Show outrageous AFFAIR THEY FLOG NAKED TILL THEY FAINT A demented and her very queer story women NEW ALBANY ind july 26 special to tribune A bloody tragedy enacted early yesterday morning in the secluded neighborhood of games mill in crawford county A middle aged woman and her daughter about 19 years old live in that neighborhood and have fallen under the displeasure of the notorious white caps of crawford county who charged that the women were unchaste on the night of the about twenty five well mounted and well armed white caps rode up to the residence took them out of bed led them to trees near by and whipped them unmercifully n th hickory switches the blood flowed with each lick on the bare backs of the unfortunate women their shrieks and cries for mercy were disregarded by their savage tor mentors and the blows continued to rain down upon their naked backs until both fell fainting on the ropes that held them they were then cut loose the white caps then re mounted their horses and after a brief consultation which was overheard by three men in a house near that of the women they rode away the white caps had agreed in their consultation to ride to the house of leslie moreland a reputable citizen of the neighborhood tell him what they had done and why they did it and order him to spread the news this being their custom the three men who overheard this arrangement were relations of moreland and taking their guns they took a short cut to Mor elands so as to beat the white caps there they informed moreland that night riders coming and the purpose of their visit then secreted themselves in the thicket along the road almost in front of Mor elands residence soon the white caps appeared and commenced knocking at the door of more lands house and called for him to get up he soon came to the door with his rifle in his hand the white caps told their errand and ordered him to start out at daylight and spread the news moreland told them he was not that kind of a man and no such gang would bulldoze him the white caps told him if he did not they would call again and take him out and hang him and then commenced yelling and firing their revolvers at the house moreland replied with his rifle and at the same moment the three men in ambush fired upon the gang this was more than the cowardly white caps expected and with threats they galloped away one of them john saunders leaving a bloody hat on the highway and two others being supported in their flight by their companions three of the gang had been shots two of them john saunders and pryor gregory supposed fatally the name of the other victim was not learned gregory is a well known country merchant at west fork crawford county has a family of grown children and is about 50 years old it is said he will die ho is in good circumstances and has been highly respected saunders is a saloonkeeper and a worthless fellow the affair has created intense excitement and a determined effort is being made by the citizens to find the place where the wounded men have been taken by their friends the elder wiseman woman it is reported tonight will die from the whipping she received A CHICAGO july 26 special to tribune one of the most melancholy and peculiar cases ever tried in the insane court of this county was heard today to day by judge the parties were james stevenson and his wife a couple residing at washington heights they were well to do people and owners of a comfortable home but both were arrayed in a grotesque manner and rags indicated extreme poverty be ligion it is said had made them both insane mrs stevenson had on a skirt made of horse hair cloth and a strip of the same material was tightly tied about her head and over her ears k wear this over my ears she said in a loud voice to shut out all other religions except my own I 1 am a Camp bellito A Camp do you hoar I 1 am the creator of the universe I 1 made everything and own everything dont think because I 1 am ragged that I 1 cant have better things for I 1 own buildings and all of them are finer and bigger than any in this city I 1 have sailed over them through the air many and and many a time why I 1 could atop over this building just as easy ua not if I 1 wanted to and the poor demented old woman brightened up as she told the story of her own fancied greatness evidently believing everything sho said she smoothed back her gray locks and continued bior talk her husband looked upon her with admiration As sho proceeded ho nodded approval and frequently expressed his satisfaction by amilos and congratulatory grunts 1 I am years old continued the old lady that is ivo lived on tin s earth that long right judge aho is at least years old and bho is tle creator anything bhe bays ia right you can bet on that every time chimed in the hubband huh band tbt old man was allowed to tell his story ho said ho was an soldier and wounded at the battle of black eiver bridge va when I 1 lay wounded on tho battlefield ho said in tremulous tones the spirit of my wife came to mo and revealed herself to me though it was seventeen se enteen years later when I 1 firt t met her in the flesh but I 1 know her and know she was the croitor of everything the jury quickly found the old couple insane and they were committed to the asylum cuss ol 01 EW YORK july ag tuesday night the police officials wore notified that a boy was being ill treated at the boufis of jno brooklyn and their investigation brought to light a diabolical case of inhumanity quinna place of abode is a lonely spot situated among the band banks with quinn and his wife lived a little boy eight year sold named eugene schenck the child had not been seen since sunday and the neighbors suspecting something wrong reported the matter to the question where is the boy quinn replied playing over in the sand this did not satisfy the officers and to a repetition of the question he said the boy was in the cellar A slight description of the cellar will serve to give an idea of were the boy was connner con nned it is under a shanty and access to it is grained on the outside three steps down and you stand or rather crouch for it is only about four feet high in a damp dark dirty pit from whence a stench rose rank it was designed and is only used as a goat pit is about four feet square aid in a manger there the officers found little eugene without a stitch of clothing to cover his naked form and so weak he could hardly stand they took him out found some clothes for him and gave him some food the manner in which he ato his little meal proved conclusively that he had been a long time without anything to eat officer belcher baid it is the most horrible case of inhumanity I 1 ever saw and I 1 have seen a great many why his bones fairly stuck out through his flesh and his little legs were not as big around as my little club it WEIS awful the boy was put in there last sunday and three long days and nights he had been caged in the filthy hole in the ground devoid of food and raiment quieu was arrested and arraigned he said that the boy stole money from him and ho put him in the cellar for punishment quinn was released on bail the boy was taken in charge bythe society for the prevention of cruelty to children who will investigate the affair au atrocious crime washington dakota july 26 deputy sheriff L S elmer murdered miss mollie korbel wednesday night under circumstances of peculiar atrocity she was a domestic in the employ and had been entrusted with the household during the temporary absence of the family she had just given the prisoners their supper when elmer who boarded in the house asked her if she intended going out that evening she replied that she would do so if she chose whereupon elmer shot her three times causing instant death he had not been paying her attention and no cause is known for his act he was at once locked up A crowd gathered and tried to storm the jail but the ringleaders ring leaders were arrested before anything was done |