St. Landry democrat., 1882-07-22
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
WHILE R. H. Hutter was taking s
walk with his wife in Las Vegas, N. Mex.
the other evening, an Indian desperate
named Francisco Tajoya threw lariai
around his neck, and, putting spurs to his
horse, dragged the man over the rocky street
for 100 yards or more, when a by.
stander, with sudden impulse, pulled re-
volver and shot at the flying Indian, who
then cut the lariat near the pommel of his
saddle. Hutter was terribly bruised and
manged, his long beard being entirely
pulled out. The Indian was chased, cap
tured, and lodged in Jail. On the 26th a
party of citizens took him out and hanged
him 10 a telegraph pole.
AT Frenchburg, Menifee County, Ky,
the other day, Joe, Sam and William Roth
well, three young men, attempted to re-
venge upon James B. Day, the Town Mar
shall, the arrest of friend named Poore. In
the melee which ensued Day and Joe Roth
we'll were killed.
AT Ration, n. NJ, June &c, an attempt
by a deputy sheriff to arrest gambler
named Gus Mentzell was followed by a me-
lee, in which Henry Moulton. a Justice Of
! the Peace, Hugh Edelston. one of the pro-
prietors of the Moulton Hotel, and S. H.
Jackson, saloon keeper, were killed. I'm
medaely after the killing Mentzell was
seized by the enraged citizens and hanged.
Soon afterward the same tree was orna-
mented with the body Of G. ID. r. Bradley,
an accomplice.
E. H. GREEN, Philadelphia stock
broker, killed himself on the 9th.
THOMAS KINNEY, of Hutchins, Texas,
lost two children the other day by the blum
derng druggist. Morphine was furnished
instead of quinine.
OFFICERS left Fl. Thomas, Arizona,
the other day, with the noted Mexican horse
thief Epifance in custody. Two miles from
Smithville band of masked men took the
prisoner and hanged him. The ynchers are
supposed to be Mormons.
HENRY COLE, a Cincinnati lawyer,
killed his wife and daughter, the other day,
and then took his own life.
A DISPATCH from Bismarck, OAK,
says party OF twelve Swedes, working on
the Northern Pacific bridge, were crossing
the Missouri in Il skiff, June %, when a
transfer boat came on them. The boat up
set by the swell and five men were drowned
A CLOUD-BURsT flooded Frenchburg,
ky., the other evening. Mrs. Burnes and
her two daughters were drowned. The
Central Railroad was badly damaged.
HENRY GosCHEN met with a fatal
accident at glucose factory in St. Joseph,
Mo-, June %. He was walking along a
gangway on level with the top OF the watts
used for scalding corn, when he was over
come with the heat and fell into the scading
water.
P. FITZPATRICK, of Sandusdy, O.,
got out of bed the other night to get drink |
of water, and used cup half filled with
Paris green. In thirty minutes he was
dead.
AUGUST RUPPEL, employed in the
nail works at Omaha, Neb., died on the 9th |
from the excessive use of ice-w water. He had |
overworked himself during the day and |
while greatly heated drank several cups Of
ice-water just before supper time.
WHILE some boys were playing about
the mouth of sewer in Keokuk, Iowa, June
%, Harry Humes. aged Is, fell in and was
washed away. The water was very high, and
was washing through the sewer in torrent,
and notwithstanding the fact that two dar-
ing men, S. S. Sample and Charles Higham,
traversed the sewer for distance OF several
blocks, no trace Of the body was discovered.
NORMAN PRoUsE, arrested in Sedalia,
Mo-, for running off with married woman,
to cut his throat in spite of the ef-
forts Of two officers to prevent him.