The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-08-28
State News.

Inc nlcnlt4 DcocOu OF the tStn glNcs tuo ioi-
lowing account Of a fatal accident: A fatal acct
dent occurred near FL Paso, last Saturday
evening, the painful circumstances of which have
cast gloom over the immediate community, the
scene Of the sudden and terrible taking of. Friend
Burnett, young man Of most estimsble chsrac-
ter, wss the victim of this apparently unsvoiaa-
lhe accident. He had taken . don barrel shot
gun with him on AN errznd over the prairie with
his fathers team On his return and while going
down bill he pulled the wagon brake, leaning
over toward u, with his gun at his side, when IL
fell against the wagon seat and either the sinking
of tho spring of the wagon, from his bearing
down upon the brake, pulled back the hammer
Of the gun, the muzzle of which he was leaning
upon with his left breast ut the time, and the
entire charge of one barrel passed through ms
body near the heart, killing him instantly and
tearing hole through his body Is large as an
apple. young man, whose name we failed 10
learn, was with him at tha time, Rid drove the
team into FL Paso, when an inquest was held
and verdict rendered in accordance with the
above facts Burnett was q most excellent young
man, and commanded the respect of the entire
community in which he resided. His death u
loss to the county and sore inf1iction upon his
relatives and frieuds.
dispatch to the Commorpeulh gives the fol-
lowing particulars of a terrible accident near
Junction City, on Thursday: "Two brothers,
Arthur and John Anderson, while attempting to
clean mt well on their farm, three miles from
junction. were suffocated to death by foul air.
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,I a. 80 h. w.s Il, S.li~ ii -, h;s a..;staoce
but was also rendered powerless by the foul gas,
aud both were found dead by Mrs. Arthur Ander-
son, who had gone TO the well To louk for them
She Immediately gave the alarm, and assistance
was obtained frunl town Tie lrsdies were found
locked; in each oth-ss's. ar,ns. Theysmef their
death st depth of only fwetse nj Eym the
surface. Arthur, the eldest, leaves iaswffe and
one child TO mourn his loss. john was single.
They were formerly from Canada. and were much
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The Fort Scott Monitor of the 18th saws that a.
Mr. A. Cobn was appro.ebiup town in n carriage
last evening. the team which he was driving be-
came frightened near the De Land FIGURING mills,
in North Fort Scott, and ran at full speed toward
the Marmaton bridge. AZ the bridge one If the
horses struck une of the iron posts, throwing MIR
Cohn with great force from the carriage against
the iron work of the bridge. His leg was frac-
tured at the thigh, and he WAS alsO considerably
bruised about the head and shoulders. He was
Mt once taken To the Planters Hotel, and Drs.
Reifield and Baldwin adjusted the fractured
bone The fracture is serious one, but il is
hoped he will get along without difncuity.
The Wichita Beacon Of the 18th says: Hugh
Harper, Of Waco township, committed suicide
this morning by taking poison. After he swal-
law, living on an adjoung farm, to whom OH bis
arrival he entrusted the of his wife, chill
dren and property. The dying man conyersed
for an hour previous to his death with his fami-
ly, and calmly made his arrangements. He
fused to take anything to eonnteract the poison,
and 1t was twenty miles from physician; NO
cause Is assigned Tor tne aet' as ne was wen on,
had good home and domestic peace and quiet.
The Topeka Blade says that the of Kansas
VS.. Lewis Crawford, for the killing of Chas. H.
Davenport, on February 14th, 1512, tried in
Marion county, in that year, and Crawford was
sentenced to be hung November 22d, 1872.
The defendant appealed the case to the Supreme
Court: The Supreme Court reversed It, aud sent
lt back for new trlai. a change OF venue was
then obtained to Lyon county, and there the trial
has been going on for the last TWO weeks. The
defense was INSANITY caused oS delirium tremens.
The jury convicted Crawiord OF murder IN the
second degree, to-day, and the court has not as
yet passed sentence
On Friday last the body of colored man was
discovered near Splitloe's mill, about halfway
between Wyandottc and Armstrong. short dis
tance in the woods to the left of the railroad, in
an advanced state of decomposition. How the
person came to his death is unknown. A few
days before as one of the engineers on the K z.
Railway was passing the spot, he heard cries for
help. Perhaps this if properly worked up, would
throw some light on the subject.
The BelleyilIe Republican saws that a young
son of sauire DaIrymple. living twelve miles
northeast of town, was bitten on the foot one