Telegram-herald., 1890-12-27
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Scotia a. 10 eel9eA IAnrslay mog1-
ins Aiehasl. John and Peter Kans.
brothers. cane lzto town and ~ less
thAa "a hoE had drisen every
6ody on the street. - indiserimi-
aAtsly drag FeyoiTsfs aud n1ar-
ishing kuises They coa6scated
liquor right ana left and we're sooa hi
lzFioosly intoxicated Marshsl Booth
nnally coFrallsd them la al alley and
by Lsersi display 0f arms placed them
ander arresE lie marched them ap the
street hall a bloek when they broke
away and began firing al him.
The onlesx however, was too quick
foF the desPeradoes and sent sa
unerring bullet into the head Of John
Kane, who fell dead The other
brothers then turned corner and at
tsnpted 70 escape Hp The railroad track
toward Duluth Marshal Booth fol-
lowed. nring as fast as he could cock
bis rssSs-Sr. and finally planted a
leaden missile IA tho back Of
Peter Esnes head. He died from
the wound during the afternoon
Michael Kane was captured and placed
in jail where he is in momentary
danger OF being lynched. The dead
men were single and had been the ter
ror Of the lumber camps OF this region
for long time They were about - or
50 years OF age and hail from Hastings,
Mimi. Marshal Booth gave himself up
- sheriff Mclaughlin.
Tragedy N A STABLE.
NEw YoRk, Dec. s5.--At Sis o'clock
Thursday afternoon an alteration took
place In the livery stable, No. i2l West
Forty-hfth street, during which Michael
Calvin, the proprietor, shot and killed
James Cummings, 81 years old, OF r : htb
avenue and Forty ninsh street. Gum
mings was shot in the left eye. Calvin
also shot Edward Hurley, % years old,
OF 252 West torty-trst street. in the left
cheek. Hurley was removed TO the
Roosevelt Hospital and Calvin was ar.
rested. lie claims he did the shooting in
self-dsfense, and that Cummings at
tackled him with stick, breaking his
aose and one OF his ribs.
KILLED THE POSTMASTER.
CARROLLToS, Miss, Dec. ga
tragedy occurred on the principal busi-
ness street in this town at noon Thurs
day in which John Prentiss Mat
thews, the Republican postmaster
at this place, was killed by w
;. Mcbride, a wealthy young drug
giSt. Matthews was coming down
the street toward the drug store of Nc
Bride s. Co., and was armed with
80 f.R Il,
toward him and fired the fatal shot while
Matthews held his gun uplifted and was
preparing 10 shoot Mcbride. The cause
of the difficulty was a quarrel which
occurred between the two men Wednes-
day. Matthews was the youngest son of
John Prentiss Matthews, who was
killed at Haselhurst in 1884, and a
brother of J. NJ. and ). L. Matthews,
the latter being United States Marshal
for the Southern district of Mississippi.
MANY ALTERATIONS N KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. 26.-NO less
than four eases of attempted murder
occurred here Thursday. William
Barnes (colorcd) quarreled with George
Taylor (also colored) and Taylor struck
Barnes over the head with a batchet,
producing fatal wound. Taylor was
arrested. William Rockwell called on
a Mrs. Rockwell and shot at her
The bullet carried away one of her
fingers and the woman tainted. Think
ing ne had killed her Rockwell turned
the weaoon on her little daughter and
fred. the bullet producing flesh wound
in the child's arm oliver White quar-
relied with Alice Larson, split her head
open with an axe and escaped The
woman is fatally injured.
KILLED WHILE EATING his DINNER.
NORFOLK, Va. Dec. 26.-Early Thurs
day morning J. Z. Brady. a fireman en-
ployed By the Cotton Compress Associa-
ton. applied 10 c. j. Colcutt, a private
watchman on the wharf. 20 arrest a
nan in the street who had been offen-
sive 20 him COlcutt refused. saying he
had no authority 70 arrest the man.
Brady then left. but returned just as
/ Colcutt was eating his dinner, which
had been brought him by his wife and
two little grandchildren. and in their
presence pulled revolver and shot Col
cutt through the head. killing him in
stantlv Brady was arrested and IL was
with difficulty that the police prevented
the crowd from lynching him.
SHOT AT A wEDDtSG Feast.
LEBANON. Pa, Dec. 26.-Clinton p.
/ Hurst, Of south Lebanon township. and
/ Miss Lizzie Cassel. Of North Lebanon
township. were married Thursday, and
their friends decided 70 give them a ser
/ enade A young man took measures to
prevent the serenade. and his action
made the singers angry. When he
emerged from the house a pistol shot
was 6red At him The aim was poor,
however. aud the bullet struck Miss
F Emma Cassel sister of the bride. Il is
I thought that the wound viii prove fatal
ASSAULTED AND soBBED.
MADISON. s. n. Dec. -. 6.-Just before
midnight two strangers entered the
drug store Of William Bartlett
Just ss The proprietor was closing
up for the night after big holt
dsv trade Bartlett was knocked
T seuseless ~ blow on thc head. and
when he recovered consciousness THE
men bad disappeared Vith 81 Geo they
found in che safe Thursday word was
+ received from Winnifred that the men
had been caught. and Mr Bartlett viii
g there 20 Identify them.
arRE wrrEns Av AXE
+ IFRsFv CRY. y. T.. Dee 2s-MarVie
+ Nnrphv ard Edward Mcrermott ro.
T into q row a. 2 party given bv friend
+ IN Warran street Thursisv. ard Miss