The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-12-14
CPIME AND CASUALTY.


was con .c,cd at Fort Smith. Ark, Of the |
murder OF Charles Herme, in the Indian
Territory.
AT Erie, Pa, Ed"ard Cady. aged IS.
killed his two children and pat a bullet
into bis own brain The victims were a
boy and "A girl. aged and :. Cady wa a
morphine fend, and seemed to labor under
the i'm preston that his family ard him
self would become hopel.ssiy insane If al
lowed to live.
The schooner Avon, Capt Grouse. from
Lunen berg, went ashore at Li,comb. y. :
he was saved. but the schooner IS
badly damaged
One OF tie crew reached shore from
the wreck Of the British ship Jason at
BOSTON Iwcnty--iX were lost
A lccoinotive on the Texas and pacifc
exploded about "A mile vest Of EastIand
Texas The engine was running at that
time at the rate of about eighteen miles
an hour Charles +. Elliott. engineer:
Jesse Beaver, fireman: ana Frank Spencer.
head brakeman, We're Instantly killed
7 he bodies Of Elliott and SPENCER were
blown into the brush about one hundred
feet from the scene Of the eXplO-io1
Curt David son. the murderer Of Biz
die Haugh. the daughter of his employer.
lie: in his cell in the county jail at Can
ton, Ohio
Thirteen freight cars cent into river
Ivy Louisville and Nashville bridge XIV
ing way near Bowling Green, Ky
HARPER Whitnicr murdered lis mother
i,-la". and then disappeared in the hills
at Butler, Pa.
Y. f. CoIburn, r0-year-old traprer.
was found dead at Columbia, :. D., with
an jrt, rod run through hi, he al,
Frank Tanscy. colnree. who is wanted
Ia Dayton, Ohio, for alleged com glicity il
tie bruta murder of two eN-,oldiors. WAS
arrested at Chicago, Wednesday, by Deiec-
tivea Zones and Reed. and will be he'd
hero until Chief of Police Farrell, OF Day
ton, arrives to take charge of the prisoner.
With two other men, Louis Ray and Ed
ward Woodsnn. who ar now in custody.
TnnScy is CHI ,r-ed with killing James Shay
and Martin Wilson. two veteran inmates Of
the Ohio Soldiers Home. at Dayton. about
two months ago Shay and Wilson had just
drawn their pension noneT. aud the inves-
tigation OF the police showed that Ray.
Woo lsun aud ramsey. al Of whom are col
orci, knew Of the fact and planned the as
sault for the purpose OF robbery. Ray and
Woodson were cau1ht in Cincinnati a few
days later From remarks they inadvcrt-
third man was In the job The task OF
| tracking Tansey was finished when he was
apprehendcd in Il saloon at Chicago
Patrick Eugene Prcndcr-a>t was placed
on trial for his life before Judge Brcntano
In the Criminal Court at Chicago Wednes-
day for the murder OF Mayor Harrison on
the evening OF oct. 2S The anticipated
public interest in the case was not mani
! tested to the extent OF any great effort to
fill the courtroom. Several people at
tempted to secure admission to the room
and u few succeeded. but the number OF
| applicants was doubtless limited by the
fact that the trial had been postponed and
| the announcement that no one who had not
actual business in the case would tie al
| lowed to enter That rule was enforced
| rigidly by a strong body of policemen and
| bailitfI who guarded the lower corridors
| and the stairways. The crowds that were
| present when the anarchists and the Croc!n
murderers were tried and sentenced in the
| same dinsy old courtroom We're therefore
| lacking and the silence almost COM
| plctc. THE work Of securing jury was at
| once commenced.
| IL. L. Garrett, of Toledo. was sanl-
| bagEcd and robbed Of S545 and his watch.
He was unconscious for many hours.
| Thomas AXworthy died In exile at
| Hamilton. Ont. He was Treasurer of
! Cleveland. and in 1856 dccamped with
100000.
w. II. Chalklsy. q foreman on the Bur
| lin-ton bridge at Belle Fontaine Bluffs.
| fell sixty three feet to the frozen river and
WAS instantly killed.
| Henry Collier. bookkcepcr for the
hardwood stave factory of Little Rock.
Ark. killed by George Mcnamara. Il
! bartender. Roth had been drinking. Nc
! Namara was arrested.
| Mrs. Luther Orr. 80 years old. commit
ted suicide at her HON. in Fort Scott.
| Kan. by cutting her throat with u razor.
| Juan Guadalupe was shot by law in
| Me xico. for bcatIn. to death his 3-ycar.
old boy who refused to drink a cup OF
coffee.
Testimony was commenced in the suit
for $50. 900 damages against the City OF
| New Orleans. growing out of the lynchin =
three years ago.