The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-03-21

safe wheu @ hunaccom tar
and inflicted q wou which ua
prove fatal
TIT has spread 60 Auditors uoa.
Last week H. 3. Butler, auditor of to-
I Chaiteroi railroad. disappeared
he left note admitting ,horiaeo
$1,000, Butler lost heavily over tb
Presidential election and Thought h.
would make the railroads pay h'-
LOSSES.
Three Birmingham. Ala- noer
Ihighwaymcn got a LITTLE more than
they bargaincd for ou Saturday whcu
they sprang ont 10 rob a Mr. John
Good-by lie whipped ont his revolt
yer and shot one Of hi- assailant.. who
fell to the ground with O yen of pain.
The other dcsperadoe, ncd. ltis said
the wounded negro has since given
up the ghost.
Adolph Uafoy. Of Kansas City. Mo.
alias John Mckinzv, committed ,ui-
eide on Friday night lie was min
ing operator of means and when he
left Phpuix, Ariz.. for Kansas. he had
! over $4,000 iu checks and bonds.
While en- route he was swiudlcd out
ofhis money bv Bunco men and It is
thought this made him temporarily
insane.
The rcdoubtable Rod has met with
still further disgrace. At Vicksburg
last week he was arrested and Jailed
on a charge of stealing two ovcrcoats
from a saloon Rod is a nephew Of
our great kind and good" Governor
and few months ago attempted 70
brain his wife with a pitcher. She
has recently obtained a divorce from
her engaging husband. Our Governor
win soon tire Of pardoning his scape-
grace nephew.
A most revolving crime has just
come to light at Chicago, H. A gro
Gerry clerk named John Jones is ac-
-cu-cd n having been unuaturaIly I'M
timate with his own daugbtera Young
girl Of II. This Is horrible enough
but when this unnatural being heard
a umor that his criminal conduct bad
been brought to light he murderes
his daughter. thereby hoping to hide
= the evidences of his be9AfF conduct.
But murder win out aui~it is hoped
= that this reptile ewillmect a fate which
. he well deserycs-the gallows.
Another to be added to the list OF
Birmingham horrors. On Saturday
saloon keeper named Stotlcy went
to the rcarof his premise, and found
man named w. w. Thomas IN the
throes Of death with an euR.F phial
by his side. In the dead mans poe
kcts were found letters which proved
his identity and that. also he was a
man who had led life ofdebauchery,
! having abandoned his wife for an
Illicit love and the narrowing remorse
, Of such life made his career uubear-
able.
A horrible renconuc is reported
from Clarksville, Ark. Last week
. IJ.P Underwood had difficulty with
his renter, John Wildeford. Later in
. the day Underwood was met BIZ
e Wlldeford, who threw a gun on him.
They had long scuflc during which
! the gun was discharged and Under.
woods shoulder wounded. Ultimate.
~ they clinched and Underwood drew
= his knife and cut Wildetord's throat
/ from ear to car He then stabbed him
, 40 or 50 times about the body; or, by
( his own confessions. as long as he saw
, him kick. This is o fighuul exam.
, pie Of what a few quarelsomo word.
E may lead to.
News of a terrible holocaust come.
= from the little vinageo of Hollow Rock
! in Carroll County, Tenn II appear.
: that man named Flowers. hard.
: working farmer, had worked hard al
a day and being very tired It is sup
! posed he and his family retired earl,
s and were sound asleep. Nciehbor
saw the light OF the burning hous,
about nine o'clock and ran over ts
= assist distinguishing the flames, bu
when they arrived the house hat
fallen in and the whole amily wer,
buried in the kissing ruins. The
bodies of the unfortunate family weri
found on the following day charree
and almost unrecognizable II Il
thought BY some that robbery an,
a murder had been committed and tn
s house was fired to destroy the evi
/ dence against the flendish perpetrator
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