St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-29


who. while drunk, inSulted King. which
the latter resented by slapping his face,
whcreupOn McCloud fired four times
from Il revolver, fatally womding King.
who returned the fire. intlicting wounds
from which McCloud died. Both par
/ ties were respectfully connected. King
WAS Il lawyer and McCloud a clerk.
FOUR KILLED.-wATCH SLOW.
The ChillicOthe accommodation train
on the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad
collidcd with freight train east of
Montgomery, Thursday, totally wreck
/ ing both locomotives and the baggage
cars. James Parcving, brakeman, Mr..
/ Howard. baggage master, and Charles
/ kolthcr. fireman. were killed, and Ed
ward Bother and Walter Rhodes. eX-
press messengers, and one of the engin-
GERS. were badly scalded. The passed.
gers all escaped umhurt, except Il gen.
tleman in the baggage car who was
slightly injured.
Mr. Peabody. the superintendent OF
the road. tclcgraphed from the acct
dent that the collision was due to the
watch of the conductor of the freight
train being ID minutes slow. He SAYS
that the conductor and engineer ran
away. as soon as the accident occurred.
and adds. later: I'VE have arrested
the conductor, and have Il warrant for
the arrest of the engineer, both of the
freight train. We intend to prosecute
them for murder"
1t is said that the engineer and con-
ductor and engineer of the freight train
had Il dispute ut LuVcland station, and
the former Threatened To get the con-
duct0r into trouble before they reached
Cincinnati. Both engines were thrown
erect into the air 10y the collision. The
shock to the passengers was terrible.
Charles Rother rcmaiucd on the engine
with his father, the engineer, and was
crushed between the tirc-hOX and ten
der The father escaped. apparently
without serious bodily injury. hut WAS
81 much moved by the excitement of
the disaster that he came away from
the wreck with II di>ordcrrd mind. TIE
brakeman. III response 10 the signal
down brakes. WAS a>>i>tin" the bag
gagr-maStcr t" wind up his brake. when
the shock came and both were crushed
To death. Walter Rhodes. express mes
>rngcr. and brother of j. H. Rhodc>.
superintendent of the Adams express
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FATHER KILLS III son.
\ brutal murder WIS committed M
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hr"' threatening {" 'h"k" her I" death.
ii5N son 'ihi,>' - Years Ola. mu"l p">,d
NHIi''i"n ni",''r''k turned ana >'Ih-
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'n"i ii'r r"n' ''"''il. tilrd I" stop Ijr"d-
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NOT fatally. At This u,iut tI. rnIir.
rushed in and secured tLr ,,l,,,l,,,.,. 4,
the >tatiou-hou>. ne rrot,,,,d 10 Know
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Jane, succeeded in getting down
stairs. ~ here he dropped dead in the
halfway. John WIS - badly wouuIcd
that Lee could walk int "a t,.l, steps. The
rest of the rluil,. consisting. of two oil
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