The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-31
TERRIBLE TOY.
Another Child Killed with a
Christmas Pistol.
A Man Who Will Never More
Shoot at q Sheriff.
That Quadruple Lynching in
Louisiana.
FATAL CRASH AT MOUND CITY.

FATAL CKAbh AL MOUND
Specials to the Star. ......
MOUND Cry, ILL, Dec. 31.-The Gum
Tree Honse, an old rickety frame building
tenanted by two or three families, fell Mon
day night at 8 o'clock. burying seven or
eight persons in the ruins. Two were
killed outright the rest are badly wounded,
and one or two it is thought will surely
die. u...
STABBED THRICE AND KILLED.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 3l.-During an
affray at Extra, Audubon County, Rohl
Stahl was stabbed three times by Dell An
derson. Stahl died from his wounds.
NEVER SHOOT AT SHERIFF.
LINCOLN, NEB, Dec. 31-Sheriff Mack, of
Gage County, levied on property belonging
to James Corigby in the absence of the
latter. Last night Corigby met Mack in a
saloon in Beatrice and demanded he return
the property. On the Sheriff's refusal
Corigby placed pistol at Mack's head and
fired, but the cartridge failed to explode.
Mack knocked Corigby down and beat him
so that he will die.
KILLED BY FALLIN9 TREE.
LuDDINeroN, MICH. Dec. 31.-Eli King.
aged thirty.nine years, was killed yesterday
by falling limb, while at work at A. A.
Maxim's camp. He was recently from Can
ada, and has no friends here.
THE MURDERED BooTBLAcK.
DANvILLE, ILL, Dec. 31.-The bootblack.
Fremont Piecetield, who was struck on the
head with an iron shovel Christmas dav by
young Pearson, died from the effects of the
injury yesterday. Pearson is now in Jail,
awaiting the action of our grand jury.
ABEAvER DAM MusKRAT.
MILWAUKEE,. WIS, Dec. 31.-While son
of Hermon Larnbeck, eight years old, was
on the lake Shore in Beaver Dam, yester-
day, muskrat ran up his back. biting his
neck severely. The boy put up his hand
to pull it off, when the animal fastened his
fangs into his wrist, intlicting serious
wound by cutting off the main artery.
| LYNcHIEG IN LOUISIANA.
MEMPnls, Tenn, Dec. 31.-The following
details are received here of the lynching at
Amite CITY, La, day before yesterday. The
mob of armed white men demanded the
Jail keys of the Sheriff, and he at first re-
fused, but the party stood him against q
fence and threatened to kill him, when he
surrendered the keys The Jail was then
entered.
Six negroes were taken out, and four OF
them-Dick Smith, who murdered white
woman; George Carroll who murdered his
wife; Harrison Johnson, and Bob Abrams,
charged with killing Mr.. Phillips on Christ
mas night-were taken about half a mile
from the town, hanged until dead, and
then shot in several places. Attention was
first attracted to the tragedy by the discov.
\ cry of the four dead bodies lying near the
railway track by passengers on south
bound train. No arrests have yet been
made. ,rtt.tl. tFs.J. f
| A TOY PISTOL TRAGEDY.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-John Edward Ryan
a boy of fifteen, fatally shot his sister
Mary, aged eight, last evening at theil
home in the absence OF the remainder d
the family. The boy had received Christ
mas present Of a toy pistol from his uncle
He claims to have been PLAYING with it
and not knowing it was loaded. lie pointed
IL at her. She threw up her arms over hel
eyes, saying. "I'll let you shoo'."
He snapped and discharged it, the bal
entering her brain. She lies in critica
condition. The neighbors say the shootine
was malicious. They heard the boy ordel
his sister to get something or he would
shoot her at once, and then they heard til,
shot, The boy has been arrested.