Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1887 — KILLED HIS MOTHER. [ARTICLE]

KILLED HIS MOTHER.

Tragic a»d Accidaatt In Grant County, Ind. Frank Lightfeat Mistake* Hi* Mother for a Rargler and Fire* with Fatal Aim— She Rxonorate* Her Son Before Dying. About midnight Friday night Mrs. Newton Lightfoot, was shot and killed by her son, Frank Lightfoot, under the most tragic and deplorable circumstances. The scene of this sad occurrence was the south limits of Grant county, eighteen miles southeast of Marion. When Newton Lightfoot left home Friday morning to be gone over night, he requested his son Frank, who lives on an adjoining farm, to come over and spend the night at his house. Frank came and brought a pistol. When the family retired theirprotector gave warning that if any of them arose during the night they should first call him, as he did not propose taking chances on suspicious visitors. About midnight Mrs. Lightfoot heard a commotion among the stock at the barn and went to investigate. She had not given the stipulated notice and as she returned her son was awakened by her footsteps. As she entered he fired, and she fell in the doorway weltering in her blood. The dying woman vowed that it was her own fault and thai her son was not to be blamed. It was found that the bullet had entered her right side. Death resulted in twenty minutes. The deceased w r as about sixty years old, the mother of a largp fomily, and a most excellent women. Her unwittingslayer is not censured, butthe unfortunate affair is widely and deeply deplored. The family is one of high standing and of considerable wealth.

Burned at Sea. The steamer “York City” burned off Queenstown Friday morning, and reported the burning of the steamer ‘‘City of Montreal” at sea. The burned vessel sailed from Ney? York Aug. fl for Liverpool. The burning of the steamer occurred on the 11th inst.,five days after she left New York. She carried 420 passengers all of whom, with the exception of thirteen persons—six passengers and seven of the crew were saved. A boat containing the thirteen mentioned, has not been heard from and is supposed to have been lost. The steamer was one of the largest and best of the Inman line. She was 482 feet long and 4* feet width of beam, and a gross tonnage of 4,486. She was finely finished and furnished. Cleveland’* St. Louis Visit. President and Mrs. Cleveland and accompanying party will arrive at St Louis, Saturday evening, October 1, but the President will see no one that evening except a reception committee that will meet him at the depot. The party will remain in St. Louis over the 2d, 3d and 4th, attending the fair on Monday, the 3d, and the Veiled Prophet’s ball on the night of the 4th, and will leave at midnight for Chicago. — r--. r 1 —' ‘ ’ . •«—r Protecting the Alaska Fur Company. The fisheries department, of Canada, received infermatien Tuesday of the seizure of more Canadian sealing vessels in the North Pacific ocean by United States cruisers. It is learned that the commanders of the United States cruisers that are in the Alaska service have been ordered to seize all sealing vessels found in Behring sea unless they are the property of the Alaska fur company.