The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-09
TALE OF TERROR.
How a Boy Beheld His Parents
Brutally Butchered.
Old Minister Murdered by His Sen
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Drown lnuruer Crlal is Stlll IN progress, ana
the testimony of Willard Brown, the half
witted son of the murdered pair causes an
intense feeling of excitement. He was on
the stand all day yesterday, and tells an
apparently straightforward story, that
makes the flesh creep. He related how
his sister, Low Parrot2 saturated sheet
with chloroform and applied it to the nos
trils of her sleeping parents.
Then she brings in Joe Greer, and while
she grasps her mothers throat he deals
deadly blows with a monkey wrench, crush
ing the old peoples skulls and deluging the
bed in blood, Then the guilty pair, ac-
cording to this poor boys story, stealthily
extract the old mans pocket-book from be-
meath his pillow and divide his money like
murderous highwaymen.
All this the poor boy says he witnessed
on the night Of the awful crime, after
which he crept in terror back to the lonely
couch of one who had suddenly been made
an orphan by the hands of murderers.
SUSPECTED ASSASSIN ARRESTED.
DENVER, COL, Sept. 9.-About week
since jeremiah Smith, farmer, was assas-
sinated while driving to this city on load
OF hay. Three negroes were suspected, and
one OF them, Edward Kittrecht, has just
been arrested at Golden and placed in Jail.
THE ACCIDENTAL PISTOL.
LAFAYETTE, IND, Sept. 9.-Arion Huls-
kifer, living two miles north of this city,
was accidentally shot with a pistol in the
house of neighbor by the name of Jacob
Stineburg. The ball entered two inches
above the nipple and lodged in the ster-
mum. The wound is thought to be fatal.
HE WILL PAY THE PENALTY.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, Sept. 9.-At the Cir
cult Court in Monticello, just concluded,
James Anderson, colored, was convicted of
committing a rape on Eliza Burks, also
colored and sentenced to be hanged Octo-
ber 18th.
MURDER OF A MINISTER.
MACARTHUR, O., Sept. Glider D. Y.
Benjamin, a minister of the Christian
Church, was foully murdered in this Win
tom County yesterday by his son-in-law,
John II. Sharp. The latter was making a
murderous assault upon his own wife and
daughter when the old gentleman inter-
fered and was beaten to death by Sharp with
billet of wood. The wife and daughter
were seriously but not fatally injured.
Benjamin was seventy years old and uni
versally respected. People are securing the
country for the murderer
CJrTTJNC. Az coTUnprc
COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 9--At an early hour
this morning. Stephen B. Mayer, barber,
was terribly cut on the head in an alterca-
ton with Sam. Leach, who is now in Jail.
Leach is said to be bad case.
WOMAN FOUND DROWNED.
MT. CARMEL ILL.,, Sept. 9.--The body of
q woman was found in the river near Air
line Bridge yesterday, supposed to be one
of the party drowned in White River last
week. She had evidently been in the water
several days. She is of medium size, dark
hair and dressed in white or light clothes,
light-itting basque and cloth CATERS.
HELD ON TO HIS TICKET.
CHARLEsrowN IND, Sept. 9.-The body
of an unknown man was found in the river
near here. Several ugly wounds and con-
tusions were found on the head. All that
was found on the clothing of the man was
Democratic ticket of the last Kentucky
election.
National Associated Press to the Star.
FIRE AT BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept. 9.-At II o'clock
last night fire was discovered in the ware
house of c. S. Gilbert & Co., grocers and
commission merchants, 80 Light street.
The fire originated in the second-story
'front.' near the elevator, and running up
and down, spread over the entire structure
in few minutes. After fighting the flames
for an hour, the fire was gotten under con-
troll. Loss on the building, which was
totally destroyed, $4,000. Insured for
$1,000 Loss on stock, probably IS, 600. on
which there is known to be $4,000 policy.
ATTEMPT TO BURN A STEAMER.
New York, Sept. 9.-Whle the freight
steamer Castlewood, from London, was dis
charging her cargo Yesterday, bale of RAGS
began to smoke. The fire was ex xtinguished,
and in the bale was found box of matches
surrounded by paper saturated with some
inhammable subst nee. The freight is said
tohaye been heavily insured.
CANADIAN FAILURES.
MONTREAL, Sept. 9-Charlabois & Co.,
contractors, have failed for $4,000. The
assets are expected to pay so per cent.
Captain John Short, real estate owner
assigned. Liabilities, 100000. His assets
of real estate are in excess of his liabilities
ST. JOINS, N. B., Sept 9.-Cushing &
Stark, Salisbury mill owners and lumber
shippers, have suspended. Liabilities $780,
600.
THE BOY WHO STOLE RIDE.
WILMINGTON, DEL, Sept. 9.-Charles Par
ker, of Trenton, who, with brother, was
stealing ride from Philadelphia to Balti-
more OH the through freight, leaving here at
9 o'clock, was struck by bridge 8 miles
South of this city and killed.