Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-01
CRIME AND CALAMITY.
The Sorry Phases of Every Day Life
Briefly Chronicled.

Briefly ChronfcIed.
/ BOSTON, April 30.-Albert II. Bials. O
the firm of Bials Il Perley, spice dealer
OF this city, shot and killed his partner
A. PerleY Pickett, on the Fall Rive
steamer Bristol, last night. The two oc
/ cupled a state-rOOm together. About 3,
O'Clock Perley got out of his berth anC
went to the window. BIals was awakene,
by the rattling Of the window, and think
some one was trying to enter the room
drew a revolver and fired. The bulle
entered Mr.. Perley's forehead and passeJ
out at the back of his head. He HveC
about an hour and half Mr.. Bials de
IiNered himself to the police on the ar
rival OF the boat at Fall River.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. April 30.-A
dispatch from the government works al
Muscle Shoals, on the Tennessee river
near Florence, Ala, gives the details OF
the lynchlng on saturday of Geo. Ware
cOlOred, who murdered a white boy aged
ten years to secure twelve dollars, which
had just been paid to him. After robbing
his victim he threw the lad eight times
into the river, but the boy swan back to
the shore. After thus amusing himself
he tied the boy, beat out his brains with
stone, and again threw him in. A man
on the opposite shore witnessed the mur-
der; but the river was too Wide for him to
make his presence known. A description
Oh the negro was given TO the jailer who
arrested him. On the same night a large
crowd OF Workmen employedsOn the river
improvements visited the Jail and de-
manded the prisoner. Owing to the deli
cate condition of the jailer's wife at the
tlne the mob was persuaded to disperse.
All this occurred on the 10th instant. On
Saturday night the mob revisited the iail
carried the jailer's wife to another house.
then took the prisoner, and hung him to a
beam in the depot building, and riddled
his body with bullets. The negro con-
fessed.
TUCSON, ARIZONA, April 30-There
was strong talk last night of assaulting
the Jail and lynching Joseph Casey who.
in an unsuccessful effort to escape from
custody, shot and killed Jailer HOlbrOOk
yesterday morning. The jail is strongly
guarded. Casey is in prison for murder
and highway robbery. He has murdered
three men. He broke Jail three times be-
fore this last attempt.
John Walsh, the murderer of Thomas
Calvin, was taken from jail at Lordsburg.
New Mexico, yesterday by a vigilance
committee and lynched.
NEW ORLEANS, April 30.-The Times
DeniOcrQt Marshall, Texas, special saws:
AT Gladewater Saturday two negroes
were tried for trivial otfense, convicted
and ordered to Jail at LOngview, the county
seat. Officer Bradshaw had them i'm
charge at the depot while waiting for a
train when an attempt was made to res
cue them. Bradshaw fearing trouble,
had summoned two citizens to aid him,
and when the attempt was made there
was general firing of guns and pistols.
Ofiicer Bradshaw and three negroes were
killed. In response to kilograms a Sheriff
and posse from LOngview repaired to
the scene. The negroes are armed and
defy the officers. 1t is feared that more
serious results may ensue.
Three negroes were killed Yesterday in
a railroad accident at Ranger on the
Texas Pacific Railway.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, April 30.-A pas
senger train on the Connecticut River
Halfway ran into the rear of freight train
IN the outskirts of this city to-day. The
caboose car on the freight train was de-
m0llshed. One woman passenger in the
caboOse was mangled beyond recognition
No other person was injured.
DETROIT, April 30.-A passenger train
hence for Toledo last night ran into an
open switch which had been tampered
with, and was thrown from the track.
-Four persons were injured, but nobody
was killed. The engineer and fireman
and one passenger were hurt so badly,
however, that they may die.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, April 30.-A
special construction train on the Texas
Pacific Railroad ran into steer yester-
day. The cOncussiOn threw the two head
cars from the track, killing T. A. SimmOn,
a civil engineer, Price johnson, Il brake
man, and j. f. Bond, one of the wOrkmen.
jeff Ward, Charles f. Porter and Albert
Simms, all brakemen, were badly injured,
but will recover.
CINCINNATI, April 30.-A dispatch from
jackson Court House, w. Va, states that
Anderson Jockey was murdered at his
home near there on Saturday night by
pistol shot from one of a band of burglars
who entered his house for robbery.
COLUMBIA, :. c., April 30.-The Column
bia Ice Mandatory, together with three
buildings and Il quantity of lager beer in
kegs, all owned by c. G. Habernicht, were
burned this afternoon, The loss is be-
tween 100000 and $35, 900, and there is no
insurance.
RALEIGH, NC, April 30.-It is reported
that in Hyde county Sunday, negro man
was hanged by his wife and her paramOur.
The parties were captured in PamlicO
county and are in Jail.
ASHLAND, PA, April 30.-An explosion
of gas took place at the keystone colliery,
about one mile from here, this morning.
killing three miners and seriously wound
ing two others. The explosion was
caused by the sliding of Il pillar, which
pushed large body of gas in contact with
the lamps of the miners. The force of
the explosion was terrific.