The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-06-07
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


night with revolver, because his girl
vent on picnic with another fellow.
LANCASTER, June 4.-The jailer, Mr..
J.. r. Hunter, committed suicide this
morning abont o'clock, by shooting
himself through the head with A. cali.
bre Smith & Wesson pistol. Mr.. Hunter
for a long time was Sheriff of the county,
and is the father of the present Sheriff.
The fact that he had taken his own life
spread like wildfre on our streets and
was received with saddest regrets. MIR.
Hunter has been almost an invalid for
for the past two years. and it is thought
that he took his life for the purpose Of
ending his suAerings.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, May 30.-On
to-day, Mr.. James Caldwell, a we'll
know florist of this city, cougbed up
pin from his right lung. He has suffered
about twenty years, and has been treated
for lung trouble. He has now q distinct
recollection of swallowing the pin forty.
seven years ago in Glasgow, Scotland,
when seven years of age. He remembers
the anxiety Of his family at the time, and
that his sister was dressing in front of
the mirror. The pin is an inch long,
bright, of old style, and different metal
from the kind now in use. He is over.
joyed at the strange discovery and relief.
Troy, N. Y, June 2-Mrs. Johanna
Moore, who resides on Adams street,
went to the State Bank this morning and
drew out 500. She went directly home
and had been there but q few minutes
when q we'll dressed young man called
and said he had been sent there from the
bank to get the money that had been paid
Mrs. Moore. "The money is counter
feit," he said, "and they sent me to get
it, and will bring you back good money
for it.; the teller did not discover it until
after you had left" Mrs. Moore unsus.
pectingly handed the swindler the money
and he departed. She awaited his return
for more than an hour, but as he did not
come back she began to think that all
was not right and went to the bank,
where she at once learned that she had
been swindled.
CHESTER, May 29.-William Lackey,
white man about 30 years of age, work.
ing on the farm of Thomas Mcclure,
seven miles from here, on the Union road,
was killed by Lighting yesterday after.
noon while ploughing in the field about
200 yards from his house. He told his
wife and children, who were hoeing close
by, to 20 to the house before the cloud
came up. After the rain, he still not
having come up, his wife went to look
for him and found him lying dead at
nearly the same spot where she had left
him q little while before. He was struck
on the top of the head, the stroke run.
ming down his right side, badly burning
his body. His mule was also killed, and
lay still hitched to the plow. Mr.. Lack
ey leaves wife and four children.
ATLANTA, Ga, June la celebrated
English philanthropist was buried here
yesterday, having died yesterday at the
residence of his daughter, Mrs Booth.
John Glazebrook was his name, and be
was citizen of Manchester England.
He was a man Of great wealth, and
becoming interested in the abolition of
slavery in the United States, spent
thousands of pounds in aiding the agita-
ton. He paid the expenses of lecturers,
had runaway slaves exhibited before
English audiences, and placed his fortune
in the scales to accomplish the abolition
of human seryitude. A few months ago
he decided to visit this country for tie
purpose of seeing whether the negro had
improved. He died with the declaration
that he had wasted his money, and that
freedom bad brought no benefit to the
negro.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI, June 1.-The
body of Miss Adele Menard, daughter
of Joseph Menard, a prominent citizen,
was found floating in The river late yes.
terday afternoon. Miss Menard passed
Monday evening in company with q
young man to whom she was betrothed.
Before retiring that night Mr.. Menard
whipped her for some reason not dis.
closed, aud the next morning she was
missing. She left two notes-one to her
father and the other to her lover. To
the former she wrote chat she was going
to commit suicide by drowning, and that
she had been driven to the deed by bis
cruelty. The note addressed to her lover
advised him to commit suicide also. He
has not been seen since her note was
delivered TO him, and it is believed he
has killed himself.
PARKERsBURG, w. Va, May 27.-In-
formation has reached here of the horrible
tortue of boy named Jesse G. Henderson
Ion Thursday by q lunatic. Henderson
was working in field near Long Reach,
some distance from bis home, when 9
6erce,looking man came up, caught the
boy, and bound him to tree. With q
needle the man pierced the boys flesh
repeatedly, and whenever he made an
outcry he would strike him in the face.
The madman then took large knife and
scored the boys hands in several places
and threatened to cut his throat. To
still further torture him he threw his
knife at him with remarkable aim, pin.
ming the boys clothes to the tree. Several
times he just grazed the flesh sufficiently
to draw the blood. The boy was thus
tortured for an hour, when some men
appeared and the lunatic ran away. He
was captured on Friday. His name is
Isaifh Hoyt and he claims Columbus, o.,
for his home. The boys body is badly
cut and SCARED.
CHICAGO, June IA tremendous
| sensation occurred in Judge Jameson's
Court shortly after 10 O'Clock this morn
ing. While the docket was being called
Mrs. Meckie Kawson was impatiently
waiting for the divorce case of her hus.
band, Banker Rawson, to be called. Col.
II. G. Whitney, her husbands attorney,
was sitting ata side table writing, when
the Court was suddenly startled to hear
pistol, and Col. Whitney at once dis
appeared under the table. The shot was
followed by four more in rapid success
sion, and Mrs Rawson was seen pursuing
Whitney with a Smith & Wesson, 32.
calibre, revolver. Mrs. Rawson succeed.
ed in emptying her revolver at Whitney
before she could be captured. Two Of
the balls hit the lawyer, one taking effect
below the groin and the other in the left
leg. The wound near the right groin
will probably be fatal. Judge Jameson
at once ordered Mrs. Rawson's arrest,
and she was Immediately taken to Jail.
1t is understood Mrs. Rawson claims that
Lawyer Whitney trumped up all the tes.
timony which went to show that she had
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