The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-09-07

About . O'Clock Yesterday morning.
says the Cincinnati Engmrer. Mile
Carney. Eddie Coync and Harvey Coyne,
none Of whom were thirteen years II
Of age, started from their house On the
commons south Of Newport for ramble
and in search Of boyish adventure
Coyne's parents had formerly resided
about mile and half southeast of the
city, on the Water-works Road, and
about half-past one in the afternoon they
brought up in the vicinity, in the water
melon patch on Lewis Thornton's farm.
Barney did not 90 into the patch, but
remained outside the fence, while his
little brother and Willie Carney went
into il 10 hook few melons with which
to regale themselves Mr.. Thornton's
residence is not more than four hundred
feet from the watermelon patch, and the
movements Of the boys were observed
by his hired hand, Henry Green, tall,
strapping big fellow Of ~ or ~, who
went into the house and took down a
double-barreled shotgun and started
out i'm the direction Of the melon patch.
Mrs. Thornton spoke to him a. he was
going out Of the door and told him not
to shoot at any body, or at least
she says she gave him that advice, but
he disregarded her counsel, and
couple Of minutes later she heard the
report Of the weapon. and she ran out
to see If any one was hurt. As she ran
over TO the melon patch she met Green
coming back with the gun in his hand.
and, on getting over the fence she found
the lad Barney Coyne stone dead. with
terrible hole in the back Of his head,
where the charge had entered il. Green
put the gun back in the house and start
ed for town, accompanied by Thorn
tons son, boy Of twelve. Meanwhile
the body Of the murdered boy was per
mtted 10 lie where he had been killed
until his brother and Willie Carney
came into Newport and told Barneys
father Of the tragedy. The poor man,
who ckcs out a precarionS living for
himself and family BY shoveling coal out
Of bargcs in the Licking, procured
wagon and went out and rot the re-
mains and brought them 10 his humble
home. There DIR. Davis examined ne
wound and found that twenty-five
heavy buckshot had penetrated ne
skull, causing instantaneous death
Several days ago il i said that Green
took down the same gun and tried 70
fire il or but could not do 50. Luce
Thornton told him to put the gun away
and not fool with it for il might 80 ~.
Green replied, = wouldn't be afraid p
give you that gun and let you try y iire
II of nj me at ten feet Thornton
thought differently and replied. ''pui y
49,. tain II flpMu
YOU will be sure to kill some one win
III" He also cautioned his wife against
+ the gun. This is the Thorntons' story:
Green was formerly a circus man, and
does not bear the best Of characIei
Our representative had a talk with WI
\ lie Carney. and he says that Barney han
not been in the melon patch AZ AL. na'
had charge Of two Of the melons winch
he had taken. When the boys say
Green coming they all took u their heels
except Barney, who crouched down ps-
bird bush or little knoll Of lanu'
Green advanced on him until he wa
within eight or ten feet " the trembling
child, and then shot him down Ike
dog.
Peter Pothousc. Of Fowler, Ind.
fell in front Of sclf-raking mower .
an approved pattern. The implement
sliced of his little finger in very M.
istic manner. 1t also cut his right ~
nearly of, dislocaicd his wrist, and sly
d Pinch slit in the calf Of his leg' III
side inflictinga few other trifling wounds
AT Bellevue, Iowa, William Nilsson
a machinist, was 1T work on the farm q
II. Ernst, balancing wheel In thresn'
ing-machinc, and in some manner ,iiP-
ped, and his arm caught in the maeh'n
cry, where il was crushed 70 the shoa.,
der, and then torn completely from w
socket. He survived but few hours