The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-08-31

ly from the shock and from the many
cuts from the broken glass, was re-
moved from the train for medical at
tention, and is not yet able to leave
her bed Page was hurried TO Muir
ply sboro for safe keeping and is now
in jail at that place,
Miss May, it is understood has al
ready arranged with her attorneys
Ito enter suit against the Pullman
Company
Hafrodsbug, Ky, Aug. "a Mrs
stephen Chambers, wife of one OF
Mercer countys most prominent farm
ers. committed suicide at her home,
near Kirkwood last night. Mrs Cham
bers first attempted to kill herself
by shooting. but the pistol bali aim
ed at her temple went wild Her
husband was attracted by the shot
ana took the weapon away from her
She then went out 10 the henhouse
procured handful Of paris green and
swallowed lot Of it, The desperate
woman died in great agony last night
Mrs Chambers act was caused by
humiliation and worry growing out
OF charge she made about month
ago that her brother-in-law.. Abra-
ham Lake, had committed criminal
assault upon her The examining
trial Of Lake was sensational and he
is now under 81 900 bond to answer to
the grand jury
Lakes wife, who was Mrs Cham
bers sister had been dead only six
weeks and Mrs Chambers was caring
for his two little children and looking
after his household. she charged that
while she was cleaning up his house
Lake oyerpowered her Feeling ran
so high that the presiding Judge or
dered every man entering the court
room searched for weapons. Lake de-
MED the assault. but admitted init
macy with his accuser and put the
blame upon her Two weeks later
Lake married again Mrs Chamber.
brooded over the affair until her
mind was evidently unbalanced
/
Found laying by the railroad track
in an unconscious condition, with his
jaw broken and his head badly beat
en- Lewis Runyon. a man about 50
years Of age, who resided near Gray
in Mingo county, is believed to have
been the victim OF foul play
II reports are true the old man
had incurred the illfeeling OF partie,
who live in the neighborhood be
cause he demonstrated with them OF
their conduct with some women o.
questionable character about the place
Runyon was taken to the Miners
Hospital at Nelch where he died
He is said to have been harmless
man and there is much feeling owe
the belief that he was the victim OF
foul play
Reports comes from Nolan of a ser
ious cutting scrape that occurre,
there on last Wednesday and as ;
result a young man is laying at death
door, the physicians believing tina
his wounds will prove fatal
According to the report Jim Des
kins and Tim Webb, two young men
became intoxicated and started on
to take the town They had thei
own way for a considerable time ant
had repeatedly defied any one u
Interfere with them Webb was tbs
possessor of revolver of rathe
large calibre and none Of the citi
zens of the little town We're willini
to take. chances with him.
The two young men got astride
mule and rode about the town re-
peatedly firing the pistol, Failing Z
get trouble out of some citizens
seems they concluded TO do little
scrapping among themselves The
got into a dispute over some trivia
matter and We're soon exchanginl
blows 1ney We're about event
matched and Webb fearing that Des
kins was going to come out the win
ner pulled his knife and began stab
bling DesSins. He succeeded in in
fllcting wound that will no douh
result In the death of Deskins. Tn
knife entered the left side near tn
heart and it is the opinion of the at
tending physician that the youn
man cannot recover
1t is said that it was with Difficult
ty that Webb was prevented from
shooting Deskns and made severe
attempts to get his revolver out 9
tn esaddle bags which We're on hi
mule. After the cutting he iumpe
into the saddle and flourishlng hi
revolver stood off the crowd an
made good his escape to Kentuck,
lIt is said that he lives on John
creek and hears the reputation Q
being a rather bad character.