The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-12
DEATH AND DISAsTER.
UnusuaI Number or Grimes and Casual
ties Reported YeateFdny-MuFdeF and
Accident at Nashville.

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Accident At Nashville.
NASHVILLE, March l1.-This Afternoon
at four o'clock John Kerwood, painter
was shot and killed by his step son. Ker
wood came home intoxicated and begar
to malhsat his wife. The neighbors in
terlsred and sent for the boy Freddie
whom, upon interposing, KerWood struck
with poker and otherwise handled him.
Seeing NO way Of saving himself and
mother from the drunken fury Of the man
the boy pulled Q twenty-five calibre pistol
and fred three shots, One took effect be-
tween the fifth and sixth ribs below the
heart, causing death In two minutes, The
boy 10 sixteen years oil age and was arrest.
cd. An inquest will be held tomorrow.
While exCaVating Tor foundation hsre,
late this afternoon, the bank cAved In on
two negroes, named Bradford and Golden,
burying Bradford fifteen feet and Golden
five. Golden was taken out alive, but
Bradford was dead.
4 BRAERMAN's HORRIBLE DEATH,
ST. PAUL, MINI, March ll,-Henry
Heathcote, Of St, Paul, aged twenty-five,
q brakeman on the Northern Pacific road,
this morning, while switching cars OF the
Northern Pacific Junction; caught his
loot In q frog and was firmly held till he
was struck by Q locomotive and instantly
killed. be was unmarried.
MuRDRRRD FOR MONEY.
DETROIT, March 1l,-Mill FermAn,
known as "FrenCh Joe," was murdered
at Twin Lake, Wednesday, by unknown
parties. He had sold pine lands 10 VIM.
Blight for $500, to rob him OF which sum,
he was struck on the head with an axe.
The body was found Ia Q shanty yester.
day. The murderer Is still at large but
detectives are In the track.
NANdLRD BY MACHINERY.
ST.. LOUIS, March liza Clarksville,
Mo-, special says B. G. Read, superin.
teudent Of paper mill there, went into
the basement Of the mill this afternoon to
oil shaft journal and was caught by a
nut on pulley.wheel and carried around
the shalt, and both legs were beaten of
by striking against the floor above. The
humping on the floor attracted the atten.
tion OF the engineer, who shut off the
steam' On going into the basement, Reads
mangled and dead body was found hang
ing from the shaft. Deceased came from
Pulaski last June, assisted In organizing
the mill company, and was member Of 1t, |
ONE WAY TO ESCAPE THE INSANE ASYLUM,
OMAHA, March 11.-Fred GresSenbatter,
q live stock dealer, from Toledo, blew out
his brains this morning In Ct Of despond.
ency, resulting from financial Losses and
fear OF the insane asylum.
PATE OF -FOUR YIRNDs.
sT. LOUIS, March 1.-THE Rtpublican's
Little Rock special says: Information |
has been received here that four negroes,
Geen Harris, Giles Peck, John Woods |
and Burt HaSkins, implicated In the mur.
der OF Matte Ishmael, near Jonesboro, o |
lew days ago, have been lynched by 0
band Of masked men. The lynchers sud.
denly appeared from the woods
and surrounded the house where
the negroes were temporarily
placed, overpowered the guards and
took the prisoners out as quickly as they
gathered. Prior TO their execution, the
negroes made full confession, giving
detailed account Of the crime, alleging
that Miss IShmael was killed for refusing
10 disclose the hiding place Of large sum
of money which her father had received
few days before the tragedy occurred.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN COLORADO.
DENVER, March 1.-THE Denver 4 South
Park train from Leadvllle jumped the
track this morning near Thomson's. The
sleeper turned complete somersault and
landed In Plato river, down q twenty-five
foot bank. All the passengers were more
or less scratched and bruised. Only two,
L. ]. Smith, Of Leadville, and s. ]. Stem:
nard, . Pullman car conductor, were seri.
ously injured.