The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-07-15


CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
FIVE Hungarian miners lost their
lives IN Luxerne County. Pa. It l. believed.
BY eating poisoned sausage
A FAMILY feud in Morgan County.
XVI. led % the recent kiiiinx or william
Greer BY ..Dosr Cockerill. Thi- murder n a.
the sequel ~ toe story o. I'VE murders. one
q asenre the other. CockcriIl had a ION w NJ
Killed three persons ard wa, himself killed ~
Greer * months ago. Since then Cockcf.il
and AL the women Of The family have been
going armed for Greer. who never ven ont
% his yard TN the fatal day. when Ne ven
iured IA The field and was sho; dead whiIe AZ
work.
The convicted murderers Of the late
Abdul Aziz, nine in number. have been SEN
fenced 10 death. They are Midhaf Pa~ha.
Mahmond Pasha. Nowri Pasha. All Bex.
Nedjib Bey. fahn hey. IIadii Mehmcr.
Mus'apha the Wrestler. and Nustapha The
Gardener. Izxet Pasha and Zida Pasha.
implicated IN The murder. have each been
sentenced ~ ten year, penal ser,ifude.
Dick WOOD, noted desperate OF
Western Texas. has been hanged b the IL
ilantes.
a. y. BARRIER. +. r. Phelps and G.
A. Edwards have been indicted IS the Grand
Jury at Albany. y. r.. for brikiug or fur-
ni-hinr money for the purpose Of bribing
state officers.
A YACHT was capsized OF bridgeport.
c., On the 18th. by phenomenal squaIl
which lifted Il completely out Ok water. ana
five persons were drowned A Survivor a.
scrlhfs the battle OF the elements a. simply
appalling.
THE storm OF the 10Th was wide |
spread and severe. AT Cherokee. Iowa. lie /
residence q Mr.. Stevens was completely de- /
two children being instantly
killee and his wife receiving fatal injuries.
an old lady named Oberch. Of the same
place. al~o was killed. her house being over
turned. AZ Keller station, Ind. train IN \
fourteen freight cars was blown from the n
track and down an cmbankment. The ear
were lifted % neatly that not 4 link va
broken. Near Lewi~town. Pa. q baggage
truck was carried ffty yards ami dashed 70
pieces.
ADAM THOMPSON, colored was hanged 4
AZ Dallas, Texas. On the ~. FOR TIE murder
81 Johann Shumzker. an aged German. FOR
The purpose Of robbery.
NINETEEN persons were seriously in
|ured BY collision On the Chicago & East
ern Railroad. near Kensington Station. III.
~ the 30th, caused ~ misinferpr-fa,ion or
signals. Both engines were wrecked and
ne baggage car telescoped through the for-
ward passenger coach, which wa filed with
passengers. Frank Hazen. one Or the an
.ineers. was 20 badly scaldeI that he can hot
THOMAS SALTER, Of one Of the Oldest
md most respected families or Monfrcsl.
Cam. hut lately member ~ 4 notorious
rang Of de~peradoes. an Or whom are now
n r. Vincent De Paul Penitentiary. was
In that institution on the 30th ~
! feIlow-ccnvict, who had been placed there
hrorgh testimony given b. Salfcr when
be guards attempted 10 seize the murderer
y cut his own throat frsm ear 70 ear.
An accident on the Kentucky Central ..
twelve miles south Of Coyincfon. .
N the tth. caused The deaths Of seven
'ersons AMI the injury ~ twelve Others.
The names 81 che killed are John f,e.
iichacl Dixon. William Callapy. WA
lam Wechoug. John Gotfcr. and two /,
oys, names unknown. stealing ride. ,
'ye was fireman. thA others were passcn-
ers- All were residents 81 Cosingion. The (,
ceidcnt waS caused through negligence * :
hc conductor o. The express train, who failed :
3 obey order % sile-track his train III nr-
N - 10 al excursion train 70 81. Both
locomotives were demolished.
The Official report regarding the acct !,
ent On the Morios Railroad, Mexico, state. 4
'at ninety-nye soldiers. thirty i've women. !,
V children and fifty other passengers were !,
He'd; nlne'y-cight soldiers, twelve women.
a two passengers were wounded; forty
ne pcrsons escaped and about forty arc q
issing. The Government as communications Y
seven engineers % examine the fallen
'idge and cosdliion Or the railroad. =