The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-02-06

case Of Reynolds brothers, negroes, charged
With murder. A long series Of State rights res
olutions were also adopted.
CRIME.
The PATE or 4 pEsPERAD0.
During the past summer and winter a
notorious character, Jim Foster, has been max
ing himself particularly obnoxious to the
miners engaged in working the Montgomery
county, Arkansas, silver mines. Some time
ago be drugged and robbed . Dr.. Weatherby,
formerly . resident of Hot Spring, who was ON
hi, way from this place to Fayetteville. Ark.
fights, in each of which he was the aggressor,
msiming one of the parties by chewing his lit
tie finger of. The same evening about 8
O'Clock he entered boarding house in Silver
City, and went through to the kitchen, having
. pistol in one hand and . knife in the other.
While standing in the kitchen. he made the re-
mark. II will kill my man before leave this
camp" The words were no sooner uttered
than . charge of buckshot came crashing
| through the glass of . window near by, strik-
| ing Foster in the face. Nine bucksh0t passed
| through the left Jaw, cutting his jugular vein
| AID breaking his neck. He died instantly. A
Coroner's jury was impaneled, and brought in
| the usual verdict, shot by An unknown person.
AwoxAS BEATEN TO DEATH.
Mrs. W. C. C. Foster. the widow of a
| once prominent cotton factor, of Memphis,
Tenn, by unknown parties, at her home, near
Wilson Station, three miles east OF Memphis.
Mrs. Foster lived alone, and had in her employ .
cOlored man and woman. Both of these have
been arrested for completely in the killing, but
| - yet no positive proof Is to their guilt has
been adduced. The murder was most brutal
one. Her head was beaten almost to . jelly
by the assassins, and . common sledge-hammer
L,-L <.l~ g hi,
| in the bloody work. 1t is difficult to deter
| mine the cause of the foul deed, as only an old
silver watch, worn by the deceased, il missing
| and it was generally known she Was in needy
circumstances. Her screams for help was
heard last night At 10 O'Clock, and neighbour
on repairing TO the house found her lying
dead, with no clew to the murderers. The
country about is being secured, and the true
criminals, if caught, will doubtless be roughly
dealt with.
AFRI6HTYUL TRAGEDY.
The details of a most horrible murder
have just been learned. An old Indian, aged
fifty, named Sebastian, married to handsome
young squ.w, aged sixteen, quarreled with her
on account Of jealousy. They lived on the Ca
madam River. No one was present too see the
bloody deed, but there il evidence that Sebas-
tian first tied his beautiful wife upright in .
. chair with strong ropes cords. She was
entirely nude. Sebastian then, seizing an Ak,
cut off her head, and placing it with its long
hair streaming with blood in An old iron pot,
laid it in q corner of the cabin. The murderer
.hen fed, and has not been taken. The head
less body of the wife was found nude and
bolt upright in a chair.
NOTED coUNTERFErrERs CAUGHT.
The Chicago police have captured the
gang of countcrfeiters and forgers who, dur
ing the past two years, have, by means of
1axx ba> 4. l.,u xrvo -,
tanned . great number Of passes from railroad
corporation, and sold them to scalpers. The
plan pursued was to apply in due form and
upon . letter head of one of the railroad COM
panies, under the signature of the general su-
perintendent or manager to another road for q
pass, which application being always readily
honored, a fine business was worked up by the
forgers.
ATEXAs TRAGEDY.
Two frightful murders have recently oc-
occurred in FRO county. At Cariza, q little
country place. an extensive owner of sheep.
named Downie was stabbed and almost in
stantly killed by an unknown assassin. In
the same county, near Fro Town, . Mexican
citizen named Senior Satelo Desedero. was kill
ed by one of his countrymen, for whom . war
rant has been issued.
BRUTAL OUTRAGE.
1t is reported that party of &teen des-
peradeos, armed with six shOoters and Winches-
ter rifles, at the villageof Sempronius, Austin
tanning a large audience. assaulted the show
man, attacked and brutally outraged and beat
his wife. The scoundrels have not been AZ
rested.
TRYING TO DESTROY EVIDENCE.
A fire in the vault of the county record
er's office at Columbus, Ohio. resulted in bad
ly damaging 1i3 volumes of land records COW
ering the transactions for forty years prior to
1870. The fire is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary as evidences Of coal oil
were found on many bsoks.
A FOUL MURDER
A foul murder is reported in the south
ern part of Rusk county, Texas. James Daily
accused . negro of stealing cotton from Daily's
Daily deliberately raised his shotgun and de
posted q load of buckshot in the negro's breast
instantly killing him.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Marshall H. Pritchard. town collector
Of Cherry Valley, Ill, was mysteriously muir
dered last week His body WAS found in the
outskirts OF the city with his pockets rihed
and with ball in his head from a revolver
which laid by HIM, and deep cash in his tenn
pie. Several parties ere under suspicion.
sSXrcHEN MATCHED.
Charles Woodward and George Lee,
alias 'Snatchem," the robbers who last August
stole $4,000 Of jewelry from Max Freund. .
travelling jeweler who had . room at the Pal
mer House, plead guilty in the circuit court
aud were remaded. Woodward "squesled."
The goods have been recovered.
BORN BRuTE
John Kugler. Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa has
been arrested for kicking and beating his wife
black and blue. locking her out doom until her
feet were frozen and compelling her to do
Homework when her toes were actually drop
ping of. Her feet will have to be amputated
| above the ankles.
ArrIMPTED ASSASSINATION.
A railroad man named Frank Allen was
| walking on Louisiana Bridge, Houston. Texas
when he was fired 1t by An unknown assassin
| who evidently aimed 1t his head but the ball
penetrated the back Of the neck producing .
| flesh wound. Allen was sent to the hospital
CASUAL.
AsoLprER's SUICIDE.
Newton Darnold committed suicide at
Mediapolis. Ia. by shooting himself in the
| head with . revolver. He wrvte . letter be
fore committing the deed. but its contents
| have not been made public. Deceased had
served during the war Of the rebellion in the
ID Iowa Cavalry. and had Just returned from
| five years service in the United Statea Regular
Army. His parents live at Mortified. near
Mediapolis. 1t is said that he Was disAppoint-
ed in love Attain. There were several people
in the drug store when he asked to see . revolt
yer in the showcase. The clerk handed il to
him, and he slipped three cartridges into it,
and, with . quick movement placed il to his
right ear and pulled the trigger. He lived two
hoars.
4 wENr AFTER Az orsrEl
| The oyster schooner Adamantine has
4 h~a1 foun1 sunk =, hn h~v usr ~>o$~,p