The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-20

who ever infested that country Their latest
work at Lndeall, in Washington county
Virginia. where they robbed a store,
For months different people Of Bristol have
suffered at their hands. cave, east of Bris
tot and another southwest of Bristol have been
used for their stofehouSes, and today when an
officer went to these places to make invest-
cations. h found them wen supplied with
most every article mentionahlc The burglars
are now in Jail and will await their trials,
when each will get several years i'll the Viz
ginia penitentiary
Killed Himself for "a Mule.
Greenville, S. c., December 1G.-(Spe-
year-old son Of J. ID. Armstrong, who lives
near Fountain, S. G., committed sui
eide by hanging himself with a plow line
in his fathers stable yesterday afternoon.
When discovered his neck was broken and
life was extinct before he could be cut
down. No cause is assigned for the rash
act as it is said he had nothing to trouble
him. although it is said he was dissatis-
fed with his father selling a fayorite mule
a few days ago and it is possible this may
have caused him TO commit suicide.
hort m iii~ crouui.
Richmond, Va, December IA rumor
is current today that investigation shows
that the late George n. W00dbrdge, who
sujcided here several days ago, to have
been short in his accounts as trustee for
his sister-in-aw, Mrs. Richards, to the
amount of $4,000 and also for several
IDOuSdllU COLLARS as trustee IOT Il NI(lbN {.
The matter is nowsbeing thoroughly inyesti-
gated. The intelligence was a great shock
to the friends of the deceased, who hope
that a different state of affairs will be re-
vealed. 1t is also said that he was indebt-
ed to one of the banks other than the one
of which he was cashier to the amount of
several thousand dollars.
Mrs. ar.e ~ i'll squeal.
Huntsville, Ala, December 17.-(Spe-
cial 1T has developed in the bank draft
forgery arrests here of Mrs. NJ. A. Earle
and Il. A. Wolfe that there are four per
sons comprising the gang-tWo men and
two wonderland their operations have cX-
tended from the Pacific coast to New York
and Boston. through Virginia and Tennes-
see to Chattanooga, where they separated,
two coming here. Mrs. Earle has made
a full confession which is kept a secret
and she is to be made q witness against
the other parties. Lieutenant Reeder, o.
the Knoxville detective force, is here, but
fails to identify Mrs. Earle as the much
wanted Annie Nj. Murphey. The woman $
real name is said to be Dooittie.
IOyt and the other woman are reported
caught in Mobile.
fias !;een Lvnched.
Bristol, Tenn. December 17-(Special.)-
A report reached here today from Mountain
City, twenty odd miles distant, that Irwin
Crosswhite. had been lynched. Later another
report contradicted the first.
Later reports from Johnson county via
Johnson City, say that Roberts was lyncheG
the south side if Iron mountain just be
fore the guards reached the Jail The report
also says that his body riddled with buI
lets. The lynchers were not identified. 1t i:
not known whether young Crosswhite il
the party or not. / feud of long standing
has existed between the two families. Cattle
sheep and hogs have been killed by eacl
party belonging to the other. 1t is reported
that Landon Crosswhite beat one of Roberts's
children numerically a few weeks ago.
round in the swamp.
Montgomery, Ala, December 17--(Spe-
ial.)-lnformation reached here this af-
ternoon from Greenyille that the dead body
of Tax Collector Armstrong has been
found in the swamp on Panther creek, i'll
teen miles from that place. The collector
was on his rounds and was, it is believed
murdered for the purpose of robbery. There
is no clue to the murderer. The deceased
had been tax assessor of the county for