The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-01-09
revolver and fired through the door at close
ronoo almost ;nstoptlv Eill;nO Mr. Gould

revolver and fired through the door at close
range, almost instantly killing Mr.. Gould.
Four negroes, charged with murder,
were taken from the Jail at Amite, Tangipa-
hoa Parish, La, on the night of the 18th ult.,
by a mob Of 30 men, and shot to death.
Dave Hall, John Gallagher and a man
known as missouri" were found on the
24th, near Young Mans Butte, 100 miles
west of Bismarck, frozen to death.
An express train on the Iowa and
Minnesota Division of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul Railroad was thrown from
the track by a broken rail near st. Paul, on
the 31st. One of the sleepers broke its
couplings and rolled down an embankment
to the river, distance of 60 feet. The car
was smashed to pieces and the six passen-
gers in it were all taken up in an insensible
condition. They were all seriously, but it
was thought none fatally, injured.
At Leavenworth, Kas., on New Years
Day, w. w. Embry was shot and almost in
stantly killed by Thos. C. Thurston. The
two men were partners in the publication of
Sunday newspaper, and having quarreled,
each had the other arrested upon charge
of embezzlement. Both were released upon
bail. Thurston says that Embry threatened
to club him to death the first time they met.
On New Years Day Thurston was in a sa-
loon playing cards when Embry came in,
and as the latter advanced towards the card
table, Thurston drew his revolver and shot
him through the heart. Embry will be re-
membered as the man who shot Col. Anthony
about four years ago. Thurston gave himself
up.
The Grocers' Bank of New York, one
of the oldest banks in the city, has suspended
on account of some recent heavy fail.
ures affecting its resources.
Three boys, Harry Coles, Charley
Burlin and Charley Dorman, aged from u to
Is, were drowned on New Years Day while
skating at Alliance, o. The ice on the pond
suddenly gave way, letting eight boys down,
only five of whom were rescued.
At Burlington, Iowa, on the 31st, J.
R. Woodward, son of ex- Mayor Woodward,
shot and instantly killed his brother-in-l law,
E. NJ. Price, and then blew out his own
brains. The tragedy was brought about by
difficulties.
The Kentucky Legislature met on the
S1st ult.
At Boston, on the morning of the 30th
ult., Mrs. Helen Josephine Ward, a widow
Of 81, was shot and killed by her daughter
of the same name, aged II. The mother and
daughter lived by themselves in apartments
in Hamilton Place, and kept a loaded re-
volver in bed with them for their protection.
The daughter says she dreamed of burglars |
in the night, and was first awakened by the |
report of the pistol which she held in her |
hand, and upon trying to awaken her mother |
found her speeches. and shot through the |
head. The daughter was arrested, and there |
are circumstances in the case that wrrrant a |
suspicion that her story is not in all respects |
rue.
It was reported from Deadwood on
he 3Oth that the Bismarck stage had been
stopped and robbed by road agents near An
elOpe Station, and that the only passenger
n the coach, Mr.. Oates, had been shot and
killed, presumably while resisting the rob-
,ers.
The residence owned by ex-senator
stewart Of Nevada, known as "Stewart
jastle," one of the finest private residences
n Washington, d. c., was totally destroyed
" fire, together with all its magnificent fur
liture, on the night of the 3Oth ult. The
lOuse contained 20 rooms, and cost, with its
furnishings, not less than a quarter million
dollars. 1t was insured for something less
han half that sum.
At Cincinnati, on the 1st, Col. L. A.
Harris, eX-Mayor, shot w. H. Adams, in
n alteration growing out Of business
The wound was supposed to be
atal.
The principal business portion of Red
tank, N. j., was burned on the night Of the
st.
A strange and most terrible affair oc-
urred on the Sd at Lyons, Wayne County
!. Y. Miss NJ. Frances Hovey, young and
Intelligent lady, while caressing her father
Iran Hovey, in an apparently affectionate
lanner, suddenly placed the muzzle {
a pistol to the back of his head
nd shot him dead almost instantly. She
hen went to another room, and with the
sme weapon blew out her own brains, her
i'm being directed unerringly by the aid of
little. hand-mirror which she held in
er left hand. Miss Hovey had some time
revious been engaged to be married to a
Dung man named Eugene Rains. Her
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