Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-31
A HORRIBLE DEATH.
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Cnanlorrr, n. c., January 90, 1890.
News of the horrible death OF Miss Min
c,a Tvery, @ fourteen-year-old daughter OF
y r EVERY, in Caldwell county, is received
S.re tonight. Some months ago Miss
Every's mother died. and her father beinga
railroad employs she wns left alone at the
houss the greater portion of every day.
Yesterday she was preparing her fathers
dinner. when her clothing caught fire from
fbe stove. The girl becoming thoroughly
frightened rushed out of the house into
the breezy air and soon she was completely
enveloped in flames. Two young men
" Waiter Mccall and Phelix Tilley-hearlng
the pitifril screams Of the poor girl rushed
10 her rescue and were both badly burned
in attempting to save her life, but the girl
was burned fatally and died in two hours.
TERRIBLE sroEY.
Awhile man and his wife have Just APP
neared at Lenoir. They walked from
HYDE county and tell o horrible story
about the restitution OF the farmers there.
They say that they left Hyde county 70
escape starvation. Their tale IS most pitl-
full. There they were farming. but "a their
crop was complete failure. sold out
everything and set out to find employ
ment. They have walked most of the time
and travelled over three hundred miles.
BIG LAWSUIT.
The new Philadelphia purchasers Of the
Rond lands IN Caldwell county have
already got big lawsuit on their hands.
w. ID. Sprague. of Morganton, claims half
interest in the land sold by Mrs. Louisa
Bond. az noted in this correspondence
few DAYS ago. Mr. Sprague claims that
Mrs. Bond held it as trustee for Spraguee
and Bond, and that the land was sold
without his consent. Some fifteen thou
sand acres are involved in the matter.
Tom Jackson (colored) was kicked by Q
mule in Orange county yesterday and DIED
from the effects last night.
HAD GIVEN UP HOPES.
The two white men, Samuel Halford and
Robert p. Willis, whose death-sentences
were committed yesterday to life I'M
prisonment, were informed today OF
their good luck. Both were very
much rejoiced, and said they had
given up all hopes OF escaping death
and were prepared TO die. Willis ~ an IN,
telligent, educated young man. He had
written a small pamphlet to be printed Of
ter his execution. and had requested the
Sheriff to allow him two hours and o half
for speech-making on tho day OF his exc
cution.
FOUND DEAD.
An unknown white man was found dead
on the Cape Fear and Yadkin-Valley rail
road near Liberty yesterday morning. He
was badly mutilated, but it is not thought
that he was the victim of the cars. He
was identified as German peddler by the
name of Jacob, and il IS believed that he
was robbed. murdered, and placed on the
railroad track. Jacob had been peddling
goods through that section for some days,
and it was pretty generally known that he
had money on his person.
There was panic in Methodist church
in Stokes county indy. While all the con-
rregation were bowed IN prayer the build
ing caught fire from a stove near the door,
and before a dozen could pass out tho
flames had shut of the doorway. There
were only few windows to. the church,
aud the men and women jumped OUT
of them ia q hurry. The fire was ex-
tinguished before the church was COM
pletely burned, but it was greatly dam
aged.