The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-10
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

I'm a criminal courtroom at BASKERVILLE.
Ala. Clark Richardson cut the throat Of
John Lyon Testimony In Il divorce case
started the fatal quarrel
HAIRY Caldwell. u farmer Of Bowling
Green. Ky, CO years OF age, killed his wife
and then committed suicide 1hey had
Jus: agreed to live apart
Handy keighler co,ored. who. il IS
alleged. committed an assault ufon Mrs.
Seiyhtler. wife OF Il farmer near Columbia.
s. G., was taken from the sheriff at swan
sea and hanged 20 Il tree. His body was
riddled with bullets. Two others Tom
Preston and VIII Thompson. coiored. were
hanced 70 the same tree for having par
ticipated in the cr!Ina
In Mobile Ala Bolive. Hudson. a man
60 years old. was convicted OF q murder
committed twenty four years ago and given
a sentence Of five years.
In hch, between deputy rlalshals
and band OF outlaws. just west OF Einita.
]. r., one OF the outlaws, named Ralph
Hollock. o: Udall, Kan. was killed and
another. named Sam Rogers. OF Sloan
Ark. was fatally wounded
Three BURGLARS entered the Offices OF
the Chicago Ne wspaper Union, and. secur-
ing the watchlnen. robbed the safe OF Sl5,-
GOO in notes and 500 In cash.
A pitched battle between police officers
and citizens on one side aud a gang Of bur-
glars on the other occurred at West Lake
street and Hoyne avenue, Chicago. early
Tuesday morning. it resulted in the seri-
Gus wOunding OF two members OF the pur-
suing party and the capture Of one Of the
burglars The shooting: attracted an i'm
mense crowd. and the most intense excite
ment prevailed.
Henry Reynolds. negro. was lynched
near Montgomery. Texas. for numbering u
man named Marsh. assaultinc his wife. and
mutiIating hi, two children.
The third trial OF Actor NJ b Curtis
for the alleged murder Of I, San Francisco
policeman has been begun
A terrific rainstorrl struck Cald we'll,
Ohio. The Pre- ,byter!an Church was COM
pletely wrecked. The steepe fell through
the roof Of the resdnnce OF james KannelS.
Five men were killed ly the explosion
OF IA threshiny machine boiler near New
ark, Ohln
The Prosecuting Attorney at St Louis
has refused TO proceed against Maud Ne
Kibben, charged by a cnroner's jury with
poisoning her father and sister. He says
the evidence does not warrant her arrest.
-Bernard McGinn. who killed Edward
Mckenna. narrowly escaped lynchiny AT
Omaha. A crowd OF the murdered man
friends gathered at the jail. but In antici-
patton OF their coming the prisoner had
been removed 20 Lincoln
John Seaman, a farm hand. was muir
derc<l by two masked robbers at Rufus
+ ClarA's ranch In SrUth Denver Two bull
lets were hred through his brain. The
! men Intended to rob Clark. Who is wealthy.
| but we're fOilel
A collision between a truck and q
wagon precipitated a street fight IN New
| York in which several hundred persons
took part
! Thomas Collins and Thomas Stevenson
| fought in q courtroom at Hope. Arh.. dur
! ing tn" progress, OF "A la wsuit- and both re
ceived fatal injuries
| AT Topeka. Kan, Bank Comniss ione4
| Bridenthal received information OF an at
tempt to rob the Cune Bank. Burglars
| worked several hours to get the funds. bu
| we're unsuccessful They ruined the vuul
| with crowbHrs ana dynamite.
| George kstner. one OF the fourteen nes
arrested at Quincy. H.. for the murder o
| bradshaw. has confessed that he fred the
fatal shot. He says he supposed the re.
, vclver contained only blank cartridse 5
the intention being merely 70 frightes
bradshaw and Mrs Breckinrid-c.