Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-12-29
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Daring street quarrel in Salem,
Mass the other night Augustus Perizean
was fatally stabbed by Joseph Ward,
aged eighteen.
Abraham Mryer of Lancaster Coun-
ty, Pa, was Instantly killed recently by
the accidental discharge of one barrel of
his gun while loading the other.
Willie Farms, of Uxbridge, Mass,
eighteen yeats of age, was accidentally
SHOT uud fatally wounded by compan-
ion while out hunting. The shot was
! fired at deer. rt.-
Col John w. Fairfax, of Virginia,
and Mr., Schell, of Indiana, ex-Assistant
Doorkeeper of the House of Representa-
tives, had a rencontre with knives the
other night in the hall of the Ebbitt
House, at Washington. Both were badly
cut about the throat and shoulders. q.
AT New York, few days ago, Eu-,.
gene Christ shot three times and fatally ,
wounded Mary Kelly. He had frequent 4.
ly asked the girl to marry him, but she
refused, and this day renewed his i'm
portunities, and when she again refused
him shot her. 1s.e.ih'oir "s-
AT Ann Arbor, Mich, the other
evening" George Henning and Marshall
E. Rumsey quarreled about a trifing
debt, when the former kicked Rumsey
several times, once in the bowels, in
flicting fatal injuries. Henning was ar
rested. tf 1r
AS J, D. Holloway and John Long
mate were going into Farmer City, III,
with load of hay, a few days ago, the
wagon upset on a bridge, throwing them
down an embankment. Holloway was
injured so badly that he died the follow
ing day and Longmate had one leg broken
and was otherwise dangerously injured.
Robert Mccain, P. B. Goldsmith
and Nicholas Miller, young men of
Winchester, ILL.,, were drowned few
nights since while crossing the Illinois
River at Harris Landing. Mr.. Fergu-
son, telegraph operator, narrowly es-
capped death in brave but unsuccessful
attempt to succor the Inflated men.
Lawrence Mcdonald, a resident of
Rural Township, Rock Island County,
Ill.,, discharged the contents of q shot
gun into the school house in the town
ship named, few days ago, slightly in
juring two school children. Mcdonald
is owner of the ground upon which the
school house is located, and, the direct
ors having refused to remove the house,
he vented his malice, by firing into the
room full of children. He has been ar
rested.
Five murderers were liberated from
the Nelson County (Ry) Jail a few nights
since in the following manner: Three
men went TO the Jail with negro, bound,
and, waking the jaller, said they had a
prisoner charged with stealing, whom
they wished TO incarcerate.l The jailer
opened the Jail, and AS soon as he had
done so ten masked men, who had been
concealed, rushed in, overpowered the
jailer, secured his wife so as TO prevent
her giving an alarm, and, taking the
keys, opened the cells of the prisoners
and disappeared. iJJ-C. HoltzhauseI,
desperate charged with the murder of
his father, two brothers named Murrell,
and two others, unknown, the four be-
ing in jail for the murder ind robbery
of an unknown man in Taylor County,
were the parties liberated mo olew has
been found to identify. the Feacusrs, o
---In the early part of September the
barn on the farm of Charles Smith,
Chesaning Township, saginaw County,
Mich, was destroyed by fire, and
the charred remains of Mr.. Smith
were subsequently found in the ruins.
Shortly after, Freeman Cargin and
wife aud Smiths wife, the two
latter being sisters, and young
man named Farris Alexander were ar
rested FIR the muld der of Smith. The
trial commenced few days ago, the case
Of Cargin first, and Alexander turned
States evidence and made clean breast
of the whole affair II appears that
Alexander and Mrs. Smith -oonspired
together to murder Smith and obtain
possession of his property. Several
Plots failed or were abandoned, and
finally Mrs Smith arranged with her
brother-in-law, Cargin, to dispose of her
husband for the sum Of $500 Mrs.
Cargin co-operated. Alexander, who had
been absent, stopped at hotel in
Chesaning, and in the dead Of night left
the hotel through the window and went
to the house Of Smith, nearly two miles
distant, where he was met by Cargin.
The two, armed with clubs, repaired TO
Smiths room, where he was asleep, aud
beat him to death, The body was then
carried to the barn, which was set ON
fire. Many Of the details were truly
horrible. Alexander told his story In n.
cool, straightforward manner, without
hesitation. Cargin sat in the courtroom,
and appeared but little affected.