The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-01-31
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

S ATLANTA, JAM Z6.-lns Oglethorpe
yesterday, four small children who we're
left ia a house by Mary Porter, colored,
while she went to work, we're burned to
death.
ATLANTA, Jan. 23.-This morning
about 10 o'clock, Jim McCool, q railroad
conductor, hung himaelfa at his home, four
miles from Atlanta. He was on the bond
of Tax Collector Wilson, aud his mind
was deranged by the loss caused by vii.
sons shortage.
AIKEN, January 25.-Nathan Boddie
shot and killed J. a. Gunter on Boddie's
farm, about six miles northeast from
Aiken, this morning, with shotgun.
This was the result Of an old quarrel
about right.of:way over the formers
land. Gunter went to open road closed
by Boddie, and took gun with him.
Boddie came to stop him, and also brought
agun. Boddie came into Aiken immedi-
ately after the shooting and gave himself
up to the sheriff. Gunter leaves wife
and one child. Both parties are we'll
known and highly respected in the coun.
ty.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23.-Past Assis.
tant Surgeon W. G.G. Wilson was, this
morning, found dead in bed on the re.
cruiting ship st. Louis, at League Island
navy yard. DR.. Wilson's body was found
by servant who went to wake him. On
the dressing case there vas bottle
labelled chloral. he was not known to
have been in the habit of taking the
drug, and whether he took tito quiet his
nerves or with suicidal intent is not
known. he had suffered greatly from
insomnia, and had been taking bromide.
Early lastevening he procured 8 bottle
Of fchloral, containing $50 grains, from
the ships store room, and when discoy,
cred this morning in his state room the
vial contained about So grains of the
drug.
: GREENv11LE, January 29.-The party
of revenue officers who left here for raid
into the moonshine section ofthe noun.
tains on Tuesday: morning, returned to-.
day, after stirring trip. They destroy.
ed "a large still on Panther Mountain
Tuesday, and afterward, as the posse was
entering anothsrstill discovered on Pruitt
Mountain, they were fred on by q large
party of moonshiners in ambuscade. The
fire proved harmless and mas notreturned.
Later the posse was shot at from ambua-
cade while on the way home this morn.
ing, and officer Hightower wounded in
the knee. The officers charged the enc
my and captured one man named How.
ard. The story brings back visions Of
Redmond palmy days in the moonshine
regions.
* ALBANY, GA, January 23.--J. ~.
Nelms, who left his wife at Birmingham,
went to Blakely and committed bigamy
BY marrying 9 young country girl there,
Miss Matte Gurr. He only lived with
her FIVE days, when, tired ofthe new yoke,
he skipped. He has been arrested. in
Alabama and was taken to Calhoun,
Gordon county and turned over to
Sheriff L.. E. Black, Of Early county.
To, day his brother, F. M. Nelms, passed
through Albany en- route to Blakely, to
endeavor to secure his brothers release.
He said to the reporter that his brother
was a handsome, steady young fellow
until he married, and that matrimony
seemed to make him wild. He
says lie will try to help him out of his
scrape this time, but if he continues mar
rying he will not assist him again.
CINCINNATI, Jan. PA duel in real
earnest took place on the stage ofthe
Standard Theatre last night between
Running Deer, an Indian chief, and Cap.
tain Jack Crawford, the scout. The In
dian Was drunk and in the duel scene at
tempted to kill Crawford. It was hard
and terrible fight with knives. Accord.
ing to the play Crawford should have
taken the knife from the redskin, who
is a Comsnche. He refused to give itup
and made some vicious lunges. After
desperateAtruggle the scout got the upper
hand and pricked the Indian tWo or
three times in. the side, with the threat
to kill him ifhe made any further hostile
demonstrations. After the play the In.
dian escaped, and the police are looking
for him, fearing that he may do some
harm.
CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 2s.--The eight
p. m. south. bound express on the Gin.
ciunati Southern road was boarded by
robbers just beyond Ludlow last night.
The train had scarcely got beyond the
lights of Ludlow when a man heavily
masked knocked at the rear door of the
express car, and one of the messengers,
thinking it was the conductor OF brake.