Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-11-11
Wanted to Kill His step-Father.

o'clock this afternoon waiter Mcl'ohalu,
white boy, age IS years, attempted TO
kill Jim Swan, his step-father, in front
of the barber shop on the public square
Of Holly Springs.
Swan is desperate character and Tor
years has made life unbearable for his
family. Mcdonald says he has beaten
him for twelve years. OF late he has
been whipping his mother.
1t appears that there was general
family row yesterday and Mrs swan
ad her husband arrested for whipping
her.
This evening while Swan was stand
ing in front OF the barber shop young
| Mcdonald rushed up to him saying: ID
YOU, have got you now" at the same
moment plunging knife into his throat.
Swan fell and the infuriated boy leaped
upon him and just as he raised the
knife to make a deadly plunge, City
Marshal Sigman caught his hand, Sew
eral men assisted in taking the boy OH.
The first wound, which is serious, be-
gan about the ear and cut straight down
into the shoulder.
Mcdonald was lodged in jail as he
could not make $50 bond.
Some years ago Swan killed man IL
Memphis.
Holmes County Courthouse Burned.
LEXINGTON. Nov. 3.-At o'clock this
morning the Holmes county courthouse
was discovered to be on fire. This large
two-story brick building is situated II
the middle of the square and on ever
, side are stores, offices and places OF busi
ness. The building was erected beior'
the war at a cost of S2j, 900 or $4,000
The fire originated in the Office of th
chancery clerk. When citizens reache'
= the scene that office with all of its con
tents was smouldering ruin.
The fire had crossed over into the cir
cult clerks Office and was fast lickin
4. M the records there, but by heroi
q efforts many of the records OF that ot1c
were saved.
!, The sherifr's office was the last
4 catch and sufficient time was given
q save from that office all of the record
q and papers and furniture, including
:. large. new safe that had recently bee
IS bought by the county.
5 The superintendent Of public educ;
; 7 - Il, g.,
J. papers.
l. The board OF supervisors at the u
= tober term had purchased handson
C set of furniture for their room: this ha
only been received a few days ago.
y had been put in place and had made tn
;. one OF the prettiest court-rooms in tt
4 State. This was all burned, as it wi
impossible to reach the second stoi
I. when the citizens reached the place.
is A valuable law library, the proper
r. OF the county, was also destroyed, b
d by far the greatest loss to the coun
n. was the destruction of the records
lie the chancery clerks office. This
m cluded all court papers, books and la'
I'd records The land deed books propt
le not including deeds OF trust and cha
w tells book, were in large safe, su
ei posed to be fire-proof.
Is' The indexes to the records we're
nc the outside of the safe and are lost, a
.. even il the deed records are saved the
~ ~ are no indexes by which deeds can
~ found.
j. w. Dyer, the chancery clerk, h
all OF his private account books
stroyed, including not only his accouI
u with his Office, but his plantation
oe counts as we'll.
~ The courthouse was insured for 81
-" 900. The origin of the fire is not know
=. Different theories are INDUCED in
ne the general impression is that it
m. the work of an incendiary. The loss
q. the county is incalculable.