The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-09
An Arkansas Groom Shot by His IN
lucky Rival
During the Performance Of the We'd
ding Ceremony.
Another Pistol Skirmish IN the Read
ing Mines.
Interesting Testimony in the Tally
Sheet Forgery Cases.
st. Joe Women Urge the Men to Lynch
Wife Murderers.


Beck were to be married. When the
the preacher was beginning the ceremo-
ny man named Degafreed, whom Miss
Beck recently rejected, fired at the
groom, wounding him slightly. Cum
miDgs, the groomsman, attempted to
seize Degafreed, when a brother of the
latter shot him through the wrist. The
company fled in all directions. Fletcher
drove the Degafreeds from the house
with shotgun. They rode away and
were followed by Cummings, who ia
tally wounded the elder brother and
was himself wounded in both arms,
necessitating amputation. Fletcher
hunted preacher when order was re-
stored. and was married. There were
no witnesses. Degafreed's death is mo:
mentarily expected.
TALLY SHEET FORGERY.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 3.-Algernon
Granville of Chicago, one of the de-
PENDANTS and witness for the state in
the tally sheet forgery cases, was
placed on the stand this morning. In
October, 1885, he testified, he had a
desk in the Office of Montgomery, the
defendent, and did shorthand work
for him. He made tabulatiOn of re-
turns for Montgomery on Wednesday
or Thursday following the election and
made mistake of 100 votes
in one of the townships which
Montgomery discovered and thus
ascertained his defeat. The defendant
said they must do somethingin a short
time. Allen Meyers ran into the Office
and said John Il. Mclean was bound
to be elected United States senator no
difference what it cost; that the legisla-
ture was republican by one majority
and If they could secure the election of
Ed. Young from Franklin county, the
legislature would be one democratic
and that 1t would elect Mclean; that
the only way to do was to fix the re-
turns; that they had done the work
before the election in Hamilton
county. but it could not be done after
wards here; that he wanted to give the
republicans "A dose of their own medi-
cine for the performance in 1873 in the
south. and asked the witness to go
ahead with the work as he was an ex-
pert penman. The witness said that
about this time Montgomery, the
defendant came into Office and said the
work had been done and sent witness
to DIR. MOntgomeTy's office, with in
structions to wait. Myers and Mont
gomery had private consultation in
one corner of the room. The witness
later met defendant at the Office of DIR.
Montgomery. He came up the back
way and had bundle of talley sheets,
there being seven or eight of them, in
envelopes. At this point the attorneys
for the defense objected to the charac-
ter of the evidence ann entered upon
argument.
CONSIDERATIONS SENTENCED.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 3.-Judge
Wood i'm the federal court to-day over
ruled the motions for a new trial in the
cases of Coy and Bernhamer the con-
victed tally sheet conspirators. Coy
was then sentenced to the penitentary
for eighteen months and to pay a
fine of 800; Bernham to goa year and
and pay fine of 81 900. They were
remanded to the county jail where
they will remain pending the appeal
to Judge Gresham.
PAINT WORKS EXPLODE.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 3.-An explosion
occurred in the works of the American
Paint and Oil company on River street
morning and in a moment the building
was enveloped in flames. The work
men jumped through the windows
from which the sashes had been blown
to save their lives and the proprie-
tors, L. Cohen and +. NJ. G.. DOwell
had only time to escape from the Office
with their lives. Policeman William
Harrison saw smoke in the building and
bad just opened the door to investigate
when the explosion took place. Harri-
son was thrown across the street. He
was severely burned about the face and
hands and may lose his eyesight. The
loss on the machinery and stock In
placed at Sl5 200, insured for 81, 500;
the building is insured for 5000 and
the loss is estimated at $4,000.
APPLICATION DENIED.
WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. LIN the
United States circuit court this morn
ing Judge Wales denied the applica-
tion of Job II. Jackson and others,
resident republicans, for the appoint
ment of United States election super
visors in New Castle county
now in progress. The court in 1880
held that the Delaware assessment
system was "A registration within the
meaning of the law. The application
was denied on the ground that section
2,Oll of the United Stats statutes is
mandatory in its nature, consequently
the application came too late for the
supervisors now to be qualified to act
at this registration.
WHERE'S MY PA"
CHICAGO, Feb. Rev. j. u. Brush
ingham, pastor of the Ada Street
NJ. E. Church is accused in a warrant
issued to-day of being the father of
the child of Miss Eva Parker, who was
n member of the Brushingham Church.
The pastor denies the charge and is up
held by the church committee.
Buckingham was arrested tonight
and released on $500 bond. He will
probably be suspended until church
trial can be had.
THROUGH UNREQUITED LOVE.
HORTON, Kas.. Feb. Phillip Web
Der, man 80 years of age, residing ten
miles from this city committed suicide
yesterday, by placing the muZZle of a
heavily loaded musket in his mouth,
and then firing it, the result being tn
horribly mutilate the head and cause
instant death. The act was doubtless
caused by disappointment in love. The
letter which he left for the girl attri-
buted his suicide to unrequited love.
SHOT AND KILLED.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. IA special to
the Times says City Marshal A. d.
Bowman shot and killed Barton s.
Roberts at Centralia, Mo, to-day.
Roberts was resisting arrest on a
charge of interfering with an officer
and there is some feeling against the
marshal for using extreme measures.
AsSAssINATED.
VICKsBURG, Miss, Feb. l.-E
Short, the railroad agent at Knoxville
a station on the Louisville, New Or.
leans Il Texas Railway, was assassi
mated tonight. The assassin fired
through a window. Short at the timC
was engaged in making out his month
" reports. His daughter, the tele
graph operator and his wife were il
the room with him. His wife wa
shot in the back.
BROOKS CONFESSION.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2.-In the preIimin
airy examination of w. l.. Brock an,
Jim Burrows of Texarkana, Brocl
made confession of the train robber
at Genoa, December 9. He said jim
and RUDE Burrows caused the engiu
eer to bring the train to stop. aud uu
der the instruction of Rube Burrows
who was leader of the gang, he ehtere
the express car, and there met thre
men, whom he inundated with a siS
shooter, and handing a bag to one c
them compelled him to put tn
money contents of the safe int
the bag. lie put about 81 800 in none
and 81, 1000 other valuables in the ba,
missing package of about 5000. III