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Show Tragedy at a Show Performance. Catlettsbubq, Ky., March 2. News comes from Narrow Bone Creek, West Virginia, of a tragedy at a school-house last Saturday night. Col. Bennett, a midget and a sleight-of-hand performer, was giving an entertainment entertain-ment in the school-house, when J. N. Piok-elheimer Piok-elheimer rode up drunk, with a shot-gun in his hand and demanded admission. Being refused, he fired through the door, killing Col. Bennett instantly. Robert Hamilton, aged 7, died in a few hours from wounds, and four other persons were wounded. The murderer escaped. |