Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-24
SOUTHERN .GLEANlNGS.
A Wife-Murderer Gets Life.

| j. 6OO TERM .0EGANtN0Ss
| A Wife-Murderer Gets Lifc.
| DIR. Sam N. Glover, Of Gainesville.
Ga, ayoung and talented physician, will
serve the rest of his natural life in the
| Georgia penitentiary for wife-murder.
| tDr. Glover's conviction OF having mur-
| dered his wife closes a remarkable story.
| Six years ago he graduated from a school OF
| medicine with the highest honors. He set
tied in Jefferson county, one of the richest
| counties in Georgia, married the daughter
| of wealthy citizen and became light
both of church and society. Miss Mcdowell,
South Carolina young lady, was fire.
quent visitor to the Doctors family. and
gained friends by her accomplishments. &C One
| day the doctor disappeared, 10 the surprise
of relatives and patrons. About the same
time Mrs. Glover disappeared from her
home, and was never heard of there after
ward. Glover, however, returned to his
family with big story of having been
seized and tied by masked men, who held
him out for a ransom, which he refused to
give. The disfavor into which he had fallen,
however, prepared the community for his
removal. but why he should go to a back
woods county like Franklin was not clear.
| The news a few days later that his wife had
died at her new home aroused suspicion, but
when it was discovered that Miss Mcdowell,
| under cl assumed name. was living in
the same community, those on
the inside were certain that the dead wife
had been the victim of foul play. When,
three days after the death of his wife, the
doctor applied for license to marry Miss
Mcdowell, he was arrested, and a warrant
was issued for the arrest of the paramour,
but she had skipped. She returned one
night later and made = daring attempt to
rescue the doctor from jail. She was run
down by the officers, and for three months
has occupied all adjoining cell to the one in
which her lover was confined On the trial
it was clearly proven that Mrs. Glover's
death was caused by arsenical poisoning.l
Died Defending Her Father.
Miss Lizzie Gossol. aged II, was shot
to death the other night, says Macon
(Ga.) dispatch, by her four male cousins
while defending her father. She was
engaged to marry one of the young
men who aided in numbering her. The
murderers are named Smith, and they
reside on a neigh boring plantation near
Unionville. They had trouble with the
girls father, and they rode over to
whip him. They had Mr.. Gossol on the
ground when the daughter appeared
She attempted to pull one of them off.
when the flash of several pistols fol-
lowed The girl dropped dead with
bullet in her heart. The murderers
fed, but they will be summarily dealt
with when captured.
Married His Sweetheart's Daughter.
The recent marriage of ohm Ring, OF
Cabell county, w. Va, aged 40, and
Miss Mary Donnan, aged 20, of ST. AL
bans, is a union of more than ordinary
romance. Mr.: Ring was formerly an
unsuccessful suitor of his brides mother.
He always remained her friend, how
ever, and when her child was born be-
came greatly attached thereto. The
little girl, as she grew to womanhood,
strikingly resembled her mother, who,
when Mr.. Ring sought her daughters
hand in marriage, looked with favor
upon the alliance. The groom has pur-
chased a fine farm, where he expects to
enjoy his last days in the sunny smiles
of pretty and girlish wife.
stole the BIoodhounds.
Bob Wickens, tough citizen, hailing
originally from Nashville, Tenn, where
he is connected with good families, es-
capped from the county workhouse at
Chattanooga, Tenn, assaulting and
stabbing the guard Bloodhounds were
Immediately put on the trail of the
convict and caught him without loss of
time, but he evidently stood in with
them. and the brutes went off with
Wickens, leaving the officers in the
lurch. Within an hour he walked into
saloon in the center of the city,
bought quart of whisky, showed his
shaclzles and walked away. Since then
no trace of him has been found
A Good Word for the South.
The Financial Chronicle says of the
Louisville & Nashville earnings:
We have an Illustration of the wonderful;
industrial activity and expansion which
have characterized the recent history of the
south and of the care taken to secure the
Louisville & Nashville q share in the enlarged
traffic resulting from this activity, and by
low tariffs and wise management further to
promote and stimulate it. The Nashville
has done its part in opening up the mineral
resources of the section, and it is from the
mineral development that the quickened
trade and manufacturing activity have
| sprung, creating new enterprises, new cities
anu tOWnS, anu d constantly eApdHulUS DOuy
| of consumers and producers.
Coal Deposits.
A fine 6-foot vein of bituminous
coal, almost entirely free from sulphur
and iron, and coking well. has been dis
| covered in the mountain portion of
Preside county, Tex. 1t is said to be
similar to the Trinidad coal of Colora-
do. The extent of the deposit has not
been ascertained. but the indications
| are that it is quite extensive. 1t is not
| far from the line of the Sou thern Pa
| ciic railway.
| Cotton Warehouse Destroyed.
The storage warehouse of Hurter &
| Co.'S compress at Montgomery, Ala,
was burned with $500 bales of cotton.
| The cotton had been bought by Serks
Co. and Reilly Bros, of Liverpool Full
| ly insured. The loss on cotton and
| warehouse is estimated at S125, 900.
| A Heavy Bribe.
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