August 19, 1888
Whites undertake to Regulate Negroes, and Bloodshed Follows.
New York, Aug. 17.- A dispatch from New Iberia says a certain class of immoral characters being ordered that many took refuge at Freetown, a village composed entirely of negro families. Here 500 to 600 mounted men congregated and armed themselves. Then the residents and property owners of this section collected, and finding a large body of armed negroes, demanded a surrender of their arms. A number accepted the terms. Thursday morning fifteen armed negroes took possession of the colored minister’s house, refusing to surrender.
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August 17, 1888
Claire, Mich, Aug 14.- Charles Abbey, who is charged with a grave offense, was given a coat of tar and feathers Saturday night. The affair occurred as he was coming out of a dance hall on Main street, in the business portion of the town. He was seized, his clothing torn off and the tar and feathers applied. He is still in town and no arrests have been made, but the tar and feathers stick.
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August 11, 1888
A brute gets a coat of tar and a good whipping
Shenandoah, Iowa, Aug. 11- Thursday night a mob of about 200 men broke down the doors of the jail in this city and took from his cell Frank Philips, who was awaiting trial for an attempted assault on the little six-year old daughter of F.J. Pine, a prominent hardware merchant of this place. After stripping his clothes from him a liberal coat of tar and feathers was applied all over the prisoner’s body and a severe whipping administered, after which he was allowed to go, followed by the crowd through the streets and to the jail.
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August 6, 1888
A man in the Montana Penitentiary convicted of murder which he did not do.
Helena, Aug 5- A murder was committed in Missoula county in September, 1887, the victim being one Geo. Gerber, the body subsequently being found floating in the river. A man named Daniel Cavanaugh was suspected of the crime, arrested, tried, and convicted at the last term of court held at Missoula and Judge De Wolf sentenced him to eighteen years in the penitentiary. The people breathed more freely, finding that justice again triumphed and one more criminal was out of their midst, but a complication has arisen upon report of a letter sent to Governor Leslie signed James C. Hensley, Oscola, Polk County, Nebraska, and dated July 28. This communication informed the governor that the murderer of George Gerber had been captured there and that he was safely lodged in jail. The Montana authorities will investigate the matter.
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August 6, 1888
A San Francisco citizen cuts his own throat in his wife’s presence.
San Francisco, Aug 5- Manuel J. Silva committed suicide last night by cutting his throat with a razor. For some time past he has been suffering from severe illness, and was consequently in a very despondent mood. About 11 o’clock last night he arose from his bed and told his wife he was going to the kitchen to get a drink of water. She followed him drew the water, and while waiting for him to finish drinking, noticed him suddenly totter and fall. When a light was brought she discovered her husband had cut his throat.
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July 28, 1888
Wheeling W. Va., July 20.- Early this morning fire broke out in a three story boarding house at the little coal mining village of Maynard, Belmont county, Ohio. The proprietor of the house, Wm. Freshner, aged 43, his son William aged 7, and a boy named Morgan, aged 14, were roasted alive in the flames. The eldest Freshner’s head, arms, legs and the arms of his son and Morgan were burned from their bodies, leaving nothing but three charred stumps. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to have started from a ninteh thrown away by one of the intoxicated boarders. The entire crowd were having a spree.
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