St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-13

to planters and to mercantile or industrial
enterprises.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
EUGENE E. WIGHT, who, with an &C
complete, murdered Mr.. Carroll, a wealthy
ranch owner, in Colorado in 1919, for the
purpose Of robbery, has recently been ar
rested in Massachusetts and returned to the
Colorado Penitentiary, whence he escaped
after Il brief confinement.
AT Ash Grove, Iroquois County, ILL.,,
John Sampey, aged Is years, accidentally
killed his brother William, aged II, with Il
shot gun, while shooting at a target. In
Kickapoo Township, Peoria County, Minnie
Walters, aged 10, was accidentally shot and
killed by her 19-year- old brother while he
was carelessly handling revolver.
THE dwelling of NJ. Silyerstone, at
Calais, Me-, was damaged by fire on the Goth.
George Bradford was killed, shubaei Spin
ney probably fatally injured, and four 9TH
ers were wounded by falling chimneys.
AT Leadville, Colo, on the goth,
Frank Gilbert and Merrick Rosengrantz
were executed for murder, the latter pro-
testing his innocence. Isaiah Walker, col
ored, was hanged at Gonzales. Texas, for
numbering his wife some months ago.
A DOUBLE tragedy was recently en-
acted near Stonewall, in the Cherokee Ma
ton. Major A. Williams, becoming fren-
zied through jealousy of his wife, shot her
through the head, causing instant death.
He then blew out his own brains. The dead
bodies were found lying only few feet
apart. u !
"A TERRIBLE accident occurred at Pc
oria, H., on the night OF the 30th. BY the
explosion of an overcharged still at the
Woolner Brewery, eighteen persons were
injured, over one half OF them fatally. The
names of the killed and those who died soon
afterward from their injuries are as follows:
Ignatz Woolner, one of the propretors, and
Max Woolner, son of another partner;
two sons of VIM. Voehl (the father proba-
bly, fatally injured); Henry Casing, en-
gineer; Henry Goetz, Charles Heppener
and August Bret, employees; John Kuk-
land, visiting brewer from Brooklyn, n.
Y. August Heller and VIM. Rice, two 9TH
err employees, are supposed to be fatally in
jured.
THE wife, daughter, and infant child
of John Snyder, planter living in Lee
County, Ark, were drowned while crossing
a bayou on t1atboat in Prairie County.
They were seated in wagon and the horses
became FESTIVE and backed it off the boat.
KENT McNUTT, Secretary of State,
was accidentally drowned at Nashville,
Tenn, on the 31st.
A MAGAZINE explosion, with great
loss of life, is reported from Mazatlan, Mex
leo. The building was situated in the GEN.
ter of the business portion of the town. The
explosion completely RACED the magazine
and destroyed many houses in the imlHedi-
ate vicinity, beside doing considerable dam
age to- a number of others and killing a large
number of people. Immediately after the
explosion, the soldiers and citizens went to
work to recover the bodies of those known
to be buried in the ruins. Seventy bodies
were recovered, and among them was Fran
cisco Pena, District Judge. The number of
killed and wounded is not yet known, as
many bodies are said to be still buried I'M
der the ruins.
AT Dyersburg, Tenn, on the I'd, Mike
Wells, negro, was lynched upon con-
Tossing an assault upon the person Of Mrs.
j. r. Childress.