Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-12-26
CHRISTMAS MURDERS.
= Few of the Tragedies of Yesterday
Reported Last Wight.

HepOFteO Last Night.
GREAT FALLS, Mont. December
25.-Jacob Werten to-day shot and ia
tally wounded his son John. Werten
had threatened his wife and treated
her badly and the son interferred -
protect the mother. The father drew
a revolver and fired a ball into the
boys neck. The son is paralyzed and
will die. Werten surrendered to the
authorities.
BRITTON, S. D., December 25.-A
number of friends gathered at the
house of John Pypiar, near Pypiar,
near Veblen, to sit up with the remains
Of one of his children. During the
evening Pypiar was found lying be-
tween the house and the barn with
several gashes in his skull and with
his throat and neck severely injured.
He was picked up for dead.
Upon seeing his condition Moses Lee
Frombis disappeared and a little lat
er was discovered hanging from the
limb of a tree near the barn. He was
cut down before life was extinct.
Pypiar is in a fair way to recover La
Frombis is under arrest to await the
result of the injuries to Pypiar.
MUSKOGEE. l.. T., December 25.-
John Tiger, a full-blooded Indian, a
terryman on the Arkansas river. two
miles south Of Eufaula, went to Ea-
fauIa with his wife this afternoon, and
while intoxicated met l.. B. Roper and
threatened to kill him. Roper imme-
diately struck Tiger with a board, no
words passing between them. Tiger
went to his buggy, procured a Win
chester and came back to kill Roper,
but failed to find him. Enraged. he
proceeded to shoot every one he saw,
shooting Jesse Beck through the hips
and killing him; shooting and killing
Dave Porter. a nephew of Chief POr-
ter, and a mover named Johnson. on
nls way to Missouri, in a covered
wagon, with his family. Bud Taylor,
aged IS, a boy, was shot through the
shoulder, and is not expected % live.
Tiger Immediately jumped on a horse
anu t4lGu u ESCAPE, DuL WAS pursued.
Tiger was chased three miles. when he
jumped off his horse, went behind a
tree and began shooting. Deputy Mar
shall Johnson, who returned the fire.
struck Tiger in the arm. The muir
derer surrendered and was brought to
Eufaula. Tigers arm viii have to be
amputated. Great indignation pre-
walls over the free sale OF liquors and
firearms.
J. Smith, who lives two miles south
Of ChecOtah. became involved in a
quarrel with T. Thompson over Jne
affair at Eufaula, and began shooting,
Thompson being MORALLY wounded.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. December %
Frank Richardson, a wealthy business
man of this city and Savannah. Mo,
was murdered at his home in Savan-
nah last night. a stranger followed
him from town and shot him in the
back of the head. Richardson was e
brother Of John D. Richardson. the
general manager of the Biscuit trust.
CARBONDALE, Ill. December %
This afternoon at Nergennes, a small
station on the Illinois Central railroad
in this county. Joe and Jake Davidson,
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with Henry Fox. a prosperous farmer,
in a saloon in the village. Joe David
son emptied his revolver in Fox. alb
dOmcn. Other shots were fired which
probably mOrtally wounded Poe Ply
att, a b%ystander. The brothers at one
fled and q small posse was sem after
them. A few miles from town three
men named Tippey, Grain and Holt
overlook the brothers and demanded
their immediate surrender. A run
ming fight took place and both the
brothers were wounded, one being
shot through the eye while the other
was badly wounded in the shoulder,
They were finally captured and placed
in the county Jail. L is thought at
least three of the wounded men will
die.