Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-04-11
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SANTA FE, N. M, special: Jesus Viii
pandro and Feliciano Chavez have been
found guilty Of murder in the first degree.
January 20 they were caught by Thomas
Martinez in the act of stealing and killing
his fathers cattle in South Santa Fe Coun-
ty. They invited Martinez into a corral,
where they shot him, placed his body
across a fire and burned it, nothing re-
naming but a few bones and one foot, en-
cased in a rubber shoe. During the trial
a young man named Angel in his testimo-
ny said that he saw distinctly the outlines
of the murdered mans form lying in the
ashes. The form stood out perfectly dis
tinct and in bold relief. When cross ques-
tiooed the young man could not be shaken
in his description of this singular phenom-
enon. His testimony was most dramatic
and caused a profound sensation of awe
and wonder in the court room.
NEW ORLEANS special: A frightful ex-
plosion occurred in the grocery and ship
chandler shop of Charles Salathe, wrecked
the building and the saloon adjoining and
causing death to a dozen or fifteen persons,
injuring a number of others and citing
fire to the wreck. 1t was the first i'm
preston thai the explosion was the work
of the Malta, but it now appears that it
was caused by powder kept in a magazine
III Salathe's place to be sold to fishermen
and hunters. The explosion was opposite
the French market and many people were
in the neighborhood with goods ready for
display. A number of these persons were
injured and their goods scattered broad
cast by the force of the explosion.
MARTIN, Tenn, special: News reaches
here of a whitecap raid. A negro named
Will Metlock was aroused at a late hour at
night. He got up and opened the door
and twelve masked men filed into the
room and proceeded to give Metlock a ter
rible whipping. They then made the ne
gro whip his wife numerically, and in
turn forced her to whip her husband, after
which they told the negro he would be
given ten days in which to leave the
neighbOrhOOd, with threats on his life il
he failed to leave. The men then left. The
community is much wrought up over the
occurrence, but no clue as to who the ma
RAIDERS were can be had. } The cause for
the beating is not known.
Ell PAso, Tex, special: News reaches
here that the Indians in the Mescaler0 In
dian Agency, 100 miles north of here in
New Mexico, have rebelled against the
authority Of Lieut.. E. Victor. StOttler, who
endeavored to compel them to perform
some productive labor and partly earn
their own living. One Of them assaulted
the agent with a stone. The refractory
Apache was placed under arrest and the
Indians rescued the prisoner, drove the
agent and his employees into a house and
looted the agency store.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, special: Gov.
Stone approved a House bill under which
train r0bbing is made a capital Offense.
should the jury decide to inflict so serious
a punishment. The penalty ranges from
hanging to imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary.
HENNEssY, Oklahoma, special: The
robbers surrounded by a posse have es-
capped. Going toa preacher house they rob-
bed him and stole two of his horses. The
preacher pursued them and was later found
on the prairie riddled with bullets.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, special: b. w. Hiatt
of Montgomery County, Kansas, is in the
city soliciting aid for sufferers in that sec.
ton. He says the people Of western KAN
sas are eating horse flesh, being unable to
get other food.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, special: In nearly
all the cities andFtowns Of the state the
day was observed with appropriate cere-
monies as the 105th anniversary OF the nd.
mission Of Tennessee as a territory.
AUSTIN, Texas, special: The Lower
House Of the Legislature passed a hill
which goes to the Governor providing for
tho assessment of National Bank ard
United States treasury notes.
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