The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A BRUTAL OUTRAGE.

BRUTAL OUTRAGE.
CAIRO, ILL.,, July 26-One of the
most brutal outrageS was perpetrated
yesterday morning at Durnel's Land
ing, Tenn. nearly seven miles from
this place. w. NJ. McCluticehy, first
mate ON the steamer City of Vicks-
burg, was called ashore by Dick Dur
nell, after reaching which he was
pounced upon by four men with pis-
tolls and told TO hold up his hands, his
pistol was taken from him and he was
then beaten nearly to death before as
slstance could reach him. No cause
is assigned for the act. McCluticheN,
is here in the hosbital. No arrests
have been made as yet.
HUNG BY A MoB-FIRE IN RErALIA-
TIoN.
ST. PAUL, July 26.-A Miles City
special says party of masked men
proceeded to the county iail. over
powered the jailor, seized a man
named RigneY, whom they took about
a mile out of town and hanged to
railroad bridge. Rigney had been
jailed the day before for dastardly
conduct, and bore the reputation Of
hard citizen as bar tender in saloon,
under the Cosmopolitan theater. Two
hours afterwards the theater burst
into flames, and was completely de-
stroyed, with six other buildings,
among which was large drug store.
Loss, $5O0,OO0 It. is generally thought
the fire was the work of an incendi-e
ary in retaliation for the hanging of
Rigney.
PoLK's SENTENCE.
Tenn I,,Nx,
jury in the case of eX-TreaSurer Polk
brought in a verdict of guilty of en-
bezzlement, fixing the penalty at inn
twenty years and imposing a fine Of
the full amount of his embezzlement
KANSAS WIND STORM.
CaETOPA, Ks, July 26.-Last even
ing between and 8 o'clock, a strong
wind storm broke upon this town.
moving one dwelling house from its
foundation, tearing down a photograph
tent and knocking off great deal of
fruit. There was, however, no seri-
Gus damage done. The rain that fol-
lowed was just the thing for the grow
ing crops.
KILLED WITH a SIZE.
. NASHVILLE, Tenn, July s6.-Mon-
Aay David Dinger killed James Smith,
his step-father with stone. near
Sparta. Smith had beaten his wife,
who is Dinger's mother. with chair,
and when Dinger heard of it he at
tackled Smith with stones, one of
them striking his head and killing
him. Dinger gave bond and waived
examination. Smith was fifty years
old and his wife seventy and quite
feeble. Dinger is wealthy mer-
chant of Alexandria, a large owner
of mineral lands in White county
and director in the Bonair coal COM
pany.
POISONOUS CREAM.
JOLIET, ILL.,, July 26.-One hunt5red
persons in attendance on a lawn party
here last evening were made seriously
i'll by eating ice cream, the tlavoring
of which is believed to have been
poisonous. None of the victims have
died, though several are in critical
condition.
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD.
MILwAUKEE, WIS. July 26.-War-
rants were issued at late hour yes
terday for the arrest of John ID. Mays,
Walter Hamilton and Loretta b. Day,
of the firm of L. b. Day q Co.. deal
ers in carpets, who failed recently for
about $4,000, on a charge OF convert
ing to their own use property belong
ing to w. and J. Sloan, of New York,
and also of obtaining $4,000 worth of
goods under false pretences.
HANGED HIMSELF.
BOSTON, July 26.-Daniel b. Phil
lips, a well known evangelist, who
had been troubled some time with
his head from sunstroke, hanged him
self.
A sCOUNDREL's CONFESSION.
PITTsFIELD, MASS, July 26.-En-
gene A. Clark, of Naugautuck, Conn.,.
one of the party charged with tarring
and feathering and driving Mrs. Jo-
hanna Sullivan from the town of
Sarsfeld, confessed and implicated
others named White and Sackett.
These men were tried at she time the
crime was committed, but the jury
disagreed. The grand jury never in
dicted them as principals, but them
and several others as accessories.
ALLENToN, Pa, July 25.-Robert
Reed, Samuel Hart and Wm.. Dunn
were shockingly burned by the ex-
plosion of a cinder blast at the Crane
Iron Works, Catasqua county.
SHREVEPORT, La, July 25.-Last
Monday, in Natchitoches parish. Mrs.
Gabriel Mclaughlin, respectable
lady, aged fifty-four, was outraged by
negro, who then beat his victim to
death. A posse is in pursuit.
KEoKUK, Ia, July 25.-A Wabash
freight train wrecked near Dowing
to-day. Six cars of grain and locomo-
tive demolished. Kinney, the engin-
eer. and German fireman injured
but not fatally.
ST. LOUIS, July 25. = A special to
the Post-Dispatch from st. Joe, Mo-,
reports frighful accident last night
on the Wabash railroad near Lawson.
A freight train with one passenger
car ran off the rails, and of the pass
engers in the coach, one patent right
man from Lathrop was killed, Miss
Edwards, of Richmond, had an arm
broken in two places and her shoulder
blade broken, and another lady who
lives in Lawson and who is in deli
cate condition was seriously injured.
They cannot survive. Four passen-
ers. one Kansas City drummer, were
seriously injured.
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