Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-08
CRIMES AND ACCIDENTS.
Herrible Murder-An Awful Affair In
Mississippi.
A miraculous Escape Of Three Persons
and a HOrse-Buggy and Train
Less Fortunate.
Murderer Hung Killed Dog, BOasted,
and Got killed-TOO Young TO
Carry Arms.

From The Nicksburg Herald-l
Two brothers, SAYS the Nicksburg
Heraid of Thursday last, Joe and Henry
Spears, living hear CrawfOrdville, went
10 BroOksville, got drunk, and returned
home i'm that condition Joe and Henry
had married sisters, the daughters of 8
widow lady. Joe had his second wife;
me also had some bad children, the off
snring of a former wife. During theil
absence JOe's wife had whipped one oi
her step-children. When the drunken
brothers returned home, JOe's chap met
him and told him that his step-mOthel
Itad whipped him; the drum ken father
entered the house and commenced abus-
ing his wife, also the wife Of his brother
Henry. Henry demonstrated with Joe
bat Joe became more infuriated and
drew out his knife, whereupOn Henry
got his gun and shot his brother Joe,
killing him instantly.
Henry Spears fled, saying he never
Intended TO be taken alive. A negro
officer, accompanied by three young
white men, went in pursuit of him, and
on "Wednesday last overlook and cap
hred him at New Prospect, in this
county. He has been confined I'm the
Jail Of LOwndes county TO await his
trial for the murder of his brother.
The Clarksville T6bdccO-LegJ of the
i1h SAYS: " Mrs. Webb Garth, little SON
and Miss Lettie DigOn, in a buggy, at
tempted TO cross the railroad Friday, at
Hadensville, while a switching train
was in motion, thinking they had ample
time. and just as the buggy was on the
track, the gentleman leading the horse
lei loose the hTidle, when the horse
stopped, and the train struck the buggy
and ground it TO splintens beneath the
wheels. The little boy was thrown on
the ruadbed, and the train passed over
him without the least harm. Miss LigOn
saved herself by jumping from the bug
zrv on the car. Mrs. Garth fell near the
track, the wheels passing over the skirt
nf her dress, while the horse broke the
hairless and escaped without even being
frightened. Throwing the train from
the track and smashing the buggy was
al the damage sustained"
The Bladen Ala Herald says: fThe
negro boy that killed Mrs. DR.. Giles in
Clark county some time ago, was tried
II. the last term OF the Circuit Court in
tbat county, and sentened to be hung,
which execution was carried into effect
demon did not seem to care for his situa-
lion any more than an animal that was
unconscious of the situation. Hanging
-Nas too good for him."
An unknown man a few days since,
in passing Pate's store, Meridian, Missis-
siuDi. kicked a dog belonging to a friend
of Pqtels. who was not present. After
ihe Kicking be went away, but natufned
ss0n again to the store, and again kick
ing de dog, was severely bitten by it.
tor which be killed the dog. After kill
inc fbe dog he met its owner near Pate's
s,ora. and told him he had killed it for
biting him. The owner replied that Il
the dog had attacked and bitten him
without pr0vOcati9n he had done eX-
actlv right In the conversation that
occurred, JOS. Pate, who had been an
eve-witness Of all that transpired, re-
marked that he had kicked thedOg once
and went away, and returned and again
kicked him before he was bitten. The
deceased gave the statement the lie, and
drew his pistol and fired at Pate, who
returned the fire by two shots, both OF
which took effect, and he fell to the
ground. Pate started from the street,
when the raised upon his elbow and
Punptied his revolver of two more shots
at him. Pate then fired two shots at
hiln. each Of which took effect, killing
him almost instantly. Our information
Is that the homicide was considered JUS
Iiiiable by the community.
The Columbus Miss hlde1 says:
u0,iver Gray, lad Of sixteen or eight
a.,.n wears, was walking along Washing
t.iI street a few nights ago in company
With a few other boys. As they passed
Atwater's manufact0ry one of them eX-
claimed. Look cut, fellowsl this is
tVisere Sam. Mauss got knocked down p
Cray had a pistol IN his pocket, and,
either BIZ accident or design, cooked II,
when it went off, the BAH entering the
front of the leg about half way between
the hip and knee, ranging downward,
and coming out below the knee. 1t is
quite a severe wound, and viii probably
keep the lad home for weeks
A correspondent Of the Trenton Ten
mes seej Aetes, writing from Dyer sta
ton, SAYS: "An inquest was held IN this
place over the dead body Of child about
aight months old, the child Of Monroe
White (COloredl +. on the twenty-thlrd
instant. lrefore James \. Grier, a Justice
Of the Peace OF this place. The facts
eiicitsd by the Jury were these: The pa
rents Of the child had gone to the field
10 work, leaving this child and another
iess than three years old alone, and on
the bed. They were gone, as they state,
about two hours, when, being driven 70
the house by a shower of rain, they
found the child hanging by the neck be-
tween the bedstead and the wall, dead.
fPhe bodv Of the child WAS examined bV
two physicians Of this place, Drs. Drane
and Pyland, who say that its neck
af5ove facts.