Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-10
LANCASTER DAILY lNTEIIIGENCER, MONDAY TO- 1882
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MURDERED BY HIS ANGEKED SON
A Harsh Father sho, Dead After Giving
His hoy . whipping.
Milton Smith, q sOn- in-law Of Granville
Eads, a prominent citizen of KirkwOOd, q
small village q short distance from st.
Louis, was shot and killed on Friday by
his thirteen year old sou Guy. A little
over three weeks ago Mr. Smith had Occa-
sion to Ieprove his son and did SO in
very severe manner. After the whipping
the boy threatened in his rage to be 70.
venged. Yesterday morning Guy came
into the dining room after bis father aud
grandfather had finished their breakfast.
Mrs. Eads, the grandmother Of the boy,
prepared his br :akfast aud placed 1t be-
fore him, but nothing seemed to suit him.
ie quarrcled with his food aud
abused the old lady. His anger increased
until he worked himself into y
great passion and gave vent to his wrath
by throwing tho dishes about. The old
lady is quite feeble, and, instead of at
tempting to reprove tho boy, called in his
father. Mr.. Smith responded, and as he
entered the room Master Guy was raging
about and playing smash generally with
the things. The father administered
sound thrashing and left the boy in the
room. After crying spell Guy went into
his grandfather's room, and in i minute
returned with a double barrcled shot gun,
and, walking up 10 the right side Of his
father, who was standing in doorway,
he deliberately placed tho muzzle OF the
weapon within few inches of his fathers
body and fired. The boys movements
were quiet and quick, and no one seems to
have seen him enter tho room with tho
gun. The load was heavy ono, and the
body, entering the right side below the
nipple and coming out under the heart on
the left side. Mr.. Smith sank to the
ground, called out l am killed, send for
the DOCTOR" and never spoke again. The
boy dropped tho gun and started to run,
but was seized and is now in Jail.
sTAEBlNG HIS WIFE To DEATH
The Crime of u Laborirg Man Which Was
Witnessed ny u Crowd Of People.
In Syracuse yesterday great excitement
was caused by crowd Of men. women
and children following James Hawks,
dissolute laboring man, shouting " MUIR
dcrer Murderer ! Lynch him!' The
police paid little attention at first, think
ing he WAS crazy. 1t about half an hour
the facts of Z: brutal murder reached tho
central portion Of the city. Hawks and
his wife, both about 4j years of age, had
for pail Of lager beer. She stopped and
Il, VI NTH fxv.N oo1nroA
men, which SO enraged her husband that
he rushed out and stabbed her. She died
instantly. The crowd who witnessed the
crime followed Hawks for number of
blocks, crying at his heels. The police
station was surrounded by an excited
crowd, anxious to lynch the murderer.
Hawks las been married four times and
has been a terror to the neighborhOod
where he resided, commonly known as
Africa"
Beaten to Death by Robbers.
Iu Chicago about o'clock yesterday
morning, joel Prescott, an old and re-
spected citizen was found lying in a door
way in tho basement at the rear of his
bathing house Oh Desplaincs street, his
brains beaten out by some blunt instru-
ment and his pockets turned inside out.
He was alive but soon died Tho object
evidently was robbery, but the murderer
got nothing, as Prescott has placed con-
siderable sum of money and his watch in
a secret place. Four persons were arrest.
ed, but there is apparently little evidence
against them.
A Large Fire In New Orleans.
In New Orleans ut night fire broke out
in George d. Moffcet's confectionery store
33 TchOupitOulas street, which was entire
ly consumed. The flames soon spread to
the stores Of C. II. Lawrence s. Co., COM
mission merchants, 90 and 81 TchoupitOu.
las street, burning off the roof and upper
story. The rear of Lawrence's warehouse
on Gravier street, and also Patterson &
Bovard, liquor dealers, were moro or less
damaged. The damage by fire and water
is estimated at $500
Avensing His Fathers Murder.
1t is reported from Stasesville, N. c.,
that Mont Robbins, son Of William NJ.
Robbins, who was violently assaulted by
NJ. L. Mott on Thursday, went to Mount
Mourne, in Iredell county, where Mott
was living, to aveDge his father. The two
men confronted each other and drew pis-
tolls. Mott shot Robbins in the mouth.
Then Robbins shot Mott in the breast,
killing him.
Murderers Arrested for Till-TappinS.
Two inmatas of the city workhouse,
Cincinnati, who were imprisoned about
the middle of June for till-tapping, and
who gave their names as John and James
Murphy, were Unidentified as Jack COstigan
and James Higgens, who are charged with
the murder of James Kenny, in St. Louis,
in May last. The officer from st. Louis
will take them to that city rs soon as
warrants can be obtained from Governor
Foster.
Fatally injured ny n Fall.
While a number of little girls of Shen-
andOah were spending tho afternoon on
Ringtown mountain, Noah Kane. eight
years Of age, wandered away from the
party. Her companions became alarmed
at her absence and instituted search.
The child was found in a mine breach
about twenty-five feet deep, into which
she had fallen. She was fatally injured.
An Old Farmer Killed by a Contractor.
In Plymouth, Ind, During quarrel
between Josiah Reecc, an old aud respected
farmer, and Michael Foley, of Foley &
Martin, contractors, Foley dealt Reece
powerful blow, breaking his neck and
causing instant death. Foley fled.
A Child Killed Through Carelessness.
In New York, Joseph Carter was hand
ling pistol, when the weapon was acci-
dentally discharged, the bullet striking in
the head and killing the one. .year-old child
of Mrs. Weingarten, which was in its
mother,s arms