The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-26


Chicago, Feb. 25.-An electric car On
the One Hundred and Third street line
opposite directions on the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois railroad this afternoon.
The car carried four passengers beside
the motormaa end conductor. and three
out OF the six were killed outright. The
other three are severely injured. and one
Or more of them may succumb. The dead
are:
GEORGE O'MALLEY, mo:orman.
r. W. YOUNG, collector for the Gin
ton & Rhodes company.
FETER F'UCHERSPINZ, car driver.
The injured ere:
II. Madison, street car conductor; may
de
Miss Mary Moschell. !.
Robert HIM; may die.
The accident Is said to have been due
10 the reckless3ess Of the motorn,an. The
crossing is protected by gates and these
were down at the time. To all appear
anCes O'Ma,ley did not use any efforts to
he had reached a decline a, the side OF
the tracks. Then il was too late. and the
motor crashed through the gates onto the
tracks in front of the approaching trains
When the first train struck the trolley il
hurled the car directly in front of the
other engine. Between the two the troll
ley car was reduced TO splinters. 1t was
split in half from platform to platform.
and part OF il carried one way and part
carried in the opposite direction.
MURDERER AND RAPIST.
Little Rock, Ark. Feb. 25.-A muir
derer and a rapist expiated their crimes
upon a gallows. side by side, at Pine
Bluff today. 1t was the first legal dou-
BILE execution in the history Of Jefferson
county.
The men who paid the death penalty
were Robert Cox and a negro known as
Cray jim"
An attempt was made yesterday to Sc
cure executive clemency in the latter's
behalf but the governor refused to inter
fere. The crime for which he was hang
ed was revolving in the extreme. On
December 5. 1896, near Pine Bluff. Law
renee Williams, aged II. and his older
brother were at work in a field with
Crazy Jim when the began disputing
over the ownership of a dog. The negro
called the boys into the woods and
forced them TO disrobe. He then dealt
the elder boy blow on the head, knock
ing him senseless. Taking a Knife ne
cut Lawrence's throat from ear to ear
and proceeded to mutilate the body in
d most horrible manner. The other
brother was fearfuliy stabbed and left
for dead but he regained consciousness
and lived to tell the story. Crazy Jim
narrowly escaped lynching when cap
tured a day or so later.
Robert Cox was convict on the JEFF
ferson county farm. He escaped and
while at large raped a negro woman
near Altheimer. He was captured and
convicted of rape.
BAD GANG IN SEATTLE.
Seattle, Wash, Feb. 25.-The arrest
of Marck McAlpin, William Laurie and
Charles Hussey, the latter 16-year-old
boy, has led to the discovery by the po-
lice that they have run into a nest OF
and wholesale thieves.
The evidence obtained was found in a
cabin occupied by three men, who were
well supplied with all kinds OF household
goods, cigars. tobacco. etc, a great deal
Of which has been identified. Early yes
terday morning safe in a grocery store
in the residence part of the city was
blown open by cracksmen, and small
sum OF money taken. That the men
were not much afraid OF detection is
evident from the fact that the safe was
taken from the store into the street and
there blown open with powder.