Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-02-07
CRIMES AND MIsHAPs.

A special from JOnesbOro says: Between
9 and 10 o'clock, according to their story,
Mrs. Parsons and two daughters went to
the stable for something, and during their
absence from the house they heard a report
of gun. They paid but little attention to
it. as it was not an exceptional occurrence,
and returned to the house and retired.
They declare that they did not find out
that Parsons was shot until morning, when
they found his body, badly burned, lying
on the hearth in his room, The cOrOner's
jury rendered this verdict to-day: Ben
nett Parsons came to his death by being
shot with a gun, we believe in the hands
of his wife. We also believe that his 5WO
daughters were accessories to the crime"
A special from Rockford, Ill, JAN, %,
says: @. H. Fox, young man of rather
hard character and who just returned from
the West, was arrested today for the muir
der of John Holiday at Chening, recently.
Holiday was the husband of FOX's aunt.
Fox went to Chening to visit her q few
evenings ago. She told him that Holiday
had beaten and abused her and was the
father of his step-daughter's child. Fox
then fell upon Holiday, beating him ter
ribly with chairs, and then lay down and
slept the night through in the same room
with the corpse.
Four unknown men broke into the post
Office at Huntington, Ind, for the purpose
Of burglary. They were confronted by Max
Baumgartner, the night marshal, who shot
one of them through the body, killing him
instantly. One Of the burglars then shot
Baumgartner in the back, and his recovery
is doubtful. The burglars then stole horse
and sleigh and escaped, leaving their dead
cOmrade behind.
A Quincy, Ill, special says: John Keller
was found dead in a Water-clOset with his
head mangled in a terrible manner, and
shot through the chin, the bullet penetrat-
ing the brain. 1t is not known whether it
was suicide or accidental.
Fire destroyed the store Of r. W. Thorn
ton, at Fayetteville, n. O., valued at $115,-
600; the residence Of W. 4. DoWdal, at
Peoria, Ill, and the large h0uring-mill of
Sehrandenbach & Co., near OconOmOWOc,
Wisconsin.
Heavy rains in Texas have caused wash
outs on the railroads. Traffic on the Texas
communication between points in the
State is very uncertain.
Otto Fink was arrested in Chicago for
stealing books from the public library. In
the box that contained the books was found
six or eight internal machines COntaing
dynamite.
VIM. Hefner, an inmate of a Cincinnati
asylum for the insane, died from the eff
fects of a bath IN sCalding water. The Cor
culpable CaTelessness of an attendant.
Mrs. Carrie Winslow, of Newport, KY,
chOked her little boy to death, beat her lit
tie girl into insensibility and cut her own
throat.
A trapper, near Metropolitan, Mich, was
devOured by wolves, after he had shot and
killed thirteen of them with his Winches-
ter rife.
Irish Americans Of Pittsburg are almost
unanimous in their dlsapprOVal of eEplOs-
ions to secure the rights Of Ireland.
O'Donovan Rosa expressed his Joy at
hearing of the London explosions, but he
refused to be further interviewed.
Fire created a panic in the insane Hospi-
tai st Indianapolis among !, 200 patients,
The loss aggregated about So, coo.
Hilyer & Nackay, hosiery dealers, New
York, made an assignment with prefer
ences of SIS, 600.
1aude Raynor, the female desperate of
Texas, beat a woman almost to death at
Abilene
The Marshall, No, hdnappen, who took
q little girl away, have been captured.
The mine at Plummer Hill, valued at
100000 was fred by an incendiary.
Horse thieves are worrying the people Of
Clinton county, Illinois.