The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-03-17
NEW WORLD.
Winters, the Murderer, Fatally Wounded
by \ Son of the Victim.

by Son of the Victim.
Joseph Winters, charged with being acces
sorry to the murder OF j e Jones, was sho
and fatally wounded by Thos Jones. a SOL
of the murdered man, In the corridor of thu
criminal court at Nashville, Tenn, Monday
The shooting took place just after the ac'
journment Of the court, which had continued
until the next term the cases against Joseph
Winters and his brother Andrew, the latter
beirg Indicted for the murder of j B Jones
Five shots were fired by young Jones. Three
OF them took effect In Joseph Winters body
The fourth struck James Bondmant. a spec.
tator, and Inflicted a very severe wound. The
fifth bullet lodged In a bench. The court
house was quickly filled with people. Jones
was arrested and committed tc jail and Joseph
Winters was conveyed to the hospital. Bond.
mant also quickly received medical attention.
Samuel 9 Cousins, a paper cutter, % years OF
age, left Toronto Wednesday to visit Christian
K Rose, whose long lost son Charlie he imagines
he may be. Cousins wont to Canada from Eng
land abont five years ago. He SAWS he remem-
bers distinctly tho time when he was kidnapped
Margaret Fox K,nc, who was known oil over
this country and Europe 40 years Ego as a spir-
aged SO years. at the house of Mrs Emily B
Ruggles. Brooklyn. The story Of her life is so
well known that 1t need only be mentioned that
she married DR. Elisha Kent Kane when she
was 20 years old, and abandoning her spiritual
istic connections, she had after DR. Kane's death
a struggle to live even comfortably throughout
the rest of her life. DR. Kane's family refused
to recognize her as his wife. but there is no
doubt that she was; she proved 1t completely by
her book, 1.-The Love Life of DIR Name" made
up largely Of MS letters. a few years ago a
exposure of the fraud of her youth; but she af-
terward repeated of this and affirmed the truth
OF her original record: Margaret died in p,ov.
erty and distress. being deserted by all her
spIitualistic friends. save, as 1t appears. Mrs
Emily b Ruggles. who helped her constantly,
and at whose house she died.
Marion Clinton has confessed that VIM. McRae
and Irving jenkins murdered Miss Bruce. Mrs.
Hatch ana two children at Hewitts, Volusia
county, Fla, q year ago last December, while he
kept watch. The murder created a great sensa-
ton in Florida at the time. Miss Bruce was q
sister n Flaw Of Frank J ~Packwood, and one of
the children murdered was Psckwood's son and
the other a son OF Mrs Hatch. Parkwood. who
lived with his sister in-law at Hewitt's, was call,
ed away on business and Mrs, Hatch, a ~neighbor
was Invited In to stay.
The exposure of the crimes Of young DR. Alon-
20 8 Mead OF Danbury, CT, and his alleged at
whaley. has caused much excitement In Dan
bury. DR. Mead is q years old, and after his
graduation at the New York dental college a
year ago. DR. Whalsy took him into his mice,
a place he left about a month ago, as the rela-
lions between tins two became unpleasant. Last
May. DR. Whaley, with his physician, DIR A
Stratton, started tor Europe, and IS DR. Whaley
left Danbury, DR. Mead gave him a flask Of whis'
Key. When the train reached Branchville, DIR
WhaIey took a drink OF the whiskey ana soon
fell into a Yep stupor. from which 1t was im-
possible to rouse him fer IL hours. The whiskey
has since been analJzed and found, SO 1t ie
claimed, to contain atropin, a deadly poison. 1t
Is supposed that he wanted to Kill DR. Whaley in
order that he might have his practice.
Joseph Massey, aged 80. fired three shots at
Mary Victoria L8fave, aged Is. at Quincy, Mass,
Sunday, while on her way from church. Alter
shooting at Miss Lafave he turned the revolver
to his own head and fred, the ball entering just
I'm In xv thA hnnh of Tho rlphf q In Hoo n n
minutes later. Jealousy was the cause.
The heirs of Sam Houston. ''father of Texas"
entered suit Saturday against holders of a block
moet valuable blocks in this city. worth 5000,
600. The suit also includes accrued rents OF
500, 900 more. The son. ex Senator Temp e
J~ouston, is managing the case for the heirs, some
20 In number. !
Michael Sullivan of Baldwinsviile, Mass,
went home drunk last Friday. He drove his
wife from the house, and then burst opea the
door Of the room in which his two cons we're
sleeping with an AK. The boys took the AK
from him, wheh he drew q revolver and shot one
Of them. Michael. In the lefj breast, i~nfllcting a
wound from which he cannot recover.
The grand jury of the Uni ed States circuit
court at Boston has found another Indictment
against Col. Jonas II. French, one of the
directors OF the late Maverick bank, charging
him with aiding the cashier in leaking false
The charge Is precisely that he
signed reports to the controller repeatedly
representing the overdrafts to be out about
800, when be knew bis account TO be OYER
drawn form $50 Don to So GOO.