Show A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY THE SA OF FREE WHISKY AT A aiex woods executed for the NEW ORLEANS aug 17 A dispatch from new iberia says a certain class of idle and immoral characters being ordered away many took refuge at freetown H village composed entirely of mogro families hero to mounted men congregated and armed themselves thon the residents aud property owners of this section called and finding a largo body of armed negroes demanded a surrender of their arms A number accepted tho terms thursday morning fifteen armed negroes took possession of the colored ministers house refusing to surrender the whites hearing of this sent a message with a command that they lay down their weapons within twenty minutes the again refused at tho expiration of the timo a volley was fired at them which soon became general the fusillade fusi lade lasting nearly an hour finally F P a white man was shot dead the negroes became panic stricken and fled when the fight was over the bodies of eight negroes were found in the house and five others outside it is rumored that four more were killed free ft OTTAWA HI the details of a terrible terri blo tragedy at prairie center reached this place today to day A dance was given by a number of norwegians Norwegia ns whisky flowed freely and all were more or intoxicated less about mid two young men got m oa fight over a partner for a dance and one of them was stabbed the men present took sides and revolvers and knives bied freely eight are reported either shot or stabbed four of whom may die for mis wife IDAHO august 17 special to the salt biake herald alexander woods the negro wife murderer was hung here at 2 this afternoon sheriff taylor and assistants si had made every preparation to have the affair go forward speedily and successfully and a ghastly test had already been made of the gallows as tho scaffold was the same one as that on which prang williams the caribou murderer had paid tho penalty of the law on july less than a month previous woods walked up to the rope without flinching and those who had expected to see him at the last moment were disappointed the loop was slipped over his nock exactly at 2 and he was asked if he had anything lo 10 say he answered by making a short speech in which he said ho died without any hard feelings against any one the drop was sprung three seconds after ho closed and the body shot downward till the rope was taut when it sprung upward fully two feet with a horrible bound his neck was broken instantly but the pulse continued to beat for six minutes after the fall tho body was allowed to hang twelve minutes when it was cut down the crime for which woods perished was the murder of his wife and was committed may ath 1887 he was a mulatto and she was a good looking young woman of tho same blood they lived at pocatello where woods was a barber public rumor for some time had been busy with tho name of wife and a number of white men are named with whom she had been very free tor some time these rumors did nob reach woods ears but when the knowledge of her faithlessness came to him he was seized with an insane fury and without apparently thinking of the men who had led her away he made preparation to avenge himself the manner in anich he obtained his revenge was revolting and cold blooded in the extreme he birst shot her with a pistol and then with all the fury of mad animal lacerated her body with his teeth ho was speedily captured tried convicted and sentenced to be hanged just day set for his execution lie made his escape from prison with williams the caribou murderer who was also under penalty death for killing two men williams va speedily recaptured and was hang july it was fco much bojc a foregone conclusion that woods would also bo caught that governor son to savo the chance of his having to bo held till the next term of court to bo re sentenced adopted tho novel of granting a respite to tho escaped man even chile ho remained at largo naming august as the date of the execution and had he not been caught by then the respite in all probability would lavo boon ox tended on still further woods obtained an indians blanket some leggings logg ings and a pair of moccasins and took to the train whore ho got as far as montana disguised in his indian garb before ho was detected tl ol 01 conn aug 17 on tuesday patrick cahill came to town otter serving two months in the jail ite visited several saloons and became intoxicated when a friend attempted to take him home they began to quarrel on eiver street and attracted the attention of chief of police john S lockwood who with others attempted to arrest him they finally secured him and tied the ends of a rope around each ankle and fastened it to the ablo of a light wagon tho team was started and for the first few yards the prisoners head was held up but in his struggles to himself he grasped lock woods leg and the two were dran along the muddy streets ano man jumped on th prisoners arm and broke his hold and then the writhing twisting prisoner was dragged along over the pavements and loose stones on his face back and sides and when ho attempted to relief the strain on his ankles by grasping either the rope or axle the ready club of lockwood on his hands and ho fell back again into the street at this time the mob has assumed large proportions and the threats of shooting and lunching lynching lyn ching Ij became frequent when near the end of wall Patrick dwyer stooped out into the street and grasped tue bradlo of the horse and in rather strong lan that tho procession no further and although a whip was playing about his head he bield the horse and jonn malone stepped out of the saloon and untied tho rope four or five men picked cahill ap and put him in a room in tho lock up there he began to break things and in order to put him in the cell keeper geheber Geh ebes vicious bull dog was put in with him to catch him lockwood has been suspended from tho force iia NET aug 17 great excitement cit ement has prevailed in and around abbeville Ab beville in vermillion parish during the last three days over the attempt of the regulators to break up miscegenation there the movement which has been general in the state for some time recently spread to million where the regulators or caucasians as they are called warned all the white men living with negro women and vice versa to leave the parish on tuesday the regulators whipped one white man but when they came to the residence of a negro named shepard who was living with a white woman the woman rushed out with a shotgun and opened fire on the crowd fatally wounding one of them this created great excitement and a company of rangers in the adjoining parish of iberia was summoned to arms A disturbance between the whites and blacks is feared A s BOSTON aug 17 nelson tibbitts a well known gambler and sporting man killed himself yesterday afternoon ho was wanted on a charge of embezzling he was 52 years old twenty years ago tibbitts took to gambling and achieved a name that made him famous all over the country murder arson WEST W VB alag 17 A boarding house and store burned this morning sirs wallace and her son simon aged 30 were cremated murder and arson are suspected I 1 A suitors crime WOODLAND miss aug 17 jennie Wo alver a domestic on a farm near here was shot and lolled by georgo moons today to day aged 20 years who then blow his own brains out moons had just returned from colorado and it is supposed that he killed the girl because she was soon to be married to another man and had refused his suit sic ans properly Iro perly BUFFALO 1 Y aug 17 george herbert smith a plumber well known in this city was this evening horse whipped on the street by mrs edward dwyer in front of her husbands drag store at eagle and michigan streets six hundred people in the meantime blocking the street cars the awyers have been married only since june and it appears that smith and his wife had made a different choice for dwyer they were therefore offended at mrs Dwy erand especially as she would not associate with mr smith dwyer has occupied the drug store for a number of years and is well known mrs duyec is his second wife who lately came from elmira in the capacity of professional nurse she states she whipped smith because she was unable to escape from his slanderer a tongue ho pursued her and abused her on the street and behind her back till she was frantic the whip was bought yesterday and she used it upon his face and back leaving deep scars she announces herself ready to whip him again if ho does not behave himself in the future and she appears to mean what she says car TOLEDO ohio aug 17 A freight train was standing on the side track near holland yesterday robbers broke into the car and carried away a lot of merchandise before being discovered by the train men who then drove them away with revolvers the police of this city were notified and tracked the robbers some distance but find them this morning a country woman reported her boys while out looking up cows had discovered a cave filled with valuables of all kinds the officers hurried to the spot named and found hundreds of dollars worth of silks velvety velvets vel vets jow alery and miscellaneous merchandise stealing from the trains in that vicinity had been going on a long time and had been a great mystery the officers have hopes of catching the band of thieves |