The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-29
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


WILLIAM II. BLACKBURN, a CONNER
cial traveller. going on foot from Dumas TO
blackburn station. La, \ distance OF three |
miles, was overtaken by two tramps. who |
demanded his money or his life. Blackburn
pulled his revolver and shot one OF the
wouli.be robbers through the head. killing
him instantly. lis companion turned and
ran, but was brought down by a second bn'.
let from Blackburn's revolver, which hit
him in the leg. He gave his name a. Peter
Brizendine, and Louisville q his home, but
the name of his dead comradc il unknown.
AT Coalville, Bourbon County, Kans.,
on the 4th, young lady named Davis was
burned TO death by her clothing taking
fire from an open crate, and her mother
was fatally burned while trying to extin-
guish the flames, dying within twenty -four
hours.
ARTHUR MURPHY was hanged ut
Pendleton, Ore, on the 9Th, for the murder
Of 7. ID. French, In Juno lat.
Four men were probably fatally
burned By an explosion OF varnish in New
York brewery, on the 9th.
The Stafford County POor.house, at
Dover, n. H., burned at an early hour on
the morning Of tho 7th. There we're 1862 in.
mates, thirteen Of whom persisted in the
flames. Their names are Frank Jones, Asa
Hall, Peter Sargent, Burnham Note, Je0.
Holland, Thomas McDermott, Ivory Hans.
com, Joseph Cook, Chss. Riley, Sadie Alb.
bolt, Martha Jewell, Lizzie Wilson, Clara
Scates.
A TERRIBLE boiler explosion occurred
on the morning Of the 7th in Dalbach 4
Sons smelling works, Newark, N. J. Three
buildings were entirely destroyed. Johl
Mstz, engineer, George O'Gorman, J. w
Schlee and John Queen were instantly killed
and two Others were badly injured. Al
were employees. tr .. Ar.
A. j. THOMAS was hanged at Walls
Walla, W. T., on the 'th, for the murder o
G. w. Brumiield. The execution was wit
messed by $500 people.
CHARLES LEBsTER, twelve years old
Shedding downa steep hin at Reading, Pa.
dashed under q street.car, the wheels Q
which scattered his brains along the track
NEAR Keokuk, Iowa, young ma
named Mahan was killed by the accidents
e discharge Of gun in the hands Of com
y panion. whose lighted cigar happened
y touch the trigger. %. " J De
NEAR Lexington, N. c., on the 9Th,
~ fast train on the Richmond 4 Danville Raj
way ran into . rock slide and was wrecked
NJ. O'Donnsll, engineer. and his tirema
were instantly killed, several passengers su'
Z tanning slight injuries. E . ra
:. H. L. BALMER, an old fisherman, h.
been arrested at Henderson, KY; for shoe
A. ing John Davis, q varnisher, said to
n "wanted" for shooting some one ut Loui
,is vile. ,ns =. .,..sr,...t..., 4. .u..sr
NO L. F. HENRY and Kirby Smith q
ce, tempted t. assassinate DR.. Robinson,
no Corinth, Ky, on the sth, emptying their +
= volvers In vain. All brothers. in.law. y
al Ar Pembroke, Me-, a nine.year.o
he boy named Warren Longmore, has been
to dicted for murder, his victim being an eigl
hs year-old playmate, named Freeman Wrigt
or Ar Lake Providence, La, on the mig
y Of the It'll, mob broke open the Jail al
-, took thersfrom prisoner, James Brow
90 and hanged him to tree. Brown was
1atboatMan from Illinois. In January, Is
OF he and party Of twelve others arrived
o. town, and becoming unduly boisterous fr,
drinking, the City Marshal, Bernard n
as CURE, attempted to arrest Brown, who a
eli ed ~ ringleader Of the crowd. Brown i
ut mediately pulled revolver and shot the o
,or Ger dead on the spot. The murderer escap
lot but was subsequently recaptured and h
d, for trial. aa'
" NRs. C. G. GALLEY and Mrs. Z.
ut Ellis, wives Of two prominent farmers
" Greenfield Township, while crossing
i'm track OF the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Havana, about twelve miles from Norwa
ed O., were struck by train running at hi
he rate Of speed and both killed almost
III. stantly. They were riding In q cutt
val and the sound Of the sleigh.bells drown
Ate the noise Of the approaching train, VIII
i. was also hidden from sight by IN interv'
Of ing building. Their horses neck '
on bruken and the cutter smashed to atoms.
~. THE mail-stage from Fort Davis
ne Ell Paso, Tex, was "jumped" by the
~ dams, supposed to be remnant Of the
M Victoria band, at Quitman Canon, on
sth. The driver and team were killed, I
=; the stage aud mail broken and..torn pie
Tor Two children named Blank "
ed killed in Chicago, on the 10Th, by the adm
hs istration Of morphine, by mistake Of
druggiSt, for salts Of quinine.
ck Mss ANNIE PREssox, daughter
M Rev. w. u. Presson, was burneo to de
Ion the 6th,t ct Nashville, howard Cou'
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