The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-11-27
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

RALEIGH, N. u, NOV. Zl.-AG Dul-
ham, this morning, Mrs. Wingate, wife
of Rev. @. J. Wingate, an Episcopal
minister, and Mrs. W. L. Wall, were
driving in an open carriage. The driver
was sent to the house and the spirited
horses started off. Mrs. Wall jumped
out and was almost instantly killed.
Mrs. Wingate sooa afterwards jumped,
and suffered internal injuries from which
her death IS expected.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, November 90
An American Cooksville special says
A. NJ. LOTUS shot and killed his father,
81. G. Lotus, six miles east of Gainsboro
this morning, in personal difficulty,
accidentally killing his brother with
him at the same time. The son is said
to have acted in self-defense, engaging
first in defending his mother from an
attack of his father. The parties are
highly connected.
GREENv1LLE, S. @. November 49,
jeff. Pearson, of Reidville, Spartanburg
County, in this State, was kicked to
death by mule, just across the line in
this County, on Saturday last. Mr.
Pearson had hitched the mule, and enter.
ed a store to transact some business.
When he returned to the mule he ap-
preached too near his hind feet. The
mule viciously kicked him in the stom-
ach with both feet. When found he was
unconscious. He fingered until Sunday,
when death released his suferings.
CHARLESTON, S. O., Nov. 1l.-John
Willis, negro boy about Is years old,
came to the city to-day and, going to the
chief of police, related q horrible story.
He said he and his father and mother
lived about ten miles from WillistoD,
Barnwell County; that on Wednesday
night his mother went out to q sociable
against his fathers command, and that
on her return the old man cut her throat
and, putting the body on wheelbarrow,
trucked it to sugar-cane furnace near
By, where he proceeded to cut it in pieces
and cremate it. The boy said he fed
before his fat her had finished his horri-
bic work.
NEW YORK, November PA fright.
full accident occurred at the Pierrepont
House, the swellest hotel on the Heights,
Brooklyn's most aristocratic neighbor.
hood, shortly before o'clock this after.
noon. a handsome richly dressed wo.
man leaped from a window on the sixth
floor of the hotel and was dashed to
death on the pavement about one hum
dred feet below. She was Mrs. Charles
4. Coombs, of 8 South Elliot place,
another of Brooklyn's swell neighbor-
hoods. She was the wife of the newly
elected Congressman of the 3rd district.
At 1890 o'clock q handsome and fashion.
ably.dressed woman went up to the hotel
desk and said ri would like to secure
the highest room in the hotel. am
troubled with palpitation of the heart,
and would like to be away from all ex-
citement." She was attired in dark
clothing and wore a rich looking Astra'
chan cap. Her appearance was such
that Manager Case without hesitation
conducted her to room on the sixth
floor. When he left her at the room door
she asked him to send up pint bottle of
wine. he did so, and few minutes la-
ter the bell rang for chambermaid. AS
the chambermaid entered the door she
saw the woman standing in the centre of
the room, with a wine glass at her lips.
One of the windows in the room was
open to its full height. The chambermaid
had barely got inside the door when the
woman dashed the wine glass to the
floor, and, without word, rushed to the
window and threw herself headlong out.
She turned over and over in her descent,
struck with terrific force on the roof of an
extension to the hotel, and landed on q
large flower urn standing in front of the
hotel. Then she rolled off on to the gra-
ting of the cellar in the sidewalk. The
frightened nurse ran screaming from the
room the instant the woman took her aw-
full leap, and her wild cries quickly arous-
ed the inmates of the house. Two mes
senger boys had seen the body come
turning, tumbling Gown, and their alarm
brought hundreds to the scene to swell
the horror stricken crowd which poured
out of the hotel. No one appeared to
know her, aud as she had not registered,
Manager Case did not know her name.
The body was removed to the Adams
street station house, and search of the
pockets disclosed the name and address
on bill. The deceased has been mar
ried for the past seven years, but lately
has suffered from i'll health and at times
was undoubtedly suffering from tempo.
rary alteration of the mind.