Abilene weekly reflector., 1897-04-22
A BANK ROBBED.
The Cashier Brutally Murdered by
the Two Desperadoes.
Two ANGRY BOYS COMMIT SUICIDE.
Tho Lads Took Strychnine Because They
Were Not Permitted to Go with Their
Parents Boiler Explosion Double
MuFder-Tw0 Miners Killed.

SoMERswoRrH.N.H., April l7.-While
resisting the entry Of two desperate
and determined robbers, and during a
heroic struggle to protect $4,000 or
more in money and securities in the
compartments Of the open vault Of the
Great Falls national hank Of Somers-
worth yesterday afternoon, Cashier
Joseph A. Stickney was struck
down and brutally murdered near
the desk which he occupied for
years. After killing Stickney the
murderers ransacked the vault and fed
with all the cash with the exception Of
few gold pieces. As near as can be
estimated $1,000 was taken, but it is
possible that the loss will considerably
exceed this sum, as none but the dead
cashier knew the exact amount that
was in the institution at the time.
The robbers, after knocking Stickney
down with "black jack" cut his
throat The most remarkable feature
of the robbery is that $4,000 in bonds
OF the United States, which were kept
in one Of the drawers Of the big vault,
and which the robbers examined has
tily, were not taken Neither was any
of the negotiable paper and securities
Of the bank-in fact, nothing is miss
ing except the cash. >
TWO ANGRY BOYS COMMIT SUICIDE.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, April H. Two
young sons Of Mr.. Hesson, living at
Greenland, five miles south of Fayette.
vile, aged 0 and Is years, committed
suicide while their parents were at
Fayetteville trading. The boys were
angry because they were left at home,
and both took a bath, dressed in their
best clothes, wrote notes to their
parents, pinned them on the door, took
and went to bed. Both
died before their parents returned
home. The note left bade the parents
good-by and expressed the hope that
they should meet them in Heaven.
A LOCOMOTIVE BOILER ExPLoDEs.
SPRINGFIELD, O., April 17.-The en-
CINE of the northbound freight train
No. 56, on the Big -Four, exploded yes
terday evening at Osborn Engineer
John Hutchins, of Ivorydale. was
BADLY burned on the leg, Fireman
Fagin, of Columbus, was scalded from
lead to foot, and will die. Brakeman
Dailie, of Middletown, was blown 80
eet against stump and his head frac-
ured. His injuries are fatal. The ex-
'losion was caused by seams on the
irebox giving way. The engine, at
he time Of the explosion, was stand
ng on the side track.
DOUBLE MURDER ON A sHANTY BOAT.
BELLAIRE, O., April 17.-In drunk
N fight in q shanty boat yesterday
Jim Williams, the boat own.
II, killed his wife and Charles Horner
With a club, and then cut the boat
oose and floated down the river with
he dead bodies. This story is told by |
William Peoples, one Of the combat
nts, who escaped, badly beaten.
TWO COAL MINERS KILLED.
MADlsoNvILLE, KY, April l7.-Yes-
erday afternoon an explosion, sup
osed to have been caused by an imper-
ect blast, occurred in the Monarch
oal mine near here, resulting in the
cath of Robert Carlton and Theodore
tone, the only men in the mine at the
Ime, excepting the foreman, whose
roximity to the air shaft enabled him
0 effect his esecape.
NEw YORK, April 15 The New YORK
entral has arranged for the sale Of
lOO,0O0,OOO of 81 per cent. lO0-year
old bonds, and the New York e. Har-
I'm for $l2, 900, 900 of the same class of
onds, These bonds will be used to
etire or convert the present bonded
ebt of the companies and will there
fter become n first lien or the com-