Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-12-02
PERSONAL,


PERSONAL.
An attempt of the son of United States
Senator Stockton, of New Jersey, to cow
hide Col j. A. Freeze, editor of the Tren-
ton Sentinel, on the 18th, resulted in his
receiving severe punishment by Freeze,
who broke large cane over Lis head,
seized the cowhide and beat him till he
made his escape. gs3a
A New York Tribune special from
Washington, on the 18th, says the Presi-
dent had again informed prominent gen
tleman that instructions had been sent to
Mr.. Motley to turn over the United States
Legation in London to Mr.. Moran, the Sec
retary, and to return home at once. He
also stated that no successor to Mr.. Motley
had been chosen, and that he should not
tender the appointment to anybody in
writing
The trial of George Vanderpool for the
murder of Herbert Field, at Manistee,
September 5, 1859, closed at Kalamazoo
on the 18th and the case was given to the
jury at 8 80 D. m. A verdict had not been
rendered up to II o'clock. A Detroit
dispatch says:
This is the second trial, and it has occu-
pied twenty days. The defendant,
Vanderpool, is charged with having killed
Herbert Field, his partner in the banking
business at Manistee, in the western part
of this State, in their banking house, on
Sunday, Sept. 5, between II and 10 o'clock
loo ic in
after 10 o'clock that night, and then throw
ing it into the Manistee river. Fields
body was found on the shore of Lake
Michigan, about thirty miles north
of Manistee, ten days after he disappeared,
with two large cuts in his head. Wander
pool was arrested three days after Fields
disappearance, charged with his murder.
The evidence against Vanderpool was en-
tirely circumstantial, but very strong. He
was tried at Manistee in February, 1870,
convicted, and sentenced to the State
Prison, solitary confinement, for life, high
est penalty for murder in this State. A
new trial was applied for and granted, with
a change of venue to Kalamazoo, which is
now just concluded.
Vice-President Colfax arrived in Wash
ington on the 18th.
The jury in the Vanderpool murder case,
at kalamazoo, Mich, after being in con-
sultation 1or twenty-five hours, announced
to the Comt, on the 10Th, that they were
unable to agree on the points of the evil
dence, and that there was no prospect of
an agreement. The consul for the pris-
oner argued for an immediate new trial, or
that he be discharged on bail. The jury
stood seven for conviction and five for ac-
quittal.
The New York Mutual Baseball Club
arrived in New Orleans on the morning of
the 18th, and in the afternoon defeated
the Southerns, Of that city. Score, 36
to 6.
A telegram has been received from ex-
Secretary Seward, from Pekin, saying that
he and his party had arrived there all well.
From Pekin they would proceed to Cal
cutta, Bombay, and the Persian Gulf.
Five Winnebago Indians, recently tried
for murder at Tekama, Neb., were found
guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for
life
In the Vanderpool case at Kalamazoo on
tllC SlSt, GlO plioo1Ol OOeui0Ni "AciiNhiOH
their motion to admit him to bail.
Mrs. T. NJ Avery, wife of prominent
citizen--a lumber merchant-of Chicago,
mysteriously disappeared a few days ago,
and her whereabouts was unknown for
three or four days, when news was re-
ceived that woman had put up at a hotel
at Niagara Falls, and addressed note to
T. NJ Avery, Chicago, after which she
| proceeded to the river and deliberately
jumped into the rapids and was carried
over the falls. No doubt is entertained
but this was the missing Mrs. Avery, who
had been subject to insanity for several
years.
A Washington dispatch of the 22d says
the President had completed his annual
message-said to be very brief, or about
the same length as his first one to Con-
gress.
Bernard Meisner has been tried at Ke-
nosha, Wis, for the murder of Frederick
Pithof The jury rendered verdict of
manslaughter in the fourth degree, and
the Court imposed fine of 5000 and costs.
The first annual meeting Of the Ameri-
can Woman's Suffrage Association was
opened at Cleveland, Ohio, on the 22d.
Fifty-one delegates, representing twelve
States, were present.
The executive committee Of the Red
Stocking Baseball Club, of Cincinnati,
have issued circular to the members, an
nouncing their determination not to employ
a professional nine for 1871.