyman, and begged fol-
mercy.
A Fatal Mystery AT Cincinntti.
CINCNNATI, July 1.-Two soldiers be-
longing to Newport Barracks went into q
saloon and boarding house in this city,
Nc. 81 East Pearl street, about eight
O'clock last night, and engaged a room
for the night. Their names were James
Mitchell and Chris Seffringer.
After four o'clock this morning the pro.
prietor was reused by call for water
frCm their room. Going up he found
Seffringer shot back CT the ear and Mitch.
ell dead, with ball in the head, entering
behind at the base of the skull and cours-
ing upward. Seffringer was alive but in
ethical condition. The soldiers testify
that Seffringer was very peaceabie, but
that Mitchell was dangerous man and
had threatened Seffringer yesterday.
Beaten 10 Death,
LooKPoRT, N. Y, July 5.-George
Sheppard from Newport, Kentucky,
while on his way 10 hotel in this city
last night, was beaten insensible and
robbed. His jaw was broken and he was
severely injured internally. He Is not ex
pected TO live.