The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-02
The Blood-Curdiing Deed of a Demon
Husband.

Rarely nave the populafe of Jack
son been more indignant, or the town
been thrown into a more feverish
State of excitement than on Monday
afternoon at | o'clock, when the state
ment rapidly flew from lipto lip that
kodprick Lowry, the ont-armed tie
phew of Gov. Lowry, had brutality
beaten his wife iuto a State Of un-
consciousness at the residence OF
Mayor VIM. Henry, and leaving her
for dead, had fed to the river swamp.
Men fastened to the scene and
mounted posses were quickly organ
lied by the Mayor and Sheriff, and
started in hot pursuit, while the
dastardly deed was the sole topic of
discussion, and threats of lynching,
if caught, were freely and openly in
dulged.
So many aud conflicting were the
reports that a representative of this
paper interviewed Chief of Police
Lusk and Gen. Henry, Mayor, and
CLEANED from them substantially the
following facts.
Rod Lowry and wife accompanied
by Hon. w. :. McAlIister, attorney
at-law arrived from Canton Satur-
day afternoon and stopped at the Ed
wards House. Mrs. Lowry, it seems
had been whipped by her husband
while in Canton, and was advisted to
come here for protection. About
1890 o'clock on the evening of their
arrival here, Lowry fell into a stupe-
fed state, from int%oXication, and.Mc-
Allister. procuring Il hack, drove
her out to the residence of her kins-
man, Col. W. l.. Hemingway, to
whom she appealed for protection.
After a night there, Col. H. advised
her to come to the residence OF
M"yor Henry, as he was PROSTATE
upon u bed Of ILLNESS, and would be
unable to protect her if attacked
Acting upon this advice, she came to
Gen. Henry's and remained undis-
turbed until Monday at noon, when
Lowry came to the house and procur-
ed permission from Mrs, Henry to
see his wife, conditioned upon her
Mrs, Henry being present at the
interview.
Lowry was ushcred into his wife's
room, aud asked that she sit down
and see if a reconciliation could not
be effected this she refused to do,
stating that she had sufficient pro-
vocation for leaving him, that her
mind was made up, and nothing he
might say could change 1t.
Lowry at a bound, Few at her
throat and rhoked and bit her in the
most tigerish manner. Mrs. Henry
finally loosenpd his grasp, and Lowry
-eizlng a heavy iron stone pitcher
partly full of water broke it owe her
in the most savage manuer as long
As "A fragment remained. This being
used up, he seized a quart bottle OF
medicine and broke that also by a
blow in her face. This was supple
hr i"k.n N her NO" r"""tratn
and leaving her for dead, he
rushed into the yard,
Gen. Henry, from another part of
the building FASTENED upon the scene,
and seeing the bleeding, unconscious
wife lying upon the floor, as he
thought. dead, rushed to the gallery
and drew his pistol to shoot the flee
ing husband; but Mrs. Henry an
ticipating his purpose, caught his
hand and prevented il.
Lowry leaped over the fence and
running through the neighbors yards
made straight for Pearl River a half
mile distant.
Mayor Henry and the deputy
sheriff detailed every available MAI
and sent them in pursuit, while
many enlisted voluntarily, and
secured the words for him through
out the night and yesterday. He
tracked to the river, but no trace
Df him could be found beyond.
Mayor Henry sent parties by rail to
Brandon and Canton, alsoin pursuit
Of him.
A report reached the city yesterday
hat he had been seen near Char
lie Bucks place D miles east of Bran
ION, Rankin Co., and officers Chiles
Torrance and VIM. Curan were noun
ed and spent the day searching for
lin, but without avail. The deed is
70 dastardly and revolving in the
.n0rmity of its crime that the blood
alternately boils and runs cold at its
'ecital and the reader Is left to sym
with the fair, young girl
bride, of scarcely more than four
months, until the guilty fugitive
hall have been caught and out ragged
aw and decency shall have been
lvenged.-New MississIppian.
Good AdviIi.
merchant, In thine hour ofe e.