Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-04-27
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"aloHouoe nlleu WIFI gram, ana several tons OF
cotton seed on the wharf were consumed by fire
at Savannah, Ca, on the 18th.
Eragical.
Eliza Pope, aged SO, was brutally murdered
at Boston, Mass, on the 23d inst, by James
Tracy, who entered her room and attempted to
outrage her person.
VIM. Brown and James Benson. farmers,
quarreled near Falmouth, KY, on the 22d inst.
Benson threw rocks at Brown, who shot him
dead with a revolver.
In quarrel over bill of five cents for gar
den seeds, at Millen, Ga, B. w. Hext shot John
Conner through the heart.
George Irish, grocery keeper, doing business
at Buffalo, N. Y, fatally shot a burglar named
Dennis E. Murphy, on the night of the 23d.
notorious smuggler named Redmond has
been killed by revenue officers in North Caro-
lima.
horrible tragedy was enacted in the town of
Trio, Edwards county, Texas, on the 10Th inst,
when band of armed men rode up to the
house OF man named McLarens and deliber-
ately murdered McLarens, his wife, and a
| young man named Lease, residing with them
Plumber was not the object, evidently, as moth
| ing in the house was disturbed. The affair re-
| mains mystery.
Frederick Smith was shot and dangerously
| wounded by John Finnick, near Dalevile, Ind.
IN quarrel over the possession of field. Smiths
| wife then knocked Finnick down with hoe and
chopped his head into slivers.
Thomas W. Cunningham, was killed in a
quarrel at S@l francisco, Cal, on the 21st inst,
| by j. A. Chandler, who was himself wounded.
Chief Marshal Shidmire, of Ell Paso Texas,
has killed three men within five days, and four
9th ers have been killed in fights with him at
| various times.
The body of stranger supposed to have been
murdered, was found on railroad track near
Fort NORTH Texas, on the 22d inst. A card with
the name "F. Hatherman" written thereon,
was the only thing on his person calculated to
identify HIM.
I At Cincinnati. O., on the 18th inst, John
Mooney hacked his wife to death with Ratchet.
jerry Leacrat, of Little Rock, Ark. was muir
dered on account of all old grudge arising from
the location of some land.
John McEnlee, II years of age, killed his I'M
| Gle, Peter McEnlee, aged 70, near Bath, Stevens
county, N. Y, on the night of the 18th, by
shooting him. The boy says his uncle was cruel
| to him.
Rev. Robert Mattock, who had been tried and
acquitted of the charge of numbering Thomas
Miller last August by a Lawrence county, Mo-
court recently, has been pursued by party of
Miller's friends since his acuuittal. On the goth
his body was found in lizard county, he evident.
| ly having met his death at their hands.
| A feud OF long standing between the families
! of General j. r. Bayler and Mr.. Gillherst. re-
siding at Uvalde, Texas, eliminated on the 10Th
inst In shocking tragedy. A fight ensued be-
|
herst and two sons on the other. The elder
Glllherst was killed, one Of his SONS mortally,
and the other seriously wounded. Young
Bayler was slightly hurt.
Two brothers named Nichols aged respect
! lively Il and II, got into quarrel at lakewood
township, near Danville, ILL.,, on the night Of
| the 18th inst.
A colored woman named Sallie Chlders was
murdered by James H. Edmonson, near
Pleasant Hope, Polk county, Mo-, on the 18th
inst. The murderer feared the woman would
expose him for visiting her for immoral pur-
poses.
A police officer fatally shot Michael Quinn, at
Troy, N. Y, on the 10Th inst.
Mark Taylor was killed in a saloon Tow at
Atchison, Kansas, on the 10Th inst.
At Pittsburg, Pa, on the night of the 18th
INST, young man was mistaken for a burglar
and killed by police officer.
A music teacher named Carr was assaulted
by ruifians IN drug store at Rural, Clermont
county, o., on the 18th inst, whereupon he
struck one of them named Reed fatal blow
with scale weight. The rowdies had created
disturbance at Cars singing school, and were
reprimanded by him. hence their animosity.
A band of disguised men took negro
charged with murder, from the jail at Quincy,
Fla, on the 18th inst, and hung him.
VIM. MattOX shot and killed his brother Hez-
eklah MattOX, four miles from Liberty, Clay
county, Mo-, at noon on the 18th inst. No par
ticulars.
While in fit of insanity on the 18th inst,
Mrs. Mutt, living near Camden, Ark, killed five
of her children by throwing them into a well.
The eldest was II years, the youngest II
months.
A Chinaman was fatally shot by one Camp
bell, a Deming N. M. restarateur, on the 18th.
On the night previous, Mormon named Jones
was killed at Cranes station by one Holloran,
who acted in self-defence.
Miah Baker, an old colored man, was shot
and killed by an unknown person on the 18th
inst, at Hopkinsville, Christian county, KY.
Before he expired he stated that he met three
men on horseback, one of whom shot him.
Others say he received the fatal wound while
robbing hen roost.
Jim Devine, alias Jones, was lynched near
Las Vegas, N. NJ, on the 18th, for an attempt
to murder a section hand. Devine was an es-
capped convict from California, where reward
Of ST 400 was offered for his body
Ann Cowan, a colored woman, was lynched
by mob in Laurens county, South Carolina.