The National tribune., 1884-11-06
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

fireman. on the Baltimore & Oh;o Railroad,
were killed at Baltimore, on the 29th ult., by
the explosion of their eneine.-Joseph Z.
Kenney, an employee of the Baltimore & Ohio
shops at Grafton, w. Va, while on his way
home from work, on the afternoon Of the 29th
ult., stepped between cars that were being
switched by yard engine and was crushed to
death.-Jc5eph, son of Gen. G.. q. Dibrell,
Congressman from the Third Tennessee Dis
nict, was shot twice, on the 26:h ult., by Gus
Gear. One shot entered the breast, inflicting
probably a fatal wound. The shooting oc-
CURED at Sparta, Tenn. Dibrell attempted to
separate Gear and man named Hickory, who
were fghting.--A small boy named John
Carey was lassoed by his con panons and drag
ged along the ground at Hamilton, Ont, en-
the 29th ult., receiving injuries from which he
died. Dr. Carver's visit 20 that city with
company of cowboys was the melting cause of
the tragedy-0n the Both ult., ut Yves: Ches-
ter, Pa, George NJ. Rupert, Secretary and Treas
urer Of the Borough OF West Chester and Treas
urer Of the Penn Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany, pleaded guilty to the charge of embcz-
cling $4,000 belonging to the above named
Notwithstanding a friendly scutfie in
Richmond, Va, on the Goth ult., for the posses
SION OF a gun, between Robert ID. Gentry and
Charles Saunders, the weapon was discharged
and TIA contents entered Gentry's head kill
ing him instantly. Both men were under the
influence Of iquor.--Mamie Daily, the l6-
year-old daughter of q pr6--Aerous farmer of
Hendy Creek, n. Y, attempted suicide ON the
29th ult., because her lover, brakeman on she
Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad, married
another girl. Though she swallowed a table
spoonful Of digetal;s and fired pistol-ball into
her breast, she viii probably recover.-At
Detroit, Mich, on the Both nit, Ex-Governor
Moses, of South Carolina, who is under arrest,
charged with swindiing Rev. Dr. Rexford, Rev.
Il ri afb off tod az do
by hanging himself in his cell. In the after
noon Moses pleaded guilty Of swindling, and
was sentenced 10 three months in the House of
Correction. His counsel say he is insane
Andrew Koerner, who was sentenced to be
hanged On the 18th for the murder of his wife,
At indianapolis, has been granted a reprieve
for 20 days by Gov. Porter.-Fayette CITY,
Pa, mining town of some Importance, about
40 miles from Pittsburg, was partially destroyed
by lire on the Both ult. Loss, $50000.-Ru-
mors have reached Denver, Colo, of the lynch
Ing by the vigilantes Of a gang of II cattle
thieves, who were captured while in camp on
Rock Creek, in the Gore range of mountains,
20 to 30 miles west OF Georgetown, but the re-
port Is not confrmed.--On the 29th nit. a
passenger train, when nearing Escondido, four
miles north of Socorro, N. NJ, on the Atchison,
Topeka d Santa Fe Railroad, was fired into by
band of masked men, and one woman was
shot. The sheriff and so armed men have
started in pursuit of the ighwaymen.-Al-
bert and Chas. Goodman, colored, were hanged
on the 3lst at the Terro Aix-BOeuf Court
house, st. Bernard Parish La, in the presence
of 500 spectators, for the murder of Louis Mas
pero, whom they waylaid, shot and killed at
v p. m, June %, at Godcheux's plantation, in
81 bernard Parish.-Near Jackson, Miss on
the Both ult., Tom Phillips, coIored, was shot
and killed by William Harris white man
Harris became offended because Phillips ad-
a -cr.dI &, n
31st ult., while three Hungarians named Geo.
kraposky, John Mollcnwitz and John Unglo-
witch, werc cutting coal in mine breach
near Centralia, Pa, huge rock above them
ell, fatally injuring all of them.-Frank
kscAest. Superintendent of AcCline's Coke