Miss Lily Dunkley, a Miles City, Mont., girl, refuses to marry Charles Snyder and he tries to kill her. [more]

Charles Snyder, of Miles City Mont., barely escaped lynching the other night. He has or some time been courting Miss Lily Dunkley, who, when he propose, refused him. He called upon the young lady and persuaded her to go walking with him. When in a quiet neighborhood the two took seats on the stoop of an unoccupied house. Suddenly Snyder became enraged, and drawing a knife plunged the blade into the girl twice, once in the back and again in the side. Her screams brought assistance and she was removed to a place of safety, where her wounds were examined. Miss Dunkley was found to be seriously injured. A posse is searching for the murderous lover. Threats of lynching were made.

Reprinted from National Police Gazette, September 26,1891.

A desperate week-long challenge battle between Georgia and Arkansas cocks won by F. E. Grist's champion, Richard K Fox. 

The great cocking main, $100 each battle and $2,000 the odd fight, between Siedge & Hanna’s Arkansas Travelers and F. E. Grist’s strain of Shawl Necks of Fort Gaines, Georgia, was decided in a tent recently at Fort Gaines. Twenty-one cocks were shown and nineteen matched. The Georgia fowls won by three battles. The most important battle was the eleventh. It was between the pick of the two divisions. Arkansas pitted a blue red, weighing five pounds three ounces, named John L. Sullivan, while Grist pitted a black red. The latter was Grist’s famous and favorite cock named Richard K. Fox, in honor of the editor and proprietor of the Police Gazette. Large sums were wagered. Richard K. Fox had decidedly the advantage, and won amid great rejoicing. John L. Sullivan’s wing was broken during the encounter. The tournament lasted one week, and over three hundred back battles were fought.

Reprinted from National Police Gazette, January 22, 1887.