Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-20

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Americus, Ca, for the murder Of
Captain w. F. McRae. He mounted
the gallows loudly chanting a hymn
CRIMES Ralph M. Murray, an
AND athlete of note, diet
CASUALTIES at Los Angeles, Cal.
a. a result of his prowess. Last sum
mer he won a weightlifting contest
putting three hundred pounds into
the air. The strain ruptured an ar
terry, however, and from that date he
became an invalid, sinking until his
death. He was % years old and
graduated at the Shortridge High
School in Indianapolis IN 1904. He
came here four years ago.
it was unconscious when found.
Three men, billiard, Green and
Emory Cook, were killed at Copper
Hill, Tenn, fourteen miles from Blue
Ridge, Ga, by an explosion of pow
der blast while working with a steam
shovel for the Louisville and Nash
vile in Stag at the dump of the Ten
nessee Copper Company. Another
man was slightly injured.
For the third time within a month
convicts have had fight to death in
No. II mines of the Tennessee Coal
Iron and Steel Company, a few miles
from Birmingham. Wiley Caldwell
and Lon Williams, both serving three
year sentences for burglary and grand
larceny, fought with crossties in the
bottom of the mines. Caldwell was
killed. Williams will be charged with
murder.
While in the custody of a deputy
sheriff in the Auditorium Hotel at
Chicago, Samuel E. King. a broker,
wanted in Memphis for passing bogus
checks, eluded his captors, climbed
down a fire escape, jumped from the
first floor to the street and made his
escape Kings escape from the Au.
ditorium Hotel was sensational.
Because Mrs Josephine Efppiella
refused to consent to the marriage of
her 16-year-old daughter, Angelina, to
Luciano Milano, at Schenectady, N. Y,
Milano pulled a revolver from his
pocket, it is said, and shot and killed
the girl, shot the mother through the
throat and after futile attempts to cut
his throat with razor, took poison.
One hundred and thirty-seven men
were entombed by an explosion in the
Wellington coal mine at White Ha.
ven, Eng After hours of work four
mcl were saved. The men brought
ort declared that their companions
were doomed, as the mine was filled
with gas and they were overcome by
An uprising of serious proportion
has broken out among the Taos Pueb-
10 Indians, at their village 20 miles
northwest of East Lavegas, N. NJ
Troops were being hurried by special
train from Santa Fe to check a pos
sible massacre Of white ranchers.
L. E. RAIDER, formerly prominent in
state politics and at one time a mem.
Der OF the legislature, died at Seattle,
Wash, after fasting thirty-nine days
RAIDER had been suffering from stom.
ach trouble and upon advice of a wo-
man physician decided to take the
starvation treatment
Two bandits without masks held up
a train on the Arizona Eastern Rail.
road mile from Phenix, Ariz., and
after robbing the passengers, escaped
to the desert. One passenger was al
most scalped by a blow from a re.
yolver butt.
Forest fires along the north shore
of lake Superior have practically de.
stroyed the town of Tofte, twenty
miles from Grand Marais, according
to passengers on the steamer Amer
lea. Tofte has about 200 inhabitants
Oily eight buildings are left standing
Harper B. Lee, young American
bull fighter and graduate of Har
ward university, was probably fatally
injured as a result Of goring he re-
ceived in the arena at Guadalajara
After being fatally hurt he killed the
bull that wounded him.
l. w. Turner, a farmer, was seri
ously stabbed by his cousin, Will Tur
ner, near Beuna Vista, Ga. Dispute
over division of provisions is said tc
have led to the difficulty.
Bert Sperry, his three children and
their grandmother were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed their
home in Fairbault. MINI. Ms. Sper-
ry and two children were saved.
Lee Courson, an employe of the
Marsh Cypress company, was instant
ly killed near Mdiltown, Ca, while in
the woods at wprksby falling limb
He leaves a wRSsand several children