The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
WAVE OF Crime.
GhlstHas Festivities Marked by
Many Shooting scra2es

MANY Sn0sElNS SCFs?sS 80
ALL OVER THE Land.
a wave OF Crime Seems to Have
Broken Loose an Over the Coun-
try During the Christmas Eve and
Two or Three Days After. Muir.
ders and Self Destruction Make
Up List of the Violations Of Law.
An awful wave of crime seemed to
pass over the country on Christmas
Day and the day after. 1t makes one
shudder to think of them. Here is
a partial list Of the murders and sui
cides that occurred on those two
days:
ASSAULTED HIS FATHER.
A message from Flowery Branch,
Ca, to the Augusta Chronicle, says
Law Hawkins. son Of Ex-senator W.
3. Hawkins, is in jail on a charge of
assault on his father with murderous
intent. The cause Of the trouble has
not been learned. It is said Law Haw-
kins will be tried for lunacy.
SHOT BY Ex-sHERIFF.
At Lexington, Ca, Ex-Sheriff
George w. Cumming shot George
Brooks in the back Of the head with
a pistol Thursday. Cummings was
hit on the head with a heavy weight.
The wound of Brooks is serious.
KILLING AT SAVANNAH.
A dispatch from Savannah, Ca,
says this has been a noisy, but fair
ly orderly Christmas. There have
been but two killings, one of a negro
by white man and the other of a
negro by a negro. w. J. Nixon was
the slayer of Joe Bryan, the negro
having made insulting remarks about
white women, which augmented the
trouble between the two.
SHOT IN HOME.
Harry Morrell, of Turkey Run,
Pa, was shot and killed while trim
ming a Christmas tree in his home
early Thursday by Frederick Taylor,
fellow miner. Taylor had been Wis
iting at Morrell's home. but was ask
ed to leave after a quarrel. He went
home, according to the police. and,
securing rifle, returned to Morrelrs
house.
OFFICER KILLS MICRO.
At Tampa, Fla, Deputy Sheriff w.
C. Deas. late Christmas afternoon
shot and killed Charles Strong, a ne
gro, Strong was standing in front of
police headquarters, when the depu-
ty sheriff drove up. Strong threat
ened to shoot, when Deputy Deas
pulled his revolver ana fired three
bullets into the negro's body, caus-
ing almost instant death.
FATALLY WOUNDED.
AS a result Of a Christmas carou-
salin the Pound Gap section. of Ken
lucky, Morgan Hughes, aged a.,
Christmas day shot and fatally
wounded Washington Pollock. aged
80. It is said that both the mems fac
tions are arning themselves in con-
sequence.
= - sLAsHED EACH OTHER.
At Chicago two men, both uncon-
sclous; and each suffering from a
number of knife wounds, were found
within a few feet of each other
Christmas day at Grand avenue and
Desplaines street. The men, evil
IDENTIFY had slashed each other until
both fell weak from loss of blood.
MURDERS IN NEW YORK.
Christmas Day in New York city,
was ushered in with two murders.
Because ne refused the price of a
drink to a passing stranger. John
Sweeney, was struck over the head
with black jack and later died.
Mariana Gaeto, was called to the door
of his apartments in West 2Sth street.
and shot to death by an unknown
man.
BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Paul CARL, employed at the Doro-
thy works, near Latrobe. Pa, was
blown to atoms while celebrating the
advent of Christmas. He ran wire
from a telephone battery in foreign
boarding house to some dynamite in
a can. The explosive was premature
ly set off.
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
At st. Louis on a crowded street
car in the midst of party of stu
dents celebrating the coming of
Christmas day, James Hornish de-
serted by his wife and doubiy miser-
able at the sight of the joy around
him, quieted the merrymakers by
ending his life with carbolic acid
this morning. His only words sew
eral times repeated were: Mother" !"
WAYLAID AND KILLED.
Near Roxie, Miss, while return
ing home John Temple and J. G
Cononholl uere wavlai6 and Car1r.;,