The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-04-26
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

CHARLESTON, w. VA, april 10
Jacob Halles, who lives in Calhoun coun-
ty, about forty miles from Charleston,
had been to market with a drove of cattle,
which he had disposed of and was return.
ing home yesterday, but being overtaken
by night, stopped at the house of q
neighbor. Something weighed heavily
on his mind, and he decided to 60 on
home, fearing something had gone wrong.
A peddler who was stopping at the house,
George, Freeds, offered to accompany
him, and they started together. They
finally reached the house, and, seeing
light in the window, approached careful.
ly and looked in. On the floor lay bis
wife and three children, all dead. -Four
strange men we're in the rooms. The
peddler's presence of mind did not desert
him, and drawing revolver, he told his
com panion to make noise at the back
door and hold it shut while he stood
guard at the front. This vas done, and
the men inside the room made rush for
the. front door, and was shot by the
plucky peddler as fast as they came out,
three being killed, and the fourth SER
iously wounded.
FoREsToN, s. O., April 1.-two years
since this community was shocked by the
fearful death of the six men blown to
atoms by the boiler explosion at Boyle
& Hogan's mill, Just below here. Hardly
less shocked was it when Tuesday nights
train brought up the mangled remains of
young Abbie Frierson, injured at the
same place. With the front of his fore.
head torn out, brain exposed, eyes liter.
ally gouged out, and nothing but mass
of mangled flesh for nose, this boy-for
he is only 15-still lives. Such vitality
is remarkable, and besides he says he
"wou't die," though the surgeons say
there is no earthly hope for him. With
grit like this nothing seems impossible.
COLUMBIA, S. c., April 1s.-A dread.
full case of death from hydrophobia is
reported from the st. Matthew's section
of OraDgeburg county. A young white
man named Shoemaker, was bitten last
December by houa nd pup. The wound
was on the back Of the hand, and appear.
ed to be very slight one. A, few days
ago Shoemaker began to feel pains run.
ming up his arm, which soon stiffened
that side of his neck, and then the other.
From that time until his death he suffer
ed from violent commissions. He fosmed
at the mouth and suffered terribly from
thirst, but when water would be banded
him be went into COMMISSIONS. During
the intervals between his rawlings be
begged his physicians to give him strych
nine, to have him shot, to cut his throat
or put an end to his sufferings in any way.
It required four men to keep him in.
doors.
SANDERvILLE, GA, April 19.-It has
just been made public that during last
week three different attempts, alike inef.
fectual, were made by a servant eleven
years Of age to poison Mrs. T. E. Brown
by administering the deadly articles With
the medicine she Was giving, Mrs. Brown
being sick OF the time. On being ques
toned the negro confessed to having
given the poison and admitted it to have
been done with criminal intent, but gave
no reason for the heinous deed.
Fort WAYNE, IND, April 20.-Miss
Bertha Evard, beautiful young lady
who taught country school few miles
from here, met terrible death Wednes.
day night. She had dismissed her school
and was sitting by tho stove, when her
dress caught FIRE. She was instantly
wrapped in flames, ran screaming to the
nearest house and fell dead on the thres.
hold.
B1RM1RGHAM, Ala, April 2O.-A
practioa! joke played on negro named
Tom Jackson, last night, had serious
ending. Jackson was afraid of ghosts,
and on his way home from work OF night
was compelled to pass through lot
where a man was buried some time ago.
Last night two negro boys disguised
themselves and hid near this grave to
frighten Jackson. They succeeded bet.
ter than they expected. When they
rushed out Jackson fell to the ground in
faint, and when he revived ran home
where be soon became delirious. A ply.
sician was summoned, but the negro had
become raving maniac, and the two
boys have been placed under arreast.
LAuRENs, April 23.-Information has
reached here of the accidental shooting
OF Ed Chapman by Messer Babb, at
Babbtown, in this county, on last Satur.
day. Babb and Chapman were returning
from the post Office, the former carrying
rifle. Coming to a fence Chapman
crossed first, and Babb, being behind in
crossing, struck the hammer of his gun
agsinst the fence, causing its discharge
and shooting Chapman through the body.
The wound is thought to be mortal. Mr..
Chapman is well.to.do farmer about
forty years old aud is married. Mr..
Babb was formerly Deputy Clerk Of the
Court for this county under his brother