The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-01-01

III J.i a. GARDNER, a prominent resident OF
Rowlett Station, KY, was called from his
house BY negro boy named Campbell and
asked to come to the stable. While there he
was Knocked down and robbed of about $3.50
Suspicion rested upon Campbell and brother
OF his, and they were arrested and confessed to
having committed the crime. They were car
ried to Muntordville and lodged in JAIL At
twelve O'Clock the next night they were taken
from their cells by about one hundred men
and hung to tree. Gardner received prob
ably fatal injuries.
MUTIsY of twenty prisoners in the Co.
iumbus (Ohio) jail was queled by the police
bomtardins the mntineets with cold water and
| chunks OF coal. Several convicts were seri-
| ously injured by being hit with pieces OF coal.
EARLY on Christmas morning Walter G.
Drury, drug clerk at Napoleon, Ohio, was
shot and instantly killed by General Robert
K. Scott, OF that place, formerly colonel of the
Sixty-eighth regiment, Ohio volunteers, and
afterward governor of S2u,h Carolina. The
only son OF SCOTT, young pau seventeen
years old, nd somewhat dissipated, had been
on Christmas spree with Drury and aparty
OF friends, and early in the evening his father
had succeeded in getting him home Later
the boy bad gone off with his companions and
finally had been put TO bed by Drury in the
lattei's room over the drug store. When
Governor Scott discovered the whereabouts o.
his son he went to the drug store and de-
manded admittance. He remained within
only a few moments, and On coming out de-
clared he had shot Drury. The declaration
was found to be only too true. Scott was
arrested, and the threats OF lyncbing made by
the excited people OF the town became SO
ominous that militia company was called
out to protect the prisoner. Drury was to
have been married in a few days.
A. NJ. CosKLIN, editor of the Socorra New
Mexico) Sun, was shot and killed as he and
his wife were leaving the Methodist Church
Christmas festival, by Jacob Baca, one of
a prominent Mexican family. The deceased
incurred the Ill will OF the Beca family in the
Territorial legislature by his boldly expressed
sentiments concerning education and abuses
OF civil rights in the Territory. ~ 2
TRAIN was fred into by some miscrean:s
at Neeleyyille, Mo and DR.. j. H Paine, of
Carroll, Texas, was killed, and P. P. Jones
and wife, of Pennsylvania, were mortallv
wounded.
INTENSELY cold weather is reported to pre-
vail in the West and Northwest.
A COLLISION between passenger and
freight train at the Louisiana State line, on the
Mobile 6 Ohio railroad, resulted in the death
OF two engineers and two brakemen. and in
juries to several others.
AT Smithville, Va, party OF colored men
had met to organize militia company when
an alteration arose between some OF them
and white man named Dunn. During the
row Dunn drew a single barreled pistol and
shot dead negro who had slapped his face.
Dunn then ran into a store and loaded his
pistol. A crowd headed by Dan Cook, who
carried drawn sword, broke in and attacked
him. Cook was shot dead, after which Dunn
seized butchers knife and cut his way out
One man named Drew was fatally cut in the
abdomen and others were more or les in
iured Dunn gave himself up and was lodged
in jail at Williamsburg.