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MURDER.t- •ic’Ledcomingverejring23 tOes to ill bethis^his?t in tirch,sen-Pressrr:•j thisThelir.r. H.fllld-reek.ught o go sr orTheitteethewascan-hadIainA MAN KILLED BY A PROSTITUTE.geance lit the land. He said, “Oh, Katrine, where are you? You come here quick, or I’ll whip you.” lie yelled beside a garden wall, and Katrine heard her master call. She stepped up quickly on the street—this movement wa3 not good for Pete. She seized him by hi3 red top hair, and threshed him quickly then and there. Peter felt heart-sick and dreary, when thus walloped by his deary*PROBABLE MURDER,MAN DANGEROUSLY BURT IN A SA-jce£- LOON ROW,Donorlt;ecobJcCOOn Saturday morning, Chief of Police Gilmore discovered a man in a deserted blacksmith shop on the Bloomington road, in a horrible condition. His mouth was fly blown, and he was evidently near death. He was taken to the station from I house, where medical assistance was called, in spite of which he died at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. After his death ^ C3’ I it was discovered that his skull had been B) fractured in the back part by a blow. pr y on | A coroner’s jury was immediately sum- w«moned by Dr. Gerstmeyer, and a post th f the I mortem examination was held by Dr. G., lie assisted by Dr. Calhoun and Dr. Mull, w The facts elicited were as follows: qt^ 1S I The man’s name was Edward Batton. IIHe was formerly a blower at the glass sts will | works. Ilis father and mother live at silt; Lockport, N. Y. He has, of late, been dissipated and hard. JIis death re was caused by a blow from a rolling pin in the .hands of Jeanette Parsons, notorious prostitute in wi aDd | the “Hollow Square” bagnio, an in- nc ow? I famous den of vice in this city, on Friday R evening. It seems that Batton was fight- 3r ir at I ing a man in the house referred to, when Clt; tion | the woman, Parsons, struck him on the pr back of the head as recited above. The lt;R uame of the man who was fighting Batton is not yet known. It is supposed that Batton wandered, unaided, out to the old R shop where he was found. rihe evidence Cc ised I that Jeannette Parsons struck the blow .m his I which killed him is conclusive. She was immediately arrested and confined in jail.uicePeter Brottner, with love serene, laGCW'dotes upon his wife Katrine. Her voiceis sweetest of all sounds; her weight it is 9, three hundred pounds. He would not harm the slenderest hair that clusters w round her forehead fair, for all the treas. vlt; ures buried far within the caves of Iata-kar. Peter is a smallish fellow, with squeaky voice unlike a bellow. But Peter, tho’ by love made blind, has passion of the tallest kind. Katrina went on Friday night to walk beneath the pale moonlight. Peter went home quite full of beer, and asked, “Katrine, are you not here?” Katrine answered not a word, because the question was unheard. Now Peter, with bad passions blind, went out this frauiein for to find. A broomstick held he in his hand; his eye with ven- j£5$inwlt;beMtbdeheheccwKIIcaThe following is a list of intermentsin the City Cemetery since last report:■n^y July 15.—George M. Burnett, of St. t to Louis, Mo., age 57 jears—Killed on rail- ofbout road.July 15-Martha L.-Waldrip, age 33 Sryears—Sraail-pox.July 17.—Infant of Andrew Gray(Vr* rv» Sti ll“boJ*n.July 17.—Child of Rev. B; G. Hensbey, mltur- age i year 5 months and 15 days—Infla-mation of the bowels.July 18—Child of Jacob Lauder backrday age i year and 5 months—Dysentery. wlt; than July 19—Infant of George Brizzius, vciixth age 7 months—Dysentery.WiSiJuly 20—Infant of F. L. Meyer, age 10month*—Dysentery.itur- July 20—Infant of James M. Dishon, age 13 days—Dysentery.July 20—James Forrest, age 70 years. plt; ct*t0 July 20—Infant of Wm. E. Green, age 24 days—Spasms.July G.—Miss Nellie S. Ridge, age 21 ariver- years—Smallpox.his July G—Benjamin McPherson (colored) w. cn age 24 years—Smallpox. tjzaac
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Terre Haute Daily Wabash Express
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Mon, Jul 22, 1872
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