The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-06-20
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
COLUMBIA, S. c., June 14.-An extra.
ordinary and somewhat alarming epiden.
ic of dysentery is reported to prevail in
Marlboro county. A local paper declares
that the death rate in its relation to the
number of cases, is larger than that
prevailing in one of the great yellow fever
scourges in the south. The disease ap.
pears to BIZ of a particularly violent type,
battling medical treatment. The number
OF cof6ns sold at the county seat is nota.
bly, large. There is much depression
among the inhabitants of the stricken
section.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, June 1.-Two
years ago an eighty-ycar.ol old butcher,
named Carroll, murdered another butch.
er named Donnelly, in St. Anne's Mar.
ket. He was found guilty, but owing to
his great age was sentenced to imprison.
ment in St. Vincent de Paul Penitentia.
~ instead of being hung. Some friends
of his family succeeded in securing him
pardon. When informed of the fact 10
the prison tonight aud told that he would
be free in few days, the excitement and
joy proved too much for Carroll and he
dropped dead.
BALTIMORE. June 14.-Raphael F.
Ferrandi, aged 8, a handsome little fellow,
was standing in gutter at the corner of
Howard aud Lexington streets this after
noon, after rainstorm, tossing ball up
stream and catching it as it foated back.
He had firm hold on an iron post, as the
water was foot and half deep and very
swift, and he thought himself secure.
Presently he let go Of the post to get the
ball, which had slipped beyond his reach,
when the boy and ball were swept down
into the filthy sewer. A man went down
after him, but he Was not visible. From
the mouth of the sewer, at Spring Garden,
back to where the little fellow fell, a
search was made but no boy was found.
ST. LOUIS, June IA telegram from
Austin, Tex. says: Meagre details Of a
bloody aftay last evening at Givens' store,
eighteen miles southeast of here, reached
this city this morning. 1t seems that q
colored constable named Wilson, under.
took to arrest a white man, whom be
charged with horse theft. The man
resisted, and a general fight ensued be.
tween him and his friends and the con.
stable and his friends. Six shooters were
used freely, and four white men and two
negroes were killed outright, while at
least twelve others were wounded, some
probably fatal. Deputy Sheriff johnson
and posse left here at II o'clock for the
scene of the conflict.
ST.. AUGUSTINE, Tex, June 12.-Rube
Polk, Jr., and George Audry, two young
men of this city, fought duel to death
with bowie knives last night for woman.
The men attended party and left togeth.
er, apparently the best of friends. While
on the way home they quarreled over one
of the girls, and they dismounted, and
drawing their knives, foughtit out on
the roadside. Polk was killed in a few
minutes. He was stabbed to the heart,
and his jugular was severed. Audry re.
ceived fearful cut in the side and one in
the leg. he was carried home from the
battle ground, and told his friends to in
form the sheriff that he was ready to give
himself up.
CHICAGO, June 13.-A dispatch from
Bowling Green, Ohio, says: Frank James
was arrested Tuesday night on the charge
of attempting 10 blow up Mrs. Mertie
Williamson's house with dynamite. He
was put in the town jail where he com.
mitted suicide by hanging himself with a
pair of suspenders. Mrs. Williamson is
applying for divorce from her husband,
and James has been trying to get her to
promise to marry him as soon as she gets
| the divorce. As she refused, it is sur.
missed that James undertook to further his
suit by threatening to blow her up with
dynamite. Tuesday evening during Mrs.
Williamson's absence, James, who was
about half drunk, was discovered in the
cellar asleep with big dynamite car.
fridge attached to fuse in his hand.
The police were notified and James was
arrested after severe struggle, and was
placed in Jail with the result above
stated.
CINCINNATI, June 15.-A sensational
scene was enacted this morning in Judge
Outcalt's court of common pleas. He has
had on hearing and under consideration
for several months an unusual habeas
corpus case, where too women claim to
be the mother of the child for whom the
writ was issued. Miss Kate Schaller
averred that she gave birth to an illegiti.
mate child and placed it in the hands OF
| Mrs. Humser, midwife, to dispose Of
and that Mrs. Humser placed it in the
family of W. J. White to be adopted.
Subsequently Miss Schaller wished to re.
cover possession of her child, and ap-
piled to Mrs. White, when that lady
informed her that the beby she had was
not an. adopted child, but vas her own.
The testimony before the court vas most
conflicting, but Mr.. and Mrs. White
brought many Witnesses to show that the
baby was theirs. They have had it in
charge during the trial. To-day the
Judge was to render q decision, but Mrs.
White appeared in court without the
child; When asked by the court where
it was, Mrs. White, in a determined man
ner, answered: "Judge Outcalt, I vas
submitted to severe examination the
other day, and understand you were 60
ing to decide against me, and I have pro.
tected my child. T. know the consequent
ces, and am here to abide by them, and if
I have to stay in prison ten years am
satisfied, so, if at the end of that time, I
have my darling" This reply, of course,
made sensation. .Her attorney prompt.
ly disclaimed having advised this course
Of action, and asked that his client Lave
time to reflect. The court said that if
Mrs. White did not produce the child she
must suffer tho consequences OF contempt
of court and he allowed her till noon to
consider. The resclute mother for two
hours was urged by her attorney and
friends to produce the child, but at the
end of the time shs remained firm and
went bravely to jail under sentence Of the
court for contempt. Meantime the judge
withholds his decision of the merits Of the
case.
AUGUSTA, GA, Jane 16.-Just before
sunset last evening horrible shooting
affray occurred about two miles from
Trenton in Edgefeld County, South