The national leader., 1888-12-29
NEWS OF TIE WEEK

--In0maS ReDner. 0D years OF age
attacked Levi Kenton. IN Baltimore.
on the evening of the Goth, while
drunk, and was hit over the head with
an iron bar. part of bicycle, pur-
chased by Kenton as Christmas pres
eDt for bis son. Renner died on the
21st. Charles kutZ and his wife we're
found dead In their home, near Little
Rock, Arkansas, on the 20tb. Kutz
sold a lot of cotton the day before,
which leads to the belief that the
couple were murdered for their money.
Jack ChOate, Deputy Constable in
MonktOwn, Texas, attempted to arrest
Floyd and Lawson Todd for drunken
ness, on the Goth, and was shot in the
side. Choate called a citizen. named
Hobbs. to his assistance. and both
opend fire and killed the Tood BROTH
ers. Choate Is thought to be fatally
wounded.
On a Denver and Rio Grande
freight train, at Cuchua, Colorado, on
the morning of the 22d, William E.
Comstock. conductor, and Henry Borst,
brakeman, were killed In singular
manner. Both men were turning the
brake when the wheel gave way. BOrst
was run over by the train and in.
stantly killed; Comstock's skull was
fractured, and he died In a few min
utes.
Ernest Kurtz and his 15-year-old
son were found dead in the woods near
Jacksonport, Wisconsin. on the 21st.
They had gone out early to cut cord
wood, and the suppOsitiOn is that a
limb fell from tree which they were
cutting down and killed both.
William Crossley shot and killed
his wife in Syracuse. New York, on
the evening of the 23d. and then COM
mitted suicide. They had lived apart
for six months Of their year Of married
life.
Henry d. Schoonmaker. young
salesman, shot and fatally wounded
his wife and then killed himself, In
Brooklyn. on the evening of the 22d.
He was % years Of age, she %, and
they had a 14-months-old baby that
was away from home at the time. 1t
is supposed SchoOnmaker was insane.
-Fount Horner, aged 20, being
crazed by drink. seized a club and
ran amuck through the streets of
Wheeling, West Virginia, on the 18th.
He knocked down and severely
wounded several people. The last man
he struck, Edward Almes, drew knife
and killed his assailant. Aimes was
arrested, but afterwards discharged.
George kunie was stabbed to death by
George FOri in quarrel over the di-
vision Of a piece OF meat in Green
burg, Penna., on the 25th. A fight
took place In Carnie, Illinois, on the
evening of the oath, between Gullidge,
aged 30 years, and NJ. E. Edwards,
aged nearly 70, in which the latter was
stabbed to the heart. The quarrel was
about woman.
The latest advices from Wahalak,
Mississippi. the scene of the late race
troubles, are to the effect that three
negroes have been captured, but their
names have been withheld. From the
prisoners just taken it is learned that
George Maury, Cash Maury and
George Coleman were wounded III the
fight of December 16. Walter Crook.
the most intelligent of the fugitives,
Is supposed to be in hiding at the resi-
dence Of white man, and search
warrant has been secured to ransack
the place. The wounded men are
slowly recovering.
The steamer Left Erickson was
burned to the waters edge near Seattle,
Washington Territory, on the evening
of the Gath. There were 33 persons on
board at the time and seven are miss.
ing. One theory of the origin of the
fire Is that a lamp in the pilot house
exploded and set fire to the boat, and
another that a demijohn of whisky In
the pilot house was broken, and the
whisky, running through to the boiler,
was ignited.
Joseph Ford, who murdered Nellie
O'Connor In New York on the 18th
inst, was captured on the Goth.
Joseph Hair, young man in the
emplOy of John Kelly, Il rich bachelor,
living near AvOca, Iowa, was murdered
on the evening OF the 18th, by an un
known person In the barn. 1t is
thought the murderer was lying in wait
for Kelly, who usually carries money
with him, and III the darkness killed
the wrong man. Thomas McConnelly,
a young teacher at Andale, Kansas,
was explaining problem at the black
board on the 10Th, when he was called
liar by pupil. Ee demonstrated
with the young bully and a free fight
ensued, during which the teacher re-
ceived fatal blow on the head from a
poker in the hands of one of the boys.
The new steel Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad drawbrid2e over the canal at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, just completed at a
cost of $40. 900, was wrecked on the
Goth. The bridge was open and un-
Jagged. A freight engine came around
bend and plunged into the draw,
throwing the bridge into the canal.