Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-23

and son. An officer went out and found
tho son, twenty-five years of age, in bed
singing hymns and shouting. The miss
ing mans wife said the spirits had her
husband in the woods. A search revealed
the dead body of the man hanging to
tree. It is not yet known whether the
case is one of suicide or murder. The
mother and son were taken to the city
Friday. Both are stark mad, and from
all that can be learned the dead man
was in the same canditiOn before his
hanging.
A Murderer ut Twelve
Last March, near Ambria, Warren
county, Ind, Ounce Hairless, \ boy Of
twelve years, took his fathers revolver,
loaded it and went to the farm house
where Henry Nern, also twelve years old,
was building a chicken coop. After q
short stay he started away, when young
said "Quince, I thought you came to
whip me-" Hairless replied: Z" did
come for that, but now I'll kill you"
With this remark he fired. The ball
passed through Nern's neck and he died
in few minutes. Hairless was tried at
Covington on . change Of venue. The
jury late Thursday night, after being out
two hours, came in with verdict Of
guilty, for which they fixed the penalty
at two years in the penitentiary. A mo-
tion for a new trial was granted.
"A mississippi murder Hanged.
F. L. Jones, who murdered Thomas ].
Jones on July 3 last, was handged at
Louisville, Miss, at 3 p. NJ, Friday in the
Jail yard. Only a few persons were allow
ed to witness the execution. Jones
seemed to have no fear of death. lie told
the officers an hour before the execution
to give him two good pistols and let him
60 an hour and then he would do cheer
fully. He leaves q wife and two children
in Alabama, who he had abandoned severa
years ago.
A Colored Man Lyncned.
A cOlOred man attempted to outrage 8
white girl near Millen, Ga. She was gOiug
through the woods from her fathers t.
her brother in-law' residence, half mil,
distant when the negro assaulted her. HI
cut her twice across the breast, severin(
her clothes. She resisted calling loudly
for help and frightening tho miscreant Of
without accomplishing his purpose. Sub
sequently the negro was arrested ans
while on his way to Jail the mob took hin
from tho officers and lynched him.
Killed Dy HOistins Machine.
Thomas Morris, working as filler Il
No. furnace of tho Crane iron works
Catasauqua, was instantly killed Frida!
morning by being struck ON the head b.
the brace of the frame work Of the hoist
crushing his temple. Tho hoist wa
started by tho man on top, vino was
blinded by the steam and thought tht
man below was out of the way.
1 naanarasa a FIGHT yVsfl, Desarfors
Forty infantry soldiers at Tampico
Mexico, after desperate fight with tn
guard, escaped. Captain Burgos wa
killed. One lieutenant and several soldier,
were wounded. A detachment of troop
pursued the deserters. Half of then
were captured and will be shot.
Compelled to Close Their Bars.
The Dauphin county court, at Harris
burg, by recent order, changed the date
for taking ont licenses for the sale o.
liquor from February list to the 10Th, thu.
compelling the hotels and saloons to clos
their bars for nineteen days. A petition
asking that a special license be granted
was refused by the court.
Crushed Under Failing Gar.
At Shenandoah, by the breaking Of
rope at the west Shenandoah cOlliery
Friday afternoon, Theodore Wise, a yOun
man, was struck by the car and horribl
mangled. His injuries may prove fata