Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-08-30
NIurCterOus Deeds.

A feud between the Mabry and Susby fami-
lies at Knoxville, Tenn, eliminated in a bloody
fight on the Goth, in which one of the Susbys
was killed and a Mabry wounded.
At Leland, ILL.,, on the Doth, f. NJ. Stratton
was shot dead by his wife, who then took her
own life.
A freight train on the Santa Fe road ran over
man wing between the rails at AlamillO. In
vestigation showed that it was a wealthy stock
raiser named Fiije Chares, who had been muir
dered, robbed, and placed ON the track.
Mrs. Maggie Copeland was brutally murdered
at her home near Kewanee, ILL.,, on the 26th.
She was shot twice through the body and her
skull was crushed. The crime was committed
for the purpose of robbery, as about $500 in
NOTES and money are missing.
AT Athens, Texas. an aged negro, while
labornS under Il fit OF iI1or1itv, i,olaoednd hiG
two grandchildren.
At Mountaineering, Ark, on the 24th, three
men became involved III a dispute. One of
them stabbed his two companions fatally and
was taken in charge by mob aud hanged
VIM. Chapman was killed at Indianapolis,
Ind, on the Goth, by his insane wife. She cut
his throat.
A mob lynched Leonard Cocker, a negro, who
outraged Miss Haines near COwles Station, Ala.
A band of unknown men boarded a tram on
which were two coloTed murderers, at Madison,
Fla, and riddled the prisoners with bullets.
City Marshal West, OF Cynthiana. KY, killed
a rough named Kearus on the oath.
In dispute over a bet at st. Joseph. Mo-,
grocer named Horace Donnely was killed by
a salesman named William Ioole.
A Visiha, CAL, dispatch. 23d. Ben Harris, a
colored man living near here, shot and mortal
~ wounded his wife. killed his step-dauGhter
IA years old, and severely wounded another
step-daughter, aged 10. with an axe. Harris
escaped before the news Of the tragedy reached
town. Thirty men are in hot pursuit of the
murderer.
how cIyy oI6 hooa
ragged at his sister, aged s, at Bonneville, n.
Y, and cut her SO severely with knife that
she will die
A negro entered the bedroom of Miss Cunard,
at CoVington, Ga. The girl called her father,
Lucius Cunard, who shot the negro dead.
Robert Furnam, of Syracuse, N. Y, shot
Matte Thompson on the night of the 23d, and
then shot himself. The woman will recover:
he cannot.
The body of negro, who rented farm near
Athens, Tex, and raised fine crop, was found
headless and handess, with three bulIet-hOles
in the Uranium. 1t is supposed the landlord,
named Lightfoot, killed the negro to get pos
session of the crop.
Philip Etting, rich and eccentric farmer
living near Port Jervis, n. Y, killed Jesse
Manderville with a rifle for taking an apple
from his orchard.
Prof. Brown was killed at Ell Paso, Texas, on
the 22d, by man named Bostwick. The pro-
fessOr had chastised BostWick's son at school.
Robert Aiken was killed by hunter named
Gibbon, at Rock Greek, W. T. Citizens prompt
ly hanged the murderer.
Stage robbers killed two express messengers
il Arizona on the goth. The murderers Sc
cured $5, 600.
Maurice Ward was shot and killed by Mrs
Sarah Reed, at Sullivan. Ind. Ward was raw
aging the lady's grape vines.
A band of masked men took one Rymer
who murdered Mr.. Garvey. near Fo1t Lyon.
Col, recently, from the jail and lynched him.
Great excitement was caused in Chestnut,
Logan County, ILL.,, on the goth, by the dis
coyery that Charles Mcmahon, a wealthy
farmer, and his two hired hands-John Car
lock and Robert Methany-had been murdered.
The bodies were horribly gashed with some
sharp instrument. A discharged farm hand is
suspected.
Five masked robbers raided the farm house
OF Louis Cox. near Ashland, ILL., The old man
gave them $40, all he had in the house, but
was brutally beaten. shot in the head, and
strung up three times, his injuries being
mortal