Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-10-11
A Tragical Record.

o. w. Ross, Cincinnati coal dealer, was
murdered and robbed near his residence at
Glendale, o., on the night of the 7th. No
clue to the murderer. A reward of 5000 is
offered for the apprehension of the murderer.
Frank Pearl, an Indianapolis insuranceagent,
caught James Chambers with his wife at an
unseemly hour and shot him fatally.
Henry Coons, q member Of the louisville fire
department, was killed by Policeman LAPEL on
the 9Th in quarrel which emanated in Coons
slandering Lapell's daughter. .
John Leigh and James Rigby, farmers own
ing land adjoining each other near Palmer, ILL.,,
quarreled on the night of the 4th inst. Leigh
became SO incensed that he shot his neighbor
fatally.
At Brownsville, Tenn. an attempt was made
to assassinate William Gapel while he was at
tea with his family. The bullet missed Capel
but killed one of his children.
In quarrel at Carlinville, ILL.,, James Field
shot man named McVickers, who returned the
fire and killed Field. McVickers surrendered
himself to the authorities.
An extraordinary atrocity is briefly chron-
icled in a dispatch from Shreveport, La A
festival was in progress at Carencro, and
Adolph Marceaux, who had taken offense at
something or somebody, went outside, formed
into line party of his friends, marched back
into the hall, gave the command: "Halt! Aim!
Firel' and young lady and her brother fell at
the first volley, the former killed outright and
the latter mortaliy wounded. The platooon of
murderers then escaped, and at last accounts
the theritf and posse were in pursuit.
John Brooks, q dusky iberdne, was taken
from jail at Admission, Ala, and hanged.
A negro named Henry Holloway was lynched
at Elkton, Tennessee, for an outrage upon q
white woman.
Osceola R. John, of Dayton, O., had quar-
rel with his sister-in-law on the Sd inst, and
shot her dead. .l4r
Dublin dispatches announce the killing of
Thomas Burne, q farmer. of Castle Island.
County Kerry, and of another farmer named
Hunt, near Boyle, County Roscommon. ~
At Sandy Point, near Houston, Texas, on the
Sd inst, c.. G. Tower and Erwin Thomson, en-
ployed as convict guards on q sugar plantation,
quarreled abouta bed and agreed to settle their
differences by duel. They took their stations
| q few PAGES apart and commenced firing. After
twelve shots had been passed both principals
fell dead from wounds.
E. G. Brane. plantation manager, was
killed by B. Barksdale near Plum Point, Ark,
| on the Sd. z-.z j - Esr
An eight-year-old boy named Rudolph Kreich
charge almost beheading her. The tragedy
arose from quarrel between the child d.mur.
derer's father and the girls employer, concern
ing the use Of q certain well. t,.,s.
Mrs BENZ. Williams, of West Chester, Ia,
killed man named Allison on the 2d inst, and
then suicided. Allison was boarder and hif
i attention to Mrs. Williams caused the lattsr's
husband to leave her. ssR= "a &-@ss:TF'> =
Jim Rhodes, q murderer, was taken from jai
and hanged at Charlottesville, Va, on the 1s
|s ApSiGed Imam named Simpson was murdered
lshSs1ds wife atsR Rendville, O., on the End inst
! s8hA clainsth she acted in self defense.
IL dhstSyeaR Rauph was fatally shot at Moline
j q. fon the Ut Inst, BY his own brother; one 9