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CINCINNATI MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14. 1887.^ v • / • . f * * V- ^ ; t ’ ’* v •* * A | ^ s* . * J lt;• * * _GREAT GAS WELLCRAZVV.IKILLEDIPS ■ ‘-fl*•*—«rock Within Twclrc Miles ofW. E. Crane Trie* to Kill His Two-Cincinnati,8ith a Daily Flow of Fully 6,000,-OOO Cubic Feet.Year-Old DaughterAnd Also Attempts to Marder HU1 v MoCher-in-Law.In a Collision Between Freight*the Manitoba Road.Thefell Five Stranger*.ie Intention of the Owners la to Pipe it to This City—Great Excitement on the Harrison Pike.Hi,-Mr. Lewis Strong owns fifty acre* on»liarriaon Pike, where it crosses Taya's Creek, twelve miles from the city,»rth $125 an acre a month ago. .body H. knows \ what It U rth now, for on , Friday ening a gas well with a flow of about 00,000 cubic feet daily was struck on i property and things have experi-ced the biggest kind of boom. Rea ate men from the city are -eady there by the d the staid old farmers are If wild over the prospects and afraid pat a figure on their lands. But the; st news U the fact that it Is intended pipe the gas to Cincinnati. \ •A HORROR AVERTED.n L. Sc -V. Train Narrowly EscapesAn Awful Fate.Jumps the Bridge Spanning theOhio at This City.fA frightful horror was barely mir the outgoing L. A S. train which lef) e Little Miami Button at 8:42, olt;yme, Sunday night. ;:vWhen half way over the bridge span-ng the Ohio, the baggage and express rs jumped the track, wuiip the train as making considerable headway.The engineer, realizing the danger, rwed np gradually and managed to ill the cant safely off on the KentuckyIk'- 'Hundred« of rwor.lo gathered on theW. E. Crane, a discharged Pullmanpalace car conductor, made an unsuccessful attempt to murder his two-year-old daughter and bU mother-in-law at their residence, 187 Fourth street. He was crazed with Hqnor.“I want ths baby right away, or I’ll j shoot you,” was the threat made by Will E. Crane, a discharged Pullman Palace Car conductor, as he stood at the top of the second-story flight of steps of a house at 187 West Fourth street and glowered through the glass panes in the kitchen door at his mother-in-law whostood within. $He emphasized his menace by thrqsh-ing through the glass nl* right hsnd, in which he held a revolver.MThe old woman cowered to a cornerinto which he could not fire, and mut-seores, j lered in broken German:“Ich holdt die baby es 1st nioht here.” Crane, however, fired at her twice. His wife, alarmed at the shots, hastened opt of the parlor and stlebked Him in the rear. Hlg attention was momentarilydistracted from his mother-in-law, who, seeing an opportunity to escape, did so. and summoned the police. Crane stood at the head of the stairs, pistol in hand, and threatened to shoot any one ascending the steps, but he finally surrendered himself and was locked up at Central Station on a charge of shooting to kill.Crane is thirty-one Tears of age. and four years ago married a Miss Asmann, and has lived with her parents since then. They have only one child, a beautiful little girl nearly three years of age. .Since he lost his position Friday, he has been on a spree. Only this morning be obtained $1 50 from his wife with which to drink. The revolver is a cheap‘•Alexis’' of 32-calibre.Gi.vnoan, Miss., November 14.—T freight trains collided on the Man lb Road early yesterday morning. Incaboose of one train were five men,of whom were killed. The men w unknown on the road. 7heir namesCharles Engei, Albert Evans, Got! Wolf, James Allen and James Moore.SPARKSConsulting With His Bubordinaas to His Course.!# i;*» ri*It la Expected That He Will DeclI to Resign.MWashixotox, D. C., November 1 Commiasiontr Bparks is at his desk c suiting with his subordinates. He 1 later in the day give a foil copy of objectionable letter to the press i probably state what bis intentions an to the question of resignation urged the Secretary. It is believed he willcline to resign. ?MURDERED.cAnother Mystery That May Never Satisfactorily Explained.Wilio Could it Hare Been That DePOSTOFFICE ROBBED.Frank Luhu a Murdcrom BlO'in the Dark.Safe-Blowers Go Through the Curamlnavilie Office.They Obtain but Very Little for TheirIn all probability within the nexthours, another murder nivstery wiljadded to the long list of wnich C!nlt;natiia the p«/»so8»or. A baker onway to work, while passing the corn#Fourteenth and Central avenue a o'clock this morning, scumbled over prostrate form of a mar. lying on pavement.He lifted ths body and then diaeovethat blood was flowing freeiv fror
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The Evening Telegram
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Mon, Nov 14, 1887
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