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Show EASTERN. I ANOTHER EMOTIONAL 1NSAN- 1TY BKI.TK ! ' If iipp A rltuuni ! 1 1 Trili - lalioiiM Out ! WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH THE MODOC ELEPHANT? Interesting from the N. P. R. R. &C. &.C. &c. riiiM- himI HNiillit-. St. I.iiiv 4. Jo-.-ph IT. Kon, who hot and kill-d MuiL-.n Hwh, his broth -riiilaw, in August, '71, and wlto wa.i i-oini; months ayo sillse-qnentlv sillse-qnentlv tried and aeiuitted on the ground uf emotional in.-anity, made a iniinlenjiii a.-.-anlt on iiis wife at 1 o'clock thin afternoon, striking her , three wivage blows on the bend with a lialeliet, iiitlieiingdangerouH wounds. Fon- reeendy returned from .Natchez and to-day met his wife, who' ha been supiMrting heielf by working in a -lore, while walking with a kidy friend, lie entered into conversation conversa-tion with her, try in to persuade Jut to live with him, which she refii-wd to do, iuile.-s he would tjuit drinking and go to work. He finally letl her, hut afterwards overtaking her asked her to shake hands and hid him a final farewell, and seizing her hand wiih one of his, with the other drew a hatchet from under his coat and struck her. .She li in a critical condition. con-dition. The lunatic husband was caught and jailed. Jtirhmond, Va., 4. Jim Utrown, tlioallcg.il murderer of two old ladies, la-dies, .Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. JDosier, was captured last night, and lo-day ho confes.-d to the shoriM" that he beat his victims to' death with a billet of wkkI, and then robbed the house. He also informed the sheritf where the stolen money was concealed. The feeling against him is intense, and probably he will be lynched. |