Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-06-15
HragiCaI Tales.


n AT houston, Texas, on the 18th inst. Jack
dempsey. wheelwright. was shot dead by w.
"A. Pnilllps, an express messenger, whom Demp-
sey attempted to kill at Henrietta
oUllIl Taylor, negro, who had grossly as
sauiGeo white woman, was taken from Green
Doro n. g., Jail and hanged on the night of
the 18th, during the eclipse of the moon.
A stabbing affray occurred at Louisville. Ky.,
on the 18th inst in which Mack Watson COLOR
ed) was killed.
Geo. G. Gattling, of San Francisco, stabbed
MS wife to death at beer garden on the 10th
inst.
Three masked men called ]. E. Martin out of
his house at Belknap Texas on the 10th, and
shot him dead
~ Manly Ellis and Wight Newson, of WILSON,,
N. T., both being in love with the same girl,
q!larreled on the 9th inst, when Ellis shot and
killed Newson.
George Henderson, of McKeesport, Pa, while
waking IN the cemetary with young lady. On
Cne |th INST, was set upon by party of roughs
ana so badly beaten that he has since died.
Barry Carpenter shot and killed his brother,
Lee carpenter, fifteen miles west of New AL
bany, Ind, on the 9th inst. Barry, who is a
low character, had been charged by Lee with
seduclng bis own daughter.
At Soda Springs, five miles west of Leadville,
Col, on the 9th inst, Otto Ballainx shot and
killed man named Andrews.
Louis Paxton, aged 10, was found in field
near st. Paul, Neb. on the 9Th inst, with rope
around bis neck and fastened to plough han
die, a bullet hole behind the right ear and the
skull broken. His horses and wagon were gone.
V1gllantes are in pursuit of the murderers.
Samuel D. Haines, serving life senten ce for
numbering q guard, attempted to escape at
Thomaston, Me-, on the 9Th inst, and was shot
dead.
A difficulty occurred on the 9th inst, at Oak
Bower, small place near Fort Smith, Ark. be-
fUnpYl ThOrnQG Tr,rr hon nd AID ~,
the course of which Rhea was fatally wounded
in the bowels.
An old man named Hull, living near Locks
burg. Ark, was murdered in Sewer county, that
state, by three negroes who were captured and
hung by citizens. They confessed the deed be-
fore the final moment.
Two desperadoes named Knowles and Corners
attacked Voorhees, store at Espanola, N. NJ,
and shot the proprietor twice, probably fatally.
Alynching party overlook the miscreants, shoot
ing Knowles dead and lynching Corners.
Lewis Sweden was assassinated while sitting
on his porch in Van Buren, county, Ark. 1t is
whispered that he knew too much to suit certain
moonshiners."
In Stokes county, N. c., on the night of the
7th inst, Frank Baker, deputy sheriff. was shot
and killed by Jesse Smith, for whom he had a
warrant of arrest.
Charles D. Kidder, aged IS, travelling sales
man for Boston dry goods firm, was shot
uodu dI OpIliSuelu, MASS, vi Iuo OIL lIlSG, ny
his half-brother, D. Wright, aged II.
party of roughs attached to a circus at
tackled dancing party at the village of Che
saning, Mich, on the night of the 7th. A po-
liceman was pounded to death, and several
persons were badly hurt.
difficulty over payment of Is cents caused
a man named Lee to stab fatally one Jennings,
a negro, at Dolby Springs, Bowie county,
Texas, On the 7th. jennings wife, who wit
messed The fight, ran to her husbands aid, and
with Ratchet fearfully mangled Lee. He is
not expected to recover.
VIM. Murphy, the divorced husband of Mrs.
n. McClarum, shot Mrs. McC. through the
back, near Pittsburg, Pa, on the 9TH, and then
shot himself through the head. Mrs. McClarum
will recover.
Capt. Costernaruff. a hero of the Cr1mean
war, was shot and killed in the streets of Sc
bastapol by retired colonel of the Russian
army.
At Joplin, Mo-, variety theater On the 7th
inst, a shooting affray was occasioned by dis
pute in regard to terms of sale of the institu-
ton. C. F. Thompson, stage manager, and
Thomas Carney, an employe, were killed.