The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-09
Cowardly Assassination Near
Elgin, Texas
Alabama Murderer Sentenced
For Life.
How Hanson Was Ducked Seven
Times For Luck.
FIRE AT MURFREEsBoR0.

FIRE AT MURFREEsBoRO.
Specials to the Star.
NASHVILLE, April 9.-Burton Il Ridley's
Block and Geller's bakery at Murfreesboro
were partially destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. Loss $3, 500.
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
DECATUR, ALA, April 9.-James Green,
who killed Ephraim Thompson, near Tus-
cumbia, about a year ago, was convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary for life,
yesterday.
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.
New ORLEANS, April "a distressing
suicide occurred yesterday. Alfred Will
kins, aged so, took prussic acid, which
caused his death in few hours. He was
an educated man, and lately came here
from Magnolia, Miss
CHILD BURNED TO A CRISP.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 9.-The four
year-old boy OF Mrs. Field, colored, was
burned to death yesterday in West Kansas.
His clothing caught fire from an open
crate during the absence of his mother,
and he was burned to crisp.
BOY KILLED BY CARS.
PEORIA, ILL, April ga boy named
Gilbert was run over by Chicago, Bur.
lington & Quincy switch engine, near
Johnston's distillery, yesterday and his
body severed at the waist.
DRovER ROBBED ON A TRAIN.
DAYTON, O., April 9.-Wm. Jones, stock
drover residing at Rushville, Ind, was re-
turning from Cincinnati last night where
he had sold lot of stock. He went to
sleep on the train, and during his slumbers
some one robbed him of $160 cash and a
$166 check, the proceeds of his sales.
AssAssINATED WHILE ASLEEP.
MARHsALL, TEXAS, April 9.-About nine
o'clock last night the premises of farmer
named J. s. Smith, near Elgin, were en-
tered by armed and unknown men. They
went to the kitchen, adjoining the resi-.
dence, where negro employed by Mr.Smith
was sleeping, and deliberately riddled him
with bullets. No cause for the murder !.
known. The scoundrels escaped.
DucKED HIM SEVEN TIMES.
LINCOLN, I'LL, April 9.-W. H. Hanson
charged with cohabiting with thirteer
year old girl was arrested and fined yester
day. Marshal Childs took him as far as the
coal shaft, when about twenty young men
caught him near the brewery, ducked him
seven times and turned him loose. He Is
promised tar and feathers next.
Jox AND BALBo.
New YORK, April 9.-Chastine Cox and
Balbo will be brought before Chief Justice
Davis and Justices Barrett and Brady, in
the General Term of the Supreme Court on
Monday morning next, in order that the
day of their execution may be named.
Chastine Cox, yesterday, presented Johnny
Hope, the Manhattan Bank burglar, with
two gold charms as memento OF friend
ship. Take warning by me-" said the
negro, "and when you get out of prison be
better man."
na HANGED IN HIS CELL. ..
| COLUMBUS, O., April O. Perry Savage,
convicted at Cleveland with Detective
Munson of having committed perjury,
hanged himself in his cell this morning.
He was found suspended from gas-pipe
by his suspenders. t-..f
| ESCAPE OF A MILLPICK THIEF.
VINcENNEs, INDIANA, April 9th.-Jno
Bolzhen, who was arrested yester
day for stealing six mill-picks from Callen
der's mill, broke from the calaboose last
night and left the State. ... r