The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-09
A CHASTITY SCENE.
Six Children Roasted While The Pa
rents are Away.
Hudyespath Convicted Of Murder b.
His Paramour.
Adam Spear RiddIed With Bullets
from Ambush.
Other Notes of Interest to the Gen.
eral Reader.

NEW YORK, Feb. GA Columbia,
South Carolina, special says: The six
children of Lester Singletary, a colored
man, of Clarendon county, were
burned to death on Thursday night.
The parents locked them up IN the
house about seven O'Clock and went or
to negro church where a negro re-
vival was in progress. During their
absence the house caught fire and was
burned to the ground, the six cAGdren /
perishing in the flames.
GUILTY OF MURDER.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. GA Times
Harrison. Arkansas, special says: The
sensational murder trial of Andrew
Hudyespath has ended in verdict of
guilty. Hudyespath was employed by
Geo. Watkins, near Yellville, and Sc
duced Mrs. Watkins, who plotted the
murder of her husband. The woman
afterwards confessed her guilt and her
testimony convicted her paramount.
Hudyespath will be hung here. The
pate has not yet been fixed.
A PECULIAR DEATH.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. Ga Times spe-
ciaI from Hastings. Nebraska, reports
the peculiar death of H. NJ. Gilman,
near there. Several days ago his gun
exploded while he was hunting, and
although none of the contents entered
his body, he was instantly killed 10y
the concussiOn.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
MACON, Ca, Feb. AIN Baker
county young man went to the house
of Amos Grant, a colOred farmer, and
finding it all quiet, and the house
closed he looked around for cause and
found the BODY of Grant hanging from
a rope thrown over projecting joice
in the rear of the house. Inside he
found Mrs. Grants body in bed, her
head crushed into a jelly as If by
club. On the floor was the body of the
| wife's sister. Further over the body
of Grants fifteen-year-Old son was
seen. The theory is that as Grant was
hard task master, his wife was about
| to leave him, and Grant, frenZIed at
the thought of her leaving him, took a
club and Drained them and then COM
mitted suicide
THE TALLY SHEET CASES.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 4.-Judge Pugh
this morning overruled the objection of
| the defense to the admission of certain
testimoney in the Tally Sheet forgery
cases. Granville resumed the stand
and testified that himself and the
two Montgomerys forged the Ninth
| Ward Tally Sheets, and implicated
| Steube, the Waterman. His testimony
in regard to the Thirteenth Ward for
| gerieS tends to implicate the defen-
dants, Montgomery, Charles 7. Black
burn, Allen 0. Myers. j. Coogan and
others. The court adjourned till Mon
daymorning without having completed
| the direct examination of Granville
WHITE CAP DEVILTRY.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Feb. 6.-The
| Journals Evansville correspondent in
| forms that paper that a report has
reached that city of most dastardly
outrage by white Caps" committed
Friday night near Marengo, Crawford
county. In that locality reside Thomas
| Williams and wife, who were subjected
last year to great indignities, it is said,
at the hands of the ''White Caps" AT
the time Williams claimed to have re-
cogniZed among his assailants promi-
nent young man, Thomas Courtney.
son of one of the leading physicians of
the county. He Immediately sought
the arrest OF young Courtney. who,
fearing trouble, left for parts unknown.
Nothing further was heard of the
young man until recently, when he
was located at Fort Scott, Kansas, and
arrested, and, under a requisitlon
from Governor Gray, he is now being
brought back. The news enraged the
young mans friends, and they wreaked
vengeance on Williams. The report
says they went to his house Friday
| nlkuDs anu, IC1USCO
broke down the door. Williams fired
into the crowd, wounding couple OF
men. The mob then tied Mrs. vii
liams to bed, and took Williams intC
the yard and tied him to tree. UpoI
Williams refusal to make a SworT
statement generating Young Courtney
of future charges, they logged hin
until he became unconscious, and theI
left him. Their victim was later found
I ~.
is said to have aroused the entire sec
ton of country, where very strong
feeling has sprung up against the re
peated outrages of the white Caps.
1t will certainly aggravate the feeling
against young Courtney, who was ex
pected to arrive at Leavenworth il
charge of the sheriff.
TWO MEN FATALLY SHOT.
WICHITA, Kan. Feb. 6.-This morn
ing between and o'clock party o
men broke down the door of the ''Irol
Clad" a notorious dive in this city
and forced an entrance. One of tn
men within named VIII Spar, lover o
the mistress of the place, was told t.
hold up his hands and as he did one o
the party, BLACK Jack, !" fired, shoot
ing him in the arm. Sparr's woman
| then gave him a revolver and he Sho
BLACK Jack" in the breast, and anoth
n er man, Link Mills, in the groins
: Several other shots were exchanged
+ doing but little damage. "Black Jack
4 has died from the effect of his wound
3 but before his death made a statemen
! substantially as above. Mills is dan
! gerously, If not fatally I wounded
q Spar, it IS thought, will recover. !
i number of arrests of parties implicate
: in the ARRAY have been made by th
4 police.
ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY.
q ATCHISON, KS, Feb. 6.-George T.
I Ter, cOlOred, young negro wanted q
: Wichita for burglariZing a clothin
. house some days ago, was arrested
4 this city at an early hour this morning
o Tyler was run out Of Atchison SON
= weeks ago by Pet Pennel, another NJ
= gro, who claimed that Tyler had bee
criminaIly intimate with his wife. Pei
nels wife has applied for a divorce.
SHOT THE WRONG NAN.
Is SHREVEPORT, La. Feb. 6.-W. {
!. Farmer, q commercial traveller froI
& st. Louis, was shot and killed Ia.
" night in a saloon, by one Charles Pa
l. ker, of Georgia: Parker and ma
20 named PiersOn had q difficulty over
% card table and Farmer received Il
20 bullet meant for Pierson. Farmer
" friends live at Ashley, Ill.
ID TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
Is ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. ga speci
s. to the Dispatch says: An explosiC
se in the Hancock Chemical Works
l. Marquette, Mich, occurred this ate
" noon. Particulars are meaSre II
B. buildings were demolished. Thr
"a men are known to have been blown
Ia atoms.
Of KILLED AT A CROSSING.
M PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb" 5.-An g
press train on the Pittsburg & We
ern railroad ran into a wagon at t
Cherry street crossing, Allegheny Cit
C. last evening, killing William Stei
e bronner, the driver, and seriously
TT juring William Albright, boy
ok years old and his companion. a you
&c son OF Policeman johnson. Mr.. Stei
s. bronner and the boys were crossi
ut the tracks on their way to the Tiy
II for coal. when the train struck (
- wagon in the middle.
GO Steinbronner was thrown a distaE
10. of twenty feet. where the trs
id. passed over him, cutting him bat