Show KILLS HER CHILDREN SHE beat OUT THEIR BRAINS WITH A HATCHET ana then cuts her own throat with a butcher knife KANSAS CITY nov 24 the journal special ozark missouri reports a horrible tragedy twenty miles south of ozark in tarey county mrs amanda truitt killed two of her young children with a hatche tand then cut her throat with a butcher no details are given but it is supposed tho unfortunate woman was demented out for A alark LEMARS iowa nov 24 city marshal george hamilton was shot and instantly killed this morning by john gaynor aged 23 gaynor and three companions were out for a lark all were intoxicated and the marshal attempted to arrest them gaynor fled the town but has been captured jacksonville fla nov 21 john S bryan son of mrs mary E bryan authoress living in new york is a fugitive from lloyds jefferson county in this state with the charge of murder hanging over him mrs bryan has been at the scene of tha crime for her sons defense she engaged a lawyer and at last accounts was at thomasville Thomas ville georgia the crime was committed on election night and was shocking in its details about a month ago a fight occurred in a mill house at lloyds station in which john L bryan was seriously cut with a knife and for some was thought that the wound would prove fatal judson cameon a negro living over the jefferson county line in leon was charged with the crimo and a warrant was issued against him on the even aug of election day bryan and two others enticed cameon across the county boundary lino where they arrested him tied his hands behind him with a rope and locked him up for the night in the depot warehouse of lloyds early in the night some men put him in a wagon and carted him to Mixco aune sinks two miles distant there his body was found on abu evening it had been shockingly cut up and five or eix big stones had been tied to insero its sinking it was probably placed in tho water before life was extinct and it is believed that the matt died of strangulation although the wounds were frightful and sufficient to have eventually caused death bathed lathed wilmington del nov 24 three white and one negro convicts were whipped at new castle this morning for larceny and burglary they took from five to twenty lashes each lightly laid nile to NEW YORK nov 24 mary obrien an old woman who died at bellevue hospital last thursday not only made complete arrangements for burial but she was disposed to question the capacity of the attendant physician because he had exhibited a disposition to purposely delay her funeral she was very poor and for months past worked to get enough money together to buy her a grave she secured a shroud and after depositing enough th triest to bury her went to the hospital as she said to die without any fuss the physicians found her suffering from cancer of the stomach they did all for her but she had determined to die finally she told the doctor she was not satisfied with him she was living too long tuesday she died all her things were ready even the coffin and shroud and wednesday she was buried in them washington nov 24 william J oconnor the canadian oarsman defeated john teemer of mckeesport McKee sport penn holder of the title of champion oarsman of america this afternoon in a tareo mile race on the potomac elver opposite washington for the championship of america and a stake of 2500 a side oconnor rowed in splendid form and led from start to finish teemer at no time being able to overtake him oconnor will now go to australia to battle with searle for the championship of the world the course selected was three miles with turn ches the time for the race half past three arrived the coal dumps gas works wharves and boat houses were lined with people fully persons being spectators from on shore while many more occupied seats on small river crafts the spectators shivered in the chilly raw air while the preliminaries were being arranged the water was smooth but muddy and othor conditions wore unfavorable to good time being made betting became quite lively just before the race and considerable money exchanged handa the oconnor men first batting even and then giving odds ef 5 to 4 and when no takers could be found offering 5 to 3 on their man was 20 minutes after 4 when air J E elder of the columbia athletic club who had been selected as referee got the men in line when a minute later he gave the signal go oconnor was off like a flash and was half a length in the lead before teemer could dip his ores in the water oconnor with a stroke of 34 to the minute gradually gained on the mckeesport McKee sport scullery who pulled about two strokes taster at the half mil the canadian had a length of clear water between him and his competitor and slowed down his stroke to 32 to tho minute at the mile he held his lead but he was out of his course and lost some distance so that at the turn he was only a length ahead bounding the buoy oconnor put on a spurt and with a long powerful pull of 32 to the minute he gained lapid ly on teenier and dropping his stroke to 28 was a good three lengths in the lead when two miles of the coarse had been gone over the canadian was fresh and every stroke seemed full of power while teemer though pulling 32 to oconnor s 28 moved ahead slowly and seemed in labor from this point on oconnor increased his lead and slowing up towards the finish line he crossed it a winner about ten lengths ahead of teemer the winners time was 29 minutes and 33 seconds beemers Te emers time was not taken but was estimated to be 25 seconds slower oconnor palled over to the referees boat and inquired if everything was all right eaklor told him it was and that he had won he paddled quietly off to his boat house without a word his backers however were jubilant and loudly gave vent to their feelings joseph bogers of toronto backer of oconnor said as soon as the race was over that he now proposed to go to australia and wrest the worlds championship from searle oconnor was trained by george lee and teemer by albert hamm |