The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-09

contracts has been made In the case Of that
portion IL mail route No. :e,0?& from Vim.
i,a. Indian Territory, IN Las Vegas, New
Mexico, n. ". Packer, contractor, which
extends through the uninhabiicd region DO.
tween Tulsa, Indian Territory, and Mobcets.
In Northwestern Texas, . distance Of 3G
miles. This entire route, which IL $40 miles
In length, was served ,ri.weckly. II has
now been curtailed, ~ above, the saving Of.
fected being $4,000 per annum.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
GEORGE T. LARxlx, Deputy United
States Marshal, shot and killed hi, cousin,
also named Larkin, near Rodgersville, Tenn.
Larkin had violated therevenuc law, and his
cousin went TO arrest him In the field. Lar.
kin resisted the officer, and was shot down.
The officer was arrested. Il was feared the
prisoner would be lynched, and the Gov.
ernor was tclcgrsphed for aid. The Gov.
ernor ordered the Knoxville Rides to the
scene Of excitement and TO protect the pris.
oner from mob violence.
FRANK W. Felt, agent Of tho Mis-.
souri, Pacific Railway at Oswego, Kans., and
his assistant, Ed Gibson, were shooting at Q
telegraph pole the other day, when q wild
ball struck Mr.. wilmo,h, On aged lady, ia
the back, wounding her II Is thought fatal.
". Mn. wilmoth was milking COW about
seventy. yards distant, and could not be
seen by either Of the gen,lemes.
jim MooH, . noted desperate and
gambler, was shot dead In Denver By Clay
Wilson, another Of the same fraternity.
Ar IIockland, o., the little daughter
Of Marion Thompson, one year old, being
lest alone Ia bed, crawled to The foot Of the
mattress and fell through between the Stats
Of The he'd. hanging suspended bv the head.
She was dead when discovered by the ago.
aixed mother.
The residence Of Mrs. Gilman, .
wealthy widow Of Kittery Point, Ne. +,
burned one night recently, and che was sup.
posed tn have perished In the flames. Il h
now evident that che Vas murdered and the
house set on Ars 10 destroy Evidence Of the
crime.
WV. CAN'T was hanged at Colorado
Springs, Colo, on the 18th, for the murde
Of Police. oflicer Perkins. ..|.
VIZ. A. BRAiNERD, associate editor
Of the Plassers' Journal, and Rev. Joseph
Anstett, pastor Of St. Maurice Church. New
Orleans, died from the effects Of the heat on
the 18th. ~
]. A. JACK, . well.known telegraph
operator, jumped into the river ut Kansas
City andwas drowned. ne belonged at TO.
1edo. O., was steady young man, aud the
cause OF bio suicide 10 mystery.
Ar Fort Worth, Tsxas, on tho 18th,
Hsary Hitler bad diiaculty with Deputy
Sheriff Hishaots, Of Corsicsaa KILLER wss
stabbed I've times, and died. He WAS Q
German Of high standing. Highnots was
captured and lodged IN jail.
T. II. BURlsKs and o. II. Richardson
were killed By . collision Of trains on the
Texas rsciAc Railroad near Baird, Texas.
wn. Monroe was run over BY ~ entire train
near North Vernon, lad, sad lived few
hosrs. Ed. Tucker was cut In two near
Bowling Green, ky., number Of cars pass.
Ing over him. ''i
In tho little village Of Portland, Ash.
Icy County, Ark, recently. peddler named
Gilmore was aceostsd By eolored man who
asked II - had licsass 70 cell. A quarrel
snsusd. DE-. d. Flsninss, q prominent
eitissu, appeared % thss esae and was drawn
into H. HigAiy inceased BY . remark made
BY The peddles, the Doctor drew pistol and
shot him deed. Fleminss Asd and |. stiil as
large. The murdered man was about %
years old. -
Ar Aarshall, Tex, Bob Dill, colored,
shot lease virgs and took to thu woods. He
was pursued BY posse 70 point near TIN
Louisiana line, fifteen miles east Of the city,
when The fugitive made for . c,nebl.ke.
Just y b was about to disappear fifteen OF
twenty shots were fred after him and the
pursuit ended. Hshsd reviewed bis quietus.
Ar Lsadvills, Colo, On The 18th. OK.
Alderman JoAn neComh shot md probably
fAtally wounded james Mcdonald, the we'll
known variety sctos. NcComb's bury va
hitched before The house, whom Mcdonald
requested and, he claims, received permits.
sion to take some children riding. He pu,
several children IN the buggy and drove
around the block. On his return McComb
Wa In . rase, and regardless Of the children
fred twice, ooe ball striking Mcdonald IN
eho he'd. ie a'n. ~ }, Isl at
HoH. b. GiBBoxs, ono Of tho mos,
respected cltlssns Of Paris. Texas, and
twice s!setsd Mayor, alter pssispt endurance
Of untold suffering from cancers, which had
sasea portions Of bic iAce, destroyed bid
eyseighs, and attached To brain. settled biz
business a1Airs n satisfactory manner aud
blew ont Bic brains. a>}s D
| Al StEayhorn, Tats County, Miss,
Joha Odag, City Marshal, had ais throat cut
IRON az tols ar By biz son.in.law, . youss
naa nAnsd Aayleld. The murderer e..
eapsA IL dinculsy eriglnsted over the
oMesuAlp u . eddie. t''f'.}
Iunxs sons Of George A. Ross. Of
Oskalecaa, Iowa, were drowned iaa cresk
VILE letAAs. On learning Of ths nd affair
re faeAee plunged into ths stream, and BID
NE ~ ANA with di1onlly.. Ne motAeris
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q. y: WlLooZ and A. G. Bell, prom.
iasss 1u1ene1 ~ ''ef Chicago, wsrs
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