Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-03-08
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Sylvester Marvin was recently
killed at Windsor, Mich, by being
kicked in the abdomen by horse.
George F. Smith, boy, was re-
Gently fatally injured at Attleboro,
Mass, by SNOWFALL thrown by an
other boy. ...
Marion Coyle, John OBrien and
another man, name unknown, were
drowned while attempting to cross the
river at Wheeling, w. Va, few days
ago.
A three-years-old son of j. N. Ell
lott, of Saginaw, the other day swal-
lowed piece of cabbage, which lodged
in his throat and choked the child to
death in ten minutes.
*. j. Harrison, student at the
University of Alabama at Huntsville,
recently shot and killed one Ostell.
I he latter's brother then shot Harrison
twice, mortally wounding him.
William Watson and Wallace How
ard, both colored, quarreled about a
woman to whom both were engaged,
at Norfolk, Va, the other day, and
the latter dubbed Watson to death.
"A mob forced an entrance into the
Brazer County (Tex.) Jail, the other
day, took out a negro named Ambrose,
and hung him. Ambrose was charged
with beating white boy so badly that
he died.
George jenkins murdered Pat Gill
roy at Kings Mills, KY, the other
evening, without provocation further
than he had not finished job of ditch
ing on which he was engaged for Jen-
kins. jenkins is under arrest.
AT North Lexington, Mass, few
DAYS ago, Simon Cavanagh, while max
ING an excavation to burya dead horse,
in some way caught his clothes in the
hoofs of the horse, fell headlong and
died almost instantly.
Charles Hayward, photographic
of Bourbon, Ind, the other day shot
his wife three times, two shots taken eff
feet in her abdomen, one causing fatal
results, and then shot himself in the
head, causing instant death.
Peter Albers was killed at West
Point, N. Y, few days ago by Michael
Tobin. Both were privates in Co. E,
Corps OF Engineers. Tobin was jeal-
Gus of Albers, and crept up to him in
the barracks and shot him through the
head Tobin is under arrest.
A farmer named Griffiths, living
near Decatur, H., entered the house OF
near neighbor the other day, and used
threatening language. The neighbOI
quietly reached for his shotgun and
sent the contents into the side of Grif-
fiths, inhicting fatal wound.
The boiler of a flouring-mill neal
Bigelow, Mo-, exploded few days age
with terrific force, entirely demolishina
everything and killing the following
persons: j. McWilliams, Mr.. Ackley, j
Caldwell and William Anderson, and
it is thought, fatally injuring james
Dawson.
Ambrose Cummings and Johr
Z Mullen, coal-heavers, went out in ;
boat from New Haven, Conn, a few
, nights since, to intercept schooner
? bound for that port, in order to get i
/ Job. The next afternoon the boat con
. tanning their dead bodies went ashore
at Milford.
' Charles johnson met a horrible
! death at Baltimore few days ago. HI
had been engaged in loading steam
ship and was standing on the pier, whel
a car was run down, and, turning 4
curve suddenly, forced him against
platform, and literally tore him +
pieces. His bones were crushed an
l. entrails torn out.
n The mangled remains of Williar
v Silvernail were found few morning
l. since on the Boston q Albany Railroa
| I - a ia n
V lieyed he was murdered and afterwar
, thrown on the track by his assassins
n hide the evidence of their work. Th
D body had been shockingly mutilated b
d a train that had run over 1t.
u A little boy named Thomas n
Is Gently died at Madison, Ind, from tn
" effects of hanging he received frol
D; his playmates while playing hanl
III ing" The little fellow was strung u
D. by the heels, and remained in that pos
'e tion until his mother found him and CT
lt him down. No arrests have bee
10 made, as the parties engaged in It al
so young that they cannot be held a.
"a countable to the law.
W Jeremiah Connolly and GeorS
Sherry have been condemned to deal
% D1 OhlCte9O july Aoh q SoAN-cASNA'
" murder committed in that city fe
~ weeks since. They started out in Il
20 evening declaring they would get eve
:" with whoever they met. They assault'
io several persons and finally met m;
-, named McConville escorting his ME
y home. One of the ruffians crowded d
:" young lady from the sidewalk al
struck her. Upon her uncle resentii
= the act Connolly plunged the knife in
10 his bowels and Sherry kicked him aft
80 he had fallen. MeConville died so
NJ after.
'ae On the night of Dec. IL Ii
Jacob Horton, living in Clark Count
Mo-, heard somebody about his pre-
ises and, going out with a gun in
hand, fired at the intruder. The cri
!. of a wounded man told the result Of
of shot, and John L. Boon was soon aft
lty picked up badly wounded. He dice
zee few days ago, and a post-mOrtem eNa
ful ination showed that two buckshot h
ch gone horizontally into the brain, II
he two penetrating the parietal bone h
ch tended downward toward the base
wo the brain, and one IN the breast "
Ied lodged in the left lobe of the lun.
or, Either one of the four shots in the bra
ere was sufficient TO produce death.
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