Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-26
Jack Pardon has been placed in the Jail
at Blue Ridge, Ga.
Rivals Fight to Death.


CLEVELAND. Ohio. December pa
room Christmas eve between two suitors
for the hand of fourteen-year-old Julia
Pice resulted in the death OF Powell
F'romich and the serious injury of Michael
Milovanich, who is under arrest on the
charge of murder. Fromich's brother
was probably fatally stabbed when he at
tempted to separate the fighting lovers.
PONCHATOULA, La. December 90
Irwan Cooper and William Arnold. tr..
killed each other in pistol duel in a
saloon here. Cooper was bartender in
the saloon where the tragedy occurred
and it is said that the difficulty followed
some words which Cooper had with
Arnold's younger brother. The proprietor
of the saloon. named Poche, was arrested
as accessory.
SEAL, Ala. December 26.--John NJ.
Chambers. deputy sheriff of Russell coun-
ty, shot and killed George H. Thompson.
fifty years old. Thompson and several
Others were beating negro who had
cheated merchant out of dollar. when
the deputy sheriff came up and ordered
them to desist Thompson, it is said, re-
sented the interference of the officer and
drew revolver on Chambers and fired.
the ball passing through the officers hat.
Chambers took the pistol away from
Thompson and started to walk away.
when Thompson cursed the officer and
threatened his life. At this point, it is
alleged Thompson attempted to draw
another revolver. when the aff1cer shot
with the pistol he had taken from Thomp-
son. killing the latter almost instantly.
Duel in Richmond Barroom.
RICHMOND. Va. December 26-Becom-
ing enraged at hot words brought about
by an overabundance of eggnog. D. Valia.
a bartender. and w. T. Patram. a Gus
toner. each pulled his revolver and start
ed duel at a distance of less than ten
feet in the barroom. Neither Of the men
bullet holes in his clothes. A large crowd
was attracted by the shooting. and the
men were arrested.
ROANOKE, Va, December 26.-At
Davy. W. Va. Christmas eve. when Graf
Morgan attempted to interfere as peace
maker between Edward Boggs and Frank
Patrick. Boggs turned on Morgan and
shot him. tearing off the right arm at
the elbow. Boggs was captured and taken
to Jail at WEIGH.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. December 26.-At
Ensley Mrs. Lavie. after seriously cutting
j. w. Griffith in the breast and throat,
was shot and instantly killed by the man
whose life she had attempted. The cause
of the difficulty is not positively known.
vi = I-o'AS was Tue piopilelOI vi tIle SteeI
City Hotel. in which the trouble occurred.
and Griffith is an employe of the steel
mill. Griffith is so badly wounded that
1t Is impossible to get statement from
him. Mr.. and Mrs. Lavie were not living
together at the time of the latter's death
CLEVELAND, Ohio, December o6-Mrs
Bertha Vacha and her three-year-old boy
were found dead from asphyxiation in
their home here. Frank Vacha. the hus-
band, was unconscious, but may recover.
BRISTOL, Tenn, December GA
special from johnson City, Tenn. says:
Robert Pardue. nineteen years old, had
his left arm blown into fragments by a
cannon cracker late yesterday evening.
The injured member was amputated above
the elbow