Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-02
Crimes and Casualties CT the Week

The trial Of Mrs 1ioCarty f,r de murder Of
llr. Hall in U,',s has been ser ioTn hr ;ue 9Th
q Fedrua1y uezt,-The.to Thllue, who
sao. biz sister and two children IL L3a;sville,
Ky. some days ago. Is committed FOR tris--
The supreme Court Of Klnsas hss suspended ihe
execution % DR.. Neli.cot. Who was 20 have been
hsngei Friday iJr poisoning Mr.. Ruth, until
the 23d Of Msrch-Chsrles Ransom wss IN
st4ntly killed at Waverly, last Wednesday, by
the falling Of frozen crust Of ear,h beneath
which be vas shoyeliag. "A passenger train
On the North Missouri road vss thrown down
steep embankment, Friday morning. near Ora
ham. Several passengers we're injured, but none
fatally. - The Boys House q Refuge in New
Orleans Tas burned Saturday night Lois esti-
mated a, $40 ,000-At San. Frsncisoo Thurs
day, Rose Rally,s beautiful girl, and stranger,
drowned herself Albert Lsumsua, = young
/ German, shot himself through the hesrt sane
dsy. Cause. disappointment in lo7e.--At
| New York, on Friday, Geo W. Watson was shot
/ by Nrs Fanny Hyde, who has been IN the hab-
7 it OF insulting her.-Alburger's porS-pacSing
estsbLshment in Pniisdel phis vac burned Thur
Day. Lose, $50, 600; no insurance. The can
dy mandatory Of NJ. Nathan s. Co in Cincin-
natl. vas burned Sunday evening Lose, $685.
600 insu7ei-siS burglars escaped from the
C.diz (Ohio.) jAil on Thurtday, by digging
from enc cell 10 mother With iron rods taken
from the mssonry Of the jsil then making
their way TO the upper story and by means Of =
bed cord lowering themselves from = wudoT.
"A kingm4n, mate Of the bark Warren
Hallet-. who is charged with shooting George
Little, vas examined in Boston, Saturday, and
held for trisl in $1,000 bail--Geo. Bots,
murderer o. Pet Halstead'' was hung on FRI
day Five pertons we're accidentally drowned
in the Black wood oolliery, England, Friday
Three persons have been arrested in Brooklyn,
on suspicion Of being Implicated in the murder
Of Prof Panormo. They are notorious despers-
does. On Thursday lzst the Government Com
mi,ssry buildings at Sscketts H,rbor, Jefferson
son county, we're totally destroyed by fire. The
winter supplies for the soldiers were all burned.
The total loss is estimsted n lOO,OOO.-The
steamship America, plying between RIO and
| Monteyiteo, while on her trip from the latter
port On the night Of the 22l, took FIRE, and the
vessel was soon burned 10 the water's edge. 81
passengers we're burned 10 death or drowned.
-Robr Lyons was attacked by a family
namei Farrell, with whom he was quarreling in
Brooklyn. Saturday night, and cut. Ills wounds
sre thought to be fatal Alfred Eat. an Eng
lishman, living in Brooklyn. 25 years old, blew
his brains out Saturday morning -Four build
inVs on Beihune street. New York, occu, led as
a saw mill and box factory, were burned satur-
d.y Total loes S25,000- Miss Ssllie Ed
munds Of Grswold, Conn aged 20, wss found
burned TO death in her house on Thursday AZ
ternoon. At stage station near Newton,
Kansas. on Wednesday,, = stage driver shot at
man nsmed Taylor, but hit and killed Mr..
Merrill, when Mr.. Taylor responded by killing
the stage driver.-rWo boy highwaymen were
arrested Sunday night. for robbing another boy
in lO;h Avenue. William Thompson, former
IL Adjutant, under General Jackson, and once
the xeslthiest banker in New Orleans. was found
! Sunday night Ia small Office on Brosdway,