The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20
Shot by 4 supreme court chief Justice.


where the woman has died with 4 heavy life
Insurance on her.
shot by 4 supreme court Chief Justice.
John L Beasiey. Il local attorney, was shot
and painfully wounded Monday afternoon at
slattanoonca, Tenn. by Chief Justice ID i. Snoi-
grass OF the Tennessee supreme court, In inc
4W office q, Brown n spurlOck. The trouble
rev out Of 4 newspaper article by Beasley IN
ShicA lie accused the judge of having maze Il
political decision" OF the state debt case IN
i,Sg. >nolTass denounced the article as false.
Beaser, WHO was sitting on 4 sofa rose ana rs,
serted il fruthfunces, whereupon the cmei
iastec denounced him as an infamous mar
Beaslcg had his hand behind him and made n
motion a. If to disCngagc something from ms
pocket al the same time rciteraiing that the
statement written was true, upon when the
chief Justice struck him in the face with his list,
following il with a couple of shots from pistol:
" the second shot Beasley cried Don't XII
aie Judge and the firing was discontinued.
one shot struck Beaslcy on the LETT elbow, IN
s!cng wound that will probably destroy the
usefulness of that arm. Judge Snodgrass sur
rendered to the sheriff gave bond for his APP
pealance for trial when wanted. ami left tor
Nashville.
More Grave Robbery.
Topeka, ka-. has even more exciting case
nan Norwich. The bodies of three women OF
reputable families who have recently died have
been ionnd IN the dissecting tables Of the nan
IS Medical College. Excitement Is at FEVER
hight and the college had to he guarded by guns
Wednesday night TO protect il from the MOB.
Rat shea, the murderer of Robert Ross at
the spring election in 1894, in Troy who Is now
IN Clinton, Y, prison awaiting execution next
week, has been granted q respite until January
by Gov Morton because of the fact that the eN'
rcuton had been fixed for the Christmas hoii-
DAY.
Angus u Gilbert, was saturday sentenced ut
Boston 10 be hanged Friday, February II, is*';
Tor the murder OF year old Alice sterling ana
Mrying her body under Il barn.
Erwin kecdel, II years, was run over by
HeaYy wagon at Cleveland, o, about month
go and had his neck dislocated y doctor
witnessed the accident, and holding the boy
head 50 that breathing would continue, had nm
'"rrel To the hospital. There, after dehcate
operation, he placed the head in an iron cage anu
strapped down the boys body so that he conld
A,i move. After remaining in that position IN.
III las; Thursday. the hoy was released ana II
Wa found that his neck was a. good as new.
The whaling season just closed has been the
worst ever experienced by the Artic fleet, me
!elal catch was twentv.siN whales the sinailest
N number of years, and compared with the
humber oi vessels at the fleet, the smallest ever
"hoWn. The steam whaier Orca caught only
uhe Whale, and was out the whole season. phly
~" pounds OF whalebone was secured, anu
.Ae Price Of the article is expected to double DC.
lore the sale OF this years product begins. Al
present II sells at $3.50 pound.
Henry Franklin, of 0debalt, Ia, dropped ms
goa watch the other day and hog swalioWe9
l.o, tell which one got the watch. He disliken 10
III y hogs to recover S25 watch, and appieu
iur advice TO Il spiritualist medium. she plcheu
;ut ne guilty animal and Franklin Killed II, put
iouhd no watch. Then the medium adInitteu
lll l ihcrc had been mistake in her CALCULATIONS
ahl designated another hog, which Franklin
aAiei with the same result. This WAS
self " until 80 hogs had been killed, and now 1
I rankin Is suing the medium for damages
Packages containing internal machines, ad
,les'ed 10 + ID Armour and George VI Pullman,
"rre found Monday by q Chicago mail colle,-
or The postal authorities had been warned,
M Tue packages were carefully examiner
ne! contained violent explosives.
.Suua
bIaai.l Aub now claims that she made her
-'"'o!i9Gs confession in dream. The woman
y :, 4iis mat she has forgotten her Vlsit 70
w. II she would now allow the pubic 70
...oS her example in this one particular me
,,'Hp!e w"nld be grateful, but we fear that the
'"h Is seeking capital for a career on the stage.
y y receiver WAS appointed for the Walter
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