The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-29

husband and her two bright boys stretcn "a on
tne floor all ahOt IN the head: Ihc chiluten
died the same diy The miserable wretch that
WAS tnetr father aud murderer. mad gwen lim-
erIf oul, scalp wound, though IL was "A r
emily designed to be i.ta' ne nau oeen nopn. Wu
months previous, aud his terrible crime Was evil
dcnlly the imuulsc Of moment OF malsnant
aud brutal Ill humur. Tho peOole clamoied Tor
his life, but the Attorney ey-Genctal made up his
mi d that Ritter could not, unier the law be
oy ,utltv of murder I'm the second dea ee WAS
therefore accepted, aud Ritter was eentohced to
imutisunucut for lilo.
On Sunday morning, Nov. T. IN quarrel be-
tween john and liahoway Walters. brothers.
VINO hyed with their two sstcrs Ia = small
house between SpiiugtOwn and llcirhesvile,
John struck Holloway in the ba X ct I, head
with sharp stone, fraCtuttng his skull The
mothefUi the family had died shortly before,
leaving i'tlc property, consisting OF small
iiecc Of land and few ficketW old buildings,
II be q arrelcd over by her children. John
wns dceti Ous OF getting II Tor himself, and was
continually hehung With tue rest ot the family.
and the death of llallOway was the result uf this
bad fecing. Holloway was a quiet, tnofensive
young man Of twenty Ave. John married man
OF thirty. Alarmed at his deed. JObn Il d put
he was over ken and brought 10 trial. Hts
plea was th he had struck the fatal blow In
self-dcicucc. Tut he WAS convicted of man
saugh er, aud sentenced to i've years imprsOn-
mCut.
Un the l7th NJ May last Patrick ward, liquor
de- icf Of Pmllipshurs, shot leter In.nan
Miers' who lived in the house oi MaiV
tcring fellow. who had frequently quafrclcd
wi,n Waid, and had often threatened 10 thrash
him. o. the day mentioned Miers wa found in
the street. shot through the spine. the woun
having pr ductu immediate paralysis uf all tue
lower part Of his body. Ward confessed the
| shnotiue. His story was that he fired IN sell
! defence; that he Was goins .ctosS tht river 10
| EastOn to paS liquor hili. and carried uistul
alonE for fear tint, having money with him. lie
might lie waAl4id. thlt as hc rcat hcd the street,
| Aiers approached and tn. catened TO shoot him,
| nnd thlt he n. ID. The jury decided however,
| that nc had dchuerAt IN lain in Walt for Atcrs.
and the, rendered verdict OF mufucr IT. the
first degree. lhe Court ot Pardons cOmnuted
| his sentence to imprisonment for iife.
Another death uy violence. but one richly de-
served. w.s that of Ed. Hughes, a New YORK
burglar, who on the nj ght Of Oct. -, was
shot N the iron works at oxford by William H.
| Soaring, "A watchmar. john Greer another bur
CIR, who WAS win IIu-hts. tut escaped for
| time. was sem To- the state prison. St~ring, ht
| received two wounds IN the ught, Was the mere
! OF tue day.
the ltth Of November ~ Sanford Na.binOef.
Warren county Justice of the Peace, ST ion %
a wei 10 d. family, boy ms rothrr Alert. Ihe
seem to have uad frequent quar-. els, aud on ,h'
day mentioned. wnic loauing butkwheat. "a,
bad fee ING nfValinx out af4esh. Aloei; ur.
pi.tol and SHOT nix brother twice tu tine fac.
Fortune favored the Nasuiuder family on
brother did not dic, and the ctucr titther Wa
not sent To- the state prison or to the ghlows.
\ singular burglar VS. discovered Ia the per
son OF Frances steward, trettN Ffencuwous al
who WAS fuuud In "a tanners bedroom one ulch
Ia Nuyeu Der last. and who. ON his awaa M
fired pistol al hiui, and escaped through y in
dow. Being subsequently arrested ana locke
up In the county court house in Siioud.burs
SHE emptiC d the glowing il of a .seburne
on the hOor. and Iiled bedding ana furnitur
| over them, aud then she escaped. She has nc
been he ri from since.
The tramps ot the county arv daring to an Az
pallng degree. They have formed nous an
stoned trains, ano driven Oh The brakemen
they nave htO ken into houses aud insul. ed VI
men they have thrown food that has been oi
fcrcd them 10 the cround. and stamped upon 4
ciliug meluofanauv ny $1,000 or money
! lie county jail IN Belvidere has thirty-nye IL
mates.