Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-09-21

An ARRAY took place at Boston, on the 18th
inst, between George W Townsend, the noted
marine diver, and Harry Forbes. The latter
shot his antagonist fatally and then killed him
SELF
Andrew Kountzman, shoemaker, of Pitts
burgh, who had just been released from Jail,
assaulted his wife and bOarder in his house
with piece of iron, on the 18th inst, and then
ended his own life with q razor. Mrs. Kountz-
man was fatally injured,
At Kansas City, Mo-, wedding, on the night
of the 18th. during dance, a party of roughs
intruded and a row ensued, in which DeRoy
Wiltfang, one of the gang, IS shot in the head
and killed by J. B. Jones, one of the guests.
It is claimed that the shooting was in self-du-
Tense. Jones and two others were arrested.
Henry Willett, of Alton, Ohio, killed Tom
Thompson, rival saloon-keeper, with ham
mer on the 18th.
BENJAMIN Beatty, of Milford Ohio, shot and
fatally wounded DR.. J. T. Abrams on the night
of the 14th. Beatty suspected the doctor of
intimacy with his wife.
John Hooten, marshal of Corning, Holt
county, Mo-, was killed on the 14th inst,
while attempting to arrest drunken man
JEFF. Williams.
At Okoloona, Miss. on the night of the 18th
inst, Gen. w. T. Tucker was called to his door
by an unknown party and deliberately shot
down. Houston Parish, a negro boy, who has
had trouble with Tucker, is under arrest.
james a. CInlUL, 0X-COuuUy CleTh Oh fOf Uldnu
Oregon, was shot and instantly killed by Frank
Howard, while they were drinking together in
saloon at San Francisco, CAL, on the 18th.
At Nashville, Tenn, on the night of the 18th,
inst, Michael O'Hallahan shot David Hunly in
the arm and the latter stabbed O'Hallahan to
the heart with a shoemakers' knife, killing him
instantly.
A duel was fought on the morning of the 18th
inst, at Terrene, Miss, between the Hon.
Leland Leatherman, mayor Of Arkansas City,
and James Rucker, a prominent attorney of
the same city. The difficulty grew out of GER
tain rulings made by Leatherman in case in
which Rucker was engaged professionally.
Both cOmbatants were wounded at the first
fire. Leatherman received slight flesh wound.
Rucker was struck in the left side inficting
what is supposed to be a fatal wound.
In Canthron township, Arkansas, near Boone
vile, on the 18th inst, two young men, Robert
and William Hanbey, brothers, riding home
side of Petit Jean Creek, were fired on by an
assassin. Robert was killed. two buckshotpen-
etrating his heart. William was fatally
wounded, having received two buckshot through
his intestines and two in his lett breast. He
rode half mile before falling from his horse
from exhaustion and loss of blood. The assas-
sin was concealed underneath the bank of the
creek and got away unseen. Two negroes are
under arrest, and it is strongly suspected that
they know something of it.
Frank O'Reilly superintendent of the En-
pire mine, Utah, was killed by the engineer, G..
w. Scopt. in self-defense, on the 14th inst.
O'Reilly, at the time, was assaulting with
knife.
A Dallas, Texas, special dated the 18th, says
that DIR. B. G. Cantrell and his son. "Bud "
Cantrell, got into quarrel near Weatherford,
with J. NJ. Cox, about the renting of some land,
which resulted in a bloody tragedy, Cox killing
both the Cantrells and being seriously wounded.
At st. Louis, Mo-, on the 18th inst, Joe Ed
wards and AL. Gaffin, two negro firemen on the
steamer Porter. met in q broad. open space at
the bridge entrance and renewed a difficulty
that existed between them. Gaffin drew
knife and Edwards q pistol, which he discharged
four times One ball struck Gaffin in the
stomach, inf1icting mortal wound. and an
ather penetrating the shoulder of Mrs. Clarity,
an old lady passing along the street. Great ex-
element ensued, and a crowd of enraged citi-
zen attempted to lynch Edwards on the spot,
but four policemen rescued him from the mob
and escorted him to the station.
Two hundred men rode to the Jail at OAR
danelle. Ark, on the 10th inst, and took there
from two murderers named Taylor and Bruce.
The prisoners were dragged through the streets
with ropes around their necks to a clump of
trees, where they were left dangling. ~.
At Marshall, Texas, on the 18th inst, Arch.
Whitman was fatally stabbed by his wife.