The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-09-07
CRIMES.
A. d. C.


- A young colored man, named Morris Els
worth, recently n private in the fourteenth X. |.
infantry, deliberately shot his wife through the
head, by means Of a pistol. at Newark, causing
almost instant death. The young couple had
been married bur a liitle over q year, and, since
spring, had been separated the husband believ-
ing he had just cause to suspect, the constancy Of
his wife. lie states that on Monday night he
found q man in the house with his wife, the same
person with whom be had seen his wife in COM
pany on previous occasions. He also declares
that he had no intention of taking the life Of his
wife; that he designed to fire over her head, but
that she raised up suddenly and received the ball
in her brain.
ar Lancaster, one Of the metropolitan Cor
orer, makes a.. auaalling statement that there
are Twelve thousand moIns. .. 4r.lcn-in the
capi,al Of a he most religious coun'i5
earth" "n~ ----.-.@.t~ tneIr own children.
Infanticide- actual, wilful child MURDERS ter
ribly frequent in England.
"A pretty Canadian girl named Jennie Mil
Ter, who came to Detroit a few weeks since TO get
work, was seduced by a consu inmate rascal and
then placed in a brotbel. where she was suhjtct-
ed to the most despicable cruelty. She is now
In tina poor house aud cannot live
The Washington Chronicle publishes the
particulars Of q bolrid outrage upon a freeman
named Griffin, by a rebel surgeon named VIII
liams. 1t appears that the surgeon, in his rage,
deliberately cut off the feet Of his victim ut the
ANGLE joints, aud threw them away. The poor
man is now in Washington, a living victim Of
this unparalleled crime.
Two negroes, named Geo. Nelson and John
Nevan. who committed a rape upon a white wo.
man named Susan NJ. Carroll, at Hickman n, Ky,
on the llth Of March last, were hanged on the
22d at Paducah, Ky. About Eve thousand per-
sons were present 70 witness the execution, which
passed of quietly,
There is n band Of robbers and murderers
between Salt Lake and the mines Of Montana and
Idaho, who have . regular form of initiation,
signs. tokens passwords, and rob or murder for
money at every opportunity.
Judge Lewis T. Wright. of Phelps, Mo.
County Judge, was murdered a few days since.
with his four sons, by a squad Of roAing militia
who had arrested the party on some real OF
iancied charge, probably only political disagree.
ment. No less Than twenty-six shots were fired
into the persons Of The FIVE, and twelve Of then
took effect in their heads.
- negro soldier was found drowned in The
Ohio river at Cairo, on Wednesday. He had mp
pareutly been in the water for several days. Hii
hands we're tied together with a rope.
The physician, DR.. Foss, who, in May last,
was compelled to ass from Cincinnati on account
OF he shocking death he caused a young lady,
Mary Hood by attempting to produce abortion,
was on Monday returned there under arrest ~
the crime.
- A novel robbery took place in Cincinnati Q
few days since. A young man had just come in
from the country with $4,000. While walking
through a cross-stfeei, he encountered a mar
aud woman, and just 81 be reached the plae'
where they stood the man apparently faiptei-
The young man rendered all the assistance il
bis power, and after lbe man recovered, be pro.
ceedei on biz way, but he had ohly got a sbof'
distance when be discovered that hs $4,000 wal
missing and ii had evidently Teen abstraetet
from bis pockets bG he woman, while the JounG
man vas bending over The body Of her eomPan.
ion.
The city d Pittsburg. Penn. 10 IN intcns'
excitement hy The discovery Of he remains Of
man with his throat Gu, from ear 70 ssr. aud BIZ
bod terribly muilaied BY numerous sounds, :
The most aeti,e e~xeriious have failed 10 give an
clue 10 the peIpetrators Of the asfulcdeed, no
has the body YET BEEN idsudhed. seseFalPeosoni
are aBder arrest On suspicion Of committing tbr
rim Friday q Mrs. Grinksr vas arrests
charged with persistent aud quiet poisoning. "
parently witbou, motive. Three persons whf
we're guests IN her house st dihersEi times hsr'
did. supposed 70 be from the sEssi d poison. :
The poisoning, it is s~upFossd hsa 6ssn going q
ser ~sesefeI monihs