Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-04

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about twenty-five years OF age. he swore
that he would shoot the scoundrel, and de-
manded the name of his sisters assailant,
but his father refused to give it to him unless
he promised to use no violence. This promise
he refused to give, and he was kept In lgnor-
ance of who had assaulted his sister until
yesterday morning. At eight clock yester-
day morning Taylor appeared In the dining
room, and sat down to breakfast as though
nothing unusual had happened. There were
at the time large number of the boarders
at the hotel seated at the breakfast table.
The father and mother, accompanied by their
son and his sister, entered the room. The
father and the son approached Taylor, and
the former seized him by the collar, while his
son drew a rawhide from beneath his coat
and beat Taylor on the head and face with it.
| The blows were given with hearty goodwill,
| and the young man was not sparing IN the
number of blows delivered, nor very particu-
lar where they landed. Taylor writhed with
| pain, but could neither avoid the blows nor
defend himfelf. The young. man de
sisted when some of the board
ers interfered The mother of the
child then announced to the assem-
bled boarders, in few 6tly-chosen words,
the reason that had impelled her husband
and her son to chastlse Taylor. "There Is
the man." she exclaimed, "who has out
ragged ny child. What should be done with
him?" The guests became greatly excited
| would have been very roughly handled had
| not the policeman, stationed in the hotel
made his appearance, summoned by one OF
the walters who had witnessed the fracas-
Taylor, his face and head bearing testimony
to the severity of the punishment which he
had received, remained at the breakfast-ta-
BILE until he had finished his meal, not with
standing the loud expressions of disgust and
condemnation of his conduct he was COM
PEELED to bear from his fellow boarders. His
meal finished, he put on his hat and walked
out. His baggage was soon after packed up
and placed In the main hall of the hotel,
awaiting the disposition of the owner. .Tay-
lor denied having maltreated the child, and
threatens to sue the parents for the assault
committed upon him.
Fallen From His High Estate.
st. Louis correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer: A decided sensation was created
in business and society circles to-day by re-
port to the effect that Joseph P. Carr, who
has heretofore occupied an enviable position
among the frst-classes of st. Louis, had been
discovered to be forger to the extent of
$4,000, and that he had hastily fed the realm
of Missouri. An investigation proved that
the report was founded on fact, and num-
Der of interesting revelations were also un-
earthed. Carr about seven years ago married
the daugter of George Knapp, senior partner
of the st. Louis Republican. Mrs. Carr died
within two years, and three years ago Carr
married Miss Lille Morrison, daughter of
Colonel Don Morrison, of st. Louis and one
of the largest landed proprietors in the west.
She was the belle of st. Louis society, and
Carr was called the handsomest man in the
city. He was doing Furnishing business as
a com m,ssion merchant. Of late it has been
notice that Carr was dissipating esperately
and also gambling, but not until today WI
it discovered to what desperate extremities
his foll.es had reduced him, and that one of
his acts was to forge the names of George
Knapp and Dan Morrison to a note for $4,000,
upon which he realized the money and de-
camped. What bank has been vlctimized
has not yet been ascertained with sufficient
certainty to authorize the publication of its
name, though it is known to be one of the
two best banks. 1t now transpires that Carr
has also victimized numerous other friends,
and that his domestic relations have recently
been so bad that his Wife left him two weeks
ago.
Particle.
SHERMAN, CONN, June PA horrible
MURDER that of an aged farmer by his son,
occurred yesterday afternoon at the residence
of Vanderburg Joyce, about three miles south
of this village, George Hoyt, the victim, was
a white haired man of seventy six years. His |
son Edwin, who is thirty-seven years old. is |
dissipated and desperate man. He went im-
mediately to his own house, and, he has |
since stated, told his wife what he was going |
to do. He returned to Joyce's about two |
o'clock. The latter's brother, Stephen Joyce,
was present, and he, together with the fam
lily, which consisted of MIR. Joyce and wife |
and three boys, the oldest about eighteen,
and the father-hn-law, George Hoyt, were |
eating dinner. The old man was not at the
table, but sat In corner of the kitchen near
the open door,. Edwin came to the door,
said good afternoon to Stephen Joyce, and
sat down on the stoop near TIE door. He
had been sitting but short time when he
appeared to have fit. Stephen Joyce went
to him to help him, but he refused help, and
said: "It is only a drunken fit; I'm used to
such turns. I'll come out of it SOON" Then
he began talking about his troubles; said he
''had lived long enough, but there were two
or three he wanted to die first The family
returned to dinner. Soon the old man came
and sat down just inside the door from where
Edwin was sitting. Edwin watched his OPP
portunity, and when the two brothers were
seated at the table with their backs toward
him, he suddenly sprang up, seized the father
by the throat, and, drawing the butcher
knife. struck him a blow in the chest. The
knife was blunt and did not enter the body. |
Both the Joyces sprang to the old mans res
cue. Vanderburg sprang upon Edwin and
seized the wrist of the hand in which he had |
the knife. but instantly Edwin changed the |
knife from the right hand to the left, and
struck the fatal blow in the right side of the |
old mans neck, just below the ear, cutting |
the jugular vein, and partially severing the |
head from the body. Stephen ts Joyce re- caught caught
burg's son they took the knife away and |
bound him. He is man weighing about |
one hundred and ninety pounds, and very !
stout. The struggle was fierce. and, although |
he attempted to use the knife, he did not |
harm any one else. The old man bled to
death in FIVE minutes.
Cincinnstrs Pet, Mrs. Lucas.
Washington Capital; The city of Cincin-
natl, the sugar cured Paris of America is
blessed In many things. 1t has a Southern
railroad it can not complete, Sam Cary |
whose views no man can comprehend, and its
truly-good Richard Smith,, 1t has its Reuben
Springer music-hall, its Probasco fountain, its |
big organ, and its solemn Ampt; and now it
has its Mrs. Lucas, who throws her admirers
pantaloons into the face OF the public. out at
the back window of hotel. What more
could the sugar-coated Paris of America pos
sess to make it the most desirable residence
on the continentP A city that can have a
sensation every morning, from the burglary
of a porcupine paper weight to the finding
of a son of an Ex-President hung by the
neck in the chute of dissecting-room, Is
city of renown. But Mrs. Lucas 'ioverlays
them ALL" as wicked men of the army were
wont to say. One Denis, an aged broker,
makes complaint. 1t Is a most novel COM
plant. 1t is a complaint never before recorded
In Inc annals or crime. lnls cOmpl amt
fills the mind with admiration and amaze
ment The a. b. aforesaid makes oath that
one Mrs. Lucas, relict of an unknown Lucas,
did, with force of arms and malice afore-
thought, instigated by the devil, and with
heart prone to evil, commit rape upon him,
said a. b. Denis aforesaid. Locking the door,
thereby putting him in durance vile, she, with
a revolver at his aged head, putting him
thereby in great bodily fear, did violate his
chastity against the peace and dignity OF the
State, and to the great wrong and injury of
said a. b. Denis aforesaid, complainant, as
above set forth. Nay. this wicked woman
did also project and throw from the window
of said room, into the face of the public, the
wearing apparel o. said aged brJker-to wit:
one pair of pantaloons-and would not re-
store the same until the said a. b. Denis afore-
said did acknowledge that he, said a. b. afore-
said, was the wicked person, the wrong-doer
in question. Solemn investigation fetches
out the fact that this Lucas, relict of an un
known Lucas. was given to this practice; and,
to the scandal of the public in general, and
certain back alley in particular, at most
unexpected intervals, shower of male
wearing principally pantaloons,
would be projected from a window, |