The Benton weekly record., 1882-12-21

the body of a Norwegian farmer named
ua,ver Halverson was found near the rail
road track 10 miles from this city. He
was last seen on Thanksgiving night and
WAS intoxicated at the time. Foul play Is
hnliavcd to have caused his death, his
wounds not only Indicating it, but he had
considerable money on his person when
last seen. which was not found on his
hodv. He had family. The matter is
in the hands Of the police. ...@-
TRAIN ROBBERS FOILED.
DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 2.-Last night be-
tween 8 and 10 O'Clock the north-bound
express train on the Gulf, Colorado 4
Santa Fe Railroad stopped for water at
Blum station, IS miles from Dallas. The
engine was at once boarded by three heaV-
ilv armed men, who, with 1eVeled six
shooters, commanded the engineer to pul)
out and be quick about it, which he did.
After proceeding three miles the engineer
was ordered to slow down and moment
later heard the explosion Of torpedo
nlaced on the track as a signal to halt q
dozen cOnfederatcs, who emerged from the
brush. The explosion OF the torpedo not
only had the effect Of conveying notice to
those concealed in the woods, but aroused
the attention Of the guard in the express
tar. who, seeing several men approaching
the train, promptly opened fire on them,
hearing Of which the men on the engine
+}
companions, who were being vigorously
and rapidly fired upon by the guard. The
fire was returned by the assailing party
and some IS shots were exchan ged. In
the meantime the engineer, being free and
realizing that an attempt was being mace
to rob the train pulled the throttle wide
open, and the train sped away, leaving the
would-be robbers discomtited and alone.
The railroad officers had been expecting
An attack for a week, and had prepared
for it. No one Of the train was injured,
but it is believed that several Of the rot
bers were hit. A posse started in pursuit
this morning, and it was reported Tonight
that two robbers were captured, but the
report was not COnIlFulbu.
THE ARKANSAS MURDEREss.
ARKADELpHIA, Dec. 2.-The chief wit
ness for the defense to-day in the Stokes
murder case was D. NJ. Huddleston, who
testified that he was called to the hOnse OF
Stephens soon after the killing and saw.
the body of the deceased, which had not
I cl, a
saw a rock living near her right side, ana
not more than a foot from the body. lie
heard Mrs. Kesterson say that she had
said to deceased that if her mother was
living and a young woman was to talk TO
her as defendant had talked to the mother
of deceased. she would pull her otf her
horse and tear and wear her out; that de-
ceased Immediately crossed the fence and
went up to her and pulled her of her
horse; and at this point Mrs. Stephens in
terposed with the remark, mo, she didn't
pull her off. She jumped off" Huddle-
stone and several witnesses testified to the
uniform good character of Sallie Stokes,
the prisoner. 1t is believed that the eN-
animation will close MOnday.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
CATLErrsBURG, Ky, Dec. 2.-On Oc-
tober Goth, in Floyd county, Kentucky,
ANDY Hall was shot and killed by men
concealed in the brush. A boy with Hall
recognized the man who did the shooting
AS Richard Vance. A few minutes later,
Vance, Andy Sloan, and LinVille Hlg-
gins were seen near the scene OF the muir
der, all armed with guns. yesterday
Father Hall sWore out a warrant against
the three, who were arrested and Jailed to
await trial for murder. The three men
are in the employ Of revenue officials as
spies on the moonshiners in the mountains
and procurers of witnesses against them
A BLACK BRUTEs WORK.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 2.-Late last
night Henry Cannon, colored, went to bis
wife's house in the northern part OF TINS
city, from whom he had been separated
for some time; broke in the door Of her
dwelling and killed her with butcher
knife. He also killed 4 colored woman
who was sleeping with her. Cannon was
arrested to-day. He says he was under
the impression that the companion OF MS
wife was a man.
SUICIDE. am.. .M.@#..-.
PADUcAH, KY, Dee. 2.-H. IL stuart
shot himself through the heart at the
Richmond House, Oh Friday. The tact
was not discovered until to-day. lie
claimed to be drummer for New York
house. He was i'll for two days, out of
money and said he was expecting q dfatt.
He left letter addressed to J. NJ. stuart,
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, protest.
ing that he was guilty of no crime.
SENTENCED TO HANG.
PLATrsMoUrH, Neb., Dec. 2.-John Il.
Solin was sentenced to-day to be hanged
March 10th, for murder.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Willis, Of Ken
lucky, to-day introduced in the House
resolution SIMILAR to that o1feredin the
Senate yesterday by Beck looking TO az
investigation into the alleged assessment
ofgovernmente employees for political pur-
poses. There is possible trouble ahead fol