Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-03-15

warning, fired at the figure. The bullet
was thrown back against the head
board of the bed. This operation was
repeated until the cartridges had all
been discharged. and then the victim
of a practical joke fell back upon his
pillow with scream When lights
were brought the miserable fools found
their friend raving maniac, and he is
likely to remain one for the rest of his
life.
TO men desiring permanent en-
ploy ment we would refer them to d.
III. Patty & Co. s advertisement for men
to sell trees, which appears in another
column. 1feb6
The man McConkey, now in the
Allegheny county Jail under sentence
of death for the murder of Geo. A. Nc
Clure, the McKeesport hardware mer-
chant, at Deadman's Hollow, is report
ed to have confessed to man named
Coulson, now awaiting trial for MUIR
der, that Mcclure had been shot by
either himself or 'Reddy' Baskins,
Shorty Collins, 'Heenan' Lightner or
Mig Lee. All had fired at Mcclure
before he fell, but he could not tell
which shot had killed him After the
shooting they all left the vicinity of
McKeesport together, but by what
route Coulson did rot say. A few
days after the murder, however, while
they were stealing ride on a freight
train, wreck occurred in which
Shorty Collins was killed and either
Baskins or Lightner had his foot badly
injured Collins remains were carried
to a secluded spot and buried before
his death was known to any person
save his companions. Coulson did not
tell how this was accomplished or by
what means the injured foot was dress
ed, or how much longer the murderers
travelled in company. He stated,
however, that McConkey had told him
that if he (McConkey) was convicted
he believed he would make clean
breast of the whole affair, and tell
where he had last seen the three living
accomrlices, and where they might be
looked for at this time. But in any
event, he had decided to tell where
Collins was buried.
Ladies' Gossamer Gum Goats,
cheapest in Butler, at Heck & Patter-
sons.
The Parker Ph8nir gives the
following account of the narrow escape
of little child that was struck by a
narrow gauge locomotive a few days
ago: "On Monday afternoon last as
the express train on the p. & w. Rail-
road was coming from Butler, Mr. Con-
nor, perceived, when about four miles
out, something on the track he at
once footed the alarm, but nary move
from the object AS the engine drew
nearer, he observed it was a child of
about three years of age. The engine
was reversed, brakes set, but too late ::
the cow catcher struck the little inno-
cent and tossed it off the track AS
soon as the train stopped engineer, fire.
man and passengers jumped off to see
what was-done. Express agent Stone
raised the little infant and presented it
to its mother, who was in search of the
little wanderer. The child was not Sc
riously hurt, and not half as scared as
the engineer and the parent. Mr.. Con-
nor informs US that never during
his railroad career did he suffer as much
mentally as he did the few moments
his engine was nearing the "blessed
babe" as he calls it. He was so over
powered that he could not stand up,
and not until he was informed that the
child was only slightly Injured. Mr..
Connor is the happy father of several
children and that accounts, in great
measure no doubt, for his feeling. On
the arrival of the train in Parker, the
railroad physician was notified and
conveyed to the home of the wounded
child, when it was found that medical
assistance had been received from
Butler and that the child was doing
well one of its limbs was broken, but
no other injury was received.
1t Tells It's Own Story.