The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-07-16
BLOODY MUIR DER IN INDIANA
\ DESPERADOS WORK.

| louisville Courer.Journal,M Monday
AUUut ciUck Yesterday ulOrnIug AIR.
! Deb. Griffith, residing ON Front street. near
.he car works Ia JebersouvlIle met
| young man Al his gate namvd Ihomas Nc
! DermSlb beIIer known as Tom Mack
! Inc young man was sig hly under the IN
HueBce VI nquOr ut lLe anne aud appeared
10 be IA suiIen and angry moVd, lnUugh
ms conversation Was NOS vi II personal or
offensive mature 10 Mr.. Griffith. After
tulking at the gate for II low minutes Mr..
Griffin started into h,s house, when Nc
DeiI mott, without any invitation, followed
| uin, although he Wa all entire stranger 10
the family He came Oh INFO the nUuse
| and seated himself IN chair near the door
leading to the dIniDg-Toum. Mr.. GritH.b
,be lady Of the house, seeing him there,
asked hin his business. Ito gave sOno in
suliInR reply 10 return. She then ordered
him - leave the house. lie replied that
he would stay there Us long Is be pleased,
and That all the id police IN town
couldn't put him OUT this being ssid al
Ter lie had been ordered out several times
and the police threatened. Mr.. Griffith
here left the room, going out ;he front door,
thin King perhaps that MCDrrmott would
| follow nm. The after did not do so, how
| ever, but lesving bi, seat IN TIL front room,
| passed into The dining room, and seated
! himself ~ the breakfast table Mrs.
! Griffin again demanded OF him 10 leave
/ the house, and he again replied thst "be d
! he Id If be wouldn't stay there ss long
~ ic pleased
Mrs. Grlfth here approached him, and,
| taking him by the back ard
shoulders, showed him out Of
The house into the yard, and
| from there outside Of the gaze. During
his time a son Of Mrs Griffith, John W.
Griffith, was in the room trying 10 get
McNermot. to leave in peaceful manner
aud urging his mother TO have no iuss in
the house. As soon as Nc DernIott Was out
side OF the gate, he commenced abusing
Mrs. Grifith 10 the most vile and disgrace'
lul manner, applying to her ePnhrts OF an
insulting and base character, USED only
among the low and villalnous. Inc con,
hearing his mother so shameiulIy abused
started out OF The house 10 try ahd make
AeDrTmUtt leave. AS be passed through
, lie front yard, whleh 10 only about /. iee'
from tue front doOE .teps, he picked up n
sIl2E that wac lying N the yard. a. THE
u time sums ln.rty people had gathered II
. tus LeisLbaJ hvvd vi the scence including
q bout twenty sble-bodIed men. 1ouH.
a.. Griffith came uuIs,de Vt Ihe gate and tey
~,uus passed between him and McDsrmVl
when thoy commenced lighting. The
blows between the two men were rapii
to and ilriUns. Daring the fighting .eyeru
IN men stood 6y aEd urged ON Tue fight, on
OF them, named DAVID Hale, Saying seyel
" nj times, kill him, McDrrm0It, kin him.
d. Tue other men sIyod If a. h distance {
be from on " fuy feet aud allowed the brut,
tsbt ~ 20 on. l. uppeaTa that only
h., lew Knew that VI" Dernutt was usiug
kutls upon tie person Of Griffith, but Iut
'1e be wgs, and with terrific effect, WAS zoo
laI made BppArrut. After d CHUNG tor sevel
l. al uiuulys, Grin turned aud stsrIe
task into the house. When ia the act
opening be gate, McDerm0ll followed AT
s,r--k hun with Tue knife on the right I'D
,oe- .uss above Tho kidney Mrs. Griffith So
d % Iug luAt her on Was bang murdered a.
t-at The COwardy aud base crowd WAS ID
standing by aud seeing il done ru,hed U
VI .uc house followed by her daughte
yer Mics Alice Grltuth. young lady AbU
OF twenty years Ot age. Mr. griffith TO,
hold OF her son 20 drag him into the hJu,
when MCDermOu Iurned upon her like
H. II tiger ana maze furious luuge at her " i
o TO the knife, she Jumped bacs just in TN
a 20 10 escape the blow, which would la
AZ. struck her IN the breast, and received I
- point OF the knife 90 her right wrist NJ
OF Alice had by this time came up and /
be desperate man cut h, her, she escaping /
By Dlow rs did Der mother, by jumyiug bac
the knife cutting slight wound on I
left wrist sui the crowd stood by u
maio noeti II TO seize the desperate a.
Infatuated man. The mother and da4g
ten Ter finally succeeded in dragging 1
young msn IN the house. N DeymJtt d
ter committing the bloody deed, walk,
,.o rapidly up the river bank, and taking 1
ooO f~rrybon crossed the river. Marsh
'ing Lennon and Casper Seltert followed ov
Der. on the neat boat in 'esrch OF him. II
police in ana around First street static
house SHOWED rrrent di.posiuon to III
manifested by the Indianapolis police
day few weeks ago, and did al IN their pow