The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-06-14
A Jealous Husband Shoots
his pretty Wife and then
takes his own life.
Accidents, Fires, Crimes,
Etc, Etc.

submitted to the Department of Justice a
statement Of the condition of affairs found T
by the War Department to exist in the di. /
vision of the late Freedman Bureau, |
charged with the settlement of bounties to
colored soldiers. The statement sets forth
that the claimants, for whom treasury GER
ti6cates had been issued and sent to the
Freedman's Bureau for payment, have
never received their money, although they
were marked on the records of the Bureau
as paid, reported to the treasury by the
disbursing officer of the Bureau as paid,
and so credited in the settlement of his ac-
count, For this fraud the Secretary of
| War wishes TO know the degree OF respon-
I sibiHty of Gen. o. O. Howard and his dis
bursting officer Gen Bullock. When the
| War Department took possession Of the
/ records OF the Bureau, unpaid claims were
/ found amounting to s. $4,000, and S33, 900
were found unpaid, although entered on
the records and reported 10 the treasury
and those credited as paid.
/ SAN Francisco, June l3.-The captive
Modocs will be taken to Fort Klamath,
where they Will be tried by amihtary com
mission 1t is generally thought that Bo-
gus Charley, Ho0ka Jim, Steamboat
Frank and Shacknasty jim, having yolun-
teered to aid in the capture of Jack, will
escape punishment Those not tried for
murder will be forwarded to Fort Alcatra.
I jackson troops start for Klamath this
evening, to prepare for a reception Of the
Modoc captives.
SAN Francisco, June l3-Congress.
man Suttrell, Judge Steele, Sheriff Nor
gan, and others, last evening visited Boyles
CAM aud held an interview with the Mo
doc H.. tives Captain Jack, Scar Faced
Charley, Boston Charley, Schonchin, Nose
William, Princess, Mary. and Lizzie were
escorted To the office tent under corporal ;
guard Judge Steele wanted 10 talk with
them, 10 gain such information as might
throw light upon certain acts now en-
shrouded in mystery. Jack, SchOnchln,
Boston, and Nose, walked in chains; the
others were loose. The captives formed the
usual semi-circle IN the tent Jack had an
ugly, sullen look, apparently displeased at
= being brought forth for talk The dark
lines about his eyes, which are dark and
gGtterlng, indicate that confinement, even
in large tent is beginning to wear on him
The restriction of liberty has a greater eff
feet on him than the suspense of his future
: fate Only few days since he told the
, officer in charge Of the prisoners that his
Indian heart was dead and his body. cold :
; all he expected was that Lizzie, his favor
ite squaw, be allowed to sit beside him.
His request was granted and the squaw
came to him During the interview he and
Schonchin sat on a box and Lizzie squatted
: at their feet Judge Steele shook hands
: with the Indians and said he was glad to
meet them No one but Jack removed
. their hat Scar Face was called to the
!, front to act as interpreter. Judge Steele
said he regretted TO see that the Indians
had not followed his advice and behaved
themselves he was sorry TO find them in
such bad fix, but he had come to have a
Z talk and wanted nothing but the truth.
D Then he followed with qucstians about the
disposition of the property of Modoc's vic
tins, but little satisfaction was obtained.
New YORK, June l3-0n Saturday
> last, in Gallatin county, n. c., John Hol
: fcombe and his wife Julia, who had beer
married about one year, had dispute. II
I appears that HolcOmbe suspected his wife
who is very beautiful, of infdelity. She
: was about to leave home for short trip tt
> Salisbury and Charlotte Holeombe tried
to dissuade her, but failing to do so he
4 pulled out pistol and shot her thret
times, causing death instantly. He then
Il in the presence of neighbors, shot himsel
y through the heart, falling dead over heI
3 body
ST. LOUIS, June l3.-W. II. Day, /.
, young son Of f. Q. Day, prominent mer
70 chant here, was arrested yesterday on I
d charge of grand larceny for stealing pai
?, of ladies bracelets from the house of
Il friend of his family. The bracelets wer,
found at pawn brokers' shop, where the.
had been deposited by prostitute, VIII
says that young Day gave them to her
Day is said to have been in similar troubl
! before, and is regarded as a kleptomani'.
! by some of his friends.
New YORK, June l3.-It is under stoo
I. that the plea to be set up in the Wa.iwort
q case will be self-defense-that the youn
man was goaded on to murder by his fail
,, er's threats The plea of insanity will N,
be relied on in this case. DR.. Hammont
- a well-known expert in cases of insanit,
visited the prisoner yesterday, but did NJ
make the results of his examination know
MEMPHIS, June l3.-Robert East, a
- Englishman, from Elvira, Ill. while into1
icated, laid down on the railroad trac
near Colherville, Tenn, on Wednesda,
and was run over by train and instant
killed.
WHEELING, W. Va, June I3.--At
M wees to the lnteligencer state that at
s o clock on Wednesday morning, maske
Y party broke into the house of John Jel
nings, chief Of a gang of robbers in We
eel county, this State. Mrs. Jennin,
seized an axe to defend her husband. whe
Es the party fired, killing Jennings and fata
y wounding Mrs. Jennings. The lynche
left written notices to other members
,on the gang to leave the county on peril
sor their lives
1e- SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June ia NJ
The Lloyd, Of this vicinity, was arrested We
the the terday afternoon, charged with rape u
ful on the person of a Mrs. Nellie Haga
end sns The offense is alleged to have been col
the mitted yesterday at Oak Ridge Park r
and As accused gave bail to appear for trial befo
lIe. Justice Wood this afternoon, and ave
!, that he can prove an abb.
Ill. DUBUQUE, Iowa, June I3-In quar-
between two farmers, in Payne townshi
Blae&hawk county, one, named Writ
stabbed the other, named Rieber, in Il
In face with four tined fork, one tine ente
S ing the right eye, another knocking 0
u two teeth, and third inficting b
wound in the head. Writh and his hir