The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-01-06
ofthe siIty-sfx convict. in the Florida pen

Ofthe sixty-six conviets in the Florida PEN
tentiary only nine are white.
James Edwards and John Bryant who reside |
In jefferson county, Fla, have been wishing |
Miss Patterson, young lady Of the noighbor- |
hood, for some time, and, Of course, feeling Of
jealousy between them was the result. They |
met in the public road on horseback on Tues
day, and, after a few words, each drew LIS
pistol and commenced firing, am contir ded
until their weapons wore empty. Then they
and fought with knives un Ill each
fell mortaliy wounded. Both were shot and
cut literally to pieces, and ore is now dead.
On Christmas night,ata ral-y in Brooks coun-
ty, Ca, near The Florida line, 4 dispute arose
between Jerry Wii,Jn and Mae Ham. The
former asked the other out, bat Ham said be
wanted ne difficulty, rs that was not the place
for one. waereupon Hilson cursed him. AT
ter. ards they both walked near the gate, and
Wilson drew q knife and stabbed Fam to the
heart. The wounded man wicked about ten
steps after being stabbed, and then fell dead.
The balance Of the company missed him, but
thought he had probably gone home. Two or
three hours Afterwards the dead body was
found By you-g man. Wilson made his ss-
cape. rae following day, in the same county,
yo1ag man Iamed slderman shot Mr..
Strickland, the ball taking effect between his
, eyes. The wound was not fatal.
Tuesday, Jan. ..
Bryant Kennedy, colored man, born and
raised in Liberty county, Ga, returned from
Connecticut last fall, where he had been living
for number Of years past. While there he
contracted an undue intimacy with q eolored
! girl bearing the name Of Maggie A. Lee.
She followed him Sou.h, and last Thursday
morniI found Bryant Kennedy at his faith
er's house and told him Of her situation. He
asked her 10 take q short walk, ADD when
.bess one hsndre5 and hfty yards from the
house asked her TO take q seat on log. he
then drew out his pistol and fred at her; the
ball struck inst shove the right eye and glanced.
She ran, crying for help, towards the house,
Kennedy following her. As soon. IS the PEG.
pie from the house came out kennedy turned
back, and shortiy afterwards they heard the
rsport Of The pistol and going there they found
him dead.
Quite q sir was erected IN Athens, Texas OF
Monday oflast week by the entry into town Of
q number Of men in pursuit of the notorious
Bob Smith, who has killed seven men, hs:
three living wives, sad is now only 81 ar
old, for the killing of DIR. Cooley. From tina
time up to Tuesday night of this week, all wa
quiet, save now and then q rumor, VI hen
party of citisens entered from the west and
stated that Smith bad been captured and ha;
been sent to Palestine BY rail. Although
wiihou' arms, Smith was game to the last. AM
had to be fred upon several times aud fnall,
knocked down with o fence rail- before b
J would give in.
A horrible outrage Is reported from Kentol
Station, Tenn. gentleman in the neigh bor
heod had q young woman living with him VIII
Was mighty esteemed by the neighbors. Th
gentlenan's wife died, and she left for pruden
ks,u u
=. returned and begged permission to make
, her home. Being q kind-hesrted man, an
suspecting nothing, he consented. Shorll
afterward 1t was noticed something was wron
] with her, which she alleged was dropsy OF tn
stomach. A physician was called in. and
a. couple ofneie Shoring ladies. He soon under
. stood the case and advised her to keep quiet
, He insisted upon her being quiet or he Woui
have 10 have her held. He went into an CD
joining room, and as ssen as he was out 9
sight she jumped up and ran out Of the bouss
/ pursued By the two ladies. She rushe
through the cora-fele into the 0bien bottom
tlemsn ofthe house. They lost her, howsv Ell
Next morning the search was renewed, an
she was found ON the bank Of the river in
most horrible plight. They begged her {
J tell them where the child was, but she refused
a, and mp to the time our informant left they hs
l. not succeeded in finding il.
/, On last Sunday morning, between l2 ard
{ O'Clock, there was one of the most horrible IN
e fendish murders and incendiarisms ever pcrpe
trated in the south. The deed was commit e
one mile and half west Of Shannon Static
! and six miles north VI 0kalona, Mississipp
upon the persons Of Thomas Borum and family
the family consisting Of his wife, very MD
. lady, two little children and smeil negr
. how. Borum was in Shannon latc eaturda
= evening and remained some time in his uncl
James whitesides' store. There were prot
ably ten or q dozen people in the store At th
same time. Mr.. Whitesides remarked 10 SON
!, one Of them that he had bought lot of null
: that day, and he had lacked . small amount
money in settling for them. Mr.. Borum pro
fered his uncle the use Of Eve hundred dollar
Mr.. whitesides declined 10 take II upon q
!, ground that his nephew might need IL. NJ
e Borum returned 10 his home 10 be butchere
!, together with his wife and little children, al
s their bodies burned to ashes in tho ruins
: his own house. Mr.. Borum's skeleton vi
Z found with his head towards the door, and h
= pistol lying clutched in his lifeless han
eIso blank cartridge laid near by, with an II
+ dentutisn on the but Of it caused by the han
i ing the door. knife, which he had borrow,
" that evening for the purpose Of cutting son
Ie meat, was also found near him, and was ide]
y tilted BY several persons. 1t Is supposed III
y he had terrible hand to- hand struggle in pr
= tecting himself and family from the IN bile
q, hand Of the midnight assassin. The skeleto
= Of his wife aud childred were found in oil
corner where the building stood, and the lit
\. negro's before the fire place, where he usual
y slept. They were probably murdered in thu
Of beds.