The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-24
Crimes and Casualties.
A LOUISIANA POLITICAL MURDER.
NEW ORLEANS, May 2;

NEW ORLEANS, May 23
The Republican gives the following &C.
count Of the assassination Of James Laws
colored, Of East FelicIana. Mr.. Dula Of
East Feliciana had reached New Orleans
and brought with him the coffin placed al
his door Saturday, and a bunch OF Win.
chester rifle cartridges placed with it. A
crowd Of bull-dozers after threatening said
they would return soon and put Their
threats into execution. They proceeded to
jackson, to the house Of James Laws, and
found him seated with his mother. They
said "Helloo, Laws, have you got back?'
He rose and answered them and was In
stantly shot dead. Packard states that
just before returning to East Feliciana
Laws wrote him stating that on account of
his presiding at the only republican meeting
held in East Felicians during the late
campaign and consequently his enforced
absence his business as a merchant had
been destroyed and begging Packard's in
fluence to get him position in the custom
house. Packard further says Laws told
him his life was in danger as he had testi-
fed before the Howe senate committee CIV
ing the names Of prominent citizens who
had threatened his life and as he believed
has caused his store to be fired Packard
has transmitted the original Laws letter
and also an unpublished letter from Sheriff
Webber, killed in an adjoining parish, to
General B F. Butler for campaign use.
MORE oRUsHINGs TO DEATH.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 23.
A three story brick block belonging to
Mullaly & Preston fell Monday by reason
Of insufficient support. The block consisted
of five stories, three of which fell. Twelve
men were taken from the ruins, one, David
Anderson, dead; four or ive are fatally
injured, and others seriously.
THE DOOM OF THE MOLLY MAauIREs.
HARRISBURG, May 23.
The governor yesterday issued! warrants
for the execution of the eight Molly Ma
guire murderers. There are now sixteen
murderers including twelve dolly Magures
in the state. Eleven will be executed June
81, one in July and four in,August.
One of the boilers in the Orion steam
cotton mill in East Greenwich, R. l., ex-
ploded this morning, just before the time
away from the building; or lne loss or me
would probably have been much greater.
The boiler-house was entirely denaoiislad
The bark Pahano, from London, arrived
at Halifax, yesterday, and reports running
into the bark Ella vose. on Newfoundland
banks, the 17th inst. The first officer and
five men escaped from the Vose to the
Pahane. The weather being foggy moth
ing was seen of the Vose, but 1t is supposed
she continued on her voyage.
1t is said that the cause which led to the
suicide of Mrs. Stimmacher in New York,
was the discovery that her husband had
another wife living in Germany, whom he
had deserted. Before shooting herself,
Mrs. Schumacher sent for notary and
made her will.
George A. Austin assaulted his wife at
Bow, N. H., last night, while in state Of
intoxication. His stepson, William s.
Flanders, aged seventeen, seized a shotgun
and fatally wounded Austin, and injured
his mother 30 her arm has been amputs.ed.
The boy is under arrest.
Five men were arrested yesterday at
Syracuse for committing an outrageous as
sault on young lady in the eighth ward.
One confessed and gave the names of his
companions. The gang has been in the
habit Of committing similar offenses.
Henry B. Wood, who stole twenty-five
hundred dollars from the banks of the city
of Syracuse by means of forged drafts
Saturday, was arrested to-day In Montreal,
with nine hundred dollars found in his pos.
session.
Johanna Cunningham, awidow, drowned
herself in the creek at Rondout, N. Y,
yesterday, while laboring under an attack
of temporary insanity caused by poverty
and anxiety.
The wife of farmer named Frechette,
of Belleville, Ont, who died from the ef
feet of arsenic, and George Glenn, hi
hired man, have been arrested on suspicion
A child of Mr.. PAngborn of Williams
burg, N. j., died from the effects Of poison
furnished by druggist by mistake Tor I
narcotic medicine.
Charles Powell fell from the mast of tn,
schooner Breeze at Trenton, yesterday
and was killed.