Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-11-17
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

James Compton, while infuriated with
liquor, shot and killed his son. ...r.
"A young son of D. H. Knowles, of
New Portland, Me-, recently died from
being struck with wooden lance, thrown
in fun by school-mate. .I.. ...
Will Heelman, young man living
near Little Rock, Ark, fell sixty feet
from pecan tree the other day and was
instantly killed.
Mrs. Schenck, who was so severely
burned by the explosion of coal oil
lamp at Maroa, H., mentioned last week,
has since died. Mr.. Schenck was burned
so badly that he cannot live.
Mrs. Joshua Hoyt, of Bethel, Conn.
who had been insane for some time, set
her clothing on fire, and was burned to
death, the other evening.
Michael Roam, aged twenty
while in Baltimore saloon the other
night, accepted wager to drink a quart
of whisky. In the morning he was a
corpse.
John Gill was shot and killed at Fond
du Lac, Wis, few evenings since, BY
j. J. Schorr. The latter had ordered Gill
to leave his house and, quarrel ensuing,
killed him.
"A deaf-and dumb boy, aged fifteen,
son of Asa Hardy, of Groveland, Mass.
was run over and killed near Georgetown,
on the Newburyport & Georgetown Rail
road, the other afternoon.
Seth Baker, of Bingham, Me-, was
caught in a shaft in saw-mill, where he
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ceived terrible injuries, resulting in his
death four hours after.
Thomas McDonough was killed DUR
ing fight at Utica, n. Y, few nights
ago, by being struck in the head with a
lump of cinder, it is supposed, by Joseph
Hayden.
George Steckert fatally stabbed
Charles Weber and Jacob Masar, and
severely wounded several others, in q
fight in saloon in Newark, N. j., the
other morning. Steckert claims to have
acted in self-defense.
"A fatal shooting affray took place at
Vienna, ILL.,, the other day, between two
desperadoes, Jim Arnet and William
Pierce, in which the latter received a
death wound in the breast. Arnet es-
capped.
"A very sad domestic tragedy is re-
ported from North Hatfield, Mass. A
young man went home while intoxicated,
threatened the life of his sister, and so
frightened his mother that she died i'm
mediately.
While gang of convicts were being
taken from Sing Sing to the Auburn
Penitentiary, the other day, one of them,
named William Payne, who was serving
a sentence of five years, jumped from a
window of the car and was killed.
"A little daughter of Mrs Harriet
Jones, of Leavenworth, Kan. was burned
to death, few mornings since, by her
clothes catching fire from some d-hot
Goals she was carrying in a pan. She
died about two hours after the accident.
An infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Ensley, of Boone, Iowa, was
smothered to death few days ago. The
mother had left it in the bed alone while
she was preparing the breakfast, and
when she returned to it found it lying
dead, with its face buried in the bed.
While colored company from Jer-
sey City were returning home from par
ticipating in a procession in New York,
a few evenings since, they were attacked
by roughs, and in the fight that followed
one white man was fatally stabbed, and
four others were shot and slightly
wounded.
"A man named Tinson was struck by
lightning and killed near Gibson, Ill, re-
Gently. Tinson and another man named
Myers were unhitching a double team,
Tinson at the leaders and Myers with the
wheel-team, when a bolt of lightning
Struck Tinson and three horses, killing
them instantly. Myers and the fourth
horse were only slightly hurt.
The entire front of the dwelling of
Augustus Luppies, in Rondout, N. Y,
was blown out early on a recent morning
by a charge of powder which had been
placed in a window and fired by fuse
leading to the sidewalk. The building
was shattered and the furniture damaged,
but Luppies, his wife and three daugh-
ters, who were sleeping in the upper
rooms, escaped injury. No clew to the
perpetrators.
"A passenger train on the Fort
Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati Railroad
ran over a man named John Foley, near
Eaton, Ind, the other night. His body
was terribly mangled, and upon exami-
nation a deep wound was found on his
head, evidently made by some sharp in
strument. Foley was an employe of the
Muncie Railroad, who was recently dis
charged and paid off. The circumstances
indicate that he was robbed and muir
dered, and his body thrown on the track.
Martin Pine was tried in Henderson,
KY, for an assault, and the lawyer who
defended him deemed it polite to say that
he was cowardly. Mr.. Pine publishes
this card: 4" would announce to the cit
izens of Henderson, and especially to a
learned gentleman who pronounced me
a coward before jury, that if he will
take the trouble to select his friend and
repair to the other side of the river, the
matter can be easily decided who is the
greater coward of the two"
"A sad accident occurred at East
Saginaw, Mich, recently, by which Mrs
Mary G. Norris, the wife of T. ]. Nor
ris, a merchant of that place, lost her
life. AS she was passing under a ban
ner which was suspended across the
street, it broke from its fastening, pull.
ing opt the staple that held the rope,
and with it large mass of brick work,
all of which in falling struck Mrs. Nor
ris, crushing her to the sidewalk and
killing her instantly. She was nineteen
years of age and was married last July.
Newell Gates, a well-to-do farmer of
Mass, about fifty years old,
was found dead on hillock in a pasture
a few rods from his house the other
evening. He started out cunning in the
forenoon, and, not returning at night, a
search was made and his body was found
as described. The right half Of his face
and the chin were shot away and terribly
mangled. The theory is that in going
up the hill he slipped and fell and his
gun was discharged, causing wounds in
the face and severing the jugular vein.
so that he bled TO death almost instantly.
Joseph B. Petzer, wealthy farmer
residing at ZiOnsville, Boone County,
Ind, was alarmed by noises at the rear
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