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A COUNTRY TRAGEDY. Two Young Men Shot at a Wedding, Near Paw Paw, Ill, by a Brother of the Bride. Paw Paw, Ill., June 25.— Perhaps the most deplorable occurrence that ever took place in this vicinity occurred about midnight, Tuesday night, at Mr. Nattle ton’s farm-house, two miles north of this place, which resulted in the fatal shoot ing of two young men. A charivari party met at Mr. Nettle ton’s to celebrate the marriage of Miss Nettleton and a Mr. Pulver, the cere mony taking place in the afternoon at the home of the bride. The party was not composed of town boys or ruffians, but of quiet farmer boys, most of whom were acquaintances and old asso ciates of the bride and groom,such whose parents are neighbors. They collected near the house and opened up with a grand overture. It was not long before Mrs. Nettleton, the mother of the bride, appeared and ordered them out of the yard, threatening to have them arrested if they did not go. Then they all went to the road some eight rods from the house, and continued their noise. Soon after, Arthur Nettleton, 22 years of age, and brother of the bride, pointed a shot gun from an upstairs window and fired into the crowd. One of the party, Clarence White, aged 19, fell to the ground insensible, being shot through the head. Before any of the party knew the terrible result of the first shot,a second report was heard, and another of the party, William Hackman, 26 years of age, fell to the ground, shot in the bowels. By this time the whole party were so terrified at the unwarranted reception they were re ceiving that they fled with Hackman, carrying him in a blanket,leaving young White lying in the road for dead. They carried Hackman home, about a mile distant from the scene of the tragedy,and summoned a physician. The physician, on his way to Heckman’s found White lying in the road with his pale face turned up to the moon, with a hole in his head through which his brains could be seen, but he was not yet dead. Hoe was removed and cared for, as also was Hackman, but their death is hourly expected. A hired man in the same room with young Nettleton warned him not to shoot, but he persisted in doing so, and then he admonished him not to land with shot, but Nettleton persisted in doing this also. He then advised him to shoot high, but he likewise failed to take this very important advice. It would seem as if but one inference could be drawn in regard to the shooting. Young Nettleton and every occupant of the house are under arrest. The com munity is in great excitement. Seventy Persons Lost at Sea, LIMA, YIA GALVESTON, June 25,—The steamship Puno arrived with fifty-three survivors from the wreck of the Italia. There are seventy persons missing. Only eight passengers were saved, though only one of the crew was lost. The great est contusion ensued immediately after the vessel struck. The shock strained the vessel so the doors of the cabin could not be opened, thus imprisoning the pas sengers. The captain was not on deck at the time of the accident. The disaster was due to wrong orders given by the third officer, who has since committed suicide. Gear credit is bestowed on the purser for heroic efforts to save the pas sengers. The purser’s boat was swamped. He Drank Human Blood. Boston, June 9,—James Brown, a Por tuguese negro, who in 1865 killed his captain at sea and drank his blood from the skull, was yesterday transferred from the Massachusetts prison, where he was serving a life sentence, to an insane asylum. During his incarceration he committed twenty-eight murderous as ee on prison officials and fellow con victs.
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Bloomington Daily Leader
Bloomington, Illinois, US
Fri, Jun 26, 1885
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