The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-02
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

for Numerous crimes. and the other was
Clay Davis, ono OF the most noted horse
there's OF the Territory. A. fire occurred
just 1T the time the prisoners escaped
The guards attention vas directed TO the
blaze. and the outlaws took ADVANTAGE
end made good thetr escape They we're
stded from t.e outside
"A mot Of thirty armed men overpow-
BRED the jailer at Wocdville. Texas. wont
10 the cell where William Griffith was con-
fined. and took ham out Proceeding to
the Southern Pacific water tank they
hanged and shot him. One 0: the shots
little girl
caunonball train, on the Texas and Pa
cifc Road had a thead-end collision near
Queen city Ark. at ":30 p H. Monday.
Eight men were killed and several INJURED.
The dead are: Ed Bee. postal clerk: Ed
Grimm engineer; Charles Holland, postal
clerk: Jim Johns. porter; Fred Marshall
express messenger; Mike Voltz, postal
clerk: -. fireman; unknown
man The injured: George Bean. pns-
tai clerk; severely cut and bruised
One engine was completely wrecked and
the other badly disabled. The baggage.
express. mail and smoker OF both trains
were shattered into a mass OF splinters.
The dead nyineer was taken to Texar-
kama. and the bodies OF the fireman and the
unknown man were removed to Marshall
The wounded were also taken to Marshall.
There were hundreds OF people at the de-
pot to meet the train which came In from
the wreck at eleven o'clock.
Alexander Billeke. contractor OF
Elkhart, Ind. was instantly killed by
passenger train. the approach of which he
did not see as he was walking on the
track.
An unknown man was found in dy ing
condition the beach at Cleveland. Ohio.
havin. been assaulted and thrown into
the lake
Clay Davis. a member OF the Dalton
gang, and a horse thief. was killed six
teen miles east OF Perry. o. T.. by Sheriff
J. NJ. Taylor. Davis and Bud Appling
we're liberated from jail at Perry during
fire. and officers found them secreted III
hut near the town OF Morrison A battle
occurred. and Davis was killed and Appling
wounded. Applny was prize fighter
from Colorado
BY the cavinG-in of the walls OF a cis-
tern at the Young ladies Catholic SEM
mary. at Winona. Mimi. three bricklayers
and a boy years old were buried under
OF men was at once started to digging. but
all were dead when found
AT St Louis n warrant was issued for
the arrest Of W. G. kerley. cashier in the
freight Office OF the Missouri Pacific here.
| upon the charge Of embezzlement The
| amount known to have been taken and up
! on which tho warrant Is based IS $1,000.
| but the In vestigation OF kerey's books is
| aot nearly complete and the aggregate -
| expected to be far In excess Of that
amount
-Orville Johnson. the S-year-old son of
Kirk Johnson. Of Lancaster. Pa. is ly-
Ing at the point OF death as the result
of picking up the free end OF broken
electric light wire charged with =, 200 volts
The wire passed over a tree. the end being
just within reach OF the boy. When he
caught hold of 1t he was drawn from his
| :eet, and swung back and forth like a
pendulum for fully five minutes. flames
flashing from his hand all the while. His
| screams attracted II number of persons.
who secured clubs and knocked the wire
out OF his hand. O. J. Steigerwalt. youn;
man. also caught hold OF the wire and was
badly burned. but bis injuries will not
prove fata..
| AT Dayton. Ohio, Edward Yates IS
years old. aud Andrew Van Horn. L. years
| old. attended Il lawn fete on the Union
| Biblical Seminary grounds. They were
| rivals fox the attention OF two young girls
Yates was the favored one and escorted
the girls home. Van Horn followed. and,
according to Yates story. insulted then.
| A quarrel resulted and Yates shot Van
/ Horn in the left temple. The wounded boy
| was taken home. where he died Yates
was locked up on charge Of murder: He
claims he acted in self-defense.
-Four women. while bathing in the San
Joaquin River. near Fort Washington Cal :,
we're caught in AN eddy and drowned.
john Atkinson. new brakeman on
the Nickel Plate. was run over by an en-
CINE at Fort Wayne. 1nd Both his legs
and arms were cut Off He lived but AN
! hour. His parents live at For, Edwards.
/ Ont where the body was shipped.
Three mon were killed and two others
seriously injured by the breaking OF an
elevator drum in a New York hre very.
| Two negroes were lynched by "A mob
near Lake Cormorant a small town in
Mississippi They were fu:itives from
/ Arkansas. and were Overtaken by the mob
who strun; Them up Their names are not
| known
Judge Baker. at Chicago. termin a ted
r
on the charge OF attempted jury oribing,
by holding her to the grand jury in bonds
OF $4,000 The charge against Mrs
Springer is that She went to Mrs Marmo,.,
wife of juror In a Metropolitan IL" Road
condemnation case against Warren
Springer. and offered her huS band. through
the wife. 4 bride IL he should secure for
Syringe: a large amount OF damages. Mrs
Marnion told her husband and the latter
info med Judge Baker. before whom the
condemnation case was on trial.
Wilson Soule. million aire Of Roches-
tor. n y. was dragged over stone pave
mcnts by runaway horses Until life was
extinct,
Henry Skinner VIII lived northwest OF
Ferryviile. Ind was murdered by his SON.
ir-law. Jap stark. on account Of a de bt OF
s. the former owed him. Stark cut Skim
uer's skull open with spade
THE FIRE RECORD