Lawrence Leopard wanted to borrow a horse from
John Lanham, but the owner declined to lend.
Leopard then went to Lanham’s house with the
avowed purpose of whipping him, and proceeded to
attack him with a heavy stick. Lanham’s son-in
law, Charles Thomas, came to his kinsman’s res
cue, and pulled out his pistol and shot Leopard
■dead. Thomas has surrendered to the sheriff.
Leopard and Thomas were both young white men
and both married.
Lee Anderson and Wesley Irving quarrelled about
a woman. Anderson had a shot gun and Irving a
pistol. Anderson, however, got the drop on Irving,
killed him and fled.
Alfred Mitchell, a young man of twenty, became
jealous of Laura Payne, of whom he wasenauiored,
aid killed her with a shot gun. The murderer is In
jail.
Theratened With Lynching.
Birmingham, Ala., August 19.—[Special.]—
A special from Alexandria City, seventy-two
miles southeast of this city, says: Last even
ing the Alexandria City Rilles were called
out to guard tho jail to prevent tho lynching
of Nathan M. Reed, a farmer sixty years old,
who is accused of wife murder. Reed is a
prominent fanner and lived three miles from
town. He is a prominentmember of tho Bap
tist church and an officer in several secret so
cieties. He has been married thirty-five years
and has several children grown. Recently bo
lias been paying attention to his wife’s sister,
a young lady about twenty-five years old.
