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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1872

Page

2

Murder near Road House shocks Greene county

A farmer named Hardcastle was murdered four miles west of Road House in Greene county. He left to plow and did not return by eleven. His wife found him with four bullet holes in the head and one in the body. Neighbors suspect George Lewis, a neighbor with threats, who fled after the crime. Villagers pursue him, vowing summary punishment if found.

Jacksonville Springfeld Journal Roadhouse Greene County Hardcastle George Lewis Lewis Ellinwoop Kan Greeley Barton Horace Adams County Ellinwood Big Bend Arkansas River Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Great Bend Kansas Keene Township Honey Creek Concord Clayton Arkansas Valley W.W

Tragic Train Accident Near Fort Scott Kansas

The Missouri Kansas and Texas line carried many travelers including immigrants. A 7 year old boy fell from a moving passenger car sixty miles from the state line. His mother pleaded with the conductor to back the train but was denied. The boy wandered to the embankment, spent the night in the grass and wildflowers, and was found soaked by a fierce storm Friday night.

Fort Scott Kansas Missouri, Kansas & Texas Texas State Line

Tornado devastates J C area damaging crops and trains

Correspondent reports a fierce tornado sweeping through the county near Jacksonville. It wrecked orchards and shade trees, damaged farms, and derailed a Jacksonville Northwestern and Southwestern passenger train at Woodland Station, causing a dramatic collision but few lives lost. The storm packed thunder and lightning, lasted under thirty minutes, and affected a twelve to fifteen mile radius.

Republican Jacesos Jacksonville, Northwestern and Southwestern Woodland Station Jacksonville

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