The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-03-13
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


FRANKLIN, Pa, March 81. r.
Mitchell, aged 35, a nitro. glycerine han.
dler, was blown to pieces this morning at
an oil we'll one mile from Franklin, on
the Louis Grimm lease. He had hauled
glycerine out to the well and was prepar-
ing to put in torpedo, when in some
unknown manner it exploded. The boil
er house was wrecked. A few pieces of
bones of his legs were found more than
one hundred yards away. he leaves
wife and two children.
AUGUSTA, GA, March S.-Gail Mon.
tsgue, who has been an inmate of disre
putable resorts in this city. committed
suicide last night by taking morphine.
She came to Augusta about two years
ago from Syracuse, N. Y. Her husband
and two children are supposed to still
live there. When she left them they
we're at No. 60 East Washington street.
Their family name is not known here.
The woman had endeavored to reform,
and finally becoming disgusted with her
life took the poison. She made an
attempt to commit suicide about three
months ago while on the train going
from Macon to Atlanta. She then took
morphine and was only saved by the
efforts Of q physician who happened to
be on the train.
ST. LOUIS, March 4.-The local press
is puzzled over the case of John j. O..
Oonnor. 1t is claimed that he had died,
his body was identified at the morgue by
his wife, who had him buried. A few
days later it was claimed that O'Connor
was alive, that his wife had been mista.
ken. Now there is every reason to be.
lieve that O'Connor was buried in his own
person. O'Connor was seen Saturday
night; the grave in the cemetery is emp
ty. This morning he exhibited a cut half
way across his abdomen. He is of the
opinion that he was really buried and
that his body was taken up and conveyed
to dissecting room while in state of
suspended animation. He thinks that
when the first incision was made it caused
q flow of blood. which restored him to
consciousness. He states that he went to
q lodging house Monday evening, and that
he knew nothing more until Wednesday
night, when he found himself seated on
the court house steps in dazed condition,
weak and sick.
CINCINNATI, March "A special to
the Enquirer from Barboursville, KY,
says: Sunday at Flat Lick Sheriff Gallo.
way Carnes was fatally shot by despe-
RADIO named Bill Smith, leader of the
Smith faction of the Smith .Slusher feud.
The deputy sheriff attempted to arrest one
of the Smith party. Their leader object.
ed and opened fire with Winchester RI
ae, ope ball crashing through the deputy
sheriff. Carnes is brother-in.law Of
the Messeres-four of the most desperate
men in the mountains, who are also
members of the Slusher gang. They
rallied their forces and started in pursuit
of Smiths crowd. but have not yet come
up with them. Should they do so bat.
tie will be the result. Each side numbers
over thirty FIVE we'll armed men. During
the past year or two open battles have
been fought and men have been killed on
both sides. The trouble becomes worse
day by day and more hloodshed is immi.
nent. A man living on Poplar Greek,
six miles south of this place, came to
town this morning for wagon load of
coffins, and gave an account of bloody
affray that occurred on that creek on Sun.
day evening, in which old man Archie
Leger, his SOD, and Mckinney, his SON
in-law, were killed outright by Joe Tur.
ner and two others from Bell County.
The trouble grew out of dividing some
household goods belonging to Mckinney
and his wife, who had separated. They
all congregated at Leger's house for the
purpose of dividing the property between
the man and his wife, but could agree on
ly in one particular, and that was to set.
tie the matter with Winchesters. Three
men were killed and several wounded.
A man named Stringer and another
named Lane were killed at Gray's, near
here, few days ago, making a total of
six killed during the week in this Couu-
ty.
CHARLOTTE. N. G., March 1T is
learned here to night that negro despe-
rado, villain and burglar, was killed in
Sampson County early yesterday morning
by Miss Alice Kinney, pretty young
woman about nineteen years ofsge. Miss
Kinney lives on farm with her mother.
Her father 10 hood and fbe tuo oro N a