The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-02-04
PERISHED BY FIRE.
Seven People Lose Their Lives in a
 Fire at Aoboken, N. J.
SAWYER FAMILY MURDERER HANGED
Ed Perry Pays the Penalty of His Crime at Ava, Mo.-Five Men Killed by a Fall ing Trce-A Negro Kllled-A
 Utah Murder.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-During the early hours of yesterday, two fires oc- cured in Hoboken, N. J., which re- suited in the loss of seven lives. Many poor people were made homeless and had narrow escapes for their ives The fires occurred in different parts of the city, and one of them, at least, is believed to have been of incendiary origin. The first fire started in the three-story frame building at 40 New ark street. There a mother and five children lost their lives. At the other fire little girl was burned to death. The dead are: Mrs. Nellie Schroeder, 40 years old, wife of Charles Schroeder; her children, Henry, II years old; Kate, 9 years; Maggie, years; John, 8 years; Willie, 8 months; Mabel Mangles. The second fire was at Nos. 153 to 159 Four teenth street. It was there that little Mabel Mangles perished. Her sister, Florence, was seriously burned, but is expected to recover.
 SAWYER FAMILY MURDERER HANGED.
 SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Feb. 1.-Edward Perry, who murdered three members of the Sawyer family in Douglass coun- ty, May 20, twas hanged at Ava Saturday afternoon. Thousands of excited people were in the town, but only 200 were admitted to the stockade. A clamor for the destruction of the stockade went up, but the officers kept off the crowd with Winchesters. Perry parted from his mother at one o'clock. He was then taken to band stand where Rev. J. H. Bridges made statement in his behalf, in which it was stated that he was not afraid to die. He said that the former statements he had made, connecting his uncle, William Yost, with the crime, were true. Perry was pronounced dead 15 minutes after the drop fell, death resulting from strangu- lation. The only telegraph wire into Ava was cut early in the day to prevent the possible sending of any message which might save Perry's neck.
 FIVE MEN KILLED BY A TREE.
 JACKSON, O., Feb. 1.-In Pike county, southwest from here, a gang of ten men on the farm of William Thomas were felling large trees for railway ties in forest remote from houses. They had shanty in which they slept and prepared their meals. While at the noon repast yesterday a tree left nearly chopped through fell on the shanty. Thomas Lohr, Evan Davis and William Bruce were killed, and David Marsh and Frank Stadom fatally injured.
 A NEGRO KILLED AT MEXICO, Mo.
 MEXICO, Mo-, Feb. 1.-"Flatrock, :" the negro settlement in this city, was the scene of another murder about ten o'clock last night. Lee Smith, col ored man from St. Louis, attempted to enter the house of Henry Taylor. The latter ejected him twice, and at the third attempt Taylor emptied the con- tents of a shotgun into Smiths side, killing him instantly. Both were drunk.
 A SHOCKING UTAH MURDER.
 GOSHEN, Utah, Feb. IA shocking murder has taken place here. Bar tholomew Race shot and killed his wife while she was sick in bed and then turned the weapon upon himself. His wife pleaded for her life, but the man, who had planned the murder, would not listen to her protests. Nine children remain, the youngest of whom is only four days old.