The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-01
Negroes Burmcd al tne ~, I, .

n ,s ~, acomala beii, highly respectable wo
Tyler, smith county. Tex. She was found ",
ing n the public road n short time after tia
aeea, with her body cut In two from the thighs
bic struggle at the scene OF the tragedy. The
Woman's clothes were torn from her BODY and
a III around there were so many tracks that It
was hard to tell whether more than one person
was connected with the crime. Bloodhounds
were put on the trail, and about O'Clock Tues.
d a',; morning Henry billiard, mnlalto, was
milcs Srom H. eoom pen ASLEEP nearly twenty
| started on the return and were met at tho scene
o. OF the murder by posse of 1900 armed men,
lhe prisoner was taken from the officers, and
committee OF seven prominent men of the
country were appointed to establish his identity.
Witnesses ines were called, and stcnographer was
On ana to TAKE testimony The evidence was
crime. A vote was taken MS to the mode of nm.
1shmcnt and 1t was decided to roast him alive He
was i'en TO tree and spnts Of lighted pine and
small twlgs were applied to the small parts OF
nus pody until at the end of so minutes of tor
ture the negro died.
Haytis Latest Revolution.
Revolution has broken out in Hayti, and Pres
iucnt Hyppolte is now in his palace in Port, AN.
Prime! Prince guarded by the majority of the army
which he brought down from the north with
him when he overthrow Lcgitm He has pro
canned state OF siege of the city.
Mysterious Case.
Intense excitement prevailed mt Grcenyille.
Ing OF Rev Mr. Heoficr who, gained notoriety by
the publication OF charges that while q repub
lican candidate for the Assembly lie offered TO
support senator Bricc for reelection If 1880
was contributed toward his election expenses.
He had consulted his physician and Sunday
morning boy appeared at the house where
had prepared a powder for H@iier, so that he
could be able to preach. Heller took the pow
der and AZ breakfast fell asleep mt the table
He rallied later, and went to church, where
and hn1
DC taken home. DR. kerlin says he never pre-.
pared such u powder. The physicians say he
was poisoned but can't tell what the poison was.
Her Life Was Thrown Away.
Mrs Annie Fook, wife Of Moy Fook, a well.
known Chinaman living at 9 Oxford street, Bos-
ton, fatally shot herself Tuesday. This is sim.
Ply another case Of u young girl who has thrown
her ire away. She was married in Providence
on the 10th of this month aud went to Boston the
same day. Annie Carroll, as she was known I'm
her New Hampshire home, had married ut an
early age and was for many years the belle of
the village Divorce followed her lively DISPOSE. |
ton, land she went to Boston two years ago, and
after a struggle against adverse circumstances
became the wife of Moy Fook. No cause for
the act is known.
Famine prevails in the smoenska and Pskow
districts of Russia, owing to the failure OF the |
crops. The minister Of the interior recently set |
apart l,50O0 ,0Oe roubles for the relief of the in
hungry peasants are crowdlng about The rail |
way stations inquiring what has become Of the
money.
George II Smith and Charles Davis, mar.
dcrers, were successfully eectrocuted In Gin.
ton prison Dannemora, Y, Tuesdav.
A crowd OF Mormans left last week for Al
bcita, Canada, ITO locate in thelBritish posses.
sions. big colony will remove in the spring,
favorable: A small colony under the direction
of John w Taylor, one of the Apostles, is now
located in the northwest, on the eastern :slope
Of the mountains. This exodus is in harmony
ha | ,
more colonies that are formed outside of Utah !
he greater will be the Mormon influence The !
practice of poygamy, although dead in Utah. is
said to be permissible under the terms of the
,ontractsmade with that part of the British pos
sessions to which the Mormons are going.
Louis Herschberger, of Buffalo, n Y, who has ,
or some time been afflicted with religious
nana although considered harmless, attempt /
I'd to kill his five children last Saturday. He
ut some circles in a board and overpowering
he children placed their heads in the holes and
vas about to cut their heads Oft with big axe i
when ncighbor happened along and prevented !
lin. He said that he had eaten meat the day i
,ef0Ie and that the Lord had commanded him e
o kill his children as an expatory sacrifice. =
All the western messengers in the employ OF Y
he American Express company have been fur Il
,ished an outfit of Winchester rifles and reyo a
'ers to resist any train robbers. Under new b
equations they are required when they come tc
II from a trip, to remove the cartridges from J
heir rifles and revolvers, examine the weap- v
ms and ammunition and make a report on
nelr iGouultioh. OuueF tHcsc TeSuldtloHs tltc a
artridges are not to be replaced until they n
tart out OH their next run, when The guns will q
e loaded, in readiness to protect the money D
nd valuables in their charge. The company :
lso advises its men to become proficient in rifle i,
nd revolver practice, and hints that in the q
ear future prizes will be awarded to the most y
rodcient marksman.
The police of Bloomington, Ill, have discov-
red gang OF shop lifters, some of whom belong v
the most prominent families in town. Their =
have extended over nine months y
nd they have taken thousands of dollars worth =
goods Part of the gang escaped, but sever. ,
prominent young men are under arrest and y
ave confessed. y