Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-08-19

Inr ..uy.:tr OF .'s:> slr:,,,, III ssHS!un.
) tl'r.m the lIn>t N Daily Advertisers, ll
About haltpast ten o'clock last night tho
! rcHi,ir,,tH OF South End were startled by
! the !. port u n horrible murder. nt tho
hours, Of DR.. A!vlh Hobbs, No. 1866 WASH.
met NJ sire t. Tho circumstances THAT ted
to tine h!'"Iy 'lct"i have not yet tramip!r"n
although. various; r'morH ave niluat All
That is III present known is that ut about go
miu',t cs pat 10 a'r.orN l.,sI night Major
Thomas Il. White, Il young man about 30
years OF age, WHO halls from Mississippi,
aud lnH been stepping at tho honsc OF DIR.
> ll"hlr Cred il ri tol, while coming down
stairs nj Mrs. Hobbs, who had just shut
the l'Ar!nr door. Mrs. Hobbs, on closing
tho .!"'r, .slil to i.rr husband: 'pn, hos
got pist,l. Tho doctor jumped up
when The pistol WAS tirr'l, tho bah from
which PASSED the door without hurting any
one. immediately afterwards another shot
waA fired w!.,u Mrs. Hobbs was b,aced
against the door. and she ;rll crying,
"Doctor, I'm shot :" The ball entered be-
low the lett breast, and passed out on the
right side, probably passing through the
lungs ii moi touching thr hcnrt, and
caused instant death. DR.. Hobbs,
nearly wild with excitement, in
stantly left the house for Il po-
liccnan. and Sergeant luttshorn proceeded
fron tho Fifth Station, which is in tn" i'm
mediate vicinity and took tho murderer
into custody. lie made no attempt to cs-
cape, and when the officer appeared, OK
claimed. IL am the mai, | did it, and
this is what l did it viii, )" showing his
pistol"
Major White is &,i,! to be a lawyer, or
studying law, ;n'l one report is that he was
stopping at Dir. Hobbs: Tor medical advice.
! Mrs. Hobbs is said to be about IS or 10
years of age. Dr. Burrows, the coroner,
will summon Il jury, and an investigation
will be begun to-day, when doubtless, fur
tllcr facts will be elected.
From tho Advertiser of tho 5th.
Mai or White was arraiSued in the Munic-
ipal Court yesterday on complaint OF Ser
geant 1Iartshorn, charging him with the will
full murder of Mrs. Katie Hobbs by shooting
her with a loaded pistol, and waving OK
animation was ordered to be committed to
the commonwealth j,i! to await the action
of the grand jury in the matter. During
the timo White WAS III the prisoners dock
ho maintained, to all appearance, tho ut
most GOODNESS, notwithstanding the large
number OF persons who went to tho dock
and looked over the Partition to sean his
features lie is Il man OF medium stature,
has light complexion, Roman nose, and
long, light mollStaclic. Ills native place is
Mississippi, and is stated that several years
ago he came to this city and studied law in
tho Office of NIessrs Burt IL Lincoln, md
shortly before the breaking out Of the re-
bellioD was admitted to the bar. He en-
listed as q private in the 9th Regiment of
Infantry, and took an active part in filling
up the regiment to its maximum.
He was severely wounded at Fredricks-
burg, and subsequently, for meritorious
conduct, was commissioned major, after
which he went south and aided in organ
izing colored regiments, remaining in that
section until after the close of the war. In
1865 he was a DELEGATE from Mississippi to
the Chicago Convention, since which time
he remained in Mississippi, acting rs n
registry officer. It isalso reported that he
has loved and fairly idolized Mrs. Hobbs
for years. Over her he was perfect Mono
maniac, and i'll 1861, after attempting to
take her life with q knife, he was, through
the advice of Dr. Steailman, sent to the
Insane Asylum at South Boston, where he
remained for about six months. AS stated,
after his return to this city two weeks ago
he WAS invited again to Dr.. Hobbs house,
many friends OF Mrs. Honbs at tho same
time renarking that they thought it very
imprudent for him to be there. While at
the house he conducted himself with great
circumspection, showing no symptom of
insanity beyond his loud reading which he
daily practised in his room and other por-
tons OF the house.