The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-08
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

Mira Anderson. Mountain Home. Ark.
accuses her husband and two others OF
tho robbery and murder OF Jasper Now
ton.
An attempt vas made Monday night
TO hold up the east-bound Santa Re pas
senger train At the Rock Island crossing.
one mile east OF Hutchinson. Kan red
light was swung In front OF the approach
ing train and then left in the middle OF the
track. Engineer Mcneil, suspectins
something wrong. opened the throttle and
put on full speed. Engineer Mcneil re-
ported that the men were FIVE In number.
wore no masks. and from all appearances
were ordinary tramps who we're green ut
the job
Two prisoners In jail at Mountain
Home. Ark. were rIddled with bullets by u
MOB that overpowered the guards
Officer Timothy O'COnnOr OF Chicago
single handed. caught five burglars and
locked them up at the Deering street
station.
Charles Clark. q farmer. near Middle
point. Ohio. was cut to pieces with his own
ak by Samuel Seitz
"A grand jury investigating a crime at
Greensburg. Ind. declined the assistance
Mrs Rose Smith. while peelinR an
orange at Lebanon. 1ud. suddenly cut her
throat from ear to ear and is not expected
to live.
Gov. Mckinley has pardoned Eroch
Young who was serving a life sentence
for numbering Isaac Ben-ley in 1850. The
pardon was secured by Young's daughters.
"A. W. Lawrence, Hutchinson. Kansas.
drowned himself near Emporia.
Attacked by two negroes. Mrs. Lena
Behrens laid both OF them out with IL
spade. nearly killing one. at Berlin. Texas
In lonely Wichita. Kan. shanty the
body OF an unidentified man was found.
He had been murdered
Frantic efforts are being made by tho
friends OF John Y. Mckane to keep the
ex-boss from going to prison.
BODY sn atchcrs were frightened away
while pulling the corpse OF Howard. In
diana polls footpad. through the morgue
window.
Charles II. Harlan shot and killed
| Charles +. Moore in quarrel on a ferry
boat at jefferson City. Mo
All tho church bells on Cape Ann.
Mass. tolled dirle Wednesday and the
good Gloucester folk are mourning the loss
OF fourteen sturdy fishermen who sailed
away in the schooner Henrietta last
November for the fishing banks OF New
foundand. and for four others who threw
the net and line from the deck OF the
schooner ResOlute before they were swal-
| lowed up by the sea. Reports OF the two
disasters reached Gloucester Wednesday
morning and plunged the famous old fish =
ing town into the gloom OF mourning. All
day the bells tolled. and in many homes
there is wailing for lost husbands and
| sons. AS is the custom with the simple
fisher folk OF Cape Ann. the loss OF ship
or it's crew made the occasion Of
universal lamcntation and memorial meet
ings were held in the churches
Unknown burglars at an early hour
Wednesday morning entered the farm
house Of Henry German. near Schofeld
Mich. shot hi, wife dead, fatally beat
Gierman. who made Il heroic defense OF
| his home. and then stole 500 that was hid
| den in the bed. and escaped. German
! was treasurer Of Exeter township and had
jus. collected Il large amount of taxes.
which he had secreted in his bed. The
! surrounding country is being secured by
! citizens and it is not thou ht the murder
! rrs can escape.
William T. Burr. cashier OF the St
Louis National Bank. st. Louis No. was
arrested on charge of embeZzlemeEt
Francis ]. Logan. confessin- to incen-
diary fires in different sections OF the
| Country. is under arrest in milwaukee,.
Young Treadweli. escaped burglar has
! written to Emporia. Kan. authorities,
begging them Tor mercy.
jesse Hickman, Il farmer. Gu. down Il
/! tree near Glasgow. Ala. while his two
| DAUGHTER, were standin. near. The falling
tree struck both girls killing one instantly
and injurinS tho other that she died
/ The old man has become insane.
Mark Wright and two companions were
frozen to death in Il snowstorm near jack
! son. Tenn.