The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-26
LYNCHlNG AT NEW ORLEANS
Negro Shot by o Mob and Afterwards
Strung Up to the Nearest Tree.
The Victim Had Just Cut Woman's Throat
end Stabbed Man to Death-Almost q
Triple Tragedy in MOntsna-Other Crimes.

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 25.-One of the most
horrible crimes ever committed here oc-
Cured this evening, and resulted In q wom-
ans throat being cut from ear to ear, q
man being murdered and another being
lynched.
The cri me took place in the fifth district
of this city. which is far off from the thick
ly-settled neighborhood. Mrs. Martin Nc
Mahon keeps grocery at the corner of At
lantio and Pacific avenues. Algiers.
She. some time ago, hired q
negro ex convict named Fisher.
This evening Mrs. Mcmahon sent the
negro on an errand. She expressed DIS
pleasure at tritiing purchase he had made
for her. when the negro. without warning.
woman's throat Her screams attracted
the attention of q white man who ran
to her assistance. The negro fed,
jumping q. back fence and hid
In an outhouse of another dwell,
ing. In the meantime the noise had
brought John Barrett to the scene. He
caught the negro around the BODY, but,
like q flash, the latter turned and stabbed
Barrett three times. killing him in
stantly. BY this time the entire
neighborhoOd had been aroused. and men,
armed with every kind of weapon. came
upon the scene, and after several shots had
been fired at the negro. the crowd quickly
got rope. and. with cries. Hang him be-
fore be Dies" dragged him into the yard
and strung him up on the nearest tree.
Mrs. McMahOn is dangerously wounded.
The excitement ran high, but the prom pt
action of tho police put an end to further
trouble.
IlIioIt Love and q Double Tragedy.
ATLANTA. Ga. Jan. 26.-Umberti Piog-
TIM, an Italian frescO artist of some note,
and his stepsister. Celeste Mueggo. who
was q resident of New Jersey attempted to
die together last night Tor love Of one. an
other. The girl was visiting her mother
here, and PiOgtini, VINO has wife. fell in
love with her. As they could not marry.
they concluded to die. and took rooms cs u
hotel where. locked In each others arms.
the man shot the woman and then himself.
They left a letter giving q story of their
unhappy fate. Both will probably die.
Ex-Missionary Charged with Bisamy.
PITTsFIELD, Mass. Ian. q. Henry Tripet,
formerly French missionary connected
with the First Church in this city, Is under
arrest at Toledo o., charged with bigamy
and will be brought here on requisition
by State Detective Pease. Tripet cut q
wide swsth here. teaching French in the
best families. He married an estimable
young woman, but left some months ago,
when officers got after him Tor performi n Z
marriages Illegally. After his departure it
was learned that he had wife and family
living
Shot His Wife. Her Paramour and Himself
BUTTE. Mont, Jan. 25.-Shortly before
noon to-day Charles Buise shot his wife
through the arm. put two bullets into Wal
do Whipple and then blew out his own
brains. Whipple cannot live. The trouble
-. n hn CHI ho
old story. a woman deserting her husband
for another man. who che became infatu-
ated with, and o husband taking his re-
venge tor the wrong done him.