The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-01-05
engineer william George. Mead.

vile.
Fireman Arthur Train, Meadville.
Fireman Edward Humes, Cam
bEige, Ohio.
William H. Stevenson, Toledo. Ohio,
passenger on train.
81; E. Hochn, New York, leg
Adolph Wagner, Buffalo, New
York, leg broken.
Adolph Horen, Patterson, New
Jersey, leg crushed.
II. Mackvei, MiddlefeId, Ohio, one
leg crushed and the other broken.
Michael O'Brien, boy, No. 424
Thirteenth street, Buffalo, New York,
F. N. Newton, Shingiehouse, Penn
sylvania, leg crushed.
David Beanland, Titusville. leg
broken.
Charles E. French, Sterling, Nassa-
chusetts, leg broken.
HoO ace Graham. fireman, returning
from Vent, Ohio, badly hurt across the
MI. Wyman, brakeman, retltrning
from Kent, Ohio, foot crushed.
Joseph Boynton, baggage master, leg
cut, hand hurt and bruised about the
face and head.
Phillip FOulk, San Francisco, arm
hurt.
]. NJ. Woods. GreenyilIe. hurt AThiIe
getting out of the smoker.
#. a. Malone, Salamanca, New York,
leg broken.
Adolph Buser, Cincinnati, leg
crushed.
Fireman Charles Crumb, bruised
about the head and shoulders.
ANOTHER COLLISION.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 31.-A special
to the Courier-JOurnal from Junction
City, KY, says: The two fast mail
trains, Nos. and 2, met, while run
twelve miles below Somerset, and
caused a frightful casualty. Particu-
lars are very meagTe, and cannot be OBJ
tanned with any accuracy from rail-
road officers, but it is certain that at
least ten persons were killed
and number wounded, and
six coaches burned. A man named
Withrow, the old Danville stage
driver, was among the killed. Three
coaches of each train burned. The
cause of the accident is said to be due
to the engineer and conductor of the
north bound train misconstruing their
The wires are down and particulars
are difficult to obtain.
THE CONPANY's ACCOUNT.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 31.-To-day an ac-
cident happened on the Cincinnati
Southern railroad near Greenwood,
Ky. The following account of the ac-
cident is furnished by the officials OF
the company:
An accident on the Cincinnati
Southern road occurred to-day. The
limited trains, Nos. and 2, collided
tSG resSSwOo about The accident @ R %as
caused by the conductor
and engineer misleading their orders.
They are both amongst the oldest en-
ployes. None of the passengers were
injured. On the south bound train the
baggagemaster and express messenger
were killed, and on the north bound
train the baggagemaster was killed.
The mail and baggage cars are destroy
ed and the smoking cars of both trains
are badly damaged.
A FORGERER FOOLED.
WAvERLY, Iowa, Dec. 31.-The cor
oner's jury has brought in a verdict
against Edward Billings of murder in
the first degree for shooting w. S.
Kingsly. This case is enc of the most
sensational, and has more peculiar
features in it than any which has de-
veloped in the state of Iowa. Billings,
a man of a years of age, was a
respected lawyer of the town of
Waveriy. His wife was a woman of
fine figure, and with many charms
of feature and manners, but good
deal younger than her husband. Will
brilliant to degree, graduate and
popular, and was successful in being
elected county attorney. The men at
one time had an Office together and
business relations with each other
One day, two weeks ago, Billings called
at Kingsley's Office. Suddenly the
passers-by on the street were startled
by the report of pistol shots, and
Billings came running down the
stairs crying out that Kingsley
had shot himself. The citizens ran up
found him lying dead on the floor,
with q bullet in his brain. Billings
claimed that the dead man had shot
himself. Some months previous to
this Billings had had the young at
tOrney arrested, the warrant charging
him with seduction, it being sworn to
by girl in the circumstances. She
afterwards confessed that the charge
was not true. and that Billings had in
duced her to swear to the warrant.
From the testimony adduced at the
veloped that Billings had set
about effecting the ruin of Kingsley
in the most systematic manner. He
had forged his own wife's name to the
notes directed to the lawyer. the con-
tents of the notes being full of loving
terms and asking Kingsley to meet
her at her own house, while Billings
was away. Kingsley replied in good
faith declining, and warning the sup
posed female writer to desist from her
course. OF course the reply fell into
the hands of Billings. The latter even
went SO far as to prepare notes OF
of Kingsley's property to himself.
1t is believed that on the day
of the shooting Billings went to Kings
ley's Office to try by blackman to get
him to put his signature to the notes.
The evidence as to the blackmail and
forgeries was direct, but there was no
witness to the shooting, and that part
will have to be proven by circumstan-
tial evidence.
HUNG A HALF-wTTTED BOY.
Charleston, January Sin sPickens
county yesterday negroes hanged a
half-Witted white boy, farm laboreI
named Walthop, for criminal yassault-
ling thirteen-year-old cOlOred girl
The latter had died from the effects OF
the injuries sustained.
NO CHANGE IN MURDOCK'S CONDITION
Ell Dorado, KaS., January 3.-This is
the ninth day since T. B. Murdoch lost
his eye sight, and there has been nc
change. The physicians are still di.
Vided il. their opinion as to the final
outcome. He announces the temporary
this evening. The weekly viii con.
tinue. If he can make the necessary
arrangements he win go to PhIiadel
pilia hospital for treatment. He has 9
lively appreciation of the many letters
of coincidence from friends and news
paper articles from brethren which
come in by every mail.
wealth OF the south.
Chattanooga, Tenn, January g.
The Tradesman has received oficia