The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-02-25

Gated had an alteration with another Dep
uty, named Leper, and attempted TO shoot
him. Lcper then pulled his revolver and
shot Mcguire fatally. The act was consid-
cred justiiable.
At Bloomington, Ind, on the night OF
the eth, a body Of masked men surrounded
the Jail. o%ycrpowered the sheriff. and shot
and Killed a prisoner naInedC A. Marshon.
Marshon was convicted OF murder and sem
fenced To the pcnitcntiary for life three
years ago, but the supreme Court recently
granted him a new trial. The mob left a
letter with the sheriff ordering the prisoners
attorney 70 leave town within thirty days.
A. j. Mowry, the abssonding .ansas leg
%islator. charged with the forg1,y Of certain
school bonds. aud for whose arrest the Gov
ernor offered a reward. was captured at
Waltena on the 10th.
Alphonso Goodrich, a notorious Chicago
divorce lawyer, has by ordero Of the supreme
Court Of the State been forever disbarred
from practice in the Courts Of Illinois on ac-
count Of disresItable practices in his pro-
fcssiou.
The notorious outlaw and robber, Bill
smith. who recently escaped from the Peni-
Tertiary at Nashville, Tenn, waS captured
on the 10Th about three miles from that
place. and while resisting arrest was shot
dead by a man named PEBBLES. Smith fired
the first shot.
j. II. Holman. Treasurer Of Wayne Coun-
~. Ohio. and President Of the Farmers
Bank Of that city, has absconded, leaving q
deficit OF some $50. 600 in his accounts.
The convention OF railway ticket agents.
held AT Louisville on the 10th. agreed upon
a general reduction of - per cent. in Through
ticket fares betweenth the West and New York
and Philadelphia and return for the Centen-
NAL season.
AT the late session Of the United states
Di-tri. t Court at Fort smith. Ark. sixty
six persons were sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary at Little Rock for various o~ffenses. and
six 10 be hanged on the alst Of April. The
names Of the latter are O.. MiNee. William
Leech, Ron Wilson. Asa Saunders. I.ham
S~elleyc, and I%stanulbe.
briggs, the counterfeiter who was tried
and convicted at Springfield, H., has been
sentenced 10 fifteen years in the PenitentiaTy
and to pay a fine Of -. 100. Charley stad-
feldt and VIM. Long, member, Of the
briggs gang, were also sentenced. the
former To two years in the Pcnitcntiary and
II 900 fine, and the latter 10 seven years and
so tine.
The two Grains. who were tried az Cairo.
H.. for being accessory 10 the murder OF
WIN. spence, AT Granville, Williamson
County. have been found guilty and SEN
fenced TO 20 years each in the rrnitentiary.
While the express train on the Panhandle
Railroad was taking water near Urbana. o..
about midnight on the morning Of tie 18th.
Conductor Jones'- attention was attracted
by some one attempting to uncouple the
engine and two forward ears
from the remainder Of the train.
The conductor, on going to the
platform, was confronted bya masked man.
who attempted to stab him with a knife.
The conductor pulled the bcll-cord. and drew
a revolver and fired at the mi~crcani. who
made hs escape. Two other men were seen
around the train, and il i supposed
contemplated robbing the expires, car.
At Troy. o., on the evening Of the 18th.
a young man named G. +. Adams shot and
wounded his wife, a daughter uf George
a prominent grain merchant,
the ball entering her arm near the elbow.
Adams then fled 10 the residence uf his IA
ther-in-low. where he shot himself three
in the heart. Cause, jealousy.
The Legislature 81 Montana has passed
bills substituting the Northern Pacific Rail-
road 70 the amount OF 5000 900. and the
Utah Northern Narrow-gauge 10 the amount
Of II, $50. 600, and they have received the
Governors approval. Both bills conc be-
flu 49, .I -. a. - ALL
The Committee OF investigation into the
official conduct Of Cardoza. the Mississippi
state Superintendent Of Education. report
that be j. guilty Of a large list Of crime. and
misdemcanors. amongst which are perjury.
embezzlcment. forgery, etc, etc.
At st. Louis, ia the evening Of the 18Th,
men, named Holland and Wilson. at-
10 make away with a colored wo-
man, named Williams, by throwing her off
the bridge into the river, having first gag
ged and manacicd her and attached heavy
weights 70 her person. Fortunately the viz
lains were discovered and frustrated in their
diaboIical design before It could he consum-
the woman's struggles being so great
that She managed to partially free herself
and make known by Ter cries her desperate
According to her story her
murdercrs were the two men who
the United States Express car on the
North Missouri Railroad, a few miles from
Louis. some weeks since. and she being
employed 10 take care Of Hollands room.
had accidentally become acquainted with
their secret and had seen some OF
the plumber in their possession. Fear
ing that The woman might reveal
their carefully guarded secret. they resolved
20 pun her out Of existence. To accomplish
heir purpose they first chloroformcd her,
changed her clothing for that Of q man.
md taking her in a buggy between them,
hey drove out on the bridge ard attempted