The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-04-06
CRIMEs AND CAsUALTIEs.

john q. Moore VIII be Preaident.
CRIMES AND CAsUALTIES.
A RECENT dispatch from Knoxville,
Tenn, says a freight train on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad ran into
standing passenger train, demolishing
President Coles car. It's only occupant,
William Barker, the porter, was scalded to
death by the bursting OF the steam-pipe OF
the freight engine. John Darlington, the
conductor Of the sleeper, was severely
scalded.
THE Nichols boarding-house, West
Ansonia, Conn, burned on the 9th. Two
bOarders, young clerks, named Bassett, who
occupied a room on the third floor, were
burned 10 q crisp. Mrs. Nichols jumped
from second-story window and received
serious confusion.
A SHOCKING affair occurred at Olym-
plan Springs, near Owingsville, KY, the
other day. VIM. Worth had called on Pow
ell Rose to arrange about the boundary line
between their farms. In the course of the
talk quarrel arose and Worth struck Rose
with his fist, and before the latter could re-
cover Worth drew a revolver and fired. The
ball struck Rose on a rib, glanced, and
struck his daughter, twelve years old, kill
ing her instantly.
AT Jasper, Ohio, on the 28th, Gilbert
lsShopshin shet and instantly killed John
Rider and his son George, and put a bullet
through the arm OF another of Riders sons.
The tragedy is a sequel to a feud which has
existed between two families for several
years.
| EDWARD MCNAMENY, q well-to-do
farmer, near Wabash Ind, was Instantly
killed by a train on the Wabash, st. Louis
& Pacific Railroad, March %, while walking
! homeward on the track, He was partially
deaf and failed to hear the signal. He was
thirty years OF age and had recently been
married.
KALTATA, an Alaska Indian murder
er, was executed at Portland, Ore, March
Is. lie ascended the scaffold firmly, bade
all present goOd-by, and, shaking hands, OBJ
jected TO having his arms piniOned and force
was required to confne them. His neck
was broken by the fall. He died without
struggle.
j. @. EARLY, an attorney and we'll
known local pol tician OF Leadville, Colo,
shot and killed Policeman Sam Townsend,
March %. They quarreed about the costs
OF replevin suit, in which Early acted as
counsel. The latter, it is said, forced the
quarrel. His victim was unarmed and tried
to get away. An attempt to lynch Early
was frustrated.
WIN. M. HAINEs, formerly a resident
Of West Salem, Ohio, became so trouble
some in the sleeping-car OF an Ohio & Mis-
sissippi train, on the morning OF the 10Th,
he was removed to a forward coach, where
he conducted himself very we'll for a short
time. Between Sparksville and Medora,
Ind, Ire suddenly drew a revolver, and,
without a word of warning, fired into the
breast Of Mr.. A. c. Wingate, of Midway,
Ky, killing him instantly. He then went to
the car door, where he fired another shot at
the brakeman, but missed him. He jumped
from the train while it was going at the rate
Of forty miles an hour and landed safely,
walked half a mile to a creek, stripped
himself naked and jumped into stream,
where his dead body was found few hours
later. The clothing found hanging on
the bridge contained 500 in cash, a gold
watch, an express receipt for S400 sent
from El Paso, Texas, to New Salem, Ohio,
and a quart bottle Of ginger brandy, about
half full.
EDWARD PETERS, who tortured and
starved to death lad of years at Mansons-
Vile, Quebec, has been sentenced to be
hanged April 2S.
IDA SMITH, young girl of Grand
Rapids, Mich, recently took fatal dose of
arsenic because of reproof from her
mother.
REUBEN DEUTRo was killed and four
persons were fatally injured by the explo-
sion of boiler near Corning, Ohio, March
| 2Sth.
A TERRIBLE tragedy occurred at
Crawford Settlement, Mich, the other day.
| in which Jacob Smith, aged about 81, was
| killed by Joseph Bucher. 1t appears that
| Smith, who is a resident OF Harrison, went
to Bucher's with Mrs. Bucher, who has
been divorced from her husband, to get her
| children. Bucher refused to give up the
children, and Smith turned to leave, where
upon Butcher struck him with his fist, and
followed it up by a blow with a wooden
mallet, crushing his victims skull and kill
ing him on the spot. Bueher, who is about
As, and one OF the earliest settlers of Clare
! County, was arrested. He is a man of viO-
lent temper, it is said, while Smith was
quiet and peaceable.
j. w. KERR, until recently paying
teller OF the Bank of the Republic, Wash
ington, killed himself on the 23th. He left
a note, saying: "Realizing that l have ex-
pended money belonging TO others to an ex-
tent that can never repay, l have sought
this relief from dishonOr, sorrow and dis
grace
Oh ranch about eight miles from
Tombstone, Arizona, the other day, in a
battle with cattle-thieves, Deputy Sheriff
! Gillespie was killed and the desperadoes
sought were both fatally wounded.
AT st. James, Mo-, the other day, J.
r. Bowman, late Judge of Phelps County,
/ fired a load of buckshot into the body OF AL
/ fred Hayes.