The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-22
THE TRANSG RESSORS'
A Widow and Her Five Chill.
dren Murdered.
AN ENRAGED FATHERS CRIME.
The Elopements stopped-Desperate
and Bloody Fight in Tsxas-The
Killed and wounded-Other Notes.

PIrrsBURe, January 20.-As Frank
Hendershot came to his home las
night. he discovered John Fitzsimmons
N company with his wife. Hender-
shot secured a hammer and dealt ,Fitz
simmons several blows on the head, in
ficting fatal injuries.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, January 20.-Ir
Center township, this afternoon, John
NJ. Dunn Drained Edwin Vailendiug
ham with an ak, striking him from be
hind and cutting his head nearly in
two. The men had quarreled over
some trivial matter.
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, January
2O.-Frank Dickson, arrested at Luray
a few days ago for wrecking a Chesa-
peake & Ohio train, was brought to this
city to day and lodged in jail. Organ
lied mobs of railroad men are expected
here to lynch the prisoner, and two
military companies are in readiness to
repel them.
NO RIOT.
ATLANTA, Ca, January 21.-A special
from Tyty says there was no riot there,
but the affair grew out of an attack of
drunken whites on a party of inoffen-
sive negroes in Hillsdale. Two negroes
were killed, four wounded and about
sixty run out of the neighborhood.
WITH EMBEzzLEMENT.
New YoRK, January 90 William l..
Wythe, formerly managing clerk of W.
s. Lawson & Co.. bankers, who was ar
rested several days ago charged with
the enlightenment of five first mortgage
81 600 bonds, of the Evansville & Terre
Haute Railroad, in September last, had
hearing in the Toombs Police Court
to-day, and demanded an examination.
Bail was fixed at $4,000, pending a
hearing on the 28th.
AN ELoPING MURDEREss.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., January 2O.-Sheriff
Hanson and two deputies passed
through here to-day. in hot pursuit of
Mrs. Alice Bloodgood and Jack
Cushing, wanted in Uintah County on
the charge of murder. Mrs. Bloodgood
is the wife of the foreman of the Hams
Fork coal mines. Two weeks ago
Cushing came to the mines posing az a
pugilist and quickly gained the affection
of the foreman's wife. and Friday night
they eloped. Bloodgood-; and some
frieI DIS started after them only one
hour later. All were on horse back, as
it was thirty miles from the nearest
railroad. About midnight the fleeing
couple were overtakeD, and q parIey
was had. Bloodgood offered to forgive
his wife if she would return. "WiIl you
let Jack CO." she demanded. Blood
good refused, and she drew pistol and
shot him twice, killing him. While his
friends were attending to him the elop-
ers galloped away, and it is believed
caught an east bound train. Mrs Blood
good is a good looking blonde, about rs
yea. 8 old.
HORRIBLE CRIME.
ST. LOUIS. January 2O.-Rspubhc's
Brookield, Missouri, special, says:
Sat 1890 last night, the house of Mrs.
Minnie Hall, young widow with four
children, four miles south of here was
burned, and when the neighbors gath
cred there, they found the charred re-
mains of its five occupants. The old
est child was 9 years and the Young
est about 2 years old. There being
fresh snow on the ground, it was dis
covered that hay had been placed IN
der the house and fire set to it. The
tracks of a mans foot were seen lead
ing towards the city and four men fol-
lowed them, which resulted in a Young
man named James A. Howell being ar
rested early this morning by Marshal
Critchheld. de had in his possession
an unloaded revolver. The accused is
cousin of the woman burned to death.
Public opinitn inc ines to the theory
that after criminal operation from
which the woman died, Howell shot the |
four children and set fire to the house
to cover his crime. He had for some time |
been spending his Saturdays and Sun.
days with the murdered family. There
is great excitement among the farmers, |
and several from the neighborhood |
have been around the Jail to-day. The
prisoner is "a years old. He saws he is
innocent, and knows nothing about the
crime. He seems to be very cool and
not at all nervous. Tonight the jail is
well guarded to prevent mob violence.
The five bodies were burned beyond
recognition and were put in box alto
yether. The evidences of an abortion
we're seen in vessel which had not been,I
destroyed by fire. |
ANOTHER JACK, THE RIPPER.
NEW HAVEN, January 21.-A man |
recently wrote the postmaster te:e
saying he was about to begin slaughter
ing women, and signed himself, Jack,
the Ripper" The police arrested one |
F. r. Harrison, on the charge of for
gerry Letters in the same handwriting |
IS those received by the pos master |
we're found on him.
PITTsBURG. January 81. - Bridget |
Kelly, woman of loose morals, died in
The police station this morning from the
effects Of ravishment by eight men last
hight. Five of them have been ar
.esred.
MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., January q. -
John McNeill. wealthy farmer, came
% town this morning and surrendered
himself, Saying he had killed his
James Dellett, in the
,elief that he was White Cap. There
s a susplcision it was cold blooded
murder.
PARIS, January 20.-A riot occurred at
. campaign meeting last evening.