The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-06-28
A Day Record of Crime and Accident
at Cincinnati

A correspondent of the Chicago journal
makes up the following record under date
of the 18th, for the previous "a hours in
Cincinnati
Murders suicides and fatal accidents are
the order of the day in this vicinity. There
was murder and suicide yesterday, and
still another of each to-day, early in the
morning. .
The first murder was about 2 clock,
yesterday afternoon. A couple Of men,
brothers.in-law, named William Pyles and
James Shaw, met in a drinking saloon,
back of Newport acme four miles kept by
Valentine Reibolt, and renewed there an
old q-larrel that had given rise to very Bit
ter feeling between them. 1t seems that
Pyles had denounced his wife (Shaw's SIS
teri as woman of bad character, and that
Shaw had taken her away from Pyles, and
given her a home at his own house. In
the saloon, yesterday, they had some very
angry words over the occurrence. The
words led to scuffle and rough blows
Shaw attempted to chastise Pyles Their and
! there, when Pyles drew a revolver and fired
| five shots at him. The first, second and
third shots did not take effect, but the
| fourth penetrated the bowels, and the 9TH
entered the brain, producing death almost
instantly. At the door stood the horse that
Pyles had ridden to the saloon. As soon
as he had effected his work of murder he
rushed out mounted his horse, and rode
away, attempting to escape into the interior
of the country. He was pursued hOwever
| by constable, who drove pretty fast horse
and who finally succeeded in overtaking and
capturing him. He was then brought to
Newport Jail, aud there incarcerated
| Between the hours Of seven and eight in
the evening, the body of man. SO years of
age, named Theodore Blei was found sus-
pended by the neck, by means of his silk
andkerchief, TO one of the posts of his bed
at l5S Findly street. The self murderer
had for some time been in very dispond-
ent state of mind, owing to family troubles,
his second wife having left him. At about
7 o'clock last evening he went to a neigh
boring grocery and drank glass of beer.
He then went home and deliberately hang
ed himself breaking bis neck by jumping
from a chair. His dead body was found
hanging there by his son, at about twenty
minutes before o'clock.
A child of five years named Edward
Rickett, was instantly killed last evening ty
a fall from three-story porch Of its par
emit s residence, at No, Ala East Front st.
Its skull was broken by the fall.
A young German named John Belts, go.
ing to pic mic near this city, shot and
killed a young woman named Mary Klein
in fit of jealousy, she having preferred
another man to himself as an escort to the
pic mic. He then made his escape to the
woods, and deliberately committed suicide
by shooting himself through the head.
DR.. T. II. Ridgely mysteriously disappear
ed on the 10Th inst, and il has been fear
ed by his friends he has been foully deal
with On the evening OF that day be star
ted to go to Covington, Kentucky, to pas
the night at the residence of friend, ant
since that time nothing has been seen o
heard of him by those interested. He wa
lately an Assistant Surgeon in the army
had come to this city during the Medica
Convention, and had remained to visit hi
sister and mother.