Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-04
CRIME AND CASUALTY.


the Weary Way Of the Wicked world--
Death In s,i Forms of Violence
Suicide soon After Marriage.
Miss Clara Nelson drowned herself in
the mill race in Titusvil!e. For some
time past she had given evidence of un-
souIdress of nina and as late as last
week eudeavored to commit suicide 5y
hanging herself. Sunday morning she
left her house and proceeded to the race,
where, urobse1ved, she took off her
clothes aud jumped in. Her body was
discovered in the afternoon on the stones
near the junction Of the race with Oil
creek. She was 32 years of age. Seven
weeks ago she married man nearly
twice her age.
Murdered Dy Negro.
As Mr.. John Hunnicut was going home
from Walhalla, 8. c., with his little SOD,
years old, he was brutally murdered oa
Schroder's hill, and his boy had his head
fractured. Tho boy is still alive, and says
a negro with an axe handle committed the
deed. A jury Of inquest is now investigat
ing the matter, but no clue has been
found to the murderer.
Colorado Shooting Afray.
A shooting affray occurred in the Office
of Drs. Clay and Evitsky, in Durangs,
Col, who had been partners long time.
No trouble has been noticed between
them until Sunday morning, when DIR.
Evitsky shot DR.. Clay and then himself.
DIR. Evitski died instantly. DR.. Clay can
not recover. No trouble is known to have
| existed between them until Saturday,
| when DIR. Evitsky received severe cow
hiding from q Mrs. Moore and Miss
Hawkins, who accused him of talking dis
paraging,y about them. Evitsky was
| under the impression that his partner had
something to do with his being oowhided,
and this it Is thought led to the shooting.
A Ibild Burneu to Death.
Jennie Mccoy, aged 3! years, oi No.
333 North Sixty first street, Philadelphia,
was very badly burned about the legs on
Saturday afternoon by her clothing catch
ing fire from 4 bonfire, around which she
Was playing with other children, on lot
in front of her home. The other little
ones vainly endeavored to extinguish the
flames, but before this was accomplished
the little girl was fatally burned. She died
early yesterday morning.
| Short News Miscellany.
The schooner Oliver Ames, from the
Kennebec river, for Baltimore, with ice
was wrecked at Provincetown, Mass, yes
terday. The crew were saved.
The Washington National Republican
appears this morning in eight-page form,
under new management. Frank Hatton,
assistant postmaster general. is editor.
Noah D. Smith, clerk and deputy collec-
tor of customs, at Memphis, Tenn, has
absconded. He is 81, COO short in his &C.
counts. He has been in the employ of
Collector Genera! w. j. Smith for six
years.
Rev. DR.. Hall, Of New York, read pray
ers yesterday at New York over the body
of Samuel Remington, the manufactured
of rifles. Tho body leaves New York this
morning for lion, where it will be inferred
ON Tuesday.
The new chapel Of St. Francis Xavier,
in Sixteenth street, New York, was didi-
Gated by Cardinal McCloskey, yesterday,
assisted by Coadjutors Archbishop Cor :
rigan, Archbishop Williams, Oh Boston,
Bishop O'Farrell, of Trenton, and other
eminent clergymen.
Albert Seabury was found murdered on
Seaconnet Beach, r. / on Saturday. The
owner Of the prope:ty is suspected.
Wednesday, killed Policeman Wright, of
/ NHlCuSO, "sbS VusSSCA AsbSC W ustNA
of police and shot down. He wounded an
officer in his flight.
Three pilots-George Burke, Peter Mar
tin and Henry Voight-who were blown
out to sea in an open boat from Port Eads,
La, on Wednesday last, have not been
heard of sinca, and are probably lost.
VOight was = married man with large
family.
Stephen Britton, higily-respected
citizen OF Petersburg, Va, and widely
known, attempted to commit suicide late
on Saturday night by taking large guam
tity of laudanum. 1t is not thought he
can recover. Reduced circumstances
prompted the act.
Patrick O'Brien, Of New New Orleans,
a deputy sheriff, had difficulty in a bar
room in that city with lawson and Oscar
Graric yesterday. The latter shot O'Brien
five times, wounding him mortally. Oscar
Graric was shot through the wrist. The
Graric brothers were arrested.
| Tho special express train from New
York for Boston struck wagon at a
crossing in Thompsonville, Conn yester-
day afternoon In the wagon two boys
were riding, one Of whom, named Arthur
Lord, 16 years old, was killed, and the
other, Patrick Kane, received injuries
from which he died three hours afterwald.
At Houston, Texas, the International
Compress caught fire at II o'clock, and at
1890 p. m. was still burning. Tho fire
men were unable to get any water on the
flames. There were about SOS bales of
cotton in tho press.
A fire, originating from a cigar stump
in a saloon destroyed the business portion
of Petersburg, 20 miles north of Vincennes
Ind, and burned all tho records, books
and papers of the city. Loss, $4,000.
A fire was caused by the explosion of a
kerosene lamp in the dry goods store of
Roger Hart, at Williamsburg, N. Y. The
damage to the stock was about 81, 600.
The building, owned by Philip Strauss,
was damaged $1,000. MIR. Strauss furni-
ture was damaged 81, 800 insured.
SUICIDE FROM SHAME.
A Young Woman Driven to Death.
Miss Laura Speakman, young lady of
ahOut C0 vears Of aUe and a rnsident Of