Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-04-14

William Foster Of Whitewater. Wis, sbo;
himself a, he wife, destHtel on Saturday night
last.
Tae sccunire.s in New ors wl7 have e--ac-
ell in swiniling other w5uli-be s,5lnlrris 10 the
rural districts, under the preieuce Of furnishing
them with coua'e7teit. money, are getting their
deserts. Two cf them have been fsu-euced 20 the
Teu.tsntiary f.r six months.
a school teacher uymei Kent, lasr Point
Pleasant, Va, recently reprimsuiei one ot his
pupils. young Sturgeon. Last Friday Sturgeon
procured club. wayiad Kent and struck aim
90 the bssa of the head, killing hm .ustsutly.
Ile murderer la, not been srrestei
A young man namcl Moses Neal, oi solus,
y Y. while intoxicated, and in Tie d.-kaess
one evening last week attempted % -c, iuto =
gr0s shop, bat losing bis way be EEL. into Al
open doorway near by, face iaNuwsrls. ami
persisted from the fall. Tie was found the next
morning dead, his head bent under his b-iy-
4 young married woman named Lille Adele
Low wSs accidentally shot and instantly killed
az Geddes, Ononiags county, Sunday evening,
hy lsd named Clinton VISIT, a-s3 eleven, who
va. playing with gun that he did uo; know TO
be loaded. The shot passed under the SHOULDER
sul through the heart, and the poor girl never
spoke She wss sixteen ye,s oil, AMI hal been
married year aud bali
The lat tragedy resulting from charge Of
seduction trauspired last Neinesily in New
York. Peter McGinuiSs, young butcher, shot
John McGill, c cracker baker, tor seducing his
sister, putting four balls into him. II McGM
had been killei-an1 il Is wonderful thst be
Was not-the world would have supposed that,
beyond question, be was guilty but he avows
his entire innocence. \ quite similar csse re-
Gently transpirei in L-ckport, the svenger in
that case, however, conteuting himself with
shooting only three times The guilt or inuo-
cence Of the injured mnn in the latter has not
been shown. There is no use OF talking on this
subject. Who is the next victim
There IS a sad story told by a California paper
Of son Of missionary TO The Tones Islands,
who, naturally desirous cf seeing : civilized
country, obtained permission Of his parents to
visit the United States, but was killed by the
Arizona Apsches But he found = friend trough
frontier man, who not only slew the Apache
murderer, but has mailed the Indisn's scalp to
the coed old missionary, as a consolatou for his
sons death
\ fearful double tragedy took place on sstur-
dey, in Philadelphia. John II. Murray, young
msn of 25, and his wife Mary, aged about y .
up to a week since, had lived happily. OF lste
Murray had suspected her of infdolity and being
told that she hsd returned to the city from New
York, whittier he had sent her and Vas living
in house Of evil repute, he declared that he
would kill her and himself On Saturday, the
couple came to bis boarding place together and
went to his room Soon four sho:s were heari,
and Murray called to the andlady, '' for Gods E
sake. come up" horrible sight presented it.
self to her. Mrs Murray lay dead on the bed
from three shots through the chest, snd beside
her Murray Writhing with mortal wound in the