Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-11
A Kansas Murderer Treated to Ills
Just Deserts.
A TEXAS NEGRO INSURREOTI0N
SUPPRESSED.
Four Negroes Shot in Cold Blood BY a
Mississippi Marshal.
A Pennsylvania COAL NINE
BURNING.
Shocking ARRAY Over a Game
of Cards.
LUCKY DRAWINGS IN THE
LOUISIANA LOTTERY.
ESPECIAL TO THE sENTINEL.1
A Kansas Murderer LyncheL.

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WICHITA, KS, Nov. 10.-A special to the
Eagle states that Samuel Purple, who
lived nine miles east of Jetmore, Kansas.
q remote district, killed his wife and two
children last Friday morning. After
committing the crime he delivered him.
self TO the Sheriff on Saturday night. and
he was taken back to the house and hanged
TO a tree.
LATER-Further particulars as to the
crime and lynching of Samuel Purple say
that last Friday morning his wife arose as
usual and prepared breakfast. She then
went to awaken her husband, which so en-
ranged him as to incite him to the heinous
crime, which soon followed. He sprang
violently from his bed, and, selling his
revolver, Shot his wife through the body.
from which wound she died at once. The
newborn babe was next fired at, with the
same result. He then shot and killed
another one OF his children. His sister
in-law, Miss Lowber, was then selected
and fired at, the ball passing through her
arm and lodging somewhere in the sboul-
der. As this emptied his revolver he pro-
ceeded to load his shotgun, in order to
complete his work. A slight mistake in
this was the only thing that stopped the
proceedings. The powder was poured into
one barrel, and by an error the shot into
the other. With this he endesvored to
blow off the head of another child. but
there was nothing except powder in the
barrel. The child's face was only severely
burned by the explosion. A heavy blanket
was seized and wound around the suffer-
ing child, and this securely wrapped with
a heavy wire. in the hope that he might
accomplished by suffocation what he had
failed in by the use of the shotgun. The
child will recover, although fearfully dis.
figured about the face. The murderer
then mounted q horse and started across
a field towards Marine with the avowed
purpose of numbering his wife's father
and mother. Before he could accomplish
this, however, the wounded young lady
had made her way to the village and
notified the inhabitants of what had hap
pened, and they had congregated for re-
sis,ance. Hearing that his plan was
frustrated Purple fastened TO Jetmore and
surrendered himself to the authorities,
where he was placed in Jail, surrounded
Dy D heavy SuhEu. Lnbt uiBub . mOD VI
100 men went into the Jail quietly and
demanded the prisoner, who was delivered
up with little ceremony. He was then
taken back to the scene Of bis crime and
hanged to a tree. Only n member OF
the family escaped serious injury. and
that was the murderer's little boy, who
had hid under his bed when be heard his
coming.
A Negro InxurreesiOn Suppressed.
GALVESTON, Nov. 10.-A special to the
News from BRENNAN, Texas, says: The
Sheriff's posse Of so men who went to
Graball last night to suppress g negro in
surrection returned this evening. They
report that no further danger is feared.
The trouble arose over q meeting OF white
planters, called for the purpose of dis
the subject Of doing away with
labor next season. The negroes
OF the meeting. This action
alarmed the planters. The eight negroes