A Negro ...

AWFUL BUTCHKIiV. Lovisvii.i.k, Ky., July 27.-JrFive miles f rom Paris, Ky., lived Nathan Conway, 61 years old, his wife, about the same age, their sons, Charley and William, 33 and 28 respectively, William's wife and three ehildren and two nieces, Miss .Florence and Lucy Leager. As thev were all sittinjr on the verani Sunday moming a negro named Craig, who had no fixed home, came up and asked for a drink of water. It was given him. He thereupon lifted a rusty scythe blade and asked if it was not a good knife. Charley Conway nodded assent and the negro throwing down the cup of water struck him with the knife, splitting his skull. The rest of the family ran into the hous.e. Craig eontinued to hack the young man till he thought him dead. He then attacked the father, who had returned, and killed him. Then the mother coming up had her head split open and instantlydied. After the negro had insanely hacked her body in a dozen places he attacked William Conway, cutting him in the head and on the body as he ran. He had just struck Conway to the ground when (. V. Railey, a neighbor, attracted by the screams, came up and shot Craig twice with buckshot. This seemed to have no effect, but othor neighbors had come up and a young man shot Craig with a pistol. Craig ran, and, falling beside a haystacn, died in a few minutes frora the effects of the Imekshot wonnds. The pistol ball had glaneed around His head. The Conwaya were f rom Maysville originally. but came to liourbon eighteen months ago f rom T. U. Meggin's tana, near Cynthiana. They were orderij' citizens and were held in the highest esteem. Craig said he liad killed seven persons and inti'tided to kill tliat whole family. He is known to have killed his mother-in-law. He has always been known as a desperate fellow, and was a brother of Charlie Craig, now under sentence of death in Oincinnati.