Night attack on Hatfields McCoys leaves four dead
Reports from Milton West Virginia recount a night raid by about thirty McCoys on a Blumfield camp near Green Shoals. Hatfields repelled the assault with superior rifles, killing two McCoys, wounding six more, and capturing four. Casualties on the Hatfield side were light. The captives face a Hatfield court martial. three McCoys are ordered shot at sunrise.
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Pete McCoy
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Lincoln County
Oyster Dredger Clash Ends in Police Victory in St Clement s Bay
News from Baltimore reports a battle between oyster dredgers and police schooners in St Clement s bay. Police vessels prevailed with two dredgers Th roughgood Taylor and John W Johnson wounded, Taylor in the thigh and Johnson in the foot aboard dredger Vennie and police sloop Katie Hines along with another schooner.
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Minute Details of Cronin Tragedy Revealed in Winnipeg
A Chicago source reports Assistant State's Attorney Baker interviewed Bob Heffer who corroborates Burke and Gillette on the Cronin murder. Coughlin, aided by Cooney, planned and carried out the brutal attack using sandbags and a bat in a cottage. Dr. Cronin's body was placed in a trunk with blood hidden by cotton batting. Heffer's account largely aligns with Gillette's on the incident.
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Remarkable Bender Case Captured After Decades of Suspicion
Kansas report details the arrest of Mrs. Monroe and her daughter Mrs. Eliza Davis in connection with the Bender family murders. A tale from McPherson County ties a dream to a grim history of Dr. York’s killers in Labette County. The pursuit involved affidavits, identifications, and a long hunt across Michigan and Kansas, with multiple dramatic revelations about the notorious Benders.
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McPherson County
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Bender
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McPherson
Sanford
Mother
Rose
Benders
Michigan
Kansas
Sarah Davis
Almira Monroe
Niles
Mrs. Davis
Colorado Blizzard Triggers Record Loss Across State
The Denver area reports a forty eight hour snow storm, the worst in state history, with thousands of cattle and horses driven from ranges into the Southeast and hundreds dying. All trains delayed and telegraph lines down, fruit and shade trees badly damaged. Separately, locomotive engineers reject federation articles while a high wind in Glasgow toppled a building gable, injuring workers beneath at a carpet factory.
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Williams Street
Earthquake shocks hit St Louis and other cities Nov 4
A strong quake rattled St Louis at 1 53 AM shaking tall buildings and alarming hospital inmates in the southern city. Similar tremors were reported in Jacksonville Illinois and nearby towns as snow and blizzard conditions disrupted trains and telegraph lines in the West.
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Forest Park
Illinois
Jacksonville
Ills
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