The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-07
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/. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

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GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
WARRIOR, ALA, February 2-Mar!ha;
Frazier, q fifteen, year. old girl; was. burn.
ed to death about noon to-day. She was
cooking dinner, when her clothing caught
fire. She ran into another room and
leaped into a bed. The bed clothing
took fire, and the girl was roasted to-
death before help reached her. The.
house was saved from destruction with
difficulty.
s P1rTsBURa, February 2.-The towboat,
Two Brothers, lying at Allegheny wharf,
atthe foot Of Eleventh street, burst her
boilers about 1:15 o'clock this afternoon,
completely demolishing the vessel and
nearly wrecking the towboat Return.
which was lying by the side Of the Two
Brothers. Three persons were killed
outright and two others dangerously in
jured. The killed are the engineer and
fremen of the Return and the fireman
Of the Two Brothers. One of the killed
was blown into the river, and no trace
of him can be found.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, Jan. 90.-John
M. Clayton, brother Of Powell Clay
ton, was assassinated at Plummerville,
Ark, last night, by some unknown per-
son, who fred load Of fbuckshot through
q window, breaking Clayton's neck and
killing him instantly. Clayton was q
candidate for Congress at the recent
election against O. R. Breckinridge and
and had served Breckinridge notice Of
contest Of his seat in the Fifty.frst Con.
gress. Nothing has become public which
in any manner explains the murder.
Plummerville is q small village in Con.
way County. The murder occurred at a
hotel. 81
LANSING, MICH, Jan. 27.-A triple
murder. was attempted last night seven
miles from here. Christian Stochal, o
Polish farmer, had received s135 from
the sale Of some cattle and retained il
Ibis house. August Tonto, a nine.
teen year.old boy, :learnedI of this, Dor.
.rowed q Winchester. rife, loaded the
chamber with cartridges filled with; bird
shot and went to the stochal place
]! stochal: had gone to bed in the solitary
room of their cabin. as had also .hil
Thirteen year-old grandd daughter Minnie
Mrs. stochal, was disrobing when Tonic
;arriyed. He shot the latter in the
1 breast through the window. Minnie
tEWas shot in the breast and Stochal in
the head as they raised up in bed. II
| all 3Tonto fred four shots, and theu
seeing he had not killed his victims, fed
Mrs. stochal died ten minutes later
/ Minnie isstill alive, but is in a dying
]; condition, and Stochal will recover
latter the; firing stochal ran halfa mile
limbs night clothes and bare feetthrough
I I:a swamp to q neighbor's house, while
i Minnie ran about the same distance in the
I,opposite idirection:to another neighbors
although she had been shot 10 hel
breast. Tonic has not been captured
but Stochal's twenty;y year.old son, Fred,
has been arrested as possible accessory
Ito the crime. r, q.
PLATE CANON, Col, Feb. 1.-The
! greatest excitement prevails here. Yes.
terdsy morning we'll that was being
walled up by q young man named John.
son; ;cayed in, the mass OF, earth coming
down upon him without any. warning,
Citizens turned out and soon had John.
sons head cleared and work was being
continued with all possible haste when
another cave;in took place, which not
only covered johnson still deeper, but
also covered sup one s.of the rescuiDg
party, who, after an hours hard work
Ilby his friends, was rescued, not seriously
injured. The we'll is 30 feet deep, and
johnson was 20 feet from the surface,
covered with 15 or 20 tons of earth and
rock. Word was telegraphed to Denver
for experienced vel. .diggers, who came
ont on q special, train. They immediate.
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/ ~ went to work, and at7 o'clock thia
morning succeeded in uncovering John.
sons head and two hours afterwards be
was hoisted to the surface after having
been buried % hours. Although ina
very weak condition and badly bruised
and frightened, johnson is alive and will
be around again in the course Of q week
The board placed over his head upheld
the earth above, forming cove which
contained sufficient air to sustain life un.
til he was rescued.
CHARLOTTE, N. O., January "a
comely: young woman last night boarded
q train at Durham for Dannille, Va
Before she had finished half of her jour.
ney she Was trapped, robbed and mur.
dered. Her name mas Elizabeth Brown.
Miss Brown owned some property in
Durham, but had decided to sell il and
60 live with her brother in Danville,
Before ahe left Durham last night she
mas paid 5000 in cash, as part payment
on her property. On the train two
I yonng men took seats near her and
opened conversation. They soon found
that it was her intention to stop over
night in Greensboro, and go to Danville
this morning. The men told her they
lived in Greensboro and volunteered to
assist her in finding a suitable lodging
place. She at frat declined to- accept
any courtesy from them. but finally was
induced through her economical dispo-
sition to go with them. Reaching dark
back street they demanded her money.
She gave them her purse, containing a
small amount, but they told her it was
not all, and while one held her hands the
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