Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-10
TRAGIC OCCURRENCES
...:..st events Of 1.cinnchOly Interest

4..-:sst events Of a;einnchOly Interest
William Lebfricd, aged 45, committed
suicide yesterday by shooting himself in
the light temple.
An unknown disease is causing great
havoc among the horses in the Indian
teirittry. The affected animals "fall
dead without Warming
Louise Umbelvogt, 40 years Of age,
committed suicide il MOrristown, New
Jersey, by fastening rope around her
neck and jumping from second story
window.
Milton J. Youberry, convicted of the
murder Of Charles Campbell, was hanged
at Albuquerque, New Mexico. He ha-
ran ued the crowd from the scaffold for
iair an hour.
\ material train on the Charlotte and
Savannah railroad was thrown from the
| track by a COW. James johnson and An
drew Jenkins, brakesman, were killed.
Two robbers broke into the house Of
! William McGregor, near Rockford. Ills,
shot him and his ten year old daughter,
gagged the wife and robbed them OF II
small sum of money. McGregor and his
daughter are not expected to live.
Thomas Wiggins, colored, finding bis
wife. from whom he had separated. in
company with 4 colored preacher at
| Chattanooga, cut her throat with a razor
and then cut his own. Both are mOrtally
wounded.
an accident occurred in shaft OF the
Severn Tunnel works, London, by which
fonr men We're killed outright, and sew
eial others were SO seriously mangIed that
il is expected they will die of their in
,iurieS.
At Scott Haven, Pa, while little
daughter Of Mr.. Moore was returning TO
her home she crawled underneath i Car
that was blocking her road. The train
started and the child was literally cut in
two.
| Su.ciGc Of the Negro Smith.
| AZ Paola, Kan, about one O'Clock Fri
day, Il great crowd of whites and blacks
collected in front Of the Jail and waited
ior tie city marshal to take Smith, who,
as told in Fridays kilograms, had com
nIitted 4: terrible assaui: upon d little girl,
before the justice for examination. The
deputy sheriff declined to move the pris-
ontr, owing to threats Of the mob. The
crowd, led by number Of the best bust
ness men OF the city, then made an assault
on tile Jail and battered their way to
Smiths cell and found him stretched dead
| ttt Jut lIcJi, LiC COhulGGca
by cutting his throat with a pocket knife.
They Immediately put rope around the
neck of the corpse, dragged it to tree in
| tho park and strung it up.
| Five Deaths IN One Family.
Mf. and EIrs. Scnstrom arrived in this
country from Sweden about nine months
ago with five children ranging in age from
one to seven years. Another child was
born shortly after their arrival. They
secured apartments at No. Second street
New York--a room and bed room on the
third floor-and there they have lived in
penury for the past six months. Last
week, the Oldest child, girl of seven
years, was attacked with what is supposed
to have been diphtheria, and died last
Friday. On Monday boy five years of
age died of the same disease. On Tuesday
another child succumbed. on Wednesday
another, and yesterday boy four years Of
age was removed to Wards Island. It is
! NOT expected that he will live The young
est child died yesterday.
Vance, the Wife Murderer.
Al Grcensburgb, Pa, the negro wife
murderer, Jack Vance, was arraigned for
trial and plead guilty to murder in the
second degree. The commonwealth &C
ceptcd tEe plea and the prisoner was re-
nandsl to the custody of the sheriff to
await the sentence Of the court.