The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-05-12
CRIMINAL DOCKET.

uhoEsBECk, May o.-lSast n.g ht
about two o'clock, crowd of armed
and disguised men took the keys from
the jailor, forced the Jail and shot
Wade Trammel, brother of the noto-
rious Merriek Trammel, and Tom
Reed, eolored preacher, killing them
Instantly. They also wounded one
Harry Conaly, and mortaIly wounded
Hog Willis, one of the Applswhite
murderers. Conaiy and Willis were
negroes. A colored BOY confined in
Jail for obstrueting the Central rail.
road track has disappeared, and no
trace can be found of him.
On Thursday night q severe hail.
storm did serious damage 10 the fruit
and gardens.
A LfasIe More Refssm Within the Par
~ Csminx ts Lixhs.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-George w.
Penny surrendered himself to the au-
thorities to-day, aud was held in TWEEN.
ty thousand dollars bail, 70 answer to
two charges Of forgery OF government
certificates of Indebtedness. This is
the former clerk Of Naval Inspector
Spending. Scandalous Developments
are expected.
The Aequistai Of Crftsenden Received
wish veciferous Applause.
RICHMOND, May 5.-The argument
in the trial of C. Crittenden, door
keeper of the Virginia house of dele
gates, charged with raising pay certif-
Gates OF members. was concluded at 7
p. NJ, and the case submitted to the
jury. After an absence of less than ten
minutes, the jury returned verdict of
not guilty. The verdict was received
with vociferous applause by the spec.
tstors. The judge ordered nolse pros
equi In the other indictment against
Crittenden, and he was discharged
from custody.
a Horror I'm which . HusbanA Rea,.
and Then shoots His wife 70 Death.
ATLANTA, GA, May 5.-About a
week ago, Mrs. Shaw, wife Of reput-
able citizen of Milledgeviile, Georgia,
was found Gead In her house. She
had been terribly beaten and then
shot through the head. Her little
daughter, four years old, witnessed
the deed. Two negroes were arrested
on suspicion and put in Jail. The
N, of har ~ fha vaur.1a,aa xro. -
since caused the arrest of Shaw, on
the charge of killing his wife, and the
little daughter has declared that he
killed her mother. Mrs. Sbaw's mother
then swore that her daughter told her
the night before the murder that her
husband WAS very angry with her, and
requested her to rear the child In case
he killed her. In the trial to-day, the
prisoner told q very inconsistent tale,
and was committed to the Augusta
Jail to await his trial in August.
George Clarke, son Of Judge Richard
Clarke, of this county, whose trial for
the murder Of Thomas Talbert, on
November 5, has occupied the past
week in the superior court. was &C
quilted to-day. The jury sustained
the plea OF insanity.
the Bender Family.
CHICAGO, May 4. The Chica 20
Times publishes an interview with al
old citizen OF Kansas, named Da Bois.
who claims to have been one of a par.
ty who, when the Bender family fled
so mysteriously and 80 suddenly in
April, 1874, from the scene of their
manifold murders in that state, fol-
lowed their trail and, encountering
them, had short, sharp fight, which
ended in the summary burial of the
whole family. Du Bots gives . graph
10 and detailed account of the encoun-
ter.
Exseusion Of Marderers.
COLUMBIA, 8. c., May 4.-Three Of
the ten coiored Lawnsdensviile MUIR
derers, Weightman Allen, John Allen
and Jenkins Whitner, were hanged at
Abbeyvilie courthouse this morning.
The other seven were committed to
imprisonment for life. John Allen
admitted his guilt, but the other two
proclaimed their innocence. The ex-
ecution was very quiet. Two thousand
people were present. Governor Hamp-
toms action In committing seven Of
them il highly commended.
4 cattle Dealer CsaaasnssA Ous q
seven Thousoaat Dollars.
New YORK, May 5.-A cattle dealer
named Nicholas Mccoy, arrived here
with seven thousand dollars, proceeds
ofthe sale Of his stock. He intended to
proceed to Australia. An Italian &C.
companied him to this city where
they arrived to-day in the forenoon.
Mccoy who had told his italian friend
Of the money he carried, fell in with
stranger who had small valise which
hesaid contained . large sum Of gold
By the old confidence game, Mccoy
was pursuaded to hand over hts money
and take charge Of the valise. At the
hrst opportunity the confidence men
decamped, and Mccoy found the valise
was filled with rolls of lead pipes. The
police are 1t work on the case.
\ Brutal Nsgrs nsess y1ls ysss Dsserss
CEDAR Cry, Mo-. May A negro,
charged with brutality assaulting .
white woman, was shot dead by her
hush and this morning. on the way to
Jail.
One ~ the Mo0b0ra 81 she Whaakv
hing O1oeAaRgoa.
ST. LOUIS, May 6-Ths habeas cor.
pus case Of Louis Teuscher, one Of the
whisky ring, was decided By Judge
Treat In the United States court yester.
day, the defendant, and all others
whose cases were similar, being dis
charged. This will probably settle the
matter Of collecting iinss imposed
upon these parties, the judge holding
that under the terms Of sentence fines
can not NEGLECTED BY capias, bat only
on executions LOuis Kellermars.
gaugeF, whose sentence reads that he
shall stand c0mmitted until his fine n
paid, win be sent TO jail. Mr.. Tar.
itmA who paid his dne. win now ap-
ply 70 Unttsd 5tats marshal to have
u refunded.
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