The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-09
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

extreme hot weather prevailing here the
past week has proven very fatal to out of
door laborers. Wednesday no less than
flour persons were so overcome by the
heat that they died before morning.
DEs MONIES, IA, Angus. 3.-Yester.
day morning at the Iowa and Wisconsin
coal mine two miles west of Abba,
Michael Dial, an old miner, killed his
own son, Dick, with a shotgun. The son
was about twenty.seven years old. The
old man is in the custody of the sheriff
and nearly crazed with grief. 1t seems
| that there was family row, and the
father claims to have killed his son in
self.defense. The father has good repu.
tation.
CINCINNATI, August S.-A special
from Paris, Ky, to the Enquirer says
Henry M. Nimont, Millersburg, KY, was
yesterday sent to the Lexington insane
asylum. Those who were acquainted
with his habits say that his loss of reason
was caused by his inveterate cigarette
smoking, he having been known to smoke
one hundred day. At the time his
mind commenced to give way he was
holding lucrative position in Leadville,
Colorado, couple of years ago, and was
model young man.
BERLIN, WIS, August 4.-George
Blair, q young man, son Of well.to do
parents who resides few miles from
town, was to have been married yesterday
to young lady of this place. The mar
riage was to have been solemnized at
Princeton, village a few miles south of
Berlin, and all arrangements had been
made. When the time arrived for their
departure, the startling intelligence vas
given that Blair had taken morphene,
and was under the doctors care with
slight hopes of his recovery. The rumor
| is current that the marriage was a forced
one, and that Blair at the last moment
resolved to end his trouble in suicide.
he may recover.
CHICAGO, Aug. ga special to the
Daily Neuos from Elkhart, Ind, says
Benjamin Scott, Texan who came here
recently and who is wealthy, this after
noon fatally stabbed Con Crowley, a
young stock dealer. George Newell, lead.
ling farmer and capitalist, and James
Smith, coloreI porter at the Clifton
house. Scott owns property near the
Clifton in the vicinity of barn occupied
by Crowley. Several controversies had
taken place in regard to alleged trespass-
ers on SCOTS property and Scott threat.
ened to kill any one who again trespassed
on it. This evening Scott, Crowley,
Smith and Newell were talking the mat.
ter over inan alley adjoining Crowley g
barn, when Scott became enraged at them
and stabbed all three.
PARKERsBURG, w. Va, July ;2l.-
Last night two maiden ladies, Maria and
Viretta Reeves, living near Davisville,
Ijust above here, shot and killed one
burglar and mortally wounded and cap.
tured another. About midnight one of
the sisters saw man in her room. She
raised q revolver and fred, killing him.
He,w shot through the temple. The
other sister was awakened, seized a
weapon and s2raDg on the other burglar
as he was trying to escape thrugh win
dow. He was too late, as he fell to the
ground with q bullet through his groin.
Both burglars were strangers in these
parts, but are supposed to be old-timers.
The two heroic ladies are being lionized
by their neighbors. They are generally
supposed to- keep large sum of money
the bouse.
FLEMINasBURG, KY, August 81
Emanuel Jamesshot and mortally wound
ed his brother, John James, yesterday
morning at Sanford, six miles from here.
They had quarreled the day before over
the rejection of some sheep which John
had bought for Emanuel. The first
words heard by bystanders came from
John who said: "You have acted meanel
than I thought q man could act" To
which Emanuel replied: "You have
abused me often, and 1 will stand it nc
longer" and, drawing his pistol, fired
three times, shooting his brother in the
shoulder, stomach and neck, The wounds
will necessarily prove fatal. Emanue!
surrendered and is now in Jail. This
recalls singular case in which the father
of the James boys shot and killed his
brother twenty odd years ago.
CowPENs, s. G. August 4.-Mr. Robert
Linden, who lives two miles from this
place, was in his house during the storm
1 yesterday between three and four O'Clock
with bis wife, and two children, one two
years old and the other little boy Biz
i years old. Lightning struck the roof ol
the house killing Mr.. Linden and his wife
instantly, and set fire to the house. The
little children gathered around the dead
bodies of their parents bewildered until
the roof commenced to fall in, when the
little boy dragged the boby, out and hud'
died down near the chimney, 80 as to be
protected from the beating fain and re-
mained there until driven off again by
the heat aud falling timbers. The little
fellow got to the road, and pulled the
baby along the best he could, and the
child came near being drowned from the
food of water in the road. They we're
finally discovered by neighbor, who
chanced along the road, and taken care
of. The little boy says his mother was in
the act of setting pan to catch the waite,
from q leak in the roof, and Mr.. Linden
was standing near her, when lightning
struck the house, and that they were
killed instantly. Thei. remains could
not be recovered, as they were consumed
in the house. MI. Linden. had three
other children who were absent at school
at the time, There was very heavy
rainfall here at the time of the accident
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