Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-12-24
A ColOred Woman burned 10 Death
The Murdered HOvers-Stabbed to
the Heart by her Mother,
Fatal AcciIent-TwO Boys Drowned
Attempt at Murder-AtteBlpts at
assassination in Arkansas.
A HUMAN HEAD GROUND TO POWDER.


been working on the state road. One OF ne
survivors says, that two freight trains W ere
coming TO the city, one on the south Carob ma
abroad and the other on the Northeast era
railroad. The train on the former road pa gs.-f
Just ahead OF the wagon which had ~ OF
terward, the train on the NOrthesste- N rail
road came rushing along. The wa sSn rsd
nearly crossed the track on which ne train
was coming. The mules pricked ,SD their
ears and admoniShed Mills. the A. - -
tue wagon, OF the impending dan rer. But the
warning was given too late, a al The train
struck the rear OF the wagOr causing in to
swing around. The mules y ere fbroyEn o1,
Sne 49, s., ana sii @ Lour isss the OF animal
cut of. Charles Hudson, ono of fbe 46-oa
colored men in the wa eou, Jumped OF and
escaped I'M ury. Mills rss thrown OF aud mad
his Jaws lnJ ured and o ne OF his hands mashed
Boston Washington, she o 4 eolored uisn vino
va va sltLlng l On Ine , lie OF wood in the wagon,
was thfown across the track, the wheel of one
car running over his b ,,ad and grinding il on
Ihe wagon was Smasl ied to pieces, and the
wood IN IL scattered u every direction Seve-
RAJ Of the cars were u lrOyn OF fbe Track Tl7e
body OF the headless man was bought 10 the
10y SLtg apog' .en c. ock at night in a wagon
Iufnlshed by Ooun ty Commissioner Dunne-
man and carried u Morris street. west OF 81
P InlnP stLeeI NneT the deceased lived. The
coroner lmpaneleo a jury yesterday and ad-
Journed over the aquest until Monday morn
ING Nnen an lnFf stlgation into the cause of
the accident VIII take place
SHOOTING AID STARRING AFFRAy- AT
JNlO-N CITY.
From the Ne sh.vine Glenn Banner. 9ots.l
The report publish ed in the Bqu5,er Of xes-
teruay, 10 y ie effect that a man named Nor
ton, Iorme rly OF p,ashville, had been badly
49,, ~ ms Jut 10 have been correct Nor
toA II tl5c 9nNisrletOr OF kaloOn at that place
On On me DAY mentioned, a man named James
~ hetu ca .ie into the saloon and got a drlnl
Tfel - 1ch quarrel enSucd, resulting in
heau staObing Morton in the back ana the
latteI shooting the former in the yicfDfrv -
u sblonen, producing only a flesh wou cd
n ~ a Then again made at Morton with fbp
n n" Jte, when Morton ran, crying that Head
II "A Killed him. Here an officer inter. er,t 81 a
diSle mead put up the knife, but b sfora fbevT
Z ad arrived at the stationhouse + 90 Sre,I- =
Dut and attempted 10 stab the pfficar -,
Ehe latter knocked Il out OF bfS S9I15 |" Ia Ia
Nhen Knocked Head SenseleSs 10 the grorInd
and took him TO headquarters Ehen Re- bad
recovered his senses IhCuuh Morton is dan
stage, and he now ha some nrosnacts Of re-
cOVery. f0'0 Vi 4o
a COLORED Wo1dAN BURNED To DEATH.
Prom the Knoxville Chronicle1
a estero ay morning about four o'clock the
nre DeiA at the city hall called the red-sbirts
t ,si.t eNeIy quaItvy, but before they could get
80 - t1lelne eut II was discovered that there
WsS no need for the fire deparrnanf a. no
D,AlloLog had been on fire, aud that the alarm
vas caused Dy Fne burning OF the clothing of
a colcred woDs sn of her body. II seems TRaI
amy Davis, a cOlOred woman OF bad renufe /
has been in the habit OF living around tIl11 a.
lns ssioon OF a colored man named sam AL |
eXanderp who keeps his stand IN the rear pgTt 4
M 0i tne nrfit frame building west OF John Nc /
coInplal ned 20 him that She had now here Id /
20, ano gained permission 10 STAY there durin no
~ ~ .Asht- Aoout three o'clock in the morning
s.Le, ., lsenng emily, made rOusing fire in the
stoNt4i and. doubtless, neglecting 10 Close me |
'front.' doors Of the same, laid down
or two chairs in front cr H.
IRE for another nap, from which 80 1
awoke 10 md her clothing al on fire. She af /
once screamed "fireV ..fire - ayoI,i ~ ~
young man IN the store in front yJi,,75 No., 90
tened 70 ring the bell The woman. in a.
tempting 70 tear OF the burning clotbing
as 70 almost expose the bones. Size T,ana.-I5 /
however, 10 tear on most Of the rloibing mi /
~ slls ..ie P IleIP came only portion remained
Aaus1uR around ner neck, which We're vel in 4
a fun blaze. she was nloSi b,rrtbi,C bHTpt.j /
i,t - ~ .t SLS gouy anu arms, and IN many
places the skin had Oeele.l or ey7posire- ber /
hesh: Her shrieks and grOsnS were bsaTt a
rending, and her sdffsrine must have hsl,1 in /
yrl,,yd - Daqgett was promptly on the
sending for a physiozon al once IJr iTsdioaF /
soon arrived and did everything that could /
% zone LOT the suite ring woman Dut without
hope OF efiectiag a cure. She was . r,arusTd
LsIhoNe1 70 tlie house OF a relative on Main
aFe5t f'1,r iieLe sac died yesterday evening
al ule eou' Aty' expense.
'.aE MURDERED MOVERS.
+ rom ne Little Rock ARK Gazette
N NJ A l. smith, who was IN the city ve0ter- I
eia't sud Wno resides near J 6sonville about |
= ven miles north OF the city, states that the I
A@rdereo movers remained at his house on ]
GEe sunday night prior 10 their murder on /
Monday. They left his house early in the
nOrnl ng, crossed the river here between nj A. 1
and ten O'Clock, passed the Eroce-y al he
kust place before twelve and must have ar
Fived az the creek about half-psst twelve on
that day. IL mas been reported several dayS
that white man riding a ponv was seen
with the family near the Rust place This
Lurnh out 70 be a mlstaae, il being another
family and on different dav thai sIIcb a per-
son Was seen. The negro Mediock passed
aIons liie ROAD about ten minutes after the
wagon passed the Brown place, and was not
more than fve minutes behind IL when he ar
flNed at the grocery. he remained there
twenty or thirty minutes before proceadirr
a alttI ms victims. Mr.. Smith states that the
LtIlliy We're Wei nxed, and he is satisfied the
Inuraeiea man had considerable money.
FATAL AND SAD ACCIDENT.
FROM the AEstin CAIiss) Cotton PIantJ
We were pained to learn Of a fatal accident
Mhlch Occurred on the shotU ell place al the
lower md Of this county. on Monday evening
ia'l. II appears that William Edwards who !
- - Deeh out IN the woods during the day
hunting, returned home about dusk and /
AlJer taxing the caps or his gun, placed Id in I
tle corner OF The room. bis wife thinking
tu't lnc weapon was not loaded, took il up, /
aBos after cooking tt, pointed IL al her gisls.g
and pulled the trigger. The act was repeated
sSFeIA tunes, when the idea OF swapping a
sap occurred 10 her. she placed a cap upon
ti - t-De! ahu. aga . - HB aim, pulled the
Trigger. This time .ll was but too true |
ands a. The gln free, I4e shot carried away
lne Nhoie top OF ihc younger sisters head. |
2he expired shortly after This is another of I
tue warnings We have not 10 handle weap /
ohs OF This kind in d careless manner. lie
eider Slsier ls almost beside hereof with grief
ana has attempted her own life several times
hILi'e The sad occurrence.
STABBED TO THE HEART.
From the Arkadelphia Ark Standard
On Tuesday last, near ozolona, in this coun-
~, tragedy out Of the usual order Of such
things was enacted, in which negro man
was Instantly killed. II appears thai Tor some
lifhe past bisl Freeman and his "better half'
have not Lived on those terms Of love aud AZ
Iecton which should have characterized their
relation ~ man aud vile, and an occasional
isrruplng Of his cara spOs0 was an agreea BILE
pSstlme with the said William. As Chicago
eas too far Of for her 10 reach, considering
the hardness OF the times and the dilapidated
condition OF her huances, the patient and
longs ufering wife could not avail herself OF
the laws delay In freeing herself frJm bonds
that were evidently chs1ng her spirits. In
the extremity she would seek safety in flight,
out the gantle persuasiOns OF a hickory club,
o. tlie oNermasterlng el0quence OF a sound
uruDblng, would induce her TO return TO the
loving embraces Of her hogs lord. But
as usual, mother-inlaw was in
tne way Of their domestic bliss, and al
the last parting" which was on Tues
day morning last, the patience Of this estima-
bic dame became exhausted, and she deter
mined 20 take matters in her hands and see
AZ she could not set matters right between !
them. Sc, when the much-abused wife We nj Id
her for protection from the assaults Of her bru-
tai husband, she determined 20 project her
daughter at ali hazards The said mother-in-
law, who rejoices ia the cognOmen OF Amau-
da Pettus, when the husband went for her on
Tuesday last, 10 take her TO his bed and board
again, nOiefts uOtenS, grabbed her daughter by
one arm, and her husband grabbed her 10y The
other, and when the wife agreed, rather than
have any trouble, she would 90 with her hus-
baud the irate mOther-in-aw said that,
arnther thsa her daughter should live with
niIn again, She would stab him to the heart,
and, suitiDg the action 10 The VOID, she plung-
ed large butcheT-knife into his heart, kill
ing him Immediately. IL appears fIom all the
circumstances, that this mOther-in-law has
been al the bottom Of all the difficulties that
have existed in the domestic circle of William
Freeman. she, with Rosa White and Louisa
w hiuock, were brought up 10 our town on
Thursday evening last, and lodged in jail, 10
await the action OF our next grand jury.
TWO BOYS DROWNED.
From the Batesville (Arkl Republican,
On last Thursday morning, Marshall Wag- ,
neI, accom- panied by the son and the nephew
OF W. W IngTum, Of this city, took "a canoe {
ana attempted 10 go through the ''Cut-on,"
lnfee hundred yards above the mouth OF Polk !
bayou. The current was 20 swift that he lost
control OF the canoe, which quickly drfted
against a log and was upset and the entire
ps,rty thrown from IL into the water. Wag-
neri as he was swimming toward some viii
lows near by, was selz zed Dy one OF the boys
bul had 20 kick him loose in order 10 save his
own llfe. He succeeced IN reaching the will
MnOm was ntteen and the other eighteeu ,
esrs OF sge) they were locked together No. !
~ ~, stuih was drawn 20 the suore Uy the cries ,
~ tue drowning boys, bui TOO late 20 save Z
th IN lives. He came 20 Eaie. Vile eot a skim
hna IN company with Frank Denton SUCCEED
st t, "a Iese ulng N9gusr irom his peflIous 70 ,
ilion' dlngent search has been N ade Tor /