The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-03
Christmas Crimes and Casualties.

The list of Christmas tragedies and &C.
cidents is long and grim one.
TO begin with, rs had two shooting
ARRAYS in this county, one or both Of
which may result fatally; at New Or.
leans VIM. McCaffray, prominent poll.
tician, was shot and instantly killed by
the proprietor of gambling house from
which he had been elected while he was
attempting to rs.enter it; at Nevbery.
port, Mass, Arthur Currier was ohot snd
killed by a looue woman in a barroom !:
at Uniontown, Pa, Hungarian ohot
row; at Cleveland, Ohio, saloon keep.
er ahot and killed one of party of
drunken men who were bombarding his
place with beer kegs; in New York city
policeman shot and killed one of q
gang OF roughs who had raided saloon
and assaulted him; in the came city
Jacob Zeigler .as s..eek CT the head
With q beer pitcher and killed by Henry
Theiss; on the same city William Krause
waa killed BY peddler and dssoInte
woman during drunken quarrel in his
own room; at McDade Texas, three bad
characters were lynched on Christmas
eve, and on Christmas day six of their
friends entered the town for revenge and
three Of their party and one citizen of
the town were killed In fight with re:
volVers and shot guns at Yazoo City,
Miss, john Poaey, @. Posey and Jasper
Nicholl9, white. and John James, colored,
were killed In night encounter caused
by difficulty between one of the Poseys
aud James, the negroes organizing and
string on the whites; near Moncure, n.
O., an old woman and her daughter and
grandchild were murdered by unknown
| parties.
A desperate ARRAY occurred at Allen.
dale, Barnuell County, between John
Huo!stt, policeman, his two sons John
and Tom Huolett and bic two grandsons
Evan and Jayce Strange, aud l.. B. and
Frank O'Bryan and A. T. Allen. Pis.
tolls, knivea aud sticks were used. Tom
Huolett and Evan Strange were shot
dead. l.. B. O'Bryan was seriously cut
and four o.her persona we're wounded.
In Edgeield County John Agnel was
killed and his father probably fatally
beaten by three Hamiltons, knives and
shot guns being used; at Bennettsville,
Marlboro County, colored man was
killed while resisting arrest; at Vau.
cluse, Aiken County, a man named Scott
was shot and killed. Three accidental
deaths. two murders, fire and score of
serious accidents arc reported from Sa.
vannah.
Near Salem. Ind. a train ran into the
Blue River, the bridge being washed
away, killing eight persons and wound.
Ing many others; near New Haven
Conn, the boiler of locomotive explo
ded, ipjuring thrse men; at Fort Wayne,
Ind, o railroad collision injured eight
persons; at Indianapolis q collision kin.
cd one man; at Minneapolis, Mimi, a
wild engine wrecked freight train kill.
Ing one man at Portsmouth, N. H., a
train was wrecked by broken switch.
tnjuring several persons slightly: at
Leesburg, Pa, mail train was wrecked !:
at Baston's Landing, VI, freight train
waa wrecked, (, -,
At 81. Louis one Ere killed two mon
and burnt sll0, 900, and another des,roy.
cd $AgO, 600 worth Of property; at Cape
Girardesu. NO., Q Touring mill was burn.
cd, cauaiDg Q loAs Of 500, 600; at Chippe.
VA Falls, Wis, ERE destroyed s35. 900
OF property; ct Utica the Utica Match
Coz factory was burned ! loss S20, 600.
:, CHARLES Sonbef killed himself at Phil.
ndeiphia, Pa by Jumping from q third
story window during depression caused
I by his wif3s death. R:,t stsf3.
IA: AT Cumberland, Nd, miner's vifa
Va. Ias run over and killed by sleigh at
Piteabarg, Pa; many persons were iniur.
% during q panic In q polish Church; d
succession Of furious gales is reported