Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1902 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

Four fires at Dallas, Texas, at the same time and supposed to have been started by incendiaries, caused loss of SIOO,OOO. Ellis Washington and Philip Wallace, colored, were hanged at Donaldsville, La., for shooting and killing Lee Geismar. a merchant at Geismar, La., on Jan. 12. Alexander Woodward, aged 63, was assassinated at his home near Ellijoy, Tenn. J. N. Ogle, who lives on a nearby farm, is under arrest charged with the crime. At Lake Charles, La., the jury in- the case of Edward Batson, charged with the murder of the Earl family, returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. The penalty is death. At Loone, Tenn., four persons were killed and a fifth was fatally hurt by an Illinois Central excursion train. The victims were in a wagon and attempted to cross the tracks when the second train struck the vehicle.