Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-28
CALAMITY AND CRIME.


not yet over with.
CALAMITY AND CRIME.
Some Recent Bloody ARRAYS.
A. L. O'Neal was shot dead without
provocation by w. j. Northcott at Red
Chute, Bossier Parrish, Louisiana, on
Saturday. The murderer was arrested
Samuel Cook. colored, living near Jersey
Shore, Pa, was lodged in the Jail at Will
Transport, on the charge Of having nur.
dered Samuel Haukner, his employer last
Friday. The dead man had apparently
hanged himself, but the inquest revealed
other njuries.-"Dick" Turpin, colo,ed,
was shot dead by Policeman Taylor, col.
ored, in Atchison, Kansas. Saturday eve
ming. About a year ago Taylor shot and
killed Missourian, wounded another
man and was badly wounded himself. He
is under arrest for tho present shooting
John Norton was shot dead by an un-
known assassin at wedding in Bellevue,
near Scranton, on Saturday night.-TwO
drunken Irishmen, named DriscolI and
Harris, yesterday went to the Italian
quarters in Cherry street, New York, to
"clean it CUT" and, assisted by gang of
boys, threw stones and bricks ut tho
houses. Finally, Mrs. Maria Morsna,
going out to look for the police, was shot
in the thigh and fell, perhaps fatally
wounded, in the hallway Of her house.
This brought out the Italians, who at
tackled the two drunken ruffians, using
clubs, stones, stilettOs and pistols, and
Harris was wounded III the thigh. By
the time the police arrived the fight was
over, and most of the injured, estimated
at Is or 20 in number, had been carried
away by their friends. Harris and Dris
coll and two of tho Italians were arrested.
Thomas Welsh, having been drinking,
struck his wife in Pittsburgh yesterday
afternoon. She seized bayonet, which
had been used as a poker. and was red
hot, and stabbed him through the left
lung, the point of the weapon coming out
of his back. His recovery is not ex.
pected.
The body Of an unknown man was yes
terday found hanging from treo at the
Elysian Fields, in Hoboken, New Jersey.
There was nothing upon his person that
could serve to identify him.-The nude
body of a young woman, with her throat
cut, floated on the beach at Point Breeze,
COney Island, on Saturday. 1t is supposed
she was murdered and her clothing re.
moved to prevent identification.-Byt tho
explosion of a boiler in a mill, near
Mattoon, Illinois, on Saturday night,
James johnson was killed. and two other
men, named Davis and Lsman, were if-
jured, perhaps fatally.-Frank Mulvaney,
aged 81 years, was sunstlnck yesterday in
New York. This is the first case Of pros
tratiOn from The heat reported in that
city this season.
a Cycle of Disasters.
The steamship Strasburg arrived at
Baltimore on Saturday from Bremen, with
gale on the 23d inst, during which the
shacklebolt of the foretopsail broke and fell,
killing two Of the passengers and knocking
another overheard, who was drowned.-
The boiler of saw mill in Waterford,
Kentucky, burst last Friday, killing John
Purcell, owner of the mill and fatally in
juring several workmen..-Tho boiler in
Chandler's steam saw mill at Leon, Ohio,
burst on Saturday morning, dcmolishing
the building, killing one man and injuring
several others, two perhaps fatally.-A
|.pleasure party boating on the river at
Arlington, Kansas, on Saturday afternoon,
was carried over dam and three of them
Miss Lena Maxey, of Rivertcn, Iowa, and
little son and daughter of q gentleman
named Beard--were drowned A cOlOred
man and three boys were drowned at Mar.
tins Ferry, Ohio, on Saturday evening.
The man went to the river to wash buggy
taking the boys with him for a ride.
When the horses got into the river they
became unmanageable and all were swept
into the current and lost.
Philadelphia Tragedies.
The body of Jacob II. CARRIER, who had
been missing from his home since Monday
last, was found by 2 park guard floating
in the Schuylkill, near Girard avenue
bridge.-The body of William Martin,
who had been missing since Tuesday last,
was found in the Delaware on Saturday.
The trial Of Thomas w. Myons, for tho
murder of Chung Wah You, was concluded
on Saturday. Thejury rendered verdict
of not guilty, and Lyous was discharged
The coroner's jury, on Saturday, in the
case of Adolph Shuman, a veterinary sur.
geon, who died on Friday, returned
verdict of death from Inflammation of the
brain, the result of a fracture OF the skull,
by blow from pitchfork 10 the hands Of
George Franks. Schuman's dog killed q
cat belonging to Franks, and this led to
quarrel. Franks was committed.
Tho End OF Criminals.
w. H. Beck, charged with bsamy, es
capped from the Jail in Baltimore, last
Wednesday night. On Saturday afternoon
he was ''cornered" by the police in house
on Cough street, and rather than surrender
committed suicide by shooting himself.
first in the throat and then in the right
cheek. He died in fifteen minutes.-Jesss
Howard, colored man who had confessed
that he had burned livery stable in
Mariana, Arkansas, was taken from the
Jail at that place on Saturday and shot
dead by mob.
Losses By Fire
The Tabor Milling companys stamp
mill at Leadville, Colorado, was burned on |
Saturday morning, Loss 500, O,OOO.- "A fro |
at Uxbridge Ontario, on Saturday, des |
troyed the market buildings, and much of
the business portion of the town. causing |
a loss of $50, O00.-The factory and ware.
house of the Lake Erie bolt and nut works |
in Cleveland, Ohio, were burned early
on Saturday morning. Loss $500
Baseball News.
Baseball on Saturday At Harrisburg !:
Harrisburg, Z Brooklyn, 2 Princeton, N. |
j., Princeton, Z; Brown, 6; Cincinnati {: |
6; Columbus, o; Chicago: |
Chicago, 8; Providence, z; Boston: Yale,
5 Harvard, st. Louis, Eclipse. 4 St. |
Louis, ,; Baltimore Allegheny, ;Balti
more, s.; Philadelphia Athletic, II:
MetrOnolitan G Marritt IL. Tronfop