Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-22
EASTERN INTELLIGENCE.
THOROUGHBRED MISSISSIPPI
ANS.
They Give a Murderer and Robber
His Own Prescription
SWEATING GREAT DROPS OF
BLOOD.
An Excursion of Capitalists and
Pleasure.Seekers.


fBy Telegraph to the Sentinel.l
MEMPHIS (Tenn.), December 2l.-Spe-
| Gals from Tapolo, Mississippi, a station on
| the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, give the fol-
| lowing account Of a horrible crimeicommit-
| ted in the southern portion OF Monroe
| county, Mississippi, last Saturday night.
| The details are follows: Mr.. Brown, a ris-
ing young man, raised in the neighbor-
| hood, married and built a house near his
parents. His family consisted Of his wife
and a daughter two years old. On Satur-
day night two men called and asked to
stay all night. The evening being so disa-
greeable, they were permitted to do so, and
occupied a bed in the same room with the
family, it being the only n where there
was a fire. About II O'Clock flames from
the little cottage attracted the ~neighbors,
who found the house so far gone that moth
ing could be done toward saving it. 1t
was the impression that the family had alb
scented themselves for the night, but in the
debris was found the charred remains Of
the trio. Search was at once made for the
two men, and it was fonnd that they had
separated, n going towards Aberdeen,
and the other direct to Tapolo. The posse
that went in pursuit OF the Aberdeen man
found him hid in a field, six miles from
Aberdeen. He was taken back to the scene
of the fire, when he told the following
story "We wanted money. We were
permitted to remain over night, and laid
awake after retiring until the heavy breath
ing of the family assured US that they were
H. rlo~ a1.s-,fn.aI All4
reform, rifed the house of its y~aluables,
consisting of twenty-seven dollars, a watch,
a suit of clothes and a pair Of boots. Then
we scattered cotton on the floor and on the
bed, and saturating it with c~oal-oil, set it
on fire and left" The horror-stricken
crowd, composed of twenty-five resolute
men, determined that the devil should be
punished with his own weapon. They pin
Toned him and piled pine splinters around
him, and dispensing with chloroform, set
him ablaze. Diligent search is being made
for the other man, who will doubtless
share the same fate if caught.
Doctors Puzzled and Interested.
CHICAGO, December 20. = The Daily
News says the doctors are puzzled and in
terested by a peculiar case on the West
Side; No. sc Sealey Avenue. Willie Craw-
ford, aged IA, son of William Crawford,
Captain of a tug boat, has for seven years
been sweating blood at times, and lately has
had severe attacks which alarmed his
parents. His in6rmity comes on him usually
after taking cold. Great black patches APP
pear on his body, from which blood drops
the size Of a pin-head exude. Blood flows
from his mouth, nose. eyes, stomach and
even from his bladder and kidneys. No
pain accompanies these discharges, but they
make his blood thin and weaken him. Sud.
den fright or excitement will easily check
the flow. He is mentally bright and his
father, mother, brothers and sisters are
strong and healthy. The physicians who
have taken into question his case propose
sending him to Edinburgh and London for
examination by the Academy of Surgeons.
Material Beneht Expected to Re-
suit.
CHICAGO, December 20.-Great interest
is being manifested in the excursion party
to the city of Mexico and Cuba, which will
rendezvous in this city. and start from here
by New Orleans and Vera Cruz, returning
by the way Of Havana, about the middle Of
Jnly next. The party will be made up
largely of railroad and mining capitalists
seeking new fields for investment. The fare
for the round trip is $500. 1t is believed
this excursion will result in bringing the
country into closer and more amicable bust
ness relations with Mexico and will result
in material benefit.