The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-05-23
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

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Forester and William Nolan, residents
of New Hampton, became drunk satur.
day. The former in his drunken stupor
laid on the railroad track and was killed
by passing train. The latter, while on
his way home, drove off bridge and
broke his neck.
EDGEFIELD, s. O., May 16.-James
Bryant, accompanied by guest at his
house, went to church last Sunday morn
ing. During his absence Mr.. Bryant's
children obtained pistol belonging to
their fathers guest, and one of the little
fellows succeeded in discharging the
weapon, instantly killing his little sister,
five years old.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, May 16.-The
families of w. P. Sheretz and W. T..
Dsnham were spending the day fishing
in lake for trout, in Barlow County.
The 12 year old son of Denham stole
away from the party and went in SWIM
ming. Getting beyond his depth he
began screaming, when Miss Sheretz
went into the water to assist him. The
boy clutched her frantically and both
we're drowned:
ATLANTA, Ga, May 18.-Mrs. Martha
MCGEE, residing in Screven County, was
in her yard burning trash when her cloth
ing took fire, and before the flames could
be extinguiehed she was 80 badly burned
that she died. She was the mother Of J.
McGee, a prominent lawyer in Reidsville.
A negro cabin on the premiees of Capt.
R. E. Wiahart, in Wilcox County, was to-
tally destroyed by fire and two children
were consumed in the flames. The moth
er left them to go off to work and returned
to find their charred remains.
COLUMBUS, Ga, May 18.-In the
Muscogee Superior Court to-day Charles
Randall, late manager of the Southern
Express Company in this city, was found
guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to
four years in the penitentiary. Randall
is young man of talent and stood we'll
in the city, but dissipation led him into
bad habits, and about year ago he Was
found to be short nearly two thousand
dollars. The Guarantee Trust Company
of North America, which was his surety,
prosecuted the case.
ST.. LOUIS, May 1S.-A storm, of a
cyclone character, swept ACROSS Northern
Texas yesterday afternoon. The dwell.
ing house of T. J. Anterbury, south Of
Bonham, was demolished and his wife
seriously injured. at Forest City, in
Montague County, the school house was
destroyed, two children we're killed, many
were seriously hurt and three are missing.
Another school house at Stephenville
Was blown down, few minutes after
school had been dismissed, and two chill.
dren were somewhat injured. Great des.
truction of the crops occurred. Tele.
graph communication was broken and il
is feared that when the news comes in
many more lives will be reported Lost.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 1S.-A terri.
BILE accident occurred on the Lebanon
branch of the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis Railroad, about nine miles
from this city, about 4 o'clock this after.
noon. A bridge across Stone River
caught fire from passing train. Seven
teen men, two whites and fifteen negroes,
who we're working on the road near by,
went to the bridge and took an engine on
it with the intention of extinguishing ths
fire with water from the tender. The
bridge gave way, carrying the men and
engine into the river fifty feet below.
William Morgan, white, engineer, re.
ceived internal injnries. Fireman Chas.
Cripple, also white, had his leg broken
and received other serious injuries.
Three of the negro laborers we're killed
and six were injured, four dangerously.
WASHINGTON, May 18.-Mrs. Sarah
E. Allen has been public school teach.
er in Washington for many years, and
during the last twelve or thirteen years
has supported from her earnings her
worthless and vicious husband, Oswald
O. Allen. Recently her husband had be-.
come 80 intolerable that she was obliged
to separate from him, and Allen spent
large part of his time in correctional
institution. This afternoon, just as the
pupils in the Jefferson public school
we're being dismissed, Allen went to the
school house, and, iD the presence of bis
wife's pupils, shot her in the head and
then shot himself also in the head. he
had caught her about the neck to hold
J.er as be shot, and they fell together, his
still encircling her neck. Allen
died in few minutes, but his wife lin
gered for two or three hours, and died on @
cot In the cloak room of her school.
CHICAGO, May 15.-Tim Sullivan, 10
year old, brother of saloon keeper, died
last night from an overdose Of bad whis
key. Sullivan and q young man named
Tom Curry had been engaged by the
formers brother to move whiskey bar
rel into the cellar. They found bucket:
full of liquor in the barrel and repaired
to the rear of o neighboring house to
drink it. They emptied the bucket
between them, and were soon in state
of drunken hilarity. This gave way
to stupor, and later to convulsions.
When the young men were found they
were insensible on the ground. Their
features we're horribly distorted. Sulli.
van died two hours after taking the first
drink. Curry, who is 10 years old, Is
still alive, but he is in critical condi.