The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-04-30
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steopinr over, taking some clothes out
of a wash pot at the time, and the ball
passed longitudinally through her body
and lodged in her left breast. The
man WAS drunk, and has borne bad
character for long time.s
Tie tri, Of Alexander, at WaXa-
hachic, for the murder of Billiard, a
few months AFRO, and which resulted III
the conviction of Alexander aud his
being sentenced to the prniuclltlary Tor
life. created much excitement i'll Ellis
county. Mr.. Biiliard WIS the city mar
slisl Of Ennis, highly respected and
well connected The killing grew out
of Billiards. having arrested Alexan-
der Alexander had been drunk for
some DAYS before the crime, and shot
/ Billiard before he had Il chance to de-
fcnd himself.
y little negro boy ia Nacogdochcs
died lastSunday uight from the effects
of whisky He found a quart bottle
of whisky, and drank nearly all Of it..
lie died from the effects of 1t in five
or,six hours.
I Anegro by the name of Jim Jones,
of WAYNE County, Ky, went home
drunk on Friday night, and beat his
wife with an iron chain until she was
insensibIe, and then skipped. She died
on Saturday morning.
T., l-nn u,r,,n ut SuItn Irp n
NJ, on Saturday afternoon, a Mexican,
Juan GARCIA, stabbed and killed ar
other Mexican.
MEMPHIS, 1'EyS.-Frani, SioaR- n
pavement contractor, who came here
from Nashville Il year ago, got on a
spree Yesterday and WAS locked in the
Station House. He took dose of
poison. and died ut , e'ciock this
morning.
ComnoN, AI1cu.-Louis hingiev,
formerly respected and Hcii-to-do
farmer Of franklin Township, Harrison
County, b1t lately mach deteriorated
morally through whisky, went home
drunk Oh "Wednesday and assaulted his
wife SIXTH Il chair, beating her in Almost
cruel manner lie would doubtless
have killed her had not help come to
her relief. He then went to the resi-
dence of lis son-in-law, and com
menced abusing the family, when the
son-in law knocked him down with a
hoop-pole, and beat him up badly,
Ringley was arrested on charge of
assault with intent to kill, and in de
fault of bond in $1,000, was lodged III
Jail. lie is nov suffering from idelr!nm
tremcns and thoinjuries received from
his son-in-Iaw, and may not live 10 be
tried for his crime. Y
SpaING LICK, April 1.-Two mon at
Pine Kuoh, in this county, after ln'-
,bibing IL considerable quantity of fight
ing whisky, got into AN alteration ct
the house of AS. Barnet, in which
pistols were used ~ithoIit respect OF
persons. Mrs. Barnet. who was sick
in bed when the heligeteuts com
imenced firing eH each ether, became
frighted so badly fhat she was seized
with paroxyslns and died il Il few min
utes. Great excitement prevails in the
community, and the people are very
indignant. over the cause OF the death
Of Mrs. Barnet
DETROIT, MioH., April 2---Henry
G. Chaplin, well known editor, aud
publisher Of the Tuseola County Ad-
Sertiser, at Cairo, was found dead this
morning near the railroad track nj La
peer. lie is supposed to have died
from drunkenness and exposure. A
bottle of whisky was found on the
body. lie has been successful pub
Usher, and was making money, but
could not stand prosperity, and re
Gently took to the bottle.
UNSATISFACTORY, April j. = Michael
Gleason and John i. Gallagher, last
SATURDAY drove caterers wagon from
this city to the country residence of
Mrs. Kate Spraguc, who gave dinner
party that evening, and on their return
started Oh a spree. Yesterday morn
| inc the horse and drivers were found
at the foot of an enbankment at Rock
Greek and 4Twenty-fourth street. The
horse was dead, the wagon smashed
and both men terribly injured. G!ea-
son is not expected to live.
A section iaborer, named Thomas
Riley, Was killed on Sunday evening
by passenger train on the Texas and
| Pacific Railroad. The engineer and
fireman say;it was a case of suicide;
that when the engine was within TWEEN
ty feet of Him he threw himself across
the track. Cause, whisky.
At Corsicana there was a drunken
,row, on Sunday evening, in a saloon,
between MN. johnson and John Nc
Donald, alias eLBlack jack Mellon
aid knocked johnson down and kicked
4 him, and inflicted injuries which caused
! his death. "jBlack Jack" is in jail,
awaiting the action of the grand jury.
4 On Tuesday morning Fritz Jonck,
/ fireman of the ting Louise, fell over
board three miles below Lynchburg,
and was drowned. 1le was under the
Influence of liquor at the time.
/ In jackson, Miss, ON the night of
April 8, negro deeoyed drunken
white man, named r. III. Brennan, into
thesuburbs Of the city, cnt Brennan's
Throat from ear to car, and was dis
covered while riiiing the pockets Of his
i victim,