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Vo! Ill—Whole Humber'768. BATAVIA, N. Y., THURSDAY EVEKING, DECEMBER 16, 1880. Price Two Cents 12 0 ion. A PIÑTOIé a THE BANDS OF A CRAZY MAX. The Probable Fatal Work Which it Accomplishes. F. L. JA C K S O N BEC O M U S JOE- L I R I O U * F R O « T H E K I C K OK A IIOItSK A N D F I R E S A B U L L E T INTO H I S W i m B U A T N . It Takes Three Men to Hold Him. K B S . JA C K S O N STILL A L I V E B U T UNCONSCIOUS. F u ll F a r « le u Ur* o f t h e H e a r t r e u d - lug C r im e . ’ It is but a week or so ago that a fatal accident happened in this vil lage which resulted in the death of a lady by \being shot with a revolver in the hands of her son and it has become our painful duty to chron icle another tragedy of like nature which took place at No. 40 Stale street about 10 o’clock last night. Day before yesteidav F. L Jackson, a man a b o u i 45 years of as;e, and in the employ of M Dailey, the furniture dealer, went home to his dinner, and while doing some work aboqt the barn was kicked in the head by a horse, he managed to get into the. house, however, and Dr. Hutchins was called to attend him. At times since he was injured Mr. Jackson acted in a strange manner, but it was not thought that he would do anything violent. The family consists ol Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and three sons. The husband laid down on the b^d and requested his wife to come to bed also as she was tired and needed rest. Mrs. Jackson soon followed her husband, the two younger sons went up stairs to their room, and Charles the oldest son laid down upon the lounge in case his services should be needed. Being somewhat tired he fell asleep, but was soon awakened by the loud re port of a pistol. H e immediately jumped off from the lounge and ran into his parents' bedroom and was nearly paralyzed at the horrible sight which met his gaze. Lying upon the pillow with a stream of blood running down the side o f her face and over the bed clothes was his mother, her life blood oozing from her brain, and the weapon wh'ch had done the deed lying on the floor by the side of the bed, he grabbed his father who began to rave, and with all his force succeeded in putting him on the lounge, at the same time shout ing loudly for help. The brothers who hau retired im mediately answered the call and the neighbors were summoned. Dr. Hutchins was called and upon examination found that the ball had entered the right temple and lodged in the brain, Coroner Tozier was also sent for, and upon his arrival the wound was probed to find the ball, t a t he wasun-uccessful in find ing it. John Jackson, oneofthesons, informed a N ew s reporter that he was the owner of the pistol; that it was of the Worcester, Mass., make, thirty-two calibre and contained six chambers. H e also said that since his father became delirious his mother had kept the revolver se creted* fearing that her husband would commit suicide. It is sup posed that Jackson knew where it was hidden and after he had retired he arose, procured the weapon and returned to bed wivh the intention of killing himself. His wife ob serving his movements put up her hard to prevent the suicidal act, but was too late, and the ball en tered her brain as above stated. After Jackson committed the terri ble deed he was more delirious than ever, and it took the combined efforts of three strong men to hold him. Since the sad calamity took place Mrs; Jackson has lain in an unconscious state until this morn ing she was partially conscious though no hopes are entertained that she will recover. The family moved to this village about two month* ago, and are high ly respected by those who knew tbem, The once happy family will have the em pathy of the entire cQmmunit , in this their hour of sorrow. A* this sheet »oes to press, Mrs Jackst n is still alive, but prob ably catmot live but a few hours ~40b- D ivln s r O r e n ioi. The late ■mprovement i in diving apparatus is thus described: T h e general principle is the same, as all have the water proof dress with a metal colar, on which, by meaDS ol screws, is fastened a metal helm et provided with an air pipe which re ceives its supply from a pump placed on the deck when the diving takes place from a vessel, The diver de scends and observes ihn>ugh the glass front ot the helmet and com municates above bv a sys'etn of jerks on a cord that accompanies him. The late improvement in this apparatus affords perfect safety to trie divers. Mr. Heinke provides f >r the outride pressure of 1 he water at great depths by retaining inside the dress a sufficient quantity of air to resist the same The air pum p ed in in excess passes by a valve, undei the cumrol of the diver, into his dress, or it is let out at will. Should any accident happen he can turn the whole forcc of the air into his dress and be instantly raised to the surface. Another improvement is this, in ordinary apparatus if the glass in the helmet breaks by-pres sure or otherwise the water rushes in and suffocates the diver, but it is now so arranged that the great air pressure can all be turne'i into the dress and the water is blown out and none allowed to force itself in, in facta diver can descend with his glass broken without danger of drowning. H e can lower himself at will as well as rise, no great weights are required. The navy «'ill be supplied with this apparatus, and if a vessel springs a leak a diver can go under and find out all about it, if a rudder is unshipped several divers can direct from below, in said ocean, the resetting of the same Tins will of course be im proved upon in time, but it is the best now known. R. A C h r istin a * N u m b e r . WAS IT MTJRDEI? G R E A T M X C 1 T E M .K X T O V E R T U B J A C K S O * S H OOl'IjN G. A n I n v e s t i g a t i o n T o B o Jflade— l?Irs. JTackaou S t ill A l i v e B a t R a p i d l y F a i l i n g . Since our report of the horrible tragedy which occurred at the resi dence of F. L Jackson last night, several-’conflicting rumors have been current on the'streets which would tend to the belief that a crime more serious had been committ d than was at first suspected We should feel very sorry to believe anything of the kind, but the circumstances are such that an investigation, has been demanded in the interest o f justice. The physicians who have examined facksQn to-day to ascertain as to his ■ianitv, are non committal in their expressions. Further developments will be awaited with interest. L a t e r ,,-— Information was re ceived at this office at 3:45 this p n ., to the effect that Mr. Jackson •*as somewhat better, and, that Mrs. [ackson is failing She undoubted ly cannot survive much longer. -------- «•» -------- S AXIS NEW S . The enterprising proprietor of the Buffalo Sunday Morning Times shown a commendable spirit of cu- ter prise in conducting his paper heretofore, and in following up his liberal way of dealing with his pat rons he proposes to issue on Sunday next an eight-page holiday number, filled with choice reading matter. An immense edition will be printed, an i we think business men will read ily see the utility of Mr. M acks ven ture, and recognize at once the ex cellence of it as a means of placing their business before the public No extra charge is to be made for ihe mammoth paper Eighty columns of interesting miscellany, together with its usuai full report of local af fairs being furnished for five cents. — Express. Breech and muzzle-loading guns selling very low during the holidays. A very handsome present; examine our stock and be convinced. 67-61 Volz Bros. -------- ----------- For fine holiday goods look at Bowen’s display. * 67-6 V C o lloctlo of Interesting Not«» From all (liutrlera. Mrs. Andrews of Binghamton, 'ighty years of age, (ell down stairs •iear that city Monday and was prob ‘.bly fatally injured. Ranson K. Traver of Watertown, 'onk an overdose of laudanum Mon day night and died from its effects !ic supposed it to be quinine. The CKborn House, Rochestef. Mas been sold to Messrs. Sibley, Lindsey & Co., for $175,000. The ental of the property is $12,350 per ’ ear. Dr. G. A. Dayton of Oswego, has been appointed by Governor Cornell .¡ne of the managers of the New York State Insane Asylum at Utica. , William Dickinson and. William Codding ton, at Auburn, Monday morning, were working on a scaffold, >vhen it gave *ay and they fell thirty *’>et, Dickinson was badly hurt. The official statement of business we canals fru<». Ap;.l to December, yives th*1 folio**. 1 g io .tingb: Toll collected $i 55^,000; tons of arti cles trans; rie \ 6,1.11 . c o ; miler cleared, i_ .j,8 ,e c o Thomas L>ih, n «1 -tinny 5 ears, ^hile walking along he ice on the Krie canal near Port Jervis, Fri ¡ay night, was overcome by the cold and frozen to death His body was found oii the ice, fr zefl Stiff. The Delaware and Hudson Canal company have filed a report with the Comptroller that no dividend has been declared since August, i8?6; the capital employed by them is $16,250,000; value in New York $12,250,000; tax$i8,ooo. An old man and a boy went into the store of Allen, Strauss & Co., in Rochester Tuesday, and while the old m in pretended to bargain for an o/ercoa, the boy stepped behind the desk and robbed the casheir's drawer of etghly-lwo dollars. 1 hey have M. t been caught O j : :e A. Toole of Troy, now .i;i inmate at the Williard Asylum for the itis.ii' •, has penned some most re:na k<tbie letters to Deputy Sheriff Galvin. In one of these he demands $7,950,000 aad wants 6,666,666 warrants issued. In another he wants the rails of ail steam and horse railroads taken up . — Troy Timts. — --------------- ------------------------------- A sensible Christmas present; one o h . lose vase lamps a t B owen ’ s . 67-6 --------------- - --------------- c. Roger’s plated knives, forks, spoons, nut-picks nut-cracks, shears and other fine goods cheap for the holidays at Volz Bros’. 67-61 See our new Bread and M ilk sets. 67-tf E . L , & G. D. K b n y q n . Hand sleds and skates cheap for Christmas at Volz Bros’. 67-61 H O L I D A Y GOODS CONTINUED. A F e w M o r e Place« W l» e r o G h r l»t- rua» G o o d » M ay b e Fur- chaticd. In writing up the different places of business yesterday, the N ews re porter unintentionally omitted the following named advertisers who have a fine stock of goods that w ill make handsome Christmas presents. M. DAILEY The furniture king of Genesee and surrounding counties, occupiesseven large stores on State street, also one on Mam ¡street, the stock of which are completely filled with the hand somest bedrorm sets, tables, easy chairs, and in in fact everything in he furniture line of the latest styles m d patterns. Give him a call when vou are making your Christmas p u r chases, and we (eel sure you will be pleased with goods shown you, M. H. BISRCE. Mr. Bierce is one of the oldest mer chants in Batavia, and for a number “ f years has sold Christmas goods to nearly person in Batavia. He now 1 ias‘ in his place of business next ■i»or t east of the Bank o f Batavia, a line line o f articles suitable for Christmas presents, and he invites •hose who are desirous of'purchas ing to call and examine the goods. VO L Z BROTHERS. Ai the hardware store o f Volz Bros.1 No. 56 Main street, can be found beautiful .sets of knives» and forks, .»loves and oth- r goods in their line, on which they have made an unpre cedented reduction. G ive them a call. They are young and enter pris>ng, and we know will endeavoi to please you. A t t e m p t e d P o i s o n i n g , A l b a n y , Dec. 15,— CharlesAins- worth, colored, ol froy, was arrest ed here on the charge o f administer ing Paris green to several persons in beer he purchased and treated them w .th. No serious consequences to. lowed. Attend J. B. & H. H ewitt’s great Kemnant sale ol dry g o o d s Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 20th and aist, where you can buy a handsome dress patern at half price. T h e most desirable thing you can get for a Christmas present. -------- ------------ Those that can come in the morn- ning will do well to do so and avoid the rush, our remnant days, Dec. 20th and 21st. J. B. & H. H e w itt. I!.:!.:,MR HEWS F a m i n e in Me 11 a r t on, S t e l l a r t o n , N. S . , Dec. 15.«— The Halifax Mining Company has decided to abandon the Cage Pit in which the explosion occurred yes terday. Famine stares,, in the faces of the families of the workmen w h o relied on the old Albion mines (or support. 1 nere are now five hun dred acres of coal fields of the Picton company virtually closed. Only a fourth ol the coal has been taken out. A Career o f m u r d e r . B a l t i m o r e , Dec. 15 .— John P.rice who has served fourteen years and four months in the Maryland peni- lentiary for the m u rder of Clinton fames, was pardoned by Governor dam ilton and released to-day. This is the third sentence he has served for murder, the second being for killing C eorge Campbell in May, 1849 H e was convicted of murder n the second degree and sentenced . ir fifteen years. A pardon on the lay before *he expiration of his sen tence saved his citizenship. In 1865 le was released and conducted him- -elfvery well for a year until, in 1866, he had a difficulty with James •vhom h e shot and killed H e was gain sentenced for fifteen y ears In ■iis early life P r ice killed David Donaldson for which he served a -entence. He is n o w in his sixty- lifth year and has spent nearly thirty- live years in prison S h o t a n d B e a ton. N e w York, D e c . 15.— V naan o f middle age, bleeding profusely, was found this evening insensible, m Waverly place. He had been hot in the forehead and back, and •iad also received a severe blow at he base of the skull The wounds .ippeared to be fatal, but he recover ed consciousness a n d said his name was Justus Schriding of Second ave nue. T h e wounds, he said, were inflicted by his step sons, Gustave j .md Louis Click an d that G u s'ave’s I wife told het husband she had been j * riminally intimate with him which I was false. Gustave and his brother thereupon made a combined attack upon their stepfather, Gustave firing our shots at him with a revolver 4nd Louis beating him with a club. 1'he wounded man managed to es cape and on his way home fainted. At midnight the police arrested a man whom they believed to b e one of the brothers. F o u n d m u r d e r e d . C incinnati , Ohio, Dec. 15.— tienry Williams, a young man of Ludlow, K y ., was found to-night in a ditch near Ludlow with tw o wounds on his head and his pockcts rifled. No clue to the -i.urderers. Boy Shot. O tta w a , Dec. 15. ^— A t Gatineu Point a notorious character named Girripie probably fatally shot a 13- year-old boy named Lafontaine,mis taking him m the darkness for a man with whom he had a dispute, tie escaped. N e w « U a m p n lilre O e iu o c r a li. C o n c o r d , N. H., D ec. 1 5 —T h e Democratic State Committee m et to-night. Arthur L Meseroe o f Bartlett was elected Chairman, in place ol G. F. Putnam, resigned. “ By jingo 1 ” all the other pieces of statuary have come. T a k e a look at it before the assortment is broken. 6 8 - 2 1 S haw & S tiles . T h e O k l a h o m a C o lo n ia » . C a l d w e l l , K a n ., Dec. 15.— Lieutenant Wood h a s arrived with two companies of cavalry from Okla homa. Captain Payne has received numerous letter from colonists at different points offering to c o m e im mediately if necessary. Couriers *re in from the western counties where the people are said to be literally starved out, and report whole coun ties ready to move a s soon as the couriers return, T h e settlers say they will await news from Dr. W il son, who has goná to Washingtr n, before they move. The colonist« are said to have signs, passwords, and grips by which they know each other. There is a secret meeting to-night. They say that when ready to go, in 48 hours they can sum mon a thousand m e n to join them. A M y s t e r y . S t . L o u i s , Dec. 1 5 . — At half-past ten last night the t w o rear coaches of the Kansas City express, which left here at nine o'clock, w a s de railed twenty nine miles out. Sev eral persons were injured. The railroad people kept the matter se cret and no particulars can be ob tained. They adm it that three per sons were injured a n d were taken to the company’s hospital Rum o r says that twelve persons were hurt, F a u l E x p l o s i o n . C leveland , D e c . 15 —T h e boi ler exploded to d a y in the Gents- chalk table factory a t Garnetsville, immediately killing one man and fatally injurying another. T h e boi ler was blown twenty rods cutting down large trees. Sham B a t t l e . B r o o k l y n , Dec. 15.—T h e 11th brigade o í the National Guard, un der command of Brigadier General Molineux, had a sham battle to night at Fort Green. The sharp reports o f the cannon and musketry were heard for a considerable dis tance.
