Nebraska advertiser., 1877-10-25
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES,

Col. John A. Joyce, having paid the
penalty in the penitentiary for de-
frauding the government as revenue
official, is again free man.
]. r. Ham, E. L. Stevens, and G.
w. Miller were last week arrested at
Kansas City, for being the leaders in
a gigantic Texas land swindle. Their
business was TO forge deeds aud gov
ernment patents and during the years
their swindles have been going on, it
is said that no less than thirteen court
houses have been burned to destroy
records. In addition to the leaders
above named. more than fifty other
persons have been arrested as confed-
crate members of the gang.
A lady of ST Joseph, Mo. came near
losing her life last week by the care
lessness or ignorance of a druggist
who dealt out the wrong kinds of
drugs.
At Bay City. Mich, on the 10th.
Henry Evans, labOrer, fell dead in
the street. Supposed TO be heart dis
ease.
Near Niles, Mich, one day last
week, a farmer named @. w. Ken
dali was shot and robbed by tramp.
Some scoundrels attempted to
wreck a passenger train near McLeans-
boro, III, recently by obstructing the
track with ties.
Two prisoners, named George Haw-
kins and Frank Clipper, confined in
Jail In Decatur, H., recently got into
a fight when Clipper bit one of Haw-
kins' ears entirely off.
EAST SAGINAW MICH, Oct. IT,
Rosa Diffenbsch, aged %, plump and
rosy, brought suit against George
Lanner, aged so. and plumper, for
breach of promise. She wanted S.
GOO. and the jury in the Circuit Court
to-day gave her $3.50.
An Illicit distillery was recently
found by detectives near Stevens
Point, Wis, In the cellar of a farmer
named Henry Secibt. The liquors and
mash were thrown upon the ground,
the machinery loaded into wagonsand
hauled off and Mr. Secibt sent to jail.
BurIen Hawley, at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, was last week tried and
sentenced to twelve years imprison-
ment for stealing horse and buggy.
Calvin Lawrence, a worthy church
member, was recently arrested at
Kalamozoo, Mich, for stealing 200
bushels of clover seed from an eleva-
tor. He confessed and was sent to
Jail.
Henry Peashway, at Plymouth,
Ind, was sentenced to two and Henry
Walters to II years in the peniter-
tiary, on the 18th, for horse stealing.
DR.. ]. A. Reid, of Davenport, Iowa,
has been arrested and placed under
bond, charged with raping the wife
of n. B. Mcpherson, while attending
her professionally. 1t is thought to
be case of blackmail
On the 18th inst, at Ft. Wayne,
Ind, May Carter had barber by the
name of Cartwright arrested for as
sault and rape.
The clothing store of Samuel Perry,
Davenport, Iowa, was robbed last
week of a large amount of goods.
At Decature, Ill, on the 10th, L.
Mvnson was arrested for horse steal
ing.
Robert Hamilton, residing near Ft.
Wayne Ind. was arrested last week
for committing a rape on his neigh
bOrs daughter, named Catherine
Wastler.
AT Canton. Ohio. on the 10th, q boy
named James yelling was killed by
cars while playing on the
track.
n. w. Heath suicided at Topeka,
Kansas, on the 10Th, by shooting him.
self. He was student in the Epis-
copalian Seminary.
At Auburn, Ind, on the 10th, a |
young man named Squires playfully
pointed gun at Mr.. Ault and his
wife who were standing close togeth-
or, when the gun was discharged,
killing Mrs. Ault and probably fatal
y wounding her husband. !