The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-12-16

ner Of the lquAre wss blown TO atoms - |
An explosion Of dynamite and gesoline h /
the cellar.
MoNEx REcovKHKD.
sF. LOUIS, Dec. 10 -R 3bers Spencer, /
who Q short time ego raised pension |
check 81, 900, and who was arrested -
Dodge CITY, has been bound oter 20 |
await the action Of the grand jury. Al
the money Wes recovered.
DESTROYED sY FIRE.
CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 1e.-The buSi.
ness portion Of the village OF AtsiCa, |
Ohio, ives destroyed by Gre thia morning. |
Loas Il divided among dozen individu. !
ala. Total lee1 will reach $50, in
sured about half.
puNBAR DISCHARGED.
LAWRENCE, Dec. 1O.-ln the district
court to-day county attorney French en-.
tered roiIe prOsse IN the caee Of Arthur
Dunbar, who was on trial charged with
the murder Of . oolored man named
Tenny, t1enty-ehree years ago. The
evidence showed TennY had attempted
to rape Dunbar's SISTER, and it wes eVi-
dent that he could NOS be convicted. The
action Was approved By J0dge Benson
and the defendant dischaRGod.
HORRIBLE MURDER.
COLUMBIA, 3. c., Dec. 1e-Dstails as 60
the korTible murder Of . ten year old
white boy which was reported several
days ago are being Obtained and an sx-
ireoEdinaIy revelation has been made.
Tbs little oOy was found dead In cotton
tleld besten out OF Shape with rocks
Four n0gIoes we're arrested on suspicion
and committed 70 jail. Two OF them
confessed 10 having COMMITTED the mur-
der ar implicated the other two. They
we're caught by Lee stealing cotton, and
stoned HIM to death. The murderers In
their confession revesled new phase Of
Iawlsssness. They say they are part Of =
band of forty negroes, who have taken an
| oath 10 Kill instantly anyone catching
| them stealing. In taat section of York
county there ls great excitement and 1t Is
believed that the four men In Jail will Be
lyached. AZ terrible warning 90 the rest
of the murderOus cotton bandits.
THE DOODLE TRIAL.
New YnRE. Dec 1O-To-dsy's session
q the McQusde irisl was opened late oy
the prosecuting lawyers ''6QuealeT"
Duffy was sgain placed in the chair, but
NeWoomb's eross-exAminatIon elicitee
| nothing new. The redirect examination
was begun by Nicoll trying to extrlcaie
the testimony OF the witness from lie
muddled condition. To the question "
| Duffy had sworn falsely on the nrst trial,
| witness replied that he he'd made mis-
takes, ss he had poor memory.
"Ar. Duffy" spoke mp the recorder.
yesterday you testified that you swore
falsely before the senate committee be-
cause you were t0ld 10 90 testify. VINO
told you what TO testifyP" 'Newcomb,"
answered Duffy.
Newcomb arose, his face pAllId and
lips blanched. 81 this point in the case.
He said: 81 ask permission 70 take the
| witness stand In my own behalf in regard
to this matter - "Not now, Mr.. New
comb" replied the recorder, 'sll 10 good
time"
General Tracy alss arose and demanded
that his assooisIe be permitted to defend
himself.
The recorder said that NewcOmb should
be allowed to make stalEnent, bus that he
should not have any speech making now
Duffy was then dismissed.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Dec. 1o.-Robt GrsyOr
colored. Was hanged In tbs yard OF the
jail at e:65 this morning. Grayor retired
al O'Clock last night and slept until 3
this morning, when he was aroused by Q
deputy sheriff and partook Of . hearty
breakfast. At 8 O'Clock the death warrant
was read to him in his cell, and Ct 8 30
he was marched TO the scafFold IN the jail
yard, accompanied by two deputies and
followed by crowd Of shout $50, who
had beea admitted % The jail on tickets
issued by the sheriff. The crime for
which Grayor paid the penalty was the
murder of Berry Evans, also coloTed,
committed July 9, 1888. The night pre-
vIous Evans had ssveFelS punished Gray.
or, who was HE room E=se and fellow
Smploye in livery stable. The next
morning Evans taunted 0Tay0f with hI1
dIscomfltura Of the night befo1r, end
Grayor, selling Q wagon stake. dealt Evans
blow On the head, from which he died
four days LATER.
| THE CAAPCELL CASE
LONDON, Dec. 1o.-On the resumption
of the Campbell divorce case to-day,
Murphy, counsel for Butler, defended his
client sGeinst the allegation that he had
been criminaliy intimate with Lsdy Colin
Campbell. He said General Butler he'd
visited Lady Colin but once, and then
there was nothing suggestive Of impro-
priety, either by act or word. He de.
nounced the Witnesses who tsStiAed for
the defense, and declared that perjury
was rife and stalking about.
The counsel for Dr.. Bird then spoke IN
his defense, and said the charges which
had been brought against his client IN
cluded adultery and procuring and coz.
ccAlinR miscarriage, and II they were
proven DR.. Birds credit. reputation and
position would be DESTROYED. He declared
Il was monstrous that such charges SHOULD
have been made on such Gimsy evidence
as the defense offered.