The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-09-27
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

TRAIN robbers ia Missouri were given q
backset early Tuesday morning which they
will never forget a, long as they breathe
1t was the neatest OBJ ever done In the
whole history If Missouri bapdtry. and 1t
was ali planned IN chicago not more Than
three weeks a-n An attack. OF which the
railroad officials had been forewarned. Was
made on the Denver express OF the santa
Fe. carrying an expre>s-car with consiier-
able money In it. The train was tagged
about three-quarters OF mile cas- OF
CORN. a little town In the northern part
OF Missouri, and befor. the robbers had
time To board 1t Il roiley from ten VIM
chester rife, belchei out fame and lead
into their faces Panic-str!c.en they fled
60 the woods with a posse OF ~herih's men
and railroad detectives IN hot pursuit
The robbers are doomed men. for there is
~ possibility Of Their escape he name
aud address OF every one OF them i known.
One man WAS killed and three injured
by i, premature blast at Honey brook col
li.ry near Iazeltou, Pa The first report
that fourteen men were entombed vas un.
true
AT Philadelphia Samuel A. Fitzpatrick.
son OF ex- supt kilpatrich. OF the House OF
Correction. fatally shot his wife. Rosa No
cause excep: temporary insanity is known
for the d ed g.,
The Wabash Railr ads Omaha St
Louis train WAS wrecked near Cliff n. Mo.
Tuesday r'orniny. TIE engine became un-
managea bic and ran away for considera-
bic distance. until it was deraiied. No
passengers injured. but Fireman
Frank kei>er was thrown from he cab and
probably fatally hurs
One man was killed and three injured
by the premature expo ,ion OF II blast at u
coIl;ery at Hazeton. Pa.
Near Nottingham. a suburb OF Cleve-
land. Lafayette Prince. weil-tO-do
farmer. killed his wife with an AK. then
slashed his own throat in a terrible man
ner with razor and is dying. The cause
for the tragedy is thought to be the culmi-
nation OF numerous quarrels between the
couple over property affair, 1t is said
both husband and wife were ex remedy
Jealous and both were possessed of un-
governabie tempers
M Cophe witch. editor OF a San Fran
cisco Slavonic paper called the Sebin
Americana. seriously wounded r Bach. n
countryman. who will die The shooting
grew out OF an article published in Cophe-
vitch's paper The trouble between the
two men Is Of long standing. and at one
time they tried to fight duel
The sailing yacht Gull was wrecked on
a reef. where the Lake OF the Woods emp
ties into The Winnipeg River John Nc
Donald. Il stonecutter OF Perth. Ont. and
Sanford Shippey. OF Detroit Mich. were
drowned. The wind va; blowing 4 gale
and the yacht was totally wrecked.
- he two captured train robbers, Lin
coin Ovcrtield and Charles Abrams, are In
jail ut Memphis. Mo. awaitin: the action
OF the grand jury. Charlie. Abrams. the
wounded rObber. says that Mcdaniel. the
infOrmer. was the one to plan the robbery
and cOaxed the others into Ii. He says the
first proposition came from Mcdaniel. who
had to use considerab bic persuasion to get
the Others into the enterprise
Jacob Levy committed suicide at St.
Louis in order that his fatally might be
provided for by the insuran co on his life.
John POynter. Il murderer. was hanged
at Fort Smith. Ark. George SchmOus was
hanged In the Allegheny county jail at
! PittsburG
Robert Cemens and james Hul!cn
fought duel with knive, at Blackville.
Ga. and both were mortaily wounded.
david Goosby. colOred. who assaulted
and killed Il girl at Thomasville. Ga con-
fe>scd and was lynchel.
Thomas A. Ryan was arrested a,
Charles. s d.. for counterfeiting.
Two OF the young men injured by q
falli ing plat form at Akron. Ohio. during an
entertainment have since died.