Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 8 April 1895 — Page 4

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CHAPTER OF GRIMES.

Blood-Curdling Tragedies at

.jr. IViany Different Places.

UNUSUAL NUMBER RECORDED.

A Neyrs! TCills Two IVoplc ami Woumls Tlircr Others—I)«iiblo Trag«.'«ly on the Steps ol a Church—An Oltl Man Murdered I'or His floury —Wife Killed by

Her Kusbnntl—Other Cnmos. JACKSOXVILLK, Fla.. April S.—Alexander Simins, alias Brit, Glenn, alias Kid Charlie, a negro, added another victim to lu.s list ol killed yester-iay, besides wounding three others. Simms sliet and killed a young colored boy named Napoleon Stucks Sat ui day night.

The officers got on his trail yesterday morning and chased him about two miles to a barn in the eastern part of the city. When Simms saw he was discovered he opened lire with a pistol at the officers. They returned the tire, but as the negro could shoot without exposing boiiv, they were unable to hit him. During' the tiring Policeman Minor was shot in the breast and killed almost 111stantlv. Lieutenant Minor. Ins brother, was shot in the lelt leg. Two negroes, who had joined in chasing Snnms, v. eie shot in the hip, one, it is thought, fatally.

Simms tired 17 shots and oftcied to give hunselt up it the lieutenant would consent not to kill lnm. This was agreed to and he gave up lus rev oh er and came down. A crowd gathered oil the outside and wanted to lynch him at once, but the officer hustled his prisoner off to jad. As soon as the atfa.ir became noised about, a large crowd congregated at the jail, and threats ol lynching were frequeu i".

FmalLv it. was announced that Simms

•would oo taken to rlu ttitekeepius,'. but instm linn a'iKiard a iaiii whore ho ivimnn^d ii rip..- «-it. Jiavo K.IVOl: ill.a li'111 stale .\.)p.s. so iiiu-ii.-( asramsl, n. i.

counrv Tail tor 1 '-in ri \i •n H: iPM,"' V. •iiiiii c: fill! to-

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It has been generally known that the couple's married life was unpleasant, and neighbors assert that Wmdish had recently threatened to kill lu.s wife. This theory is supported bv the statement that two weeks ago Wmdish t-ie I to raise money on his property, stating that he was going to leave his wile. There is no clew to his whereabouts.

TRAGEDY ON A CHURCH STEP. A Mail Kills His ami 1 hen Kuds His

Own Kxlslcnce. &

WICHITA, Kan., April 8.—A horrible tragedy occurred on the steps of the Xiincoln Street Christian church as the congregation was walking out ot the church alter the services were over, aboat noon yesterday. On the sidewalk, iront oi the church, Walter Scott tired a bullet into the brain ot his Wife, and she fell at Ins leet a corpse.

While the people stood aghast at the terrible deed Scott placed the muzzle of the revolver 111 his mouth and sent a "bullet crashing through the root ot his mouth into Ins brain and he 1ell dead almost within reach oi the remains of )lis wife. At the sight oi the bloody tragedy two or three women tainted and much excitement iirovaiird. Both bodies were taken to an undertakers. When Mrs. Scott was shor sin was walking out of the church Avirii her brother.

Mr. and Mrs. ,~cott were m:.vvud about two years ago. She was I iuu he 19. They separated anout a ycr ago. she going to her lather house and lie going to Kansas C.itv. Seotr turned to Wichita a w- ago. ,de. went, to church yestvtrdav. and as !*e walked out arked !ns wile i!. slie woald return to lnni, and r«].-on ner iv'usai, Beut a. bullet into her brum. borhtiio well connected.

ONE BLOW OF THE FiST.

A kloxi.-io Paintor l:v S is r.i-i: ii-5^:a. w. JJAFOKTK, liid., A] ml is.—A mtii-der was coinnut.ed here at.an early hoar IStindav mommy, the victim he n!jHenry Fahreulien.u. a house oamier, alio at "Jo yea is oil, v.1- ,I"M td nun a single ulov. uL JUS j.ai Isei law's list.

Without further ado (n-t struck IIIUL Si powerlul blow in the head with Ins •fist, knocking him senseless, lie soon revived, however, but commenced to #pit blood, and his death ensaod aoout Ail hour later. Ott voluntarily surrtui#ered himself to the officers and was looked uj). Young Fahrenheim's brother was killed, here a tew years ago kr being stabbed wlnle engaged in a felidinghL row.

MURDERED FOR MONEY.

AU Old German FOIIIKI I»ond on the l1 lour of Mis KOOIII. AI.TOONA, Pa., April 8.-—Henry Bouxseka, an aged German, who lived alone *m tho western part of the city, was I

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found dead on the floor of his room yesterday. There was a wound on the back of his hea4, evidently made by a blunt instrument a sheet was found tied tightly around his neck, and a knotted handkerchief was fastened in his mouth. There was also a wound on the hip.

Bonueka, who was a bachelor, had not been seen since last Thursday, and it is supposed that he was murdered that night. The gag in his mouth would indicate that au attempt had been made to rob him without bloodshed, and the theory ot the police is that he resisted the attack and was then killed. The injury on the head may have resulted from a kick. No money was found on the premi-sc.

Cowardly Crime in Kentucky. LHXJXGTON, Kv„ April S. Will Ship]J ot Woodford county murdered Samuel Brown, colored,here at 10 (/clock last night by shooting him in the head with a pistol. Slnpp had been enamored of Brown's wife, and going to Brown house last night he found Brown there and shot him. Brown wa unarmed. As Slnpp was making IHJway down the steps he met Brow n't wife and with drawn revolver threatened to kill her also. Slnpp escaped but the police are after hnn. Brown had been in the employ of B. J. Treacy, the horseman.

Constnble Shot l).v a Nesjro.

FLOHEXCK, Ala., April 8.—James Foster, a constable at Rodgersville, was shot and instantly killed at midnight last night bv a negro named Will Brown. Fosrer. with three deputv constables. went to Brown's house tor the alleged purpose of arresting hnn on the charge of stealing chickens. Brown met them at I he door with Ins gun and shut Foster dead. Brown then esci.pcd.

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W'iFE MURDERED.

of ur.iovi !i. UP: II over wiial a:i i-ai to wife J: junior. -!RS. about fv.) veai:- old, \va iour.il ad |\ONrei'dav IU a e.lotlu'N clo.vi Hi ln i-i. oiid storv hor homo. Tlu*iv -I*- 'WOUM-.IS on the s'do of IIK1 lie.i'l. and ilic hkv.ll had been fractnrod. iNear lie l)od\ loviud a bloody ehisi'i. iiii'l on iho noor •ol the room lav .-(.noiul pio oi. cloih3ii!? atiivated with blood. Tlie.-e were id*"'1!tilled as h«ivinsi lielonr^-d. to the woman's liusiiand, "u ho is inisin^r.

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It is supposed that the n.uvmv occurred last Thutsviiiv !P.:,hi, as lie ©®nple had not been seen r-ince that tiine. Their three children remained in the house but could give no sati.staetoi/ answers as to the whereabouts ot their parents. A search was made vesterday and the body found. Suspicion is Strongly directed against the husband.

IN INDIA.

ISriti.sli Troops

'.larch oil the Killi::^!)viTii I?ui: iyl.

SlMiiA, April Si.—The First brigade ot the Brmsh force, moving to the ri'liet oi ^\Ir. Roberi.so:!, the 13r.nh agent at Cantral, has had ail eiicairement wivh 5.0H0 .-w :l"S. who v. ere rrviim- to bhck v! ^lalaicaiid jiass. The eneniv were put to lhghr alter losing 0 killed t»v a charge ot cavalry. Tiie British loss was one kilted and one wonnded.

he eneii! stovulv resisted lie British aiteinp to throw pumaons icross the i~\vat i\\\-' af Allacla.nd. 1 he Swats oeeuiued iiie iieulns comn-audi11th.e river, and pt a ir i(".'!u il tire the engineers arc! oti"'»\s eiiijiloved i:i placing the p: itoo::'j i:i jsa-iit ion. UlniM Kiian's brother was [ircscm with a large number oi cu»alrv aul imam ry. ijrigadier (leucval Wirenield's brigade. with, rue Fit teen th bnch regiment, advanced and arced a passage tne river, assisred by a mountain batterv and a Maxim gun. Then the Idevcut li Bengal lancers made a brilliant dash and crossed the river. Tney at once attacked the enemy. who retreated. The lancers pursued tlicm to Uck, killing 100 of them.

Tiie Fourth and Fifteenth Sikh regiments then crossed the river at a point a mile distant from where the pontoon bridge was placed, and captured Thana with little trouble. The British loss was one sapper and a few other men killed. A number of horses were also killed.

One thousand camels with the transport. train lnne succeeded in crossing the Malakand pass, and have arrived at Khar.

The British troops are now at Khar, in Swat, where it is awaiting the organization of a transport service.

A considerable number of fanatics from Upper Swat have joined Umra Khan ot Jundol. who is leading the forces against the British, and a big fight is expected.

PUT A BULLET THROUGH HIS HEART! A Young Man Kills Himself Because lie Could Not Itesist Liquor.

DKTROIT, April S.—The dead body of a well-dressed young man with a bullet hole through his heart was found on Concord avuio yesterday afternoon. The man arrived last Wednesday, stop- I ping at the Cadillac. A note in ln=J pocket, signed W. F. Hillman, told that lie was traveling auditor of the Buckeye Supply company, and was a son ot the I president of the company. In a note to his lather tne young man wrote that his lite Wiis a failure, that he con Id not resist liquor.

It was-leu'/ned that lie brought with I him to this citv a voung woman whom he placed in the house ot the Good I Shepherd. Her name is .Minnie (.'orev. I She is rem v'leveland and is aoout years old.

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Fahrenheiiu hud ior a long -torron/ed his youirr wile, being esjie iy abusive when intik iig, ai:i s::o well as her lather's iainily stood in deadly fear ot him. (Vooiii 1 cioek ismiUay morning, win! nimxiealtid, lie wont to his lionie, wlif-re ootli taimlies live in a double house. Hi at once com- I menced to abuse his wile and linuliy choked lier. Ihir screams awakened he,r father, Jacob Ott, aim as he eiitered the door she warned him to no caretul as her husband is armed wirli a hammer.

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seen she admit fed she

came hero with Hillman and saio. the ,- were to he niamrd. The dead man is from Toledo.

ARMENIAN AFFAIRS.!

JTlie ISnlish i-nce V. ii It C()N^ I N H. Ct,l.V]e, lie I had wo long eoatei tau. reeeu

hr Holds a Co the Still an. April h.—bir 1J sli ambassador, ences witn it flairs. (i had

and jo .1 erks mutesserifs. Jt was sam thai I'M her l.'nrkean Pasha, late governor ot (.'"iHe, or Chakir I'asha, loriner.lv ambassador to liussia, would be governor. liici.uK.' 'lav Ii?i Yet.

JSJ.W YOUK, April CS.—A. special to Tiie vVorld from Wasnington says: An ext raordi narv eon I ere nee ot the pistices at the United btates supreme court: was heid yesterday to consider the income tax appeals. Cinet Justice Fuller's rough draft was further discussed, and the decision is reported to have been reopened for arguments ou certain features. Tins has given rise to the impression that the deadlock on the mam points of: the statute may lie broken or the decision withheld lor additional modification.

JS.IIHIIIS Cap!iircil.

DKNVKK, April 8.—William Connors, leader of the gang of bandits which terrorized and robbed a gambling house of $()la, has been captured in this city. Ho confessed and returned about two-thirds tot the booty. The other two members .if the gang were captured at Asheen Junction.

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liad deealed so me three ot the Ar- Mrs. .llendi'ioits, a wealthy Philadeipliia iiie.u. .i }K..\ ,i'i v.s u..(.e» gououioi: go i- I invalid. Mie loou: a faiiey to i\i iss Kperal. end'- whom la state educated A r- plmvinie, w.'io o.Uen played'for Jua-, and i,r i.i.,,^ mild bo appointed eaimak. ins. two winks ago the, voung woman was lioiilicd bv '^luladelohia lawvi rs mat

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The bullets were crushed into shapeless lumps agamsr the brick wall, but not before they had penetrated 1 1-3 inches.

OVERDUE VESSEL ARRIVES. Cargo of 1m Shipped From Liverpool Kouolics Astorm, Oregon.

ASTORIA, Or., April 8.—The long overdue British ship Cupica, with tin from Liverpool to Astoria, arrived at 1 o'clock yesterday atternoon. The (locks were lined with people, and no sooner had the Cupica dropped anchor than a score ol Captain Casson's friends climbed over the side of the vessel and congratulated him ou lus safe arrival.

Captain Casson states mat tlie vessel was delayed bv storms that drove her out ol her course and by calms which lasted for daws at a time. In the vic.iulty ot Cape liorn, 500 oasas of: tin wore jettisoned and more would nave followed .had Uiev not" been compelled i'o button oov. the hatches. Two sailor were mrnivd bv b"ing thrown against, tne oulwarks uiirmg a storm. Captain Casson savs rhar when onlv a vew fiavs our vrom l.jiY( rpnoi l'earod he would never reac Ins destination.

The arrival ot tne Cupica has pJ

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Twrrfl Trotter No i.:i rujr-.5or Vv ASKtX(iTO\. A-jir:!. fcur-aau ol tlie war ilepa conducting a series oi. -'"i il at Fi t'iktc: I. 1\ tn( penetration ot' the

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.—Tlie ordnance .-tnient has been tests at the ar- ., to determine

Krag-.lorgenson

ntie, ot whose eim-iencv under all conditions. some doubts has recently arisen. The results ot the experiments have now been made public.

All shots were hred over the 500-yard range and with a mean velocity of: 1,l.!*7 leer. jS'iiie dnlereiit species ot targets were used and live shots were tired at oacli, so that, il! necessary, two of them could be abandoned as being rendered abnormal by accidents. The targets consisted of green oak. soft pine, a brick wall, moist sarni, loam, coarse gravel, elav, clay and loam combined and sand and loam combined.

The bullets penetrated (i 1-2 inches into the green oak, they went 21 1-3 inches mto the soft pine uninjured. The moist sand was penetrated to a depth 18 1-2 inches and tlio loam admitted them 2'.i 2-3 inches. The coarse gravel stopped its bullets at 12 inches. The sand and loam target and tlie clay target were penetrated 17 and 22 1-2 inches respectivel}' and the clay and loam was entered for 22 1-2 inches.

at some nicoiiveni'.'iii or two exceptions, ship lur lost and ha:', ders with American •j,ae.a uas c.nv

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on Armenian .. ... ., ft or I v.xcilcs Vt nlow fear the -,)ort Jiacl lire- .. .... .. {Oil, llll Jlcsuic. jiiired a eelieme ol rjneinan reli.vi!": I was premal-ure, hut i!ie gov.-rnnieiii' li-:.- I '-"J Apiil h. A, dc'-Ki. IL H' av*p:imt a hcj-li eomini.s.-aM I»T l'j|/j»l v. nit^ i.s laiug noiiuu'v, in) ir.em w-. ha 1 urkisli president to ins- I earned her li\ mg diiring the summer enss roioruis ior Armenia. moniiis bv i:uisi\d recitals at I lie vo'l!ieiepor .diovo n,entioii(\! as me- ous hoteis hei.v.. slio now lives in hmai aiv w.ii- t«» ihe ie I lluit tin- l\i ui ca:ro. (Jue oi tlie. gu(*sv-:s last

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Mrs. Hendricks had died and left Miss Epplewhite

,000,000.

Mrs. Hendricks was a paralytic, and the numerous little kindnesses roc young woman siiowed her, together with her musical talent, winch the old ladv great]v admired, made a soft spot, in the widow's heart, and the. big ioituue lett the gill i-, ho lesu'L. ir«Mrn Uiiv loo

MKNOMINHK, Mien., April 8.—Tlie heavy northeast wind continues and the ice Green bay is piling up ou tne shore in some places iiO feet high. Several additional docks were displaced yesterday. The Ann Arbor track between the slip and the St. Paul track is covered with ice in some places 20 feet high, completely cutting oil' traffic in the yards, while more or less damage has been done to warehouses, barns and boathouses. Should the wind continue long from the present quarter tlie da nage to property will be great. The body of the ice extends out into the bay a distance of 20 or HO miles and is from 12 to 1G inches thick.

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iflJr. N P. Howard, Jr.. ca now be found lus new oflice No. West .iaia srretL. over the Ciiizens' Bunk and d-suvs to announce' to his Jr tnls that oe can lie found at the ntiiee ai idi hi.ur» uul"s- professionally engage I. We weru shown through the oflics a io-ud t,lmt. it was wry couvemently ".med and iiris ali the latest, improvements for snr--iery worii, etc. Lr.e oiliee lute throughout with antique oak furniture.

Aav one oeaiiMiLt livery ri^s of any kin.i can fijave the.r orders a'. Mie fnne.wure store ot' Thomas S: Jeflrn sand the ri.-:s »v111 be .sent around promptly !rom she Fashion T,ivery Stable of Jvti\ies 5c on. (i "ii rigs and satisfactory prices CUril all I. TScf

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