The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-07-26

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

IhENCooOh1, A4,) cuIy Hc.@WUiQ
reached here yesterday from Red River,
sixty miles distant, of an unusual tragedy
which occurred there. For some time it
has been understood that Harvey Pike
was to marry Mira Haskins, the daughter
of a genersl stoFekeeper in the village.
Some weeks ago young man named
Everhard, lumber buyer from Philadel.
phia, has been about the place and
boarded at Haskins'. He and Miss Has.
kins became great friehds and spent much
of thels time together in the evenings.
Pike became exceedingly jealous of the
stranger, though there was nothing to
indicate that the lady was untrue to him.
Last Tuesday night Pike called at Has.
kins' residence, and learned that his
sweetheart and EVerhard were out walk
ing. he sat down for awhile, chatting
good humoredly with the family, then
saying he would not wait any longer left.
Instead, whether by accident or design,
he walked out the road taken by the
couple and found them half mile away.
What,passed between them will never be
known, but when later searching party,
alarmed at the long absence of the two,
reached the spot they were found dead.
Everhard had been shot in the head.
Miss Haskins was fifty feet away. The
back of her head was crushed by blud-
geon which had fallen by her side.
Across her body Pike lay feebly gasping
with bullet hole in the roof of bis
mouth whence he had sent o bullet into
his brain. He died inside of an hour.
VINcENNEs, IND, July 1l.-Boonville,
Ind, is the home of James M. Crow, a
prominent merchant and worthy citizen.
He has just had q strange experience that
puzzles the medical fraternity. For five
years he has been an invalid, but could
not tell the cause of his af1iction. In
time he wore down to a mere skeleton,
and his friends became alarmed for him.
His case Was extreme, and his annoyance
seemed to be chiefly located in his
stomach. Acting on his own impulses
the other day he took powerful emetic.
He was induced to do this because there
was an unusual gnawing in his stomach.
The emetic brought up an animal, or
whatever it was, about six inches long,
nearly an inch in diameter in the thick
est part, and pinkish In color. When
fresh from the sufferers stomach this
curiosity had one we'll developed eye, a
peculiar but perfect mouth, and what
appeared to be plump stomach. In
the hopes of preserving the animal it
was placed in alcohol, but soon all traces
of the disgusting thing were obliterated
and it was reduced to whitish pulp.
No nau:e can be found for it in any
medical work. Mi. Crow says he often
felt the thing crawling about in his
stomach, but did not think of such liv.
ing thing existing there and claiming
that part of his body as its home. At
present he feels that great load, like
cloud from the face of the sun, had been
removed from him, and his old.time
cheerfulness has come back to him. The
curiosity is now on exhibition at Dr..
Parks Office in BoonVille.
Chattanooga, July 13.-At Gantz,
Kentucky, Rev. Wander West, pastor of
the Methodist church, was accused of
talking of Mrs. Jordon Thomas, wife of
the pastor of the Baptist Church. The
lady caught West on the street, and
horsewhipped him. She was arrested,
but,subsequently discharged.
CHICAGO, July 16.-A boys curiosity
"to see if it would burn" this morning set
the Chicago River on fire. 1t occurred
near the stock yards, where the river has
long ceased to be water, and is in reality
nothing but grease aud animal fats which
have found their way from the slaughter
houses. A lighted match thrown into
these ingredients soon had the river
blazing for several blocks. A fire boat
and two locomotives succeeded in keep.
ing the flames from more valuable pro.
perty, but not until about $4,000 worth
of dockage had been destroyed.
LAURENs, July 14.-News has reached
here of a most diabolical attempt to pois.
on the family of DR.. j. r.. Fowler, a
highly-esteemed citizen of this county,
who practices medicine few miles from
town. On Sunday several members Of
his family were taken sick, aud q
thorough investigation was instituted
and something like cobalt, which bad
been prepared to kill flies, was found in
the we'll. Suspicion points to an old
negro woman, but as yet we heve heard
of no positive evidence.