Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A PaERbrOker's Shop Robbed Of
$4,000 Worth Of JeweIry.

CINCINNATI, Aug. T.--SOlomon Pareirs
| pawnbrokeT at No. 32S West Fifth street
started out last Thursday evening, leavin
J his wife and daughter in charge o. tn
I shop. They took chairs and sat Oh tn
! pavement near the front door, and Will
sitting there 4 thief entered the rear part
and although the gas was burning brightly
he succeeded in getting from $1,000 e
! $4,000 worth Of j5welTy out of an opeI
| SGie aud escaping. The loss was not dis
covered until Friday morning.
Ii has been ascertained that the robbery
of the pawnbroker Preirra, yesterday, was
committed by his son, who has fed the
city, taking the booty with him.
Were They Murderer
There has'been a growing suspicion here
that the four young Cincinnatians whose
bodies were recovered from the river, and
who were supposed to have been run over
in a skif by the tow boat "My Choice, -
were really the
Friends of the four young men drowned
in the river by the eapsizing Of a skif BY
the steamer "My Choice" discredit the
story Of foul play. The party took no
valuables with them, and their baggage is
on its way here.
Victims OF Foul Play.
The bodies when recovered were found
horribly mangled about the face in almost
a similar manner. The theory advanced
was that this was done by the barges they
struck, but this is now discredited. OF
all their effects, consisting of
some $500 worth of iewelry.
guns, finger rings and watches, nothing
was recovered but an empty trunk
and little dog. Besides this, the pilot Of
the tOw-boat says the skiff was empty when
the boat struck It. There are two whisky
boatmen who appeared to know all about
the parties who got the sAiff after the col
lision, forced its locker, took out an iron
and q tin box, and knives and FORKS and
other articles, and then sold the skif for
three dollars. It is on the authority of
these men that the drowning theory rests.
The matter will probably receive a thor
ough investigation.
Killed by Bears.
OTTAWA, Eug. IA dispatch from G..
A. Stevens says three children, while pick
ing berries in the bush, were killed by
bears. Only the feet and arms of one
child can be found.
Killed by lightning.
OMAHA, Aug. IN. Hogan, a shce-
maker at Cheyenne, Wy, while standing
in the doorway this evening was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. The bolt
struck him on the head and ran down
through the body.
an Incident OF Border Life.
At EIkhon, Nebraska, this morning a
crowd Of men assembled in quiet conveusa-
ton were approached by two men named
Kane and McIlro, the latter carrying a shot
gun loaded with buckshOt. When within
range, at the word fire, given by Kane, Nc
llrO shot into the crowd, seriously wound
ing Dir. Durgmon, proprietor Of the Phillips
house, his son and Chas. Baldwin. Tie
assassins Immediately jumped on horses
and fed. The cause of the shooting is
supposed TO be an old grudge against Bald
win. Mounted men, well armed, are in
pursuit.
Terrific ENpIOsiOn-One Boy Killed
and twenty-five Injured.
FRANKFORT, Pa, Aug. THE terrific
explosion, az half-past nine this morning,
at BridesbUTg Arsenal, was caused by the
breaking up Of condemned metallic ammu-
milton. There were many reports Of killed
and injuTing, but only one person, a lad
Of Is, was killed. About y others were
injured, several of whom cannot survive.
A Singular Suicide.
VIM. Bergman, z barber, Norwegian,
formerly of New York, committed suicide
this evening, the consummatiOn Of big
spree. He used a shotgun, filling the bar
rsls full OF water, placed it to his forehead
and blew the whole top 0: his head off.