Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-01-26
Crimes and Casualties of the Week.

Alderman G.5leof CA,.a-o hiss been coav.st-
eli Of receiving bib, His council will aP-
PEAL 70 ne Supreme Co1rL-At Utica. III OF
Monday, Michael Corli1 outraged the parf1n Of
Ann O'Bren, rlscl-ins in her death on WeiHss-
ds7. Coa..u is ualc- .rIest--1wo clerks Of
the Cley. land Pos.-oG5s we're srrsst-l 70 Gin
o.nuad, on Weiussisy, charged VITA abstract
inc drafts ami money orders from letters Ile
prisoners were admitted 70 ba1 in ihc sun Of
81 500 each.-A boy nineteen years Old died
OF hyir5pbo5'A Wednesday, in New York. lie
was bitten last August A $50 900 me IN
Miid.etoau, ", FHisy, burned The stores Of
Davis s.,le.li tsy goolH merchants. The
p,wier-house OF fac granite quarry nesr Cedar
Point, Y:u.l Haven, Mr, containing thirty-tFo
kegs Of po=ie-, pss accidentally blown up last
Friday ste-uooa, killing one nan s-d injurins
others Friday night sn unsuccessful attempt
vas made to explode one hgnirsi kegs Of pow
der stored near B,ac1ington's Corner, Rock
land. Ms.-Auo.her victim vas acriisei AZ
Forty-secoul stree, in New York Thursday. The
people Of the ueieH5orh55I we're highly incsusei
and threats were made Of tesring up the rails,
the police broke Up the mel but the ismons,ra-
ton had is s.Eaiicluoe.-A terrible explosion
occurred in Greenwich. England, Thursday AZ
tcruoor. in cartridge factory. The factory
vss burned sui nunhsr o. girls employed
there hal their Clothing set on Ere sni rushed
through tire streets shrieking s-d in flames. The
scene vas terrible sud the u.usl d" ab.snCe Of
mind was displayed by The spectators. -
John R9rsail, messc1cer Of The Metropolitan
National Bank Of New York, hal ammonia
thrown ir Lis eyes on Broadway and #ss robbed
Of $4,000 en- Saturday sfteraoon,-The
Chicago police on Saturday night raidel OF four
gambling HOUSES, capturing Is inmates They
were taken before a police magistrate and held
in $500 bail esct.-In Louisville, Kentucky,
Sunday morning. the Union pipe foundry OF
Dennis Long s. Company, or Fulton street, wss
destroyed by FIRE. Loss, $4,000 insurance
oaly $4,000 ineluling Springfield. Mssaschu-
setts, Fire and Marine $500. The building was
regarded as Ere proof-Kent's warehouse
and Goodies packing establishment Al New Al
bany. Indiana, we're burned On Friday night
LOIS so, 000.--A dispute occurred between
some Of the crew Of the English steamer Tiber, |
At Grand Junction wharf, on Friday night, while /
some Of them were drunk, and Samuel Hanson,
fireman Of the steamer, stabbed John McIsue, |
tevering the jugulsr vein sad killing him IL 4
stanty Hanson has been fully committed to 1
answer.-The Trenton Bank, Of Trenton, T. |
J., was robbed BY burglaes. Sunday night. Of |
500. 900 -O ne-hslf Of the town of Month /
cello, Drew County, Arkansas, has been des- |
troyed BY hre.-1he body Of Z. p Norton, |
the last victim Of the City Of New London dis |
aste-, wau washed ashore at Groton, Conn, on
Ssturday-A FIRE on Saturday burned tho ex-
tensive coal sheds Of Nahum Brigham, corner Of |
and Federal-streets, Boston,
and ALEC damaged block Of tenement-housss
adjoining. In Lakeville, Msss., on Fridsy,
Charles A Leach. dentist. while laboring IN
der delirium tremens, shot Thomas Bump, John
Cspeless, Daniel Swirl. and VIM. Coom6er. The
two irft named are supp0sei to be mortslly
wounded. "A Gre in NeE-Albany, Indiana, on
Friday, destroyed the satisfied and hsy ware
house Of Col Bets A Kent, two story frame
real ieuoe, and partially burned the pork-pack-
ing establishment Of McMahan, Goodlos Co..
which contained an immense quantity Of pork
The loss is estimated at from $4,000 to $40
O00-The mother, wife and two daughters Of
DR.. N. Klumb, living IN the suburbs Of Louis
vile, we're poisoned al supper Sunday evening
by sstug some fruit put up in jATs. They lay
AZ the point of death for some hours, but the
energetic Efforts Of physicians finally reused the
victims from their stup0r. There are now some
hopes for their recoyery--William Taylor
hanged himself in his store on Broadway, Chel-
sea, early Saturday morning No cause Is
known for the act he WAS so years Of ago
At Louisville. Ky, Sunday, a. IN, young man
named Theo. Thorn, in a ut Of insanity, shot his
sister, Mrs Greene. and her two daughters aged
u and years. Mrs. Green and the Oldest
daughter we're shot IN the stomach, and will pro-
baby die. The other was wounded in the hip
and will rect yer. Thorn is ROW in the hospital.
Ella Vaughan, servant in New
York city was locked up st Police Hesdquar-
tiers on Saturday night on charge of stealing
two diamond rings, value : i 800 from her en-
Sprague, Who has been miss
ing from Lowell since December so, was found
drowned yesterday morning in the canal near
Mill he leaves wife L.nd three
Harrisburgh, Pa, man named
Bristol, from California, committed suicide in
car Tuesdsy, by cutting his throai-At Bos-
ton, Alber, E Cetchell, dealer in hats and
cspt, cut lis threat in his boarding house MoE-
day night. age, % years. He WAS native Of
Mains.