The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-03
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

John Moore. aged g. was struc< by a
train at Akron. Ohio. and killed His
aged wife saw his dan. er and tried TO run
to him. but fell heip.es, between the
tracks
M - Hunt. a prominent florist OF
Terre Haute. Ind. committed suicide on
Monday mornin. Ho was Il member OF
the STATE and National hor!.t-' organ'z.-
tionS, and was a regular at,endar, and cx-
hib,tor ut their meetings His wife
was ndjudged Insane last week. and the
suicide was due t. despondcncs. His
rosery one Of the largest in the State.
and regular daily shipments to the Chi
cago market were made from il.
Mrs. George Sinclair left her home at
Tuscoyee. Ala. 70: "a short visit. and or
her return found her two little girls. aged
two and six years. missing search re-
suited in the discovery o. their dead bodies
I'm the woods near the house. with their
heads batteredin- The little oIes had wan-
dered from the house and been murderel !.
In u milp md near by Was found the body
OF Horace Johnson AN insane negro. "Eo.
1t Is supposed met the little ones. MUIR
dered them and then jumped into the
pond and drowned himself:
Bandits stripped the cathedral at
Banon. Mexico. Of its ornaments Two
were killed in Il fight with guards.
"A waterspout and cyclone played hav-
o. about twelve miles west of Burkesviiie.
Texas. Every house at Giichrist was blown
down but one. Fiyin. timbers struck u
Winchester rifle in Frank Gilchri-t'> house.
causing it to'discharse The bullet struc>
Miss Rosie Gilcnris;. inticting fatal
wound. Houses we're blown down on the
farms OF A. c. Hancock. Jack JOYCE. J. +.
O'Donoghue and L. McQuinn. Several
bridges were washed away
One Of three negroes who killed strik-
ing miner near Weir City. Kan. was taken
from officers by mob and lynched.
Albert r. Beck. Il WE'LL known lawyer
OF indianapolis and former Law partner of
Congressman Bynum. vas found dead On
the floor OF his sleeping room on Tuesday
morning The floor was covered with bio III
and the window Off the porch was open.
While the suggestion OF murder has been
made, his friends think it is IL case of sui
eide. He was about fifty years OF ago.
At ~Bcsscmer. Mich, John Ge,t was ac-
cideataIiy killed by his wife She became
u raviny maniac and del within few
hours
In the Bailey murder trial at Muncie
Ind, Mike German swcre that Frank
Bcnadaun,. one OF his fellow defendants
committed the crime.
Mrs Edward Hofacker. bride of a.
day, committed suicide at kalamazoo,
Mich, With poison obtained before mar
riage.
Try the explosion OF Il boiler In "A tile
mill at Huntington. Ind. one man was
killed two fatally injured and the plant
compile oily demolished.
Mary Gilmartin. a CLERK employed by
the Pulvermacher Belt Company at Gin
cinnati. was shot and killed Wednesday
while on her way to her work. The mur-
derer gave the name OF George Reed, but
letters found on him Irove that he is
Father Dominick O'Grady, u Catholic
priest who came from Ireland three months
ago Miss Gilinartin met O'Grady in Ire
! land, where his attentions caused gossip.
Last September she came to America.
O'Grady took arsenic. but i: did not kill
him. He confessed the murder Anon:
his letters was one written by Miss Gill
martin to the Archbishop in Ireland eN-
| culpating OGrady from any wrong doin :
with her
AT Anderson. Ind. Elias Skinner was
| found dead in his bed with box Of NOR
| phine at his side. Skinner was we'll
trouble.
| Near Gunnison, Colo, nepaty Sheriff
| John Meyers was killed by Nick Myers. a
| ranchman whom he was trying to arrest
| Nick Myers and Samuel Parrott. neigh
| bors. had trou BILE over bitches and Parrot t
| swore out warrant for the arrest Of N.Y.
ers which the deputy was about to serve
| when killed
| About three o'clock the other morning.
! as a train OF freight cars was being backed
upon a >idetrack at the Essex street cross
| ing OF the Eo,ton and Maine Railroad 4,
Haverhill, Mass. II car passed over the
! end Of the track and crashed in ITO the bed
room of Mr. and Mrs Il. st OnSe They
| we're aroused from sleep b, the terrific
! crash. and Mrs. St ONCE tainted. There
| was no fender at the end OF the track.
| which is about fifteen fee: from The house.
! TT1E FIRE REC0Pn