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Show A DELIBERATE WRECK. A Braoe of Murderous Coons Drive into t Carriage and Injure Its ' Occupants. A SENSATION ON SEVENTH. An Aot that Should Meet With Summary Sum-mary and Heroio Penalties in the Avenging Courts. It was unfortunate for the coroner, unfortunate forthe undertaker and un- fortunate for humanity that an avenging aveng-ing Jove was not poised on the corner of Seventh. South street and Main be-' be-' ' tween the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock last night when a brace of hilarious negroes deliberately drove their team into a family carriage that was completely demolished. Pedestrians are scarce in that locality after nightfall ana the perpetrators of the revolting outrage were por-, por-, nutted to escape.' It appears that the '.' negroes had secured an outfit from a well known livery stable for the after-;A after-;A n ion and visited a road house. There they proceeded to fill np on whiskey, with which insurance policies poli-cies should go and with a terrible terri-ble pace they started into town. People Peo-ple who were crossing thoroughfares on their way to divine worship quick-jned quick-jned their stride and the entire street was given to the colored revelers. They finally met a conveyance at the corner of Main and Seventh South and determining to introduce a chapter chap-ter of fiendish glee into their whirl, started with deliberate aim for the carriage which was being driven by Charles Graves. There was a terrible ter-rible crash, the shriek of injured infants and then the dusky authors of the calamity sped on. The wreck that had followed was complete. Mrs. Graves thrown violently to the earth with nn infant child in her embrace, while a son, tome 8 years of age was hurled through the black air and fell unconcioue to tho ground. The-horso in the meantime had undertaked to liberate lib-erate himself and the driver was dragged drag-ged over a block before ho relinquished his hold and returned to his helpless family. In the meantime neighbors had gathered i round the plaoe aud the disabled dis-abled occupants were removed to comfortable com-fortable apartments. The negroes who were guilty of the atrocity proceeded to the livery stable where they paid SSi) for damages sustained by their own I conveyance and without delay disappeared. disap-peared. The matter has been reported to the police but the coons are under cover. Mrs. Graves is suffering Internally and the young son is suffering intense pain. |