The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-12-20

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Jasper, Ark, says: This town is greatly
excited over the sudden death of Rev. +.
Alfred, Methodist minister, and his two
children, aged ten and sixteen years.
The symptoms, in all cases, are those Of
poison. The father died in eight hours
after the iirst attack, and the children
few hours later. Later, Mrs. Alfred end
her infant were attacked. One theory is
that the family were poisoned by diseased
milk, but many think it is a case Of
wholesale murder.
CooKvILLE, Texas, Dec. 14-The
house occupied by j. r. King and family
was burned, with its contents, early yes.
terday morning. King his wife and his
six children lost their lives in the flames.
: 1t is believed that the family was mnr-
dered and the house set on fire. The fire
was not discovered until everything had
been consumed. Theye is no clue to the
perpetrators of the crime. The remains
of the father, the mother and six children
were buried here in one grave. "A
daughter and son are all that are left of
the family. The family came from Ala.
bama and had been living in this County
about three years.
CHARLESTON, S. G.. Dec. 17.-Wash-
ington Coaxum, colored carpenter,
while engaged this morning in making
some repairs to the skylight of the West.
ern Union building, was killed by shock
from a wire of the electric light company.
An insulator, holding an electric wire to
the skylight, was found broken of, and
on the neck of the dead carpenter, was a
deep scar, about ten inches long, showing
that bis neck had come in violent contact
with the wire, and bad scraped upward
as he fell. The full current was on at the
hour be went on the roof, and q drizzling
rain was falling. He had slipped on the
wet roof. The dampness of the wire and
his shoes, in connection with the tin
roofing completed the current, Coaxum
lay with his head against the parapet,
with bis Ratchet in his hand and his face
bruised and bloodied by the fall, although
the cash burned BY the electricity had
not brought blood.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec, ia dispatch
from Grenada, Miss, to, the Picayune
says: Liant nights Saturday passenger
train. No. 2 on. the Illinois Central Rail.
road Was robbed one mile north of Duck
Hill at 1915. When the train pulled
out of Duck Hill two men boarded the
engine and commanded Engineer All. !.
Law to pull out fast and not stop until
told. The engineer and Fireman Geo.
Evans, both being covered with navy
5"sixes, =" obeyed the command, and when
zone mile north of Duck Hill the train
was stopped and The engineer and fire.
man were. ordered to dismount. This
they promptly did. They were then
marched 10 the express Car. One of the
robbers knocked on the door, which was
opened blythe messenger. After firing
three shots q man entered and took
So, 900, ali there was in the car, from
Messenger Hill. The firing of the pistol
and the stopping of the; train attracted
the attention of Conductor r. B. wilkins
son, who rushed out and was Immediately
fired upon. He. returned to the train.
Mr.. Chess: Hughes, of Jackson, Tenn,
then ran cut with q Winchester rifle. As
he stepped on the ground from the smok.
ing car he was fred upon. One shot
struck birn in the left arm, another went
through his stomach. inficting fatal
wound. The death of the young man
was very aad, as be was the only support
Of his widowed mother. de came to
Lexington; Miss, yesterday to meet his
Sisters family and younger brother, all
of whom were on the train, and who we're
much distressed by his untimely death.
|: The robbery was done in regular high
way style. Mine shots were fred by Con-
ductor Wilkinson and Travelling Passen.
ger Agent Roban, three by Hughes and
four or FIVE we're discharged by the rob.
bers. Great uneasiness was felt by the
passenger, who feared for the safety ol
their valuables and their lives.