The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-10-04

some impression on their minds Whites
from all parts of the country are on the
spot to owi:ness the tragedy of Jack s death.
The remainder of his tribe will not be sur
rendered to the Oregon authorities, but be
transferred to Fort Russell, Wyoming
Territory. The remnant amounts to l56
men, women and children. Captain Has
brouck will escort them to the Fort with /
the 4th artillery.
WASHINGTON. Oct 3.-The sentence of
SloIuck and Barncho, the Modoc Indians, /
has been commuted to imprisonment for /
life. on Aleatras island, in San Francisco I
harbor, on the ground that these Indians
were not Chiefs, but stood in the relative /
position of private soldiers obeying the or
ders of their commander, Captain Jack
A telegram from Jacksonville, Oregon,
says that Captain Jack, Schonschin, Black
jim. and Boston Charley were hung at the
time appointed They all made long
speeches eontending that they were not to
blame, and if they could see the great
father he would pardon them. 1t wasn't
convenient for them to see him just then,
and at the appointed hour, up they went
A large crowd of Indians and others was
/ in attendance.
DEs MONIES, Ia, Oct 3.-R. S. Trot-
ter, who was engaged in series OF swim
ding grain transactions along the line of
the Iowa Central Railroad, was arrested by
parties from Franklin county, near Denver,
Col, a few days since, and returned to
Hampton, for trial
Mrs. G. 4. Anderson, of Monroe, com
mitted suicide on Tuesday last, by taking
laudanum Domestic trouble was the
cause.
la SALE, ILL.,, Oct. 3.-A man, appar-
emily about so wears of age, footed
and bare headed, and so clad otherwise as
to indicate that he was fugitive pauper
from the county poor farm, was struck by
westward bound switch engine on the
Chicago, Rock Island Il Pacific Railroad i'll
this city, this forenoon, and instantly killed,
his head being crushed and his feet cut off
The poor man was deaf, and was knocked
: from the track by an engine near the same
place about three months since, at that
time receiving but slight injuries, Rumol
says that his name was Cassidy.
e DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 3-At Flint yes
: terday, Mrs Wetherbee, who has a mil
/ linery establishment in Awanago Hall trieC
to light FIRE with kerosene. Her clothe
# caught fire, and she was severely, if no
r fatally, burned.
4 In Salem, day or two ago, son o
! Hiram Warren, a highly respectable citi
4 zen, loaded gun with powder and heav,
: charge Of shot, for the purpose OF scarlnl
e his cousin, young man of unsound mind
who was working in corn held near tn
! house Another member of the family
u stepping up within few feet Of him, h
u u placed the gun in line with the top of hi
a cousin head and fred. His aim being III
y steady through nervousness, the entir
charge entered the top of his head tearin
OF away the skull and killing the young ma
le instantly.
II BINGHAM Maine, Oct. 3.-Ten men,
y pursuit of two horse thieves, came upo
l., them just over the Canada line After
: rapid exchange of shots, the thieves wei
l. captured Both were wounded, one fata
- ly. The two captors were also wounde,
es WEsTCHEsTER, n Y, Oct. 3--Dani
ce Jones, who murdered Nelson in Highlar
township, month ago, has been capture
IL Boston, Oct. 3.-The boiler Of hoistir
he engine on the Grand junction wharf e
nd ploded to-day, killing one man and woun
III ing several others.
x SAN Francisco, Cal, Oct 3-Poli
III officer Robert Burk committed suicide Ia
an night, shooting himself through the hea
ort Unrequited love was the cause.