Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1883-09-13

"ohh puppie anu Jhmbb d6aTn were
employed in Wa R.McCarthy 3 slaughter
house, near Hoboken. Supple was much
stronger than Hearn and quite domineer.
ing and abusive. On Saturday afternoon
Hearn ran of, to avoid an assault from
supple, and shortly returned with his
"big brother" Thomas Hesrn. Thomas
demanded of Supple what he meant by
his continual abuse of James. Supple
answered with blow and the two ms n
clinched. They struggled like two Greeks,
the muscles of their powerful frames al
their highest tension, one moment
Thomas having slight advantage, and
the next Supple having a trifls the bet.
ter of the wrestle. Thomas, however
after long struggling got the upper hand
and threw Supple thrice in succession.
In the last fall Supplies head struck the
tloor with such force that he died in a
few moments. The Hearn brothers were
arrested.
The few surviving members of the
Association of Old Defenders of Baltimore
Of the war of 1872, attended service
yesterday at the Broadway Methodist
Episcopal Church in that city. II had
been the custom Of ths Old Defenders to
meet in the city hall on the Sunday
preceding the anniversary of the battle Of
North Point, and, after marching around
battle monument, proceed to church.
Yesterday, owing to the age and
infirmities of the survivors, the meeting
was dispensed with, and they were taken
10 church from their homes in carriages
under escort of Wilson Post, G.. A. r.
There are eight survivors, six OF whom
were taken to church, namely William
Batchelor, aged SO years George Boss,
81 Nathaniel Watts. S8; Samuel Jen-
niugs, So; Darius Wheeler, So, and
James Morlord, 81. Colonel L. llsns-
bury, "a, and Asbury Jerrett, 81. The
other members of the Association, were
too iniirm to participate in the celebra-
tion.
Cincinnati dispatch says the Brother
hood of Telegraphers has withdrawn from
the Knights of Labor, because OF the
failure of the Knights to furnish them
with financial assistance during the late
strike. Following this Chicago dispatch
says that the Order OF the Red Gross, q
mutual benefit association, has invited
the brotherhood to join its ranks in q
body, md that A. J. Morris, late master
workman of the brotherhood In Chicago,
has issued circular to it's members, ask
ing them to participate In the new move
ment, and assuring them that 1t will not
be violation Of the pledge made by
them to the Western Union Telegraph
Company when they returned to work
after the strike. 1t is not known whether
the late strikers will regard the new
move favorably or not. T. V. Powderly
OF SCI ciautop, Pa, has been reelected
Grand Master Workman of the Knights
of Labor.
The imitation of the old steamer Maid
of the Mist was sent through the Whirl-
pool Rapids below Niagara Falls Thurs-
day afternoon, in the presence of 10000
spectators. The boat was towed out into
the stream and cut loose at sbout the
Point where Captain Webb started on his
fatal swim. She went swiftly down the
stream, and when reaching the rapids
was dashed about like small boat in a
rough sea, but kept her course
safely through oareening aud turn
ing around several times. She
reached the whirlpool in about three
minutes from ths time she struck water.
Then she tloated around and gradually
worked toward the Canadian shore, re-
naming In the whirlpool about 20
minutes. After reaching the shore she
was secured and her flags taken of, after
which she was pushed out into the stream
and fiosted down the river some distance,
when she was taken in tow by some boys
and tied little the Lewiston dock. She
was but up atdamaged.
sss sss Near Daravilie, in DcKalb county, Ga.,
asuegro entered the house of Mr.. Spre
well, who was absent, and demanded of
Mrs. Sprewell something to eat. She
told him she had nothing prepared. He
thereupon drew pistol upon her and
her to furnish him food. After
eating he demanded all the money in the
house and was given So. Emboldeued
by his success he grossly insuted the
lady. Indignantly spurning the wretch
she screened for assistance, which
put the negro to flight and brought
three white farm hands to
the house, one of whom was her son.
The trio started in pursuit of the negro,
and in few minutes brought him to
bay, with his back against rock. AS
young Sprewell advanced to make him a
prisoner the black suddenly whipped
out his knife and stabbed Sprewell to the
heart, killing him instantly. Sprewell's
snraged companions thereupOn drew
their revolvefs and fred simultaneously,
dropping the negro dead over his victim
body with two bullets in his brain. No
arrests will be made as public sympathy
is with the avengers.
Much excitement and bad feeling has
been caused in Rockingham and
several Of the adjacent counties OF
North Caroliua, by cases of white women
running of aud marrying negro men.
Wednesday week two white girls, Mary
LOrain and Sarah Lace, one of them
very oomely, deliberately left their homes
with coal-black negroes. The parents
and brother of the girls got on the track
OF the fugitives, and armed with shot
guns pursued them hOtly for few hours
The race was for life or death. The
brother of one of the girls got within 500
yards of her. She was riding behind
her dusky lover on the same horse which
he was belsboring. The brother hailed
them aud raised his gun to shoot the
negro, but desisted for fear Of killing his
sister. They were better mounted, aud
the horse with the double load dstanced
the pursueis. One of the couples was
arrested on the outskirts of Rockingham
and there is now strong talk OF lynching
the man. Nine cases of this kind have
occurred in six months, and all in the
same se)tion of the county, white women
in each case running of with negro men,
came in with verdict of not guilty.
Argument in the Frank James trial was
concluded and the case given to the jury at
1920 p. m Thursday. AT A p. m. tie jury
The announcement of the verdict struck
the throng dumb for ploment, as even
the best friends of James in that outlaw
sdmiring community lad not hoped for
anything more than a hung jury. Then
the air was rent with shouts and cheers
that threatened to lift the roof oil the
Opera House, in which the court was
held. The prisoner himself seemed the
lesst affected receiving the announcement
cody and almost indiffereItly. In a
moment his counsel grasped him by the
hand, and his friends began to gather
about him. Soon the crowd separated
add fell back to allow the prisoners wife
and boy all opportunity to greet him. The
merourial tempered mob, q majority Of
whom probably thought in their hearts
that the man was guilty and expected to
see him punished, took up the shout on
the street and it seemed for an hour after
the adjournment that everybody in Gal
latin was yelling. There were other in
dictments against him for murder aud
robbery, but he will probably never b;
convicted on anv of them