The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-03-19

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day and got chuck-full of whisky. Ht
started home in the evening, and or
his way rode up to anegr0s residence
drew his pistol, and after frightening
I, the women and children from the
house, he fired several shots into the
doors and windows. The next morning
he was arrested by deputy sheriff
and taken before a justice, who lined
him $40 in one case, and bound him
over TO the district court in another.
Such conduct in peace officer is too
outrageous to be tolerated for an in
slant, md swift and sure punishment
should be dealt out 10 the offender
III Houston Post
INDIANAPOLIS, February s24.-After
a protracted drunk, John Richardson,
of Southeast street, sobered up and
signed the pledge, resumed drinking
that night, and yesterday gave his
wife systematic thrashing, beating
the poor woman until every joint ached
with pain, and her bruised flesh was
overwhelming proof of his savage treat
ment.--- Cincinnati Times-Star.
SALT LAKE Cry, UTAH, Feb. o.
Intelligence from the county seat of
Levier county says: "On Saturday
night u disturbance occurred in the
camp of small band of Ute Indians
about three miles from here, i'll Anna
bella Precinct, which resulted in the
killing Of one Indian named Warpania.
1t appears that the mnrderers had OBJ
tanned some whisky, about Two gallons,
from certain party residing in the
vicinity of Monroe, and the firewater
made them crazy; they quarreled, then
followed a fight--four against one;
the one being overpowered by his as
sailants. They lied him and took an
az and struck the edge of it into his
skull, in three or four places, either
blow being sufficient TO kill an OK.
Yesterday, others of the Indians found
the place whore he was buried, dug
him up, and reburied him, the muir
derers having fed to parts unknown,
it is supposed 10 Green river The
murdered Indian was their sheriff, and
well respected by his tribe. His death
has caused much mourning among the
natives They want the whites to be
on the lookout for their horses, as the
fugitives will not go far on foot
TCincinnati Times-Star.
New Orleans PicaFune: His inor-
dinate love for Iiqnor caused George
Mccain, a slater, aged IS years, to
commit theft yesterday afternoon, at |
2 o'clock, at 4l2 Baronne street. Then
he entered the blacksmith shop of r.
l.. Blakely with fixed discrimination
of pilfering something he could pawn
for whisky.
Two hammers and a pair of tongs
were in sight, and these he seized upon
with Widity. With hurried footsteps
he darted forth and fell into the
of policeman. The stolen
were brought to the sta
tion with him, and the charge of lar
ceny was recorded against him.
lie made no attempt to deny the
accusation, but on the contrary seemed |
with consciousness of
the wrong he had done, and, self-ac-
cused, he openly admitted that for the
sake of whisky he had stolen the ar
tieles. Mccain was locked up in cell
No. 1, and was left to brood over his
AT O'clock Turnkey Simone had
OCCASION to pass the cell, and peeped
in through the little opening cut
through the door, to see if his prison
or was still secure His eyes roved
around the cell until they rested on a
dark object suspended to the window.
the door and found MCCAIN
by a silk handkerchief from
the bars oflsthe window in the rear of
the cell. 10 cut the handkerchief was
the work Of IN instant, and the limp
and almost .ifeless body fell to the
floor with d dull tliud. A spark of
life yet remained in the body, and
hastily DIR. Beard was summoned. BY
his kind manifestations and treatment
the spark was famed into life, the
blood which had accumulated in the
head of the victim resumed its flow,
and Mccain was restored to full life
and consciousness.
Especial Cincinnati Tlnes-star.l
TAMARoA, Liz, March l0.-A man
about So years of age, supposed, from
papers found, to be Jerry Wood, of
Benton or Freoburg, III, was found
dead beside the railroad track, three
miles north Of this place, by section
men. 1t is supposed he was struck by
some train during the night, while
asleep on the track. A whisky bottle,
part full, found by Ills side, tells the
tale.
CoLuMBIA, SC, March 9.-Whislzy
and pistols have been at work near
Kings Tree, in the county of Viii
liamsburg. There was a dispute be-
tween 4. ). 'Thorp (white) and Bill
Shaw "a negro). Shaw raised a railto
strike Tborp, when the latter fired
three shots at Shaw and killed him.
Throp has escaped. Both parties were
drinking liquor freely. 4
CoEooRp, N. C., March 9.-Iast