The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-27
Last Nights Dispatches.
CRIMINAL.

YAzoo CRY, Miss, July 26.-Dr. NJ
f. Williams. of Mechanicsburg, was assas
siDated while riding home Saturday night
dis horse reached home riderless, ano
search being made the body was found
s. negro was arrested on suspicion ana has
since confessed his guilt, He says he was
paid to kill the doctor.
! CINCINNATI, July 25.-An unusual
homicide occurred in the northwest part
OF the city this afternoon, on an uninhsb-
tied street, upon which workhouse prison
ers have been at work in quarry. Paul
Smith. colored. from Jackson, Tenn. who
had just been discharged from the work
house, went to this quarry to get drink
from spring. While he was there, John
King. an Irish laborer, who lives near.
came up an began to abuse him. A quar-
rel followed, with stone throwing and
| finally they came together. when Smith
threw King. and seizing his throat, actu-
ally choked him to death. Smith gave
himself up to the first officer he met.
| CINCINNATI. July 26,-The colored
Baptlsts camp meeting at Danyllle, ten
miles south of Hillsboro, Ohio, was the
scene on Monday afternoon of bloody
| fight, On Friday night party Of drunk
en- men went to the camp about 10
O'Clock and began an attack with pistols,
| clubs and stones. They were repulsed.
and William Dickman, one of their mum
Der. was cut in the abdomen. Monday
afternoon the party, said to number 200.
again attacked the camp and a most dis
graceful fight followed, ending in the
breaking up Of the meeting, 1t is thought
| some of the colored people were killed.
SAN FRANCISCO, July ga Nevada
City dispatch says: T. W. SigourDey, a
prominent and wealthy citizen, was shot
IL the postof6ce this morning By Geo. W.
Smith, ex-sheriff of the county. The
cause was the foreclosure of a mortgage
by Sigourney, which disposseesed Smith
Of all his property.
CINCINNATI, July ga bold, but for
tunately unsuccessful attempt to outrage
the person of a young girl was made in
Walnut Hill, one of the most popular sub
urbs of Cincinnati. Sunday afternoon.
Two little girls. daughters of Charles
johnson, city editor of the PolRcsbl0tt, of
this city. were playing in front of their
house, when young man named Tom
McGowan, a cart driver. enticed them
away from the house to some shrubbery
near by, and seiZIng one Of them, tore
her clothes from her and attempted to
outrage her. Some person on the opposite
side of the street. however. saw the act,
and shouting at him, drove him away.
He was afterwards arrested,
ABBEvILLE, s. c.. July 26.-On last
Saturday Abraham Martin. of this place,
assaulted his wife. Lucinda, with an AK.
and cut her SO terribly about the body and
shoulders that she cannot live many hours.
The crime was one OF the most unnatural
and disgusting known to the annals of
crime. Martin has been married to the
woman be has mangled for twenty five
years. and she is the mother Of fourteen
children About twelve years ago he took
up with EsteiIa Greenwood, and since that
time he has been living with her, and
spent half lis time in her house His
wife refused to live with hin, any longer.
aud this morning made her preparations
to leave. when Marlin cane upon her,
and she declared that she would not live
with him any longer. He went out and
got an ak aud despite her almost SUPER
human efforts to get away from him,
felled her to the ground, and literally
chopped her shoulders and body into
shreds. Strange to say, the woman still
lives. but her death is considered only
question of few hours Martin has not ret
been arrested.