| Show A FIENDISH CRIME A man soaked with alcohol and then set on fire THE FUN BY A W OK LOAFERS suffering by the poor man warrants issued for the arrest of tha jokers the murderers of pres ton break jail special to the WHEELING W ya dec 9 this afternoon the police were notified that a colored man was lying in hunts barber shop on chapline street suffering from very severe burns an examination showed that the man was james robinson of elmyra N Y his breast abdomen and side were literally fried and smelled like ft piece of broiled beefsteak and a physician who was called pronounced his injuries to be of a danger our character robinson went into the shop tuesday night and went to sleep iu a chair about 6 a gang of loafers who hang about the place poured a quart of alcohol over the sleeping mans clothing and set fire to him in a moment the hardly conscious darkey was enveloped in a mass of flames which for a time resisted all the efforts of several men to extinguish it tonight warrants were issued for one green buck tyler frank thompson and john proctor charged with the crime they will be held tu await the result of the injuries TWO MURDERERS ESCAPE JAIL special to the COLUMBIA S C dec 9 whitfield murrell and william carpenter the two young toughs who without the slightest provocation shot to death young preston younce on the public highway in edgefield county last july and who were recently sentenced to be hanged january ad next escaped from edgefield jail this morning about daybreak he occupied a cell on the second floor the jailers jailors jai lors remarkable story is eliat they biad a large bag which they were permitted to lower from the window of their cel to the ground for their wood furnished by their friends last night however it appears that instead of hauling up wood they drew up an auger a hie a chisel and a punch with which they made an opening in the floor through which trev gained the stairway and escaped to the hall of me first story the doors were fastened but they easily forced them open and made their escape the jailor and his assistant saw them about the time they had opened the back door but say that while they were getting their guns the two murderers fled this story is discredited and it is believed that the jailor and his assistant connived at their escape every effort is being made to capture them and the governor has already offered a reward of for their apprehension murrell and carpenter were the first white men convicted of murder in bloody edgefield in forty years when they murdered young younce they were on a drunken frolic and as one of them afterwards expressed it they shot him just for fun 1 miscreants ASSAULT A special to the ga dec 9 some time ladt week a begres s named vie toria day living in the eastern part of the county reported that she had been assaulted by two men named hedges green and james patrick green was was arrested and on his preliminary trial the girl who is a school teacher testified that she was in the road leading from the brick store to social circle and on her way to the house of a negro man whom she wished to consult about school matters when she was stopped by mr green who was coming from social circle in his buggy he asked her to get into the buggy and when she declined to do so he drew his pistol and forced her to get into the vehicle he then carried her some distance gob out of his bugg yand ordered her to do likewise she refused and he then cocked his pistol presented it at her breast and threatening to kill her unless she complied with his wishes compelled her to get out and submit he then took her away in bia buggy and was joined by patrick and the two carried her several miles further and assaulted her again after this she was taken to the house of a negro named weaver and there left till about 10 at night several miles from home the magistrate on hearing hei testimony bound green over to answer for the he was permitted to go at large lor the purpose of securing bondsmen he has left for parts unknown without having given bond patrick has not been ar but his friends informed the sheriff that he would come forward and submit to a trial SUE BEACHED THE TOP special to the ENQUIRER ST PeTERS Buna dec 9 ayoung girl of seventeen daughter of a forester named is now regarded as a heroine all 0 he country the girl i d by her father and her brother is just made the ascent of mount ararat in the company of three burds kurds the strength of the boy was exhausted when they had arrived at the height of feet and the father stopped at the height of feet the young girl however continued to ascend antil she reached the top she fell ithrom the intense cold and on their return had to be supported by the burds kurds A HIDDEN So ecial to the ENQUIRER JASPER ga dec 9 there lived a substantial old farmer by the name of kiugo Br this county upon the waters of creek who by economy had accumulated considerable property he a part of his money in buried in the ground during the war some ol 01 the scouts hung the old man to make him give up his hidden treasure butche refused to do so they left vitality enough in him to survive the hannings hangings hang ings H died soon after the war and hisie state was administered but never found the hidden treasure v as found today to day A party unearthed in gold OF scecil Sp ecil to theae pec 9 all arrangements are dedication of the auditorium building tonight to night jot since the last national republican con has the city held so many prominent public men as it docs today to day they have come from almost every state by invitation of the auditorium association to attend thu opening services several of the cabinet officers and their aare here as are also the governors of adjacent the scene tonight to night when patti sings home sweet home promises to be one of the moat brilliant ever witnessed in the country the wealth of chicago and the culture of the nation will be represented itis it is calculated that there will be people present when the curtain is rung up after a selection on the erand organ by clarenca Cla renco eddy an address will be delivered bv mayor crigier the ovation aby the mayor will it is pre ca dietel dieted di eted add to his reputation as aubi lie speaker the mayor will be followed in an address by john S kum melts and then adilina patti will sing home home the exercises will close with an address by governor fifer of illinois THE avie says it has been informed that john baum of provo has bought alie john W brown place in charleston and that it is his intention of making his home there in the future LET us hear from the pleasant grove people as to whether they want the augar works established in proximity to heir 01 not |
