Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-27
Drained While i'm BED.
TIE SKULLS OF TWO MEN AND TWO WOMEN FRACTURE



WITH AN AXE
special to the New York World from Dubois,
Pa, says: terrible crime was committed
about four miles from this place last Friday night
at railroad shanty the line OF the Ridgway and
Clearneld railroad, now under construction The
scene OF the bloody affair Is on Fall creek Three
miles from Fall Creek Station. the junction OF the
Allegheny Valley and Rochester and Pttsburg rail-
roads, stephen Luke and John Scovitch, with their
wives and eight children, occupy hemlock shanty
having but Two rooms The men, who are Hun
gar1ans, have been working on section No.
q OF the Ridgway and Clearheld railroad
Michael M1telock, who is also a Hungarian.
and who was discharged from the construction
gang about the 18th OF last month, and who had
moved to the vicinity of Curwensville in this
county. returned for his back pay and stopped with
Luke and Scovtch.
There is shanty within 100 yards OF the Hunga-
rianS which is occupied by negro labOrers and
these men report that during the evening Hitelock
and his two friends INDUCED pretty freely In in
toxicantS, retiring at iate hour. In the morning
about o'clock the colored men We're aroused by a
little girl some five years DID, and. repairing the
shanty, Sickening sight met their gaze. The two
men and their wives lay In different parts OF the
house, helpless and terribly injured. Both the
women and the man Scovitch had their skulls frac-
tured and were nearly dead, while Luke the other
man. lay insensibIe beside his wiTe's body. The
bodies of the women were nearly nude, While
Strewn about the squald room We're the mute eyi-
denceS OF their previous nights Orgie.
An investigation revealed an axe with which. to
al appearances, the bloody work had been done
The entire party had evidently been attacked while
In led, and II is miraculous that OF them is Vet
alive. The man Mielock is charged with the per-
petratfon OF the crime. but whether he had accom-
plfceS or not is not known. IL is alleged however
that other men We're seen in the vicinity OF the
shanty after IL o'clock. The incentive was EVIL
IDENTITY money, as $500 was taken from Luke. SEQ
Witch had $500 concealed in his bed, which was not
taken.
ANXIOUS TO HAVE SULLIVAN Pound HrM-Dom-
mick Mccartney, OF Pittsburg. alleging grossly un-
fair treatment in the fight with Pete Mccoy at the
6Snr shDafa
challenge, in which he says: ~ hereby challenge
Pete Mccoy to glove competition OF four or six
bury rules, for s. 600 5000 side and the gate
receipts, the winner to take all, and the match 20
be decided within six weeks in New York city,
where We both can be assured OF fair play. III
Mccoy declines to accept this challenge. shall feel
disappointed unless can secure match with John
Sullivan, whom have heretofore barred in all nay
challenges but who, after the transactions OF Nom
day night, am prepared TO meet at any time or
place, Tor any amount OF stakes he may desire
sEDucER B1GAMIsr, PERJURER AND MURDERER
The man Dilis OF Sioux City, Iowa, who ran on TO
Dor aid was arrested in the latter city, has been
taken back to Sioux City. He waived an cxamina-
lives in West Forks township, some fifteen miles
distant from Sioux City, and where the alleged
crime OF seduction was committed The feeling in
Dilis would suffer violence II taken there IL Is not
known what VIII be done with him, whether he
will be indicted at Sioux City for seduction taken
to Nebraska, where il Is alleged he committed the
crime OF bigamy and perjury by marrying his
child victim, be returned TO St Louis where the
child died, and be tried for murder.
KILLED By NEGRO-At Pensacola, Fla a cor
oner's jury has found that the draw-bridge watch
man. whose body was found Monday riddled with
bullets on the track Of the Pensacola and Atlantic
railroad, was killed by negro named Joe Williams
Gov Blanchard offers $500 reward for the arrest OF
the negro, who has fled toward Alabama
FooLHAKDY voYAGERs.-The dory H. 7. BIbber,
Capt Traynor, which left New York June goth to
cross the Atlantic was run into in latitude 45o 49,
longitude 6lo IL, by steamer in thick log at
night. The boat was capSized, one side was badly
stove, and her stern was knocked OF. She was
picked up by the French schooner Bergere, and
landed at St Pierre, MiQuelon yesterday. Traynor
is Ia good health, and intends repairing his boat
The Bergere passed dory on the 18th with two
dead men aboard. The dory was painted flesh
color, with "No 4" on her bow. The men had on
Oil clothes and rubber boots. and 1t is supposed
were Americans