The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-22
AT Otis, Laporte County, Ind, on

At Otis, Laporte County. Ind, on
New Years eve, Henry Augustine, aged Is,
attempted the murder Of the entire family
Of his uncle, James Augustine. He first
.he, his uncle, then his aunt, both OF whom
were aroused from sleep by their nephew
entering their room. The two sons, both
young men, ran down stairs upon hearing
the firing, and were met by their cousin.
who shot one OF them dead and fired ut, hut
missed, the other. The assassin then fled
from the house, but returned and
expressed great contritlon TOT
what he had done, at the same time sllrren.
dering his revolver to his surviving cousin.
Before his arrest could be effected, howcr-
err, he again absented himself. Mr.. Angus
tine is likely to recover, but his wife will
die. 1t is said that the young assassin was
! actusted by revenge for some wrong, real or
fancicd, IN the settlement Of his fathers es.
tate, and it is believed he had previously at
tempted to poison the family.
An old colored woman named
Slaughter, reported to have turned cen.
fury, and her son, aged about sixty. per.
ished from exposure during the recent cold
spell, about six miles west OF Boon'-ille,
NO., where they owned small farm. Both
were intirm. There was plenty Of provisions
in the house, and q pile Of wood outside, but
not cut.
Mrs. CICERO BROWN, Of Norcross,
Ca, was tanning the fire with her apron,
| when her clothing fgnited and she was
burned to death. The unfortunate lady
was young and Of high social standing. She
had been married only year.
Two negroes, Fred. Harris and Henry
Peters, were killed by the collision of bal.
last train and hand.car near Glencoe, KY,
on the LIST. VIM. Devine, conductor, and
several employees were injured.
ANDREW EHRUKE, of Davenport,
Iowa, celebrating with q cannon on New
Years Day, was so badly injured by pre-.
mature explosion that he will probably die.
BEVERLY MITCHELL and Henry Tay.
lor were badly injured by the explosion Of a
boiler in the Dupont Paper.mill at Louis.
vile, KY, on the LIST. The latter Is not eX.
pected to live.
AT the Lockwood House, Sidney,
Neb., recently, Detective James L. Smith
ended the career Of bad character named
Black by shooting him III self. defense.
JAMES Snow and George Chamber.
lain, responsible for the recent railway acci-
dent near Tiflin. O., have been arrested for
murder.
ALlTrLE son of Isaac Shane, Of East
Springfield, o., was lighting pieces Of paper
at stove, when his clothes ignited and he
was roasted alive.
REV. JOHN WEsTRUr, who was ap-
pointed by the Houston Conference AS Bap-
tist missionary to Mexico, was murdered
and horribly mutilated by twenty Indians,
near Monterey, on December q. The Next
can authorities gave chase, and captured
three Of their race who were concerned in
the murder.
THE Fond du Lac accommodation
train on the Northwestern Road was thrown
from the track near Milton Junction, Wis.,,
the passenger-car going down an embank.
ment. Six persons were injured, among
them Rev. A. j. Mead, Presiding Elder Of
the GAINESVILLE District, who suffered frac-
ture Of the right shoulder.
THE long.delayed verdict of the Cor
oner's Jury in the case Of the Alpena disas.
ter on Lake Michigan, in October last, has
finally been rendered. The Jury find that
the vessel was in bad condition and gener.
ally unseaworthy, and that the Goodrich
Transportation Company should be held re.
sponsible for all damages.
AT Memphis, on the morning of the
Sd, Henry Burton twice shot barber named
Tate and then shot his own wife. Tate re-
turned the fire, MORALLY wounding the in
jured husband. Mrs. Burton's wound is
not serious. Tate will probably die.
THE steamer Natchez, while passing
Pisquemine, L., was the scene Of tragedy
in which one man was killed and another
probably drowned. Thomas Cummings
was stabbed six times by James Kelly, who
plunged into the river to escape arrest and
was seen no more.
STEPHEN JOY and Jacob Scho0nmaker
lost their lives by falling walls at fire ut
Kingston, n. Y. .....
i Ten lives were lost by q tenement
house fire in New York City on the morning
Of the 4th. Plumbers were thawing out
some frozen water-pipes at No. 50 Madison
Street, when can Of gasoline used by them
exploded, setting fire to the surrounding
woodwork. The flames quickly communi-
Gated to the stairway, up. which they rushed
with terrific volume, cutting off the ordinary
means Of escape to the occupants of the
upper floors. The building was five stories
high and occupied by eight families. Those
on the lower floors jumped from the win.
dows and escaped with more or less bodily
! injury. The upper floor was occupied by
Mrs. Ellen Sheridan and her family Of four
children and Mrs. Cassidy and three chill.
dren. These, together with girl named
. Egan, were all suffocated or burned t.
8 death.
In Brooklyn, N. Y, on the night o.
. the I'd, James Walsh, aged 10, killed Barbar:
$ Granthal, aged'17, by stabbi 6 her to thu
y heart with u dirk, because she refused tt
+ marry him. He then attempted to dtowr
!. himself, butwas fshed out of the canal and
t taken to hospital.
0 ANINE-rEAR-oLD girl, named Wilson,
: was frozen to death in Wayne County, O.,
while on her way home alone from school
one cold day recently. ....
l SEVEN men, shoveling out a cut on
the Nebraska Division Of the Chicago, St.
Paul \ Omaha Railroad, near Oakland, Neb.,
: We're run down by passenger train and six
Of them killed. Their names are Charles
Meyer, Thomas Bronghman, a. II. Swan.
son, Gust. A. Herman, Ole Anderson and
F John Erickson. The seventh, named John