Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-28
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HALsEY, KY. special: The statement
of a negro who died here has created quite
a sensation in this little place. The negro
was seen just before death and confessed
to having committed five murders. Two
of them were in Alabama, two in Tennes-
see and II in Georgia. He said that three
of his victims were white women. He
also said that n innoc emit maj had been
tried. convicted and hanged for one of his
fiendish acts. He would not tell the exact
towns or localities where he had committed
these crimes. The black fend carried in
his pocket the skeleton of a female hand,
which he always kept about him, and
claimed it had been lucky piece for five
years in crap games. The hand is that of
a young woman, and is now in the possess
sion of the police. The negro has gone
under the name OF Frank Wood, but it is
thought his right name is Thomas Allen.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, special: A fire oc-
CURED in Rock Slope of the Tent Coal,
Iron and Railroad Company's mines at
Pratt City that resulted in the death Of
John Patton and Louis Stevens, two MI
ners, and more or less injury to eighteen
others. Twenty miners, all convicts, were
in Rock Slope, near the air shaft, when
they detected the smell Of smoke, and
shortly afterwards an immense volume Of
it came wheeling towards them from tho
engine room, which was between the air
shaft and the cage leading out OF the mine.
The engine usually contains no fire, but is
used to pump compressed heat into the
mines, hence the origin of the fire, which
started in the engine room, is a mystery,
New ORLEANS special: Anxiety is felt
in regard to the Mexican man OF war Lii
bertab, which sailed from Vera Cruz about
February 10 for NewOrleans, to be locked
for repairs. She was due at this port on
February Is, but nothing has been heard
of her since leaving Vera Cruz. The Lii
bertad is a wooden vessel commanded by
Capt. Pero II Saliva. carries seven guns
and a crew of FIFTY men. Heavy northers
have been prevailing recently in the gulf,
and it is feared that she mas either been
shipwrecked or foundercd and that all on
board have been lost.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, special: The leg
islative committee appointed to investi-
gate charges of fraud in the Governors
election met and examined the plead:nys
in the contest case by counties for the pur-
pose OF seeing if the charges of fraud in
each county were specific enough for the
investigation. The committee has decided
eiut l:C CAIAA SCS ia III SVIs lSCuAOlos
Blount and Campbell Counties arc suffi-
GENTLY specific to warrant investigation.
The committee will leave the city q few
days to begin the forty days investigation.
FORT WORTH, Texas. special: A carload
of Cinnamon, in bond. en- routh from Hong
Kong to Havana, passed through this city.
About 100 have contracted for work in cOf-
fee and tobacco plantations in Cuba. T,ey
came from San Francisco via Denver to
Fort Worth, and from New Orleans will
go to their destination by water. Since
January l last year twelve similar ship
ments have been made from liong Kong to
Havana.
DALLAS, Texas, special: North Texas
is putting in the largest crop of oats ever
known in the history OF the state. The
January and February SHOWS and ice left
the ground in a %pulverized condition and
since the sun came out thousands of plows
have been put to work preparing the land
for oats. On account of the long dry spell
IN the fall and early winter the wheat.crop
suffered.
New ORLEANS special: 1t has just
been learned that a hunting party Of four
in the woods of the Alliance Plantation,
south of here, was frozen to death during
the recent snow storm.