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Show THE GREEN-EYED MOBSTER. Jealousy Leads an Indiana Husband to Commit a Most Horrible Deed Kain a Godsend in Pennsylvania. Indianapolis, Ind., June 4. A special to the Sentinel from Eyansville Ind., sayB: For several months, Valentine Wiss-man Wiss-man has been jealous of his wife, and has had frequent quarrels with her because be-cause of hia jealouey of one Erwin. Last night her brothers spent the evening even-ing with them, and after they had gone he showed he was jealous of eyen them. He partially disrobed and then went into the room where his wife was and told her was going to kill her. He snatched the baby from her arms and dashed it to the floor. Then he got a razor. His wife ran out of the house, but was stopped by a high picket fence and he caught ber. He immediately began to slash hei with the razor. He cut her throat three times, Blashed her several times in the face and then began be-gan hacking at her bosom. He cat one of her breasts off and then tried to cut off a hand. He cut the leaders and severed the artery. In all h-3 cut her in 121 places. Neighbors frightened him away and carried the woman indoors and called surgeons, who finally stopped the flow of blood from the wounds. Wissman was captured this morning, He was - disciircd on a fence stark naked excei"ii as to his shirt, which he had tied around his neck, and to it he had a piece of wire that was fastened to the limb of a tee. He was in the act of jumping from the fence when taken, Tha wite and children will die, BAIN PEOVE3 A GODSEND. Bradford, Pa. June 4. A downpour down-pour of rain this afternoon quenched the tireB in the vicinity and everything every-thing is quiet tonight. Kmipp's Creek, the town that was threatened with destruction last night, escaped with a loss of three dwellings and 150 rings and two tanks of oil. Between Duke's Center and Knapp's Creek, 200 rings were destroyed, together to-gether with a large amount of standing timber. The oil firea at West Branch, two miles from here, was extinguished by the rain and all fires in that .direction are under control tonight. The total loss is estimated at a mil-liod mil-liod dollars. |