The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-24
CRnE AND CASUALTY.

-At Ati3ntA. "a, Two negroes nave
been arrested for the murder OF Mrs. Lilly.
who was found dead at Der supper table
There IS nothing but circumstantiai evil
dence against them. Tho old lady
srppo,e1 to have had some money. Her
murderers chokcd her to death with y pair
OF ton2A
Charles H. Cough of Terre Haute. Ind,
took strychnine. but he is out OF danger.
Losses at gambling and domestic troubles
caused the deed. Thursday Cough BACKED
both Of his w!fe's eyes and drove her from
the house and when his mother-tn- law re
monstrated he knocked her down also.
While walking on the roof OF his new
hotel at Elwood Ind. F. H. Staley was
psecipitated to the floor below by the Civ
Ing way OF the roof supports lie received
serious INJURIES
The body OF man supposed to be
Professor Anton Stam,n. one OF the editors
OF the Encyclopedias Britannica. was
found hanging to a tree in Central Park,
New York.
Major Benjamin +. Worrell, who was
dismissed from the I treasury Department
last January after seventeen years serv-
Ice. committed suicide on the Capitol
grounds at Washington.
Joseph NJ Click. a leading Ashland.
Pa, politician and Republican candidate
for sheriff. committed suicide by shooting
himself witn a revolver The deed was
prompted by financial troubles.
An elaborate. but in Il great measure
futile. attempt TO defraud Now York par
ties by extensive forgery OF express
money -orders ha. been traced TO persons
in St. Louis. Mo-. and it is expected that
all the guilty ones will be in custody in a
6uv fNn "a nj nm q
Wells. Fargo 4 Co S express, and several
OF the forged orders for small amounts
were cashed before the discovery was
made The bogus papers have been sold
in all sections OF the country. The oper-
ator being u stranger, processes Inability
TO collect from the company. because OF
TIE alleged imrossibiity OF identification
rs the owner OK the money order He usu-
ally approaches some reputable house or
person, and his story is SO plausible and
probat le that the draft is disposed OF with
out difficulty and the operator Immediately
disappears. In such cases the loss falls on
the purchaser, and no doubt in this direc-
tion the aggregate OF losses by hese sharp
ers may be large The company. how
ever will lose but q few hundred dollars,
in consequences OF the early discovery Of
the counterfeit
"A robbers den. in which one OF the
men shot by Postmater Written berg while
robbins the Boone Grove ofiic. is believed
to have died. as discovered in the marshes
near Wheatfeld. Ind.
-Coot Williams. negro convict, has
been taken from Mallory's camp in Pine
Grove. eight miles north Of Nelborn. Fla.
and lynched by Il crowd OF about one hum
dred men. 1t is said that he was impli-
tod in ho tai If twn
in Hamilton County not long ago. The
negro had escaped from prison and the
murder was committed while he was gone.
He was recently captured in Macon. Ga,
and brought back to camp There is con-
siderable excitement and more trouble is
feared.
Agent Temple. OF the Adams Express
Company at st. Louis. has applied for u
warrant for the arrest OF persons said to
have swindled the company out OF large
sums OF money by means OF bogus pack
ages substituted for the genuine Mr.
Temple refuses to give any tnforma alton.
but makes the assertion that the guilty
persons will be arrested soon.
Near Wesley, Washington County.
Texas. John Bcnnon was poisoned and
died after eating bacon and green's set be-
fore him by his wife, His ante mortem
statement and evidence adduced at the in
quest resulted in the arrest of the wife.
-Ex- State Senator seaburn. who was
wounded durn, the bank robbery shoot
ing at Southwest City. Mo. IS dead The
other two wounded at the same time are
getting along nicely. None of the robbers
has been captured. but it IS thought they
have been located near Vinia and posse
o. citizens have started after them. Should
the, be captured they will probably be
lynched.
Joseph +. Royal. an ex-detective. was
shot dead by Carrie Wendell at the Nation
III Hotel Chicago. whom he had wronged.
The woman then tried to Kill herself.
A: Bailey. Ga. John Dyall and his
nephews William and Andrew McEachen
have been on bad terms for some time.
The three meeting. hostilities we're begun
ut once. and Dyall shot William McEachen
to death and seriously wounded Andrew.
Dyall is now a fugitive.
--Ozem Jackson and ]. A. Trusty were
killed and william Hurst fatally injured
by the caving in OF tunnel on the Monon
ut Owensburg. Ind.
IA severe storm in the nature OF a
cloudburst. extending over twenty-f five
miles Of territory. with St Paul on its
western ed re. did terrible damage Tuesday
night At River Falls, Wis. the da III burst
and three bridges were washed away. the
damage on the dam being at leas: $4,000.
New Richmond. Wis. reports that train,
are unable to run on account OF washouts.
and that Mrs. William Brennan. OF Erwin
Prairie. was killed and Others severely in
jared by lightning All Chicago railroads
suffered severely. no trains running on
time.
Near Skies. Mullen burg County. Ky
Jabcz Thorne and Ned Ftnueil were con-
testing lovers OF Miss Amy Person. Sum
day Thorne ACCOMPANIED the young lady
to church. but Finne!l insisted upon going
home with her. which SO enragcl her escort
that he slapped the intruder in the face.
whereupon Finnell shot his assaulter in
the left arm Thorne drew his weapon
and fred bal! through the he ID OF En-
nell, who fell dead
A Boston dispatch says some Clothing
and part OF wrecked catboat were
found on Thompson's Island and an in
VeSf{yation indicates that hoaf hirad nv