The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-12-08
SITTING OF PEARLS

A SITTING OF PEARLS.
There was a great deal Of business
transacted last night at the called meet
ing of the Mmsslercr~' Association. The
object If the meeting was to hear from
the committee on murders, and the fol-
lowing r-nort was submitted :
To TIE Honorable TIE Association of
Muydcrers:
Yonr committee beg leave to rer"rt
that the can-r is f1onri>hing beyond
the expectations of the most san.uine.
Murder is hing prrpetrated through
ont the length and breadth Of the land.
We have y g!o,ionS case t." report
from Summit Township. jackson Conn
ty, Michigan. in which four pers"n>,
three men and one were MIR
dered in cold blood with malice "fore-
thought. All the subjects were shot t."
death without being given u chanc. !"
defend themselves. and the cause ia
thus advanced il II manner that ran
not fail tn fill I'VE hearts Of our noble
member<w viii iny.s The qnadruple mur
der WAS committed in II house. and
It must not I've thoncht that the subjects
We're people who had injured anybody.
but it must. on the other hand. be
known that they We're highly respect
able, people. and persons who We're of II
great benefit 10 the community in
which they resided. Therefore their
contribution of their lives t. the noble
cause Is all the more to he appreciated.
Your committee recommends that espa
cial efforts he made t" glo,ify the mnr-
derer. and that after his acGuittaI, If he
see fit to disclose himself, he he raised
to the position If patron saint Of this
order. We ais" recommend al appr"-
priation Of $4,000 to pay for flowers
and ~luxurips with which to decorate
his quarters.
Yaur committee calls attention to
the following Telegram published in the
CINCINNATI News Journal of even
date
, CHATTANOOGA. November 22.-Andy
Taylor, the last living of the three
Taylor brothers. who murdered two
sherifs and cantnred n railroad train
with 100 passengers aboard. compelling
the engineert to carry them twenty miles
at a dangerously high speed, about a
year ago. will BE- hanged morrow ut
z O'Clock at London, Tenn. T" day,
while being taken from Knoxville tn
Loudon. he slipped - revolver out of
the pocket of II Of his guards. and.
though heavily manacled, managed to
get the mIzz'e Of the pistol within n
few inches Of the head of Sheriff Fonte,
ct Lond"n. bnt. owing to the fact that
Taylor thought the pistol was II self
cocker. he was knocked down before
he conld raise the hammer of the pistol.
He remarked IF had not mistaken
that pistO: for a self cocker you (Fonte)
would have got to hell several hours be
fore me Taylor is but twenty-ona
years old. hnt seen:s to have no fear of
b galIOws. The tn" execution will be-
private. The crime committed nv the
two elder brothers and himself, the re-
lease "f their eldest brother. IL prisoner.
was One of the most atrOciOus and dar-
ing ever committed in this state.
Your committee desires t." symra-
thlze with Brother Taylor in his mis-
take and to recommend to other mem.
bers of our noble order to use more
care in handling revolvers hereafter, so
that they may succeed in the good
work they undertake. We also send
greeting to Brother Taylor, and ex.
press the hope that we may 80 condcct
ourselves in the future as not to blast
the certainty we now enjoy of meeting
him in heaven.
Your committee takes pleasure in sub
hitting. the following:
John j. deter, who killed Hugh
Burns. the ratroiman, at Indianapolis,
Ind. IN August, one year ago, was re-
leased from Jail at 400 to-day. the in
dlctment against him having been mol
led. He is supposed to have started
for his Kentucky home at 4 o'clock.
deter vas tried three times, and the
Jury disagreed in each instance. The
killing was as cold blondpd as was
the killing of Ada Atkinson, for which
Melting was lynched tn" other night.
This is reported merely to remind
everybody that the courts are always
with us.
Chicago, which has been a little de-
reIIct OF late, is 6ncs more attempting
redeem herself. John Leasing deli6
shot Mrs. Fred Kosorks to
death IN the presence of her husband
the other day, and thus earned a crown
Of glory.
One Of the foulest murders ever COM
mitted in New Mexico came to light to-
day. The murdered person is Il bow
named Cand"loria. The body was dis
covered buried in fha vinevard of ono
lose ANGEL Perca. 1t seems that Can
aoIoria and Perca had a long and bitter
Feud. and the latter enticed the former
his house and beat his brains out
with q club, the four grown daughters