The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-10-01
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

AT AnOka, Mimi, Charles f. Studlev,
while insane from drink, stabbed his wife
several times, but not fatally, and then cut
himself up in a shocking manner, so that he
can not recover.
NEAR Elgin, H., Christian SKINNER
man, wife and son, were driving over the
railroad track and were struck by the train
Seimmerman, his boy and the team were
killed, and his wife fatally injured.
A NEGRO burglar, named Billups, the
only inmate of the Jail at Jacksonville, Ga,
set fire to the building in hopes Of making
his escape, and burned to death.
JOSEPH LANIER, Sheriff of Scullyville
County, Choetaw Nation, was killed at Tib-
bets's store, near Fort Smith, Ark, by Will
liam Hughes, white man, who had recent
ly been ordered out of the ChOctaw Nation
by Governor McCurtain, whith circumstance
led to the murder.
! Tom WILLIAMS, a young negro muir
derer, was hanged at Henderson, Texas, on
the 23d.
A WAGON containing an old gentle
man named Crandall and boy and a girl,
his grandchildren, was struck by a railroad
train near Minneapolis, Mimi, resulting in
the death OF all three.
THE special train bearing newspaper
correspondents, ETC., accompanying the
Garfield funeral train from Washington,
struck a hand-car containing a number of
track hands while crossing the Beaver Creek
bridge, near FallstOn, Pa. Three of the
men were killed outright, fourth was
hurled upon the pilot and fatally injured
and fifth was sent flying through space to
the creek bed sixty feet below. Two others
were MORALLY wounded, and have since
died. Two men jumped from the car to the
creek bed, and, incredible as it may appear,
escaded with but trifllng injuries. The men
were duly notified of the approach of the
train, but evidently believed they had time
to get across the bridge before it reached
there.
SHERIFF LANINiY, of Calhoun County.
H., with Sheriff Blades, of Pike County.
and posse, on the 10Th undertook to cap
ture the notorious desperadoes, the Max
well brothers, alias Williams, who shot and
killed the Coleman brothers, at Durand
Wis, while the latter were trying to effect
their arrest. A heavy reward was offered
for the capture Of the murderers It was
recently ascertained that they had appeared
In Pike and Calhoun Counties, ILL.,, and n
party was formed to effect their capture .
They were discovered in the woods near
Belleview by Sheriff Lammy and his posse.
one OF them sitting on log with a gun across
his lap, the other lying secreted behind the
log. Sheriff Lammy came up to within
about thirty feet OF the desperadoes,
when he leveled his revolver at the one
sitting on the log and ordered him to throw
up his hands. He threw up his gun instead.
and the Sheriff fired at him, but evidently
failed in his aim, as the desperate returned
the fire with fatal effect, shooting Sheriff
LammY through the head. lie fell dead in
his tracks. The shooting then became gen.
eral, but the casualties were all on one side
as Churchman, a Deputy Sheriff, was shot
through the legs. and McNabb, one of the
posse, received ball through the shoulder.
The Sheriff's posse then drew off, and the
victorious desperadoes, mounted upon two
horses captured from their would-be cap
tors, rode off toward the river, where they