The Iola register., 1889-08-23
MAIL POUCH ROBBERY.
Heavy Robbery Of Registered
Mail For st. Louis
Brutal Negro Lynched In Georgia-A
Vendetta in Ohio-A Wealthy
Woman Robbed of
Diamonds.

ct. LOUIS, Aug. l9.-The fast mail over
the Pennsylvania railroad arrived here
at AS O'Clock yesterday morning and q
few minutes later it was announced that
the through pouch from New York con-
tanning the registered mail for st. Louis
had been stolen. The wires were set to
work and at two O'Clock a message was
received stating that the pouch had been
picked up in the yards at Terre Haute. Ind.
The postal clerks take supper at Terre
Haute and the theory is that while the
men were at supper the car was entered
and the pouch stolen. The pouch con.
tanned over $40, 900. Tut the message failed
to state the condition of the pouch when
found Postmaster Hyde, however, re-
ceived a dispatch from Terre Hsute stat
ing that the pouch had been found. cut
open and rifled. 1t was the through reg
istered pouch from Albany, n. Y. The
amount of booty the robbers secured is not
known, but is believed to be about
$4,000 The pouch was stolen while the
clerks were at supper and was not missed
until the train reached Efiingham, iii.
The letters are reported, as bearing for
the most part remittances for cattle trans
actions and in this case they would prob
ably contain large sums of money. Many
of the packages probably had remittances
covering the value of several carloads of
cattle and this would swell the total
amount up to considerable figure. Checks
were doubtless sent in some and in these
cases no loss will be sustained aside from
Inconvenience and delay.
NEGRO LYNCHED.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug. 19.-Walter As
burg. colored. alias Bsrriam, was lynched
at Polar, ten miles west of here, Yesterday
morning for assault upon Lulu kissman,
a seventeen ear-old German girl She
was terribly beaten in the struggle, but
she successfully resisted him. Her cloth
ing was torn from her body. her
face beaten and eashed and one
eye closed. The finger prints of the
negro were left on her neck. The floor
and furniture were covered with blood.
The girls cries attracted colored man
who was passing and he rescued her. As.
burg sprang through door and escaped.
but in the next house he knocked woman
down, seZsd double barreled gun and
fed to the woods. In an hour the
whole town was in arms and a mounted
posse started in pursuit. About mid.
night the negro was found at low dance
about a mile from the scene of the as
sault He was taken back to the girls
house and she Identified him as her assail-
ant He confessed the crime and begged
for mercy. Three hundred masked men
hurried the fiend to an open field where
he was strung up to tree and his body
riddled with bullets. Across his body
was pinned a paper with the inscrip; ion:
"This is the way we protect our homes."
The authorities ATTEMPTED to interfere and
prevent the lynching but the masked
crowd was so great that they could do
nothing.
FKUD STARTED.
LIMA, o., Aug. l9-Brenton Crist and
his wife. who live on farm about seven
miles east Of this city and were wealthy,
some time ago adopted Ella Hardin, whom
the neighbors claimed they treated cruelty.
and Friday John Leatherman succeeded
in getting her away and secreting her.
When Crist went for her Leatherman
opened fire on him with shotgun and
drove him away. Crist went home and
securing his gun laid in ambush for
Leatherman. During his absence Mrs.
vest erday after suffering terrible agony.
Crist vows that he will kill Leatherman
on sight.
DIAMONDS STOLEN.
NEW YORK, Aug. l9-Mrs. John P.
Richardson, wife of a wealthy resident of
Chattanooga. came to this city with her
husband few days ago and discovered
on her arrival that she hai been robbed of
all her diamonds valued at over S. 900.
There is no clew to the robber