The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-09-11
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AS COMPANY L, Third Cavalry. WAS proceed
ing to Camp Brown, Wyoming Territory, to
relieve company B, Second Cavalry a most
atrocious crime was committed by a member
of the former company. An escort of fouI
men and corporal were at the North Fork of
the Popoagie, going toward Brown, when,
without any warning, one of the escort,
named Green, rode up to one Mahoney. and
presenting his pistol shot him through the
lungs. He then Immediately turned upon the
others and commenced an indiscriminate fire,
shooting one man through the bowels, and an
other through the side. AS Ryan fell, the re-
naming uninjured man ran to help him get
his feet from the stirrups consequently
Green had plenty of time to get two of the
horses and take to the bluffs. An ambulance,
coming up soon after, took the wounded to
Camp Brown; but the man Mahoney died be-
fore reaching the post. Parties were at once
sent in pursuit, and at last accounts were
close on the trail of the murderer.
A MAN giving the name of Gustav Meyer
has been arrested in New York, having been
recognized by one Lewis Moses as Theophile
George Kerstein, who is alleged to have rob-
bed the Kuhn Credit Bank, of Western Prus-
s1a, last December, of S180.000 in bonds and
money. Kerstein Director in the bank.
1t is said he committed many forgeries besides
the embezzlement, and that one man in Kuhn
lost 875 900 by him, and several banking
houses in Berlin were victimized to the amour.
of $50, 900.
TsE U. S. Marshal and Gov. Leslie, of
Kentucky, have held consultation, and the
militia and the United States troops viii act
together in arresting the contending parties
The State troops have thus far been pursuing
I4%E a~Sjo re nffa
Garrard county, the scene of last weeks
troubles all is quiet, bat the State troops
remain to insure order. Forty-fve rioters
have been arrested.
AT Pickettsville, Gibson county, Tenn, last
week, some negroes threatened riot ac-
count of some supposed wrong done to them.
and manifested a desire to kill certain whites,
and sack the town. On the 26th sixteen of
the ringleaders were arrested but were taken
from the prison by about 100 masked men.
who tied them together and marched off on
the Huntington road half mile from town.
Six of the number were cut loose and ordered
to escape, and, as soon that command was
given, a full volley was fred upon them, kill
ing four and wounding the other two-one
.mortally. The remainder were carried up the
river two miles and killed.
AT New Orleans, recently, in one day, two
suicides and three homicides occurred, and.
in addition, three persons were dangerously
wounded with razors and pistols in ARRAYS
IT is reported that the strike in Belfast, Ire
land, has ended, and that all the operatives,
30, 900 in number, have resumed work in the
factories at reduced rates
A FRENcHMAN named August Gardner,
while walking on the track of the Jefferson
vile, Madison and Indianapolis railroad, near
Henryville, on the night of the 29th ult.,
attacked by three men, who took his pocket
book and five dollars. and then tied him on
the track over small culvert, where he was
run over by passenger train. He alive
when found, but died soon after. No clew to
the perpetrators of the crime.
THE citizens of Memphis have held in
dignation meeting to protest against the
cent murder of sixteen negroes by band of
masked men. JEFF. Davis, Gen. Forrest and
others addressed the meeting, and denounced
the inhuman outrage.