The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-10-17

DofilE ulutf "A nj OF INSANITY. she tOOk
dose Of morphine, tied a rope around hel
neck. and then jumped into a well, her,
her body vas found next day.
-ceorge III. Curtis, Of Wavcrly, iowa
committed suicide In a stable al that plac,
a few DAYS ago. lie took a loOking-glas-
from the house so that he could have no
trouble in finding the proper place to cui
his throat, and made a hole no wider than
the knife blade.
w. 4. Neyill. "A Cincinnati druggist.
was shot and Instantly Killed one evening
recently, in his own store, by Dennis Cary.
the owner OF the premises. Neyill had
rented another store and was removing his
effects. when a dispute arose concerning
some trivial articles OF furniture. and Cary
suddenly drew a pistol and shot Nevill
dead on the spot.
John Sheppard, a plain. Woodworking
man Of Benton. Ill.,. was so unfortunate rs
10 have for "A wife "A pretty, e~mpty-headed
woman. who received the addresses of "A
dandified barber named johnson. 10 such
an extent a. 10 become a common scandal.
The other day. therefore, the injured hus-
band put an end 60 his wife's limit amour
by shooting her paramour in his shop and
killing him instantly.
A number of ladies riding in a Fourth
street ear in II. Louis the other day. became
frightened by the approach of another car
on the down grade AT a high rate of speed.
caused by "A broken brake, and attempted
to jump from the car, in accomplishing
which one lady was almost instantly killed
and Others severely bruised. Had they
kept their seats they would have escaped
unframed.
During the absence of Isaac Ozen-
baugh from his home in Fort WAYNE. Ind.
one night recently. burglars tried To break
the door down. Mrs. Ozcnbaugh armed
herself with an AK. and her son. a boy of
fourteen. gTaSpcd a revolver and then
opened the door. Y. man sprang mt him
and tried to stab him with a dirk. The
boy Sprang aside. fired. and missed. Then
he placed the muZZlc of the revolver close
10 the fellow shoulder and fired again.
The man fell back into the arms II a COM
panion. who dragged him away, and the
boy closed the door.
Albert Doty. Of Springfield. ILL.,. a
yonng man about twenty-five years of age.
a draught>man by profession. committed
suicide recently by shooting himself
through the head. Ii j. supposed. from
what j. known of the reason for the rash
act. that Doty was disappointed in love.
having told one or we of his intimate
friends that his girl. who lives in Chicago.
had 'gOne back on him. and for that
reason he became somewhat dissipatcd.
and under the Influence of liquor and
disappointed hopes. committed the self
murder.
"A colorcd boy living i'm the family of
Mrs. SilverS at Lexington, Mo-. admins
tered strychninc To them i'm coffee. The
family had been suffering with chills. and
the boy was given the poison by a colorcd
man with instructions to put IL in the
coffee, and they would never have the
chills again. Three Of the family were
stricken down Immediately. Both the
colored men were old family servants
brought from Alabama. The man had a
grudge against some Of the family. and
tool this means of vengeance. The boy
confessed the crime and the man fled.
None of the family had died.
Deaths from chloroform continue 10
be- not infr,quent. A short time q a
man in Cincinnati crushed the thumb of
his right hand in some machinery. Am
putation vas considered necessary. and he
decided 10 taxi chloroform. lie appeared
10 be a strong. heal,ly man. and the ply
stefan lid not hesitate To administer the
anasthciic. after making the usual inqui-
rics as to organic affections. Ii tool five
minutes TO completely narcotiZe the
patient, and Just n lac became unconscious
he was seized with a violent trembling fit.
The alarmed physician Immediately Mt
tempted To restore him. but in vain. He
died Immediately.