, 1881-11-04
Failure Of Several Persons to Ideuti-
fy William Kuhl as Lon
Williams.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Successful
'y Raided by a Gang Of Bold
Burglars.
A Quarrel Between q Stcpfatlicr
and Sterson Ended by tho
Llttcr'y Death,
Male Members Of Female Minstrel Com
papy Fined at Atlanta for
Fighting.


Charge Of Murder.
0ptetal ltfpasta to Tht Ch:taoa TribuHH Y
LITTLE ROCK, ark, Nov. 3.-The must cx-
traOrtll'ary murder case ever tric.l iu this
state Is now III progress ut Arkatclpiiu.
The defendants nre Miss SArn!l Stokes uft
Mrs. EllzabcI, Shelton, who nro charged
will, tile murder df Miss Ma1Ent(a Stevens.
The trngedy occurred lioar Mineral Springs,
III Howard County, Ole day Inst April. Tho
Stokesc* md StcyosIses arU prominent people,
and lisn oil adjoining farms. Sarah Stokes
Is 4 young nntt exceedingly handsome gfrl Ut
II. lier mother dltd Il year ngo, and she i!tl4
hal cIIarge Of tho llousellod niralrs ever
sEncr, looking aftcr tho comfort Of lser fntllcr
antt brothers with inutlIerly sulicituuc. Sltu
lias violent ten,pGr, Is quick to resent Il
real or 1nhclcl insult, ind ctlerlsIteY ins-
plncablc hatred towards licr cllclilies Some
time ',Eo II sister Of Miss Stevens ,nssle very
dcrQgntory rennrks concerning Alfss Stokes,
nmt. this coming 10 tho Gnrs Of the lutter, s!u
sWnre to revenge 1t III terrible nullIlor. 1t
Is sald thnt tho Elris waro rlvuls eac1i wish
lllg to be considered tho be'o Of tho neigh
borlootl. However this ,nay be, Miss Stokes
1T once mounted Il horse, aid, accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Shelton, set
out to t!i,d Miss Stuyo1.s,' whom
they I.eortt wns doing some shopping
III IL ncfghboring town. Tho two wonien
reached the place after short u,Ml rapid
ride, but Miss Stevens isad been somehow
w,.rlied that they wero sunrettnx for her ililtl
Nlvtsgt to Keep nut Ut their way, untl lluH
neted OH tho suggesttoN. AftGr visiting MI
tao stores In the, village atul WITHOUT tintljnE
MISS Stevens, tlle women stnrtGt to Return
l!omc. Miss Stokes was very angry nj tho
fniiuro to discover the Rlrl WHO had, us sl1
alleged, DETAINED llar, nlHl expressed Il .le-
termination to keep ~ tic searcll until Miss
sioo RS G noaF FSaS te Ssa Il S nc fSS{SGSs sr S G,
Stevens wis Standing Il, tl.o yRfif, ind Mis-
Stoles nt[tIressct! few passlutlato words tu
MaItnlla Stevens, q 1i-ycul-old sistar Of Miss
Stokes enemy. 'l!e girls soon buen,na In
volycA III nl,ilter dispute. Miss Stnkes de-
ietl tho statements l4a!le BY tin cider Miss
5tsyes ss,:} s lmalte1oSs faisell9oas, al the gr
tic taunts Of Miss Stokes sting Miss Stevens
to tic quick, .nlpl Sllu stHrlelt lnpulstvely
for'Snlu. As slse npproaclled the 0luu guto
Miss Stokes sprung, trnm the horSn and
Ind conceale. IN tho bosolu of ller dress into
the neck Of the advancing glrl. Miss Stevens
SINK on THO ground, tho blnos gushing from
tllo wound IN torrents, Shu !lled III IL tnw
" clusprtl ll ono OF ler ila1lds. Miss Stokes
and Miss Shelton wcre promptly. ,urrcstetl,
AMd lt.v9 been. out oil, bull putltllng trial.,
Interest. Tha trigetiy Is saId 10 havo or r,titlet
the Stokes A'd StHye''s fa'ollies. tho l,el,l..
bErA 0f which ar0 overwhelmed with grief
md modification.
A rror,e and potnl 1;ucoup.,r NJ LIN,
1tocl., 1 nrtt. " S'o
Spstfat Dttpateh to. Ths Chicago Tribune.
hor or1aSos, ARK, NOV a--ono OF tlle
paco WIS enacted this eycntnp, ticoree ",
Murphy, a lawyer, shot and fatally Injured
.re.' Tsotgo oaaief, & u'sreputans character
past on ACCOUNT Of Murphy being yu,p]oyed
IN DrosccuIn So,]lor NJ, n r,,ar~o NJ ttii,u,
ur' y. i: Lyman. of ohlo, III tE4!s city In De-
cel'lbcr Inst. Tile trint canu otf soycrA1
months ngo, and, though eminent cou1,spl
fron abrou,l. nss,sird hv Inn sn"s ~ H.
,,a, ,,so,i h.r",;I"a'' ~ ornts u 0t'" ~ ,,.. ~ 49,
i.'t!,i'' "sett hetct''ehn ettotls 10 CONVICT
saaler, no was ae'l'.'tted. Murrp''s's speech