The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-05-07
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

fame, at this place about month ago,
died in the hospital to-day. She has
been paralyzed ever since the shooting
occurred. Cox was arrested and is now
in Jail awaiting his trial for murder at
the next term of court.
New YORK, April 2S.-The Ninth
National bank has lost about 100000
through the defalcation of President
Hill, who died March l last of consump.
ton. It was only few days ago that
the directors suspected anything wrong
and began an examination of the ac-
counts revealing his loss, which a further
examination by Bank Cashier Hepburn
and q clearing house committee tonight
confirmed.
CHATTANOOGA, April 29.-A serious
fire. which broke out in Campbell & Co.'S
furniture factory, ragged fercely here for
q time this morning. When the fire
was finally got under control, it WAS
found that an area of twenty acres had
been burned over, causing loss now es-
timated at about $3.50, 600, with insurance
ofsomething over $150,000. While this
fire was in progress another occurred on
East Montgomery avenue in which nine
cottages we're destroyed causing a loss of
| about $4,000.
PARIS, Tex, April 25.-At the water
tank four miles east of Marietta, I. T., q
few days ago, while two-year. old child
of Mrs. Posey was playing in the yard,
its mothers attention was attracted by
some noise to sight which almost par
alyzed her. A large gray wolf was with.
in few feet of the child and In the act
of springing upon it. She seized the
child and started screaming for the door,
followed by the brute. Her husband
heard the screams and met his wife ut
the door. It took only few minutes to
make dead wolf of the pursuer.
GAINESVILLE, Tex, April 28.-While
Mrs. Eefyn's two small children we're
playing in the yard at their residence in
Lexington, 2year-old girl found what
she called pretty flower, and called her
4 year-old brother to come and see it, at
the same time catching large rattle
snake by the tail. The brother saw that
his sister would be bitten if he did not
act quickly. he secured stick and
placed it over the head of the reptile and
held it there till his mother arrived and
dispatched the serpent. The little hero
is keeping the rattles as reminder of
his little sisters narrow escape.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, April ga
special to the Advertiser states that the
Opera House in Troy, Ala, fell in this
afternoon while party of young people
were rehearsing an amateur performance.
About twenty persons we're buried in the
ruins. The dead are Miss Annie Foster,
of Eastman, Ga, and Miss Fannie Lou
Starke, only child of Judge B. W. Starke,
of Troy. The seriously injured are Miss
Maggie Burnett, lately of Bainbridge,
Ga, and Miss Eula Downing. The
Others we're hurt, but not seriously
The accident resulted from the spreading
of the roof, which was intended to be
self-supporting but was faulty in con-
strnction.
CHESTERFIELD, G. H., S. c., April %.
One Calvin Ricketts,, who lived with
his mother snd only brother, Thomas
Ricketts,, about seven miles from this
place and about 100 yards over the North
Carolina line, killed his brother Thomas
one day last week. The two brothers
were starting to work and disagreed about
the ownership of piece of trace chain,
got into fight, and Calvin claims that
he hit Thomas with his fist and knocked
him down. Thomas stated before he died
that Calvin hit him with board. His
skull was broken. An autopsy and in
quest was held and Calvin Ricketts, sent
to jail in Anson County, N. @.
OMAHA, NEB., April 2a.-Three men
made an attempt to rob the Oak Valley
bank at Valparaiso, Saunders County,
yesterday morning, They boldly entered
the bank, where Cashier Chamberlain
and @. K. johnson were engaged in con.
versation, and one of the robbers drew
revolver, but before he could cover either
johnson or Chamberlain the latter had
secured what cash was in sight and John.
son was swapping a revolver at the in
truders. The robber with the gun fred
one shot at Johnson, grazing his neck,
then all three would.be robbers ran
Two escaped in q buggy, but the third
man, evidently bewildered, bolted away
from the buggy and WAS captured.
LITTLE ROCK, ARK, April 21.-News
has just reached here from Baxter County
that a family of FIVE campers, named
Baldwin, from Tennessee, en- route to
Texas, died in awful convulsions. The
citizens suspect that a band of Gypsies,
who had been poisoning cattle in
adjoining counties, had poisoned the
spring near which the family had camp
ed, and lynching of the band has been
imminent and only postponed by the
counsel of the cooler headed, who insist
ed that they must wait until they had
proof positive. This wise counsel pre-
vented deplorable tragedy. as yesterday
morning the remains of large centipede
was found in the coffee pot out of which
the campers had drank, and this deadly
poison undoubtedly caused their death.
COLUMBUS, GA, April 29.-At 8
O'Clock this morning frightful accident
occurred, in which a party of six had
miraculous escape from painful death.
Henry Spinx, Dan Miller, Buck Terrell
and three children we're on their way to
Columbus from Phoenix City in wagon,
when crossing the bridge over the rail-
road, Just above the trestle across the
river, the horse became frightened, and
commenced backing and kicking. The
driver could not control him, and before
the party could jump from the wagon
the horse had backed over the embank-
ment twenty-five feet high, where horse,
wagon and occupants were tumbled in
terrible wreck. The horse was badly
injured and the wagon literally smashed
to splinters, but strange to say, not one
of the six occupants was killed. All
we're more or less hurt.
ALBANY, GA, April ga dogs de.
votion to his master WAS forcibly illus.
trated in the fight between Boisey Bailey
and q. H. Morgan, in this city. Both
men were under the influence of liquor,
and as Bailey proved less powerful phys.
ically than his antagonist, he was thrown
or knocked down, and while he WAS in
state of elongation Morgan got out his
blade and crawling on his PROSTATE form,
proceeded to dissect him. The penknife
was sent into Railsy'a left side, and on
both of his thighs q deep cash was cut.
Just at this juneture, while the two men
we're struggling with might and main
the one to infict more wounds and the
other to ward them off-a dog belonging
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