Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-21
"A BLOODY RECORD,
Recent Disasters and Crimes.

ANoCenI DISNSterS anu CflAeS.
Henry D. Kothe, wealthy farmer re-
siding near Glasgow, Missouri, committed
suicide on Saturday.
L. ID. Green was killed by the breaking
Of saw in 4 planning mill at Columbus,
Ohio, one Of the fragments piercing his
heart.
During storm at Danville, Virginia,
Monroe Bass, colOrcd vagrant, was killed
by the blowing down of an old log house
in which he sought shelter.
David Howard vas killed by fall of
coal while working in a shaft of the Penn
sylvania coal company's mine at Pitts
tan.
Joseph Deal and Michael Woertll, Ia
bOrers in the Mount Pleasant coal com
pany's mine in Scranton, were killed by
the Stacking of the wire rope on the hoist
ing cars, which let them run back.
Mrs. Irene Crandcll and her child were
found dead in the road near her home, in
Minnesota. 1t is thought that her hus-
band drove her from the house and follow
dell is st large.
The wife of William Foulkes, colOred,
convicted at Luncnberg, Virginia, of the
murder of her husband, was sentenced to
be hanged. She killed her husband with
an axe as he lay asleep, and threw tie
body into well.
A small house on Holiday street, Balti.
more, was crushed by the falling of the
end wall of 4 distillcry warehouse adjoin-
ing. A woman in the house was fatally
injured and died soon after. and five.
year-old boy had one Of his thighs fractur-
ed.
A colored man named Reilly was NOR
tally wounded by Thomas Leaky over a
game of cards at Eagle Pase, Texas. A.
X. StrOthers, wealthy cattle dealer,
was shot dead by unknown murderers at
the Texas Pacific depot, in Dallas,
Texas.
While a number Of woodc!:oppcrs were
working in the woods near MineOla, l.. l.,
several of them commenced a quarrel with
one of their number. German, whose
name is unknown. During the quarrel
the men made free use of their axes and
the German was so badly njured that he
will probably die.
A fire at Monroe, Louisiana, DESTROYED
the steamer Fairplay, with 800 bales of
cotton, the wharf boat Katie, with 500
bales of cotton. and large lot of mer-
shandise. The loss is estimated at $50, 600
The captain and clerk Of the Fairplay had
their faces and hands badly burned, and
y printer named Edward Hancock perished
in the flames.
Baptiste Costa, an Italian coal miner liv-
ing near Collinsville, Illinois, murdered
his brother, Bartner Costa, on Friday
night. Very little is known of the circum-
stances, but the brothers lived together in
a shanty near a mine in which he worked,
and during 4 quarrel between them Bap-
tiste shot his brother. Baptiste fled and
has not yet been apprehended.
Adam Hesaler, of Hines Corner, Lacka-
wanna county, Pa, becoming despondent
over heavy losses, in the absence of his
wife, raved like mailman, and declared
that his daughter must be gotten out of
the way. He carried the frightened, cry
ing child to well, at the rear of the house,
and, binding her wrists together with a
piece of heavy rope, threw her in. She
fell twenty-nine feet, striking upon the
rocky bottom will force that was fatal.
An invalid lady neighbor saw the proceed
ings, but could do nothing. as she had not
been able to leave her room for twelve
years. Hessler was gone when his wife |
and nothing has been heard of |
him since. It is believed he wandered to
The mountain and perished in the snow.