The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-19
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April ia
construction train on the Kansas City,
Memphis and Birmingham Road was
wrecked sixty miles west of here at 7.30
last evening. Four workmen were killed,
one injured fatally and nine others se-
riously injured. The train was backing
at high rate of speed, struck COW and
was ditched.
UTICA, N. Y, April 19.-The First
National Bank of st. townsville was en-
tered by burglars last night and robbed
of $1O,0 900 cash, and valuables worth $2,-
900 more. There is no clue to the rob.
bers. The bank is doing business IS
usual. The burglars dug hole through
the brick wall to gain entrance to the
building and blew off the vault doors.
NEW RICHMOND, IND, April 13.-The
family of John Green, consisting of Green,
his wife, three daughters and two sons,
are afflicted with trichinosis and have
been without knowing it since Easter
Sunday. Mrs. Green has died, and it is
expected that the three daughters will
also die, and Green and his sons may, but
there are favorable indications in their
cases.
WOODBURY., N. j., April 14.-Consta.
BILE Jacob Yearicks of Red Rank is one of
the "death watch" over George Dunham,
in Jail for murder. His wife visited him
to-day, and as they sat side by side on
Yearick's cot in the Jail corridor, Yea
rick's stopped to pick up book and his
heavy revolver dropped from his pocket
upon the stone floor and was discharged.
The bullet entered Mrs. Yearick's heart,
killing her instantly.
ORANeEBURa, April 15.-News reach.
ed here to-day that at Sistrunks, twelve
miles North of here, one negro was killed
and two more negroes and white man
were wounded. Later it was learned
that B. Lee Jetfcot was retailing whiskey
to negroes on the road, when the. we're
fired into from ambush. One negro was
killed and three wounded. Jeffcot was
hit between the eyes and is in a critical
condition. The coroner and sheriff are
at the scene of the afray.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-Mrs. Grassie
Bulkley committed suicide last night by
taking poison. Mrs. Bulkley was the on.
ly daughter of Judge Hillyer, and was
about to marry Mr.. Trenholm, of South
Carolina, the son of Comptroller Tren.
holm, when she eloped with young Bulk
ley. Immediately. after the marriage
they separated, and she returned to her
fathers house. In few Gays she went
to live with her husband, but short
time afterwards returned to her parents.
1t is supposed she was temporarily in.
sane.
CLEVELAND, o., April 14.-At Akron,
Ohio, this morning, Charles F. Let's, a
German merchant tailor, aged As years,
beat his wife's brains out with base ball
bat, and then committed suicide by
drowning in canal a short distance from
his house. Mrs. Feits is not yet dead,
but her injuries are fatal. From her it
was learned that she and her husband
bad quarelled about money matters, and
that he assaulted her because he thought
she had persuaded one of her sons not 10
let his father have some money, for which
Let's had asked.
WEATHERFoRD, Texas, April 10-N.
Aston, farmer living sixteen miles
North Of here, killed his daughter yester-
day. A. W. Turpin, a merchant, had
waited on his daughter, but Alston
threatened to kill Turpin if his daughter
married him. On the night of April End
Turpin, with two companions, drove up
to Alston's house. The two men held
him while Turpin placed the girl in the
buggy and drove of. The next day they
we're married. Alston went to see them
yesterday, and his daughter told him she
planned the elopement. Alston, who was
greatly angered, then stabbed her fourteen
times in the breast, face and neck, killing
her instantly.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April 14.-A
box car containing 100 kegs of powder
standing in the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad yards here blew up to day. An
engineer on passing switch engine no.
ticed the car smoking and he and his
fireman jumped off and ran out of the
way. About that time the explosion oc.
Cured, shaking the whole town to the
distance of q mile. Windows are broken
half mile away, and plastering WAS
shaken down in the upper stories of hall
buildings at grea.er distance. A negro
car coupler standing near was blown to
pieces. The loss is about 81 900. The
car is supposed to have caught fire from
the sparks of 8 passing engine. The
powder was assigned to Mccormack &
Richardson, Eufala.
COLUMBIA, S. c., April 10.-A double
crime was committed in Lexington coun.
ty, near this city, yesterday afternoon.
D. @. Smith, tobacco drummer from
Darlington, was coming to the city in
company with Larry Davis, a young ne
gro who had been travelling through the
State with him. When about six miles
from Columbia Smith alighted in order
to arrange some of the harness. On get.
ting back into the wagon he observed the
negro jump out from the rear end with
his bag of money, containing $3.50. On
calling on him to halt, Dayis produced
Smiths pistol and fired, the shot taking
effect in the latter's right thigh. Smith
gave chase to the negro who fred two
more shots, neither OF which took effect.
The situation was then reversed by Davis
turning upon his pursuer, who retreated
and avoided another shot by plunging
into the woods. Smiths wound is not
serious.
New YORK, April 15.-One of the
electric light poles which line East
Broadway made itselffelt last evening in
a rather peculiar way. A boy was walk
ing down East Broadway little aftsr
midnight. He brushed up against the
polo in front of No. 7 East Broadway,
when he suddenly staggered back and
fell reeling to the ground. Two men
who saw him fall thought he had fit,
and called policeman. 1t was soon
seen that he was suffering from an elec.
trio shock, and an ambulance was called.
A few moments later man was passing
another pole further down the street
when he suddenly fell snd began to
wrythe on the sidewalk. BE also receiv.
ed shock. One of the bystanders said
that loose wires dangled from poles, and
that when the wires brushed against the
poles jets of flames could be seen splitting
from them. Both the boy and the man
were removed to the Chambers Street
Hospital. The boy died shortly after
! bis admission to the hospital.