The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-04
THROUGH THE SOUTH
Events OF All Sorts Throuehou
Dixie.
News Notes of the Week from Maryland to
Texas-Crime. Accidents, Incident,
and Otherwise.
A Virginia Belle Killed.

had taken leave of some friens at the station
and was on her way home when, in crossing
the track, she was run down by freight train
Killed in Cold Blood.
OwENsBoRo, KY, August 31.-Winiam
Murphy, one of the best known farmers of the
county, was shot and killed in cold blood bv
James Hardesty, the principal merchant of
West Louisville, ten miles from here Yesterday
afternoon When questioned about the affair,
Hardesty quietly admitted the killing but
steadily refused to give any reason for it.
More Race Troubles.
ST, LOUIS, Mo-, August pa special to the
PostDispatch from Little Rock, Ark SAYS a race
war is imminent at Wabbassa Arkansas The ne
groes have township ticket there Is compromise
ticket with whites and blacks divided and straight
Gemocratic ticket. 4 negro politician named John
Iaylor IS the cause OF the trouble The whites are
yowng that unless he desiSts from his crooked prac,
tlces there will be blood she'd Taylor has taken to
she woods
Killed by Mistake.
COLUMBIA, S. c., August 29.-TSpecial. j
Yesterday large party of men went bear hunting
In Santee swamp in Clarendon county. The swamp
is a dense gungle, and bears are plentiful there.
Among the hunters were Buell. Dukes and Berry
Taylor. Some of the hunters were placed at stands
while others went III with dogs. The track of
bear was soon struck, and the dogs were coming
towards Dukes. Tayler however, had left his stand
TO intercept: the game and plead himself between
puEes and the dogs. Dukes seeing the canes
shaking, and catching glimrse off black object
uTeu ~ WHAT ne supposed TO be bear; and when he
ran up he found Taylor dead instead of q bear.
The whole load of buckshot had taxed effect.
a Brutal Murder
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, August 26-TSpe-
cial. Late last evening Turney Harbor Killed
his son-in-law Joseph Chumley. about nine
miles south of Collinsville, Ala.
Harbor got into some trouble with his grand
children and he and Chumley met at the
Bchooihouse in the neighborhood to adjust the
matter. The two men disagreed and a hitter
nuarral followed which ao1a1 in
orally cutting his son-in-law to death with a
big dirk.
The murderer I4ade his escape. There is
great excitement over the brutal affair.
The Old Man Changed His Mind.
RALEIGH, n. c., August 31.-TSpecial. i
Some months since, Robert Sears, of Yadkin
county, went out to Missouri to visit his two
sons, who had been living there several years.
andas they allege, promised them that if they
would come back home he would convey all
his property to them.
They came accordingly, about three weeks
ago, but the old man had by that time changed
his mind, and concluded not to deed his
property away.
The sons became angry and got on a Spree
On Tuesday night they burned two tenant
houses and two tobacco barns belonging to
their aged father, and then fled. The neighbors
turned out i'll squads to hunt them. but at last
accounts they had not been found. They have
probably gone west again.
Sensational Jail Breaking.
RALEIGH, n. c., August 31.-TSpecial. /
There was particular sensational escape from
Jail at Tarboro yesterday morning. Augustin
Sharp, Jaller, accompanied by Ben Hyman, a
negro prisoner who is a truSty, went into the
cells to give the prisoners food. Suddenly
Ben brown, an insane negro, sprung ut Sharp
and seized his hand. AT the same instant
Burt Shirley and Jim Glover, both colored,
jumped on Hyman, knocked him down, and
while Sharp and Brown were having desper-
ate struggle, both Shirley and Glover made
their escape by bursting open the outer door.
Shirley was serving sentence for attempting
TO kill his father with an ak, and Glover
was undergoing punishment for beating his
his child in a most inh uman manner.
North Carolina Grimes and Casualties.
RALEIGH, n. c., August 29.-[Special.l-
Near Goldsboro, white named Bivens, cut his
son-in-law, named Ingram, with Ratchet the
head severng the temporal artery, splitting the
skull and letting out a quantity of brains. Ingram
is still living. Attending physicians think he may
secover. The blow was the result of a quarrel
William Fletcher. of Durham, and ]. w. Goodson
were returning from hunt in a buggy and in front
of the house of the father-n-law of Fletcher, the
buggy became uncoupled, and the front wheels
pulled out throwing the front of the buggy to the
ground Fletcher had the muzzle of his gun under
his arm, and the jar caused the gun to explode, and
the entire contents entered his body. Death soon
followed
Young Democrats at Work.
RALEIGH, n. G., August 30.-TSpecial. j
The state convention OF democratic clubs has
ended its session at Morehead City.
A hundred delegates, representing thirty
clubs, were present, and they organized a state
association.
Ed Chambers Smith, chairman of the
North Carolina sections of the general commit
tee of the national association of democratic
clubs. called the convention to order.
Tho committee on resolutions reported the
following:
Resolved, That the president of state association
Ter nf no
citation to the chairman of the state democratic ex
ecutive committee for campaign work under his
The resolution was unanimously adopted, as
were also resolutions indorsing the state and
national platforms and tickets, and pledging
the association to the earnest support OF both
An Aged Maniac.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August Special. l.
Late last, night Deputy Sheriffs Smith and
Owens, of Shelby county, passed through this
city, taking to the insane asylum at Tusca-
loosa "a wild maniac who was captured last
Friday.
Tho man was found wandering in the woods
near Coosa mountain, Shelby county. He was
almost naked and his hair and beard had
grown to a great length He was unable to
tell his name, and no one knows who he is
or where he came from. When he found
out that he had been deprived Of his liberty
he at once began to rave, and had to be bound
hand and foot. When his captors attempted
to bind him they found that he possessed the
bined efforts of six men to oYerpower him.
The man is about fifty years Of age, and his
hair and beard are perfectly white
Two Were Drowned.
SAN FELIPE, Texas, August 28.-[Special.l
A sad accident occurred here a few days
ago by which two young ladies lost their lives
and another was rescued just in time to save
her from a watery grave.
Mrs. Millville, Miss Matte Harvey, Miss
Matte Lane and a servant girl went to the
Brazos river to 90 in bathing They went to a
sandbar about one-half mile below town. and
not knowing Of the quicksand went in.
When they were in water about waist deep
their feet were washed out from under them.
The servant girl, seeing the danger, rushed in
and rescued Mrs. Milville, but the others
went down.
The alarm was Immediately given, but help
arrived too late. The body Of Miss Matte
Harvey was found, but the body Of Miss Matte
Lane could not be found, and a diligent
search is being made for it. The community
Is generally bereaycd over the sad accident.
Negro Uunder the Bed
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August 28.-[Specal =
John Domaine, an Italian, who kept fruit
stand ou Second slant u a small