The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-26
SU b [b oF.TrHifEl ): NEWS !. J; " y
Crimes, Criminals aud csaasnusltiet.

. SUMMARY OF"THE NEWS. ~
Crimes, crtqlaals ia dasuatIej: /
The last Of the whisky ring. in Mis-:
souri, has been'sentenced to the penitentiary.
By a crevasse on the Mississippi
shore of tho lower river, large number Of
plantations are submerged. ~x go.
An incendiary fire at Danville, KY,
lately, destroyed livery stable and other
property Of the value Of 81, 900.
The St. Louis Police have broken up
a large gang of railroad robbers which has
been operating on roads centering there.
The steamer Legal Tender struck
snag near Little Rock, and sunk in, deep
water, last week, losing her entire cargo.
A tow boat called the Dictator was
wrecked a few days ago by !colliding with the
Hannibal bridge, and drowning nine men.
The common council of Chicago has
declared the recent election in that city null
and void, on account of the frauds perpe-
trated. S~"%-S -. = II" -
A thousand dollars worth of fine
goods which were intended for church fair
were lately stolen by q sneak thief from a
church in Detroit - ia - ~ = = F..
The body of VIM. Hardings, prom
inent citizen Of, Gadsden, Tenn, has been
found in a ravine near that place, wrapped in
a bed-spread. He had been missing for sew
eral days. ...~>s -
The woman Coster, who accompan-
led the defaulter Pinney in his flight, has re-
turned to San Francisco. Pinney gave her a
dollars to leave him; and she did so
at Pernambuco.
A young man near Waseca, Minn.,
in attempting to save the life offs boy who
was caught by floating ice while crossing
lake, was chilled by the water and drowned.
His name was Bert Taylor he died a hero.
VIM. Cooper murdered a girl named
Molly Cooper, in St. Louis, last week, and
then, to save expense to the county and
public hanging, putthe pistol to his own head
and put ball into his own devilish brain.
It was a so-called love affair.
Dolan, the murderer, was hung on
the 2lst, in New York. His crime was the
murder of James H. Noe, wholesale brush
maker, while entering his premises as bur-
glar. The evidence against Dolan was en-
tirely circumstantial, but very conclusive.
The grand jury has indicted Bah
cock and six others for completely in the
safe burglary conspiracy. Babcock gave bail
in the sum Of $4,000, ex-Gov. Sheperd be-
coming his surety. 1t is understood that all
except Babcock and Harrington will be used
as witnesses.
The revenue officers are having Sc
rious times with the illicit distillers of poor
whisky in kentucky. It has been found to
he useless to attempt to make arrests single
handed, and details of soldiers are now made
for the purpose. The rogues are Of desper-
ate class, and go constantly armed.
At last Piper, the Boston belfry
has made partial confession He
says the little girl Mabel Young was killed by
the trap door falling upon her head. He gives
as his reason for denying all knowledge OF
her death, that he was afraid he would be &C.
cused OF numbering her. OF course nobody
believes the story.
Six men were to be hung at Fort
Smith, Arkansas, on last hangman's day.
One was negro, three were Choctaws, one
Cherokee, and one white man. Probably
the most horrible ofall the murders for W hich
these men were hung was committed by the
Cherokee, named Sanders, and at this dis
lance it appears strange to know that the
other five were executed as decreed by the
courts while Sanders was reprieved at the
last moment.
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