The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-11-08
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

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seven ,ne,nb ers OF the notorious Cook
gang OF uutlaes have been captured ia
Indian Territory.
--lue,day morning unknown ma n
broke into Fred SINNERS house. about
three mile r. t.. Coium baville. Mich. ana
attempted to murder MIR and Mrs skinner
and tn. Iatter'- mother, Mrs Standby.
The murderer has SO far cludcd capture
Mrs Stansilcy's husband, from whom she
separated some time ago. IS suspected OF
the crime. Both women will die
-pas>cn.cr~ on train M. Is. the Boston
and Chicago special on the New York Cen
trail and LAX. Shore line. report sup
posed attempt to rot the train at O'Clock
Wednesday morning. while in the vicinity
o. Buffalo The rumored hold-up Is con-
iirrned at the general Office OF the COM
pany.
Policeman George kruna. OF Chicago.
was shot and killed early Thursday morn
ing at 161 I sentieth street. Tne officer
was passing the house when he heard load
talk. and thinking that a row was in prog
res, he entered On the second oor Of
the building he o. ened Il door and found
several persons Guarrellng One or the
James Burns II is SUI posed that
Burns got angry at the officers interfer-
ence and shot him. Burns was himself
shot three times by the officer. and he Is
dying at the courty hospital The
police were soon on the scene and all the
occupants OF the house were arrested.
The body OF Officer krum was found lying
the stairway where he had fallen in his
attempt to escape from the house
The steamer Formes was wrecked near
Milford Haven and twenty one men. in
nAt too.
drowned.
The Union Line steamer VAR aipa.
bound from Sydney. n. : W, for Auck-
land. y. H., vas wrecked Sunday night on
Great Barrier Island. off the northeast
coast OF New Zealand. Tine steamer had a
large number of passengers, and lie OF
them we're drowned, The number OF
the saved is not positively known
] he night wa, very dark and the officer
and lookout on the steamer were ignorant
OF the proximity OF land until the steamer
struck the rocks Captain McInt 'sh.
the master Of the Wairaipa. was on the
bridge at the time. lie, together with
most OF the crew. was lost The sea
was rough when tho steamer went
aground Attempts were made to
lower some OF the boats. but several OF
these we're either smashed by being thrown
! by the sea against Cnc sue u VIC Stcd'''tI
before they could be laid head on to the
sea. Everyb body in the boats persisted.
Those remaining OF board were saved.
For refusing to betray Outlaw Bill
Gocde Eddy Martin was hanged by a mob
in Cri Gt,nden County. Kentucky.
Levitt llazelton has confessed to being
enc Of the who caused the recent
wreck on the $500" Road.
Two passenger trains collided at Red
fern. n = W.. and seven persons were
! scaded to death aud thirty in ured.
/ Passenger train No j; OF the kans as
City. Memphis and Birmingham Railroad.
was held up at / O'Clock Thursday morn
ing a few miles east Of New Albany. Miss.
by three masked men. and the express car
/ looted OF its contents The robbers got
nothing Of value The messenger gave
them pack age confirming about s. worth
! OF "pinchbeckn jewelry. which was the
only thing OF any value in his charge.
| There was no money on board The rob-
/ bers took the package and. without cffer-
Ing TO modest the passengers jumped from
the train and disappe red in the woods
| superintendent Agee says the Southern
Ext ress Com any will hunt them down a
reientlessly as il they had got big money.
-Mistaking Conrad IIeineman, of Silver
Cliff. Colo. for IL ghost. Charles Davis
shot him dead
James Cooley. charged with securing
81 900 by forgery, escalel from the jai
III Columbus. Ohio. with outside help
-Gallus Mueller. chief clerk OF tbs
Joliet. Ill. penitentiary. shot himsel
Thursday morning. Mueller was called Il
6 o'clock. but requested that he be no
disturbed. He drew the bed clothes Owe
III, nd <hn II.
noise would no; be heard The ball pierced
the heart and death was instantaneous
John Cowell attacked Or. S;ver a
kni-htsville, Ind. and when Il policena,
interfcred he slashed the latter with
knife After he had been overcome an,
placed in Jail he set fire to the bedciothn.
and tricd to burn himself to death. II,
WAS rescued badly injured
by the explosion Of the boiler in A. r
knp's saw mill il South Parkersburg. "
VA. John krep and David Jones wer,
killed. and Ben jatnin Mounts was scriouSl,
injured.
John burrows, Il EcSScmcr (Ala.) iQ.
uor merchant. shot and killed Ben Davis
u hrec unknown men we're killed by
freight train wreck On tie Beach Creel
Railroad near Peale. Pa They had re
vo!vcrs and burglars tools aud are sup
posed to have been cracksmcn
John McCauley. aged 90. fell from
load OF fodder on his farm near konomc
Ind. and broke his neck. Death was in
Simultaneous
Mrs Jacob iiiveiy. OF Suf'ieId. Ohio
took dose OF arsenic hy mistake for qui
nine. dying rs Il result.
!. Miss Alta Naave. ia jail at India napo
lis. lad. for larceny, has made eight un
successful attempts to kill herself
THE FIRE RECORD.
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