The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-04-25
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Matters Of Interest Cleaned
From Various Sources.
Butehered His Daughter---Five
Men Killed in Tennessee.

Mrs. G. W. Turpin was brutally murdered
by her father, ]. N. Aston, at his farm resi-
dence, near the village Of Poolville, fourteen
miles north of Weatherford, Texas. The un-
fortunate victim had married, clandestinely,
G. w. Turpin, successful business man and
respected citizen of Poolville, against the
wishes of her father. After the ceremony
Aston affected forgiveness and friendship
for the married couple, and invited them to
his home and be treated as his children. They
repaired to Alstons residence, and he re-:
ceived them with affected cordiality and
main over night, but they declined
to do so. In compliance with an
urgent request by her father, Mrs Turpin
returned the next morning to Y,end
the day with her mother, who was not very
well.
Mrs. Turpin had been in the house but a
few minutes when her father came in, and
after upbraiding her for disobeying him,
seized her, and while holding her, with his
with large pocket knife fourteen times in
the breast, besides gashng her face and neck
in shocking manner.
Believing he had killed her he left the
room, leaving her lying on the floor welter-
ing in her blood. Returning and finding her
not quite dead, he stabbed her again repeat
edly, slashing her breast in a fearful manner.
Believing that now she was dead he again
left
A third time he returned, and finding his
victim still breathing again repeated the hor-
rible butchery until he became satisfied that
he had killed her, when he started for Poo.-
vile and surrendered himself, holding out his
bloody hands and knife, saying: This is the
heart blood of my daughter" Fearing mob
violence, the sheriff hurried the pris-
oner to Weatherford and placed him
in the county Jail. This hasty removal pre-
vented his being summarily lynched by the
enraged crowd which gathered at Poolville
as soon as the horrible murder became
known. Aston, who is Georgian, was cool
and collected. He says be deliberately muir.
dered his daughter to get her away from her
husband. and is willing to hang for it.
The Women's Victory at Oskaloosa.
An oska:oosa Kas.) despatch to the Chi
cago Tribune says: "The result Of the
which the Mayor and five mem
bers of the City Council, all consisting
Of women, were elected, seems to have at
tracted attention all over the country, as
kilograms are. coming in from all quar-
ters asking for particulars The rea-
action can be stated in a few words.
There has been vigorous kick from the law.
and order element in the city on account Of
thelax manner in which former administra
tions have managed municipal affairs, and
SO advantage was taken of the State
law permitting women to vote and hold
Office in cities Of the first, second and
third class, and ticket put in the field
and triumphantly elected composed of
representatives of the gentler sex. Mrs.
Mary D. Lowman was chosen as Mayor, and
the following ladies were elected as MEM
bers of the City Council: Hannah A.
Morse, Sarah E. Balsley, Emma Ham
ilton, Carrie L. johnson, Millie Col
den. These are representative women,
the wives Of well-known citizens who are
prominent in business and professional
circles. The experiment is not looked
upon in the nature of joke, though there
was hilarious serenade given to all the
candidates the night of the election, but
as the new Mayor had her bangs put up in
papers, she was unable to APPEAR longer than
to bow her thanks, and. therefore, her speech
of thanks for the honor will not go thunder
ing down the agesn