The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-10-03
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

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negro named Tom Jones, an employe Of
the stone contractors of the eastern part
of the city, was blown up and perhaps
fatally injured. Like most negroes, he
carried matches in bis hair. He had
Just poured powder in the blast hole, and
started to tamping, when he scratched
his head. The match fell out of his hair
and into the hole and was struck by the
tamping rod. The negro was blown fifty
feet, and his eyes we're burned out and be
was terrible mangled.
HURLEY, WIS.,, Sept. 21.-A daring
and successful robbery was committed
here last night, about s45 900 being taken
from the vault of the Iron Exchange
Bank. The money was sent from Ash.
land, Wis, last night to pay off the
Germanic miners to-day. The cashier
of the bank left the money inside of an
iron vault, and left shortly after 9 P. M.
he returned shortly after IL P. NJ. and
discovered that the money was gone.
No clue to the robber has been found.
BELLEFoNTE, Pa, September o.
seeley Hopkins, citizen of Phillips
burg, in this county, aged about twenty
five years, to-day shot and killed both
his wife and mother in law and then tried
to kill himself, but failed. Hopkins has
engaged in numerous quarrels with his
wife during the past two or three months.
Two weeks ago he left home, returning
yesterday. They had another quarrel
this morning in the course of which
Hopkins pulled revolver from bis pock,
ct and shot his wife dead. This occur.
red on the first floor of their home, and
the frenzied man, after killing his wife,
rushed to the third story where his
mother. in law was and shot her, too,
killing her instantly. Hopkins then left
the house and went to a neighboring liy-
cry stable where he attempted to kill
himself, firing two shots at his head with
his revolver, neither of them doing much
damage, however, beyond ploughing
couple Of grooves in the top Of his skull.
CHARLOTTE, N. O., September 20
News has been received here Of a foul
murder in Moore County, N. G. Mrs.
Cstharine Stone is widow lady, aged
eighty years. She lives about five miles
from Carthage on lonely country road,
and has only one child, q grown son.
Night before last her son was away from
home, and there Was no one in the house
but herself and an old colored woman
servant, Bette johnson. About mid.
night some one knocked at the door and
asked to be admitted inside the house
The aervant called out and told the in.
truder that they did not want any COM
pany and could not admit him, as ther .
was no man in the house. The doc
then was forced open and burglar
walked in. The old colored woman,
very heroically stood against the door,
and tried to keep him out. As the door
was forced open she fell upon the floor
and then the villain shot her to death
while she lay helpless upon the floor.
With his smoking pistol in his hand, the
wretch walked into the room where Mrs.
Stone lay upon her bed and demanded
that she give him all the money in the
house. With his pistol pointed at the
frightened woman. be demanded: >"Your
money or your life." Mrs. Stone told
him there was no money 10 the house
and if he killed her be would get none.
The william then jumped upon Mrs. stcne
and dealt her several frightful blows over
her head with the pistol, aud then, after
severely choking her, he rushed out and
left. Mrs. Stone was unable to recognize
the burglar; but Christopher Medin, her
own nephew, has been arrested, on very
strong circumstantial evidence, and is
held for hearing. The people of Moore
County are considerably wrought up over
the affair.