The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-11-06
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

and fred two shots at the negro, who
fed. Yesterday the attention Of party
of hunters was attracted by congrega-
ton of buzzSrds. It was found they had
been attracted by the dead body Of the
negro and that both shots from Mrs.
Matthews's pistol had taken effect, caus-
ing death in few hours.
DoDGEvILLE, WIs., October 29.-The
family Of Robert Paul at Middleton have
been afflicted by diptheria, which was
brought into the house in singular
manner. About four weeks ago stray
cat came to their home and one of the
children handled and played with it.
Although it was noticed at the time that
it discharged at the nose and mouth,
nothing was thought of it until soon after,
when the boy came down with black
diptheria-one of the most malignant
kind-that the doctor said he had
caught from the cat. The boy died.
Then the second took the disease and died.
The father, mother and daughter we're al
so stricken down and recovered. Albert,
the only remaining son and support of
his parents, cared for them all through
their terrible sickness, holding one Of the
boys when dying ard preparing them for
their last resting place with his own hands.
When the others we're recovering he was
taken down and died.
COLUMBIA, November 1.-At about
$50 this afternoon the dead body of Miss
. Florence Hornsby, daughter of Mr.. G..
W Hornsby, was found near a spring
about 200 yards from her fathers house,
in the Cane Greek neighborhood, about
seven miles north of Columbia. Her
throat was cut from ear to ear, and there
were also evidences that narneless crime
had been committed on her. The ghast-
~ discovery Was made by negro boy
who was on his way to corn field near
by. He reported that he saw negro
man running away from the scene Of the
murder, bat that he was unable to identi.
fy him. Mr.. John S. Loomis, who lives
in the neighborhood, came to Columbia
at about s o'clock this evening, and re-
ported the murder to Sheriff Rowan.
The coroner was notified, and will hold an
inquest tomorrow. Reports from the
neighborhood state that there were OBJ
served, near the place where the body was
found, signs of terrific struggle. a
wooden paddle, such as used by country
'laundresses for beating clothes in the
wash, was found near the body with blood
stains upon it. No clue to the identity
of the murderer has yet been obtained.
The family of Miss Hornsby are people
of responsibility, but Of humble condi-
tion. These particulars are all that can
be gathered tonight from the meagre re-
ports brought into Sheriff Rowan.
PrrrsBURe, October s1.-A special
from Braddock, Pa, says that a horrible
accident occurred there in the Edgar
Thompson Steel Works last night, which
was due to the careless bravado of the
victim, colored man named Robert
Washington. He halls from Culpepper,
Va, and has been working as bricklay-
.er's laborer. 1t was noticed by Superin-
tendent Pierce, of the Carnegie Electric
Light Company, that Washington
had often grasped the electric
light wire, when the current Was
turned off, in order to show the men
that he WAS not afraid. He was warned
by Pierce that he would be caught,
Pierce telling him several times that he
was doing very foolish thing. Last
night at 10 O'Clock Washington was
seen to climb up several steps and reach
out his hand toward the electric light
lamp. Some one shouted warning to
him, but too late. His hand touched the
wire, and in an instant his frame stifened
and he fell to the floor below dead. Not
muscle twitched, and his death must
have been instantaneous. His right
hand had touched the wire, and his left
clinging to the iron rod had completed
the circuit. There was not a mark on
the man except on the right hand, where
light scar was found where he had
grasped the wire.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 26.-A desperate
duel to the death was fought near Dan.
ielsville, Madison County, yesterday AZ
ternoon, in which William Sanders, a
prominent planter, was killed, and Will.
liam Martin, his neighbor, was fatally
wounded. For some time there has been
bad blood between the men. Each had
appeared in court as, witness against the
other, and several times serious difficult
ties have taken place between them.
The trouble eliminated on Saturday.
Martin lives quarter of mile from
Sanders, and is a tenant on a plantation
of Sanders sons. Yesterday Sanders
heard shooting in the direction of Mar
tins house, and looking out saw his own
hogs running. He at once concluded
that Martin was shooting at them, Martin
having been prosecuted upon charge of
that kind before. So Sanders took his
gun and started to Martins.
When asked what he meant by shoot
ing at the hogs, Martin said he would
shoot him (Sanders) too if he bothered
him, and after few more words the men
began firing. Martin emptied his dou-
BILE. barreled gun and five.shooter at San.
ders. -Four shots took effect. Any one
of them would have been fatal.
Sanders shot at Martin five times, three
from pistol and two from gun. Three
of these took effect. Martin will die.
Sanders son was within fifteen feet of him
when he fell. The son had called to the
men to stop. Sanders did stop, but Mar.
tin kept on until his weapons were emp
tied.
BUFFALO, N. Y, November lone OF
the most terrible murders ever known in
the history of Erie County was committed
at Akron, twenty-four miles east of this
city last night. A young woman named
Sarah McMullen, aged 10, formerly liv.
ing in Buffalo, enticed Della Brown, aged
years, and Nellie May Connors, aged
/ 10, on to the Akron cement works narrow
gauge railroad bridge, a height of sixty
five feet, over Murier Creek. All of a
sudden she pushed Della Brown over the
side of the bridge, and then grabbed
Nellie May Connors and hurled her into
the precipice below. Nellie was instantly
killed, but fortunately little Della Brown
lives to tell the tale. Her arms and legs
are broken, and although terribly bruis-
ed, it is thought she will recover. Last
night the citizers of Akron seached for
the missing girls and found them about
2 O'Clock this morning. For several
hours little Della had laid on the stones
at the side of the creek unable to move.
She said to Constable Burns that Sarah
had hard work in pushing Nellie Connors