Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-12
CIR u WI Il n A L.
The Train Robbers of Iowa.
Awkward PreGIicament of Batch of
PuhIic nirifed Citizens

Awkward Predicament of Batch of
Public Spirited Citizens.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 10-The Younger and
James Brothers, commonly known as the
Iowa Railroad train robbers, robbed the
store of Bryant Il Chandler at Beasley,
Cass county, Mo-, last Friday evening and
shot and severely wounded Isaac Bursay. \
party OF citizens pursued the robbers, but
were capturedby them at Monegaw Springs,
and after some detention were released
with an Injunction that they would be held
responsible for reports which were circula-
ted regarding their acts.
A Boston Brief.
BosTON. Dec. 11.-David NJ. Kimball,
10 Common ST., killed his wife and step
daughter this a. NJ. and then killed himself.
The Second Degree.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-John McDermott,
who few months ago, in a fit Of anger and
Jealousy, killed his wife and attempted to
kill himself, pleaded guilty to-day to muir
der in the second degree. His sentence
was deferred, that his counsel may submit
affidavits in eXtenuation.
Attempted Abduction.
WEsTCHESTER, PA, Dee. H.-DT.
Blunaerof California, with three friends, at
tempted last evening, at the Mansion
House, To kidnap his four children, pend
ing a suit for divorce. Mrs. Bruner, fearing
such an attempt, had police officer in her
room. The children were removed by the
landlady.
The Way of One TransgressOr.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 11.-TheO. A. Wick,
defaulting treasurer Of Clarke county, o.,
was to-day sentenced to one year to hard
labor in the penitentiary, to pay the costs
Of the trial and fine Of S66, 500.
S3OO.OOO sailed
DETROIT, Dec. 1.-THE arrest of John
NJ. Whitney at Salt Lake City, and Joel
Lawrence at New York, was made upon
complaint of E. B. Ward, Of Detroit. 1t is
claimed that about a year ago Whitney and
Lawrence induced Ward to invest 100000
in the stock of the Eureka silver mine of
Utah, and that the mine was salted for the
purpose of swindling. Ward understood
that nearly 100000 of Eureka stock was
owned by other parties here who had also
been victimized.
A Horrible Story
of outrage has become public in the town
of Warren, twelve miles from this city. A
year and half since man giving his name
as Charles Louis Alton was employed to
teach the Roman Catholic school at War
rem, and as sexton of the church, although
nothing was known of his antecedentS.
During this period Alton outraged the per-
sons of no less than eighteen girls Of the
school, none of whom were over IA years
old. 1t appears the crimes were all COM
mitted in the church which adiOins the
school house, and that the fiend succeeded
in terrifying his victims to silence for over
a year. The neighborhood of Warren is
peopled by HOllandcrs, generally meduca-
ted, and the children were all Of that ma
tionality. Alton has escaped.
UnprOvOked Murder.
EVANSVILLE, IND, Dec. 1l.-JoS. Bird
shot and mortally wounded John Jarvis, of
this city, on the Kentucky shore, near
Green river, to-day. The shooting was I'M
provoked, as stated by witnesses. Bird,
who is a hard egg, is still at large.
BOdy-Snatchers.
ERIE. Pa, Dec 11.-At Cory, this coun-
ty, about 2 o'clock this morning, some
body-snatchers were discovered dropping a
corpse into the office of a prominent ply
sician. 1t proved to be that Of former
welEbnown resident Of that city. The ai-
fair is creating intense excitement.
The Negro wife-MurGlerer.
CHICAGO, Dee 1.-THE TTiblme's Joliet
special says that preparations for the execI-
tion, tomorrow, of A. j. Perfect, the col
ored man who murdered his wife in this
city over two years ago, are completed.
Perfect is evidently greatly shaken by the
certainty of his fate, the Governor having
firmly declined to interfere. He refuses to
confess his guilt, though there is scarcely a
shadow of doubt of it. He refuses to per-