St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-01-07
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A TERRIBLE casualty occurred in
Warsaw, Russia, on Christmas Day. Dur
ing the celebration of high mass in the
Church of the Holy Cross man was seized
while picking pockets. In order to effect
his escape the culprit cried: "Fire, fire.
Immediately a great panic seized the con-
gregation, who rushed for the doors. Dur
ing the confusion some thirty persons were
crushed to death and many others seriously
injured. The miscreant who caused the
alarm was said to be a Jew. He was sound
ly beaten by the crowd, who subsequently
vented their rage on number of unoffend.
ing Jewish shopkeepers, and the police and
military were called out to suppress the
riot.
A DESPERATE encounter is reported
to have taken place in the northwestern part
of Clay County, Texas, near the Little
Wichita, between party Of freighters and
gang of desperadoess in which the former
had Albert Boland and George Armstrong
(colored cook) killed and Peter Etbridge
wounded. Their horses were taken and
wagons burned. The desperadoes had one
man wounded, but how badly is not known.
In an overcoat left by the wounded man was
found cipher letter from Captain Payne,
dated at Hunnewell, Hans, Dec. IS. 1t will
probably lead to establishing his identity.
Mr.. j. w. GIBBONS and wife, who
reside near Ashland, KY, went visiting the
other night, leaving a daughter, fourteen
years, Miss Emma Thomas, seventeen years
old, and sen, Robert Gibbons, at the Glib
bons homestead. During the night villains
came to the house and horribly maltreated
the girls, after which they saturated their
clothing with oil, set the house on fire, and
killed young Robert Gibbons, who was at
tempting to give an alarm. All three Of the
dead had their heads split open with
Ratchet. There was no clew to the murder
ers. One thousand dollars reward is offered
for their capture. The Gibbons house vas
burned to ashes.
DIR. G. III. RosENHAUER, of White
House Plantation, eight miles from Pine
Bluff, Ark, was assassinated the other night
while sitting in his library, being fired at
through the window with shotgun. Sus-
picion falls upon Lee Chew, China
man of Little Rock, whose wife,
white woman known as Stella Smith,
had been living with the Doctor ostensibly
as housekeeper. Rosenhauer was native
of Prussia, about AZ years Of age, and highly
educated. He formerly resided at Arcola,
Dade County, Mo-, where it is said he has
family.
EDWARD HOPPE, q German resident of
College Point, Long Island, on Christmas
morning put two bullets through his wife's
breast, causing instant death, and then shot
himself through the heart with similar re-
suit. Hoppe was man of dissipated hab-
its and had been on a drunken carousal on
Christmas eve.
The store of J. III. & j. B. Prince, at
Green Plains, near Petersburg, Va, was
burned the other night, and two clerks,
named respectively Glover and Murrell,
persisted in the flames. It is supposed that
the men were murdered and the store set
on fire by tramps.
Two men charged with murder, rob-
berry and arson have been lynched in South.
ampton County, Va.
The steamer Paris c. Brown explod-
ed her main steam-pipe when eighteen
miles above Arkansas City, ON the Goth,
scalding thirteen persons, two very badly.
Several rousters jumped overheard and
three are missing, supposed to be drowned. |
Only one passenger was slightly injured.
JOHN EDMoNDs, an old and respected |
citizen of Fairmount. Leavenworth County
kans., died from the careessness Of young
physician DIR. Coffin WIN ndm;p;sfarad
powdered opium by mistake for powdered
rhubarb.
In attempting to cross the Kanawha |
at Charleston, w. Va, Peter Herring and
bis two sons were drowned.
AT Fort Concho, Texas, on the 10Th.
a street shooting ARRAY occurred between a
gambler and bartender, in which both