The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-18
KILLINGS.
Double Murder With q MattOck
Near Mt. Sterling.
Fatal ARRAYS Between Brothers
in-Law and Cousins.
Murderer Released from Officers by
a Mob.
Specials to the Star.

specials TO the Star.
Mt. STERLING May 1S.-A colored man and
wife by the name of Orear were living on the
Prewitt farm at the levee. 5h miles from here
Orear had become jealous of negro man named
Horace kitchens. Last night, little after dark,
Orcar. on coming home, found Kitchens and MS
wife sitting up by the fire. Orear gathered mat
tock with which he killed his wife almost in
stantly, and cut Kitchens so that it is impossible
for him to live.
FRATERNAL AFFRAY AT A oG-RoLLING.
MT. VERNON, May 18-A difficulty occurred on
Scaggs' creek, at a lOg-rolling, between r. N.
Towery and Joseph Pray. broher-in-law, result
ing in the former stabb'ng the latter, inficting
painful wound but it is thought not to be fatal.
MURDERER RESCUED FROM OFFICERS.
PAINT LICK. May 1S-Deputy Sheriff Garratt
with an armed posse of four men yesterday cap
tured the noted Pat Rogers who recently killed
James Russell Isaacs, near Linchburg, In Garrard
County. Pat 8 brother rallied host of the lat
ters friends, who were heavily armed.
They demanded the release of Rogers and,
having the drop on the officers. they were COM
PEELED to submit. Their arms were taken from
them and carried off.
FATAL JUMP OF A LUNATIC.
AUBURN, KY, May 1S.-Yesterday, between
Rockfield and South Union. a crazy man jumped
through car window. A brakeman caught him
with one hand, after getting nearly through, but
could not hold him. The train was running at
good speed, and backed and put him in the bag
gage-car nearer dead than alive. He got on al
Cincinnati and was bound for New Orleans. He
will probably die.
MINOR KENTUCKY KNICKKNAcKs.
L1rcHFInLD, May 1S-Yesterday after
noon, in an affray here, Robt. Mcclure
stabbed his cousin, VIM. Mcclure, in the
back, inficting very severe and possibly
fatal wound.
VERSAILLES, May 1S.-Geo. Butler, col
ored, suicided here yesterday by shooting
himself in the mouth.
CATLErTsBURG, May 18.-Sunday night
about sixty men rode into town and sur
rounded the Jail. Ten of them dismounted
and liberated Squire Spriggs, the Lawrence
County Regulator.
PARIS, May 18.--Thomas Simms, col
ored man aged about sixty years, dropped
dead yesterday OF heart disease.
INFANTICIDE AT GREENFIELD.
GREENFIELD, IND, May 1S.-The dead
body OF an infant was found yesterday in {
vault in this city. where it had beer
| thrown. Drs. Marsh and Vawter examined
the body and found a string tightly tiet
around its throat, showing that it had beer
strangled to death shortly after its birth
The perpetrators are unknown.
DROWNED IN WIDE WATER.
| LAFAYETTE, IND, May 18.-Charles Shil
ling, boy eleven years old, was drowned
in Wide Water, three miles north of the
city, while swimming yesterday afternoon.
The body was recovered last evening.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT lRoNToN.
IroNToN, O., May 1s.-An accident hap.
pened at Newman &Spanners saw mill this
morning. Abe Vaughn having got large
log on the truck, the engine was started,
the front wheels passing over one of his leg.
breaking and mashing it badly, and injur.
ing the other seriously. The leg will have
to be amputated.