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Show AVENGES HIS DAUGHTER'S WRONGS. A (lay Hooter Shot Dow n by the l ather ol Hi Victim. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 38. A State Jutimal special from Hasting says: A deplorable tragedy occurred iu that city last evening. ( apt. A. D. Yocum, ex-mayor of Hastings, and at present special inspector of customs, with headquarter in Idaho, who is home on a visit, met Myron Van Fleet iu frout of tho Hotel liostwiek, 00 one of the busiest thoroughfares thor-oughfares of the city, and, without a word, pulled a revolver and fatally shot Van Fleet. The affair is the outgrowth of a scandalous article published in a sensational sheet in Lincoln, in December, alleging thai, Captain Yocum' s daughter had eloped to Denver with a colored coachman. The stoiy spread until it reached tho ears of the family. When the strange fact was made public, Miss Yo. cum had not been away from tho city at all. It is asserted that she ha been hounded by Van Fleet, who had repeatedly thrust his at. tentions upon her. When Captain Yocum returned he investigated the matter, iatisfled hinuelf that Van Fleet was the author of tho scandal, and last night shot him. Yocum 1 in'custody. |