Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-12-24
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At Malone, N, Y. Saturday morning, the
jury in The Woods murder case returned YER.
dict OF guilty Of murder 10 the first Decree y
The prisoner then made q long speech claiming
that he vas condemned before trial; that the
trial was q ialc', and said that he had always
thought that he would end his days in au
American prison. The Judge then sentenced
him to be hanged on the first Of February next.
When the Judge pronounced the words MAY
God have mercy upon your soul" Woods re
piled, 81 hope he may" The crowd in the
court room WAS 50 large that the building came
near falling. A large quantity of plaster fell,
and the bulldog settled nearly six inches al
one end.
Five horse thieves who, with Others had
made raids on the towns of CalleDte and Ba,
kersGed In the southern part of California,
were recently captured 10 the Teujon noun
taiDs. % Friday night the citizens of Bakers
field forced the Jail, took the prisoners into thu
District Court room, cmpancllcd jury, anC
lricd, convicted and sentenced them to be huug
The seolcncc was Immediately carried into exc
cutou in the Jail yard.
The Inhabitants Of Spesr Fish Valley, Da
kota, were startled Friday by the sudden ap
learaocc OF large herd of Indian ponies dash
ing through The valley. A careful reco nnois
saGcc showed that there were 10 attendant
with them, aud ranch men aud others mmc
dlateIy started out to capture them. 1t is th;
prevailing opinion that they belong to CAM
oil Sioux Indians located on IT," Belle FOu;chc
Joel N. Hayes, Ferlina nd iIartcg and VIM
Muir, New York brokers, we're arrested in tina
city on Saturday, charged with having uegoti
alcd forged bonds of QliGcy county, Ill.,, and
St. Louis county, Mo. Ii is u0dcrsI cod that TIT
arrests were made Oh the c1nf s;Ion Ct j. H.
Hustled and Wa. Carrerc, who were arrested
some time ago on the same charge
Mrs. May a. Llwlcss. the principal wines:
fer the State in the recent trial Of DR.. 1. Clay
Maddox, 10 Baltimore. for alleged NAL praclicc
and who was rcmaudsd 10 Jail by request OF
the States attorney alter The doctor's acqult,
tel, was on Friday released from custody by
order OF Judge Brown.
Excise Commissioner Murphy, Of New Y ork,
is reported as having abscondcd with forty or
fifty thousand dollars belonging to the funds
received from the liquor sellers for c2nscs. -
The departed was prominent member OF the
Tammany Hall committee.
Cornelius Tobin, while intoxicated last even
Jog, ia South Boslou, threw lighted coal oil
lamp at Mrs. Mary l.. Mehcgcn. The lamr
exploded, SIT fire 10 her clothing, and she was
burned to death.
The Tennessee Senate On Saturday passed
the bill compromising the Stale debt al 80 cents
on the dollar, and graded The interest at t, 5
aud per cent, By vote Of - to -, and or
dcrcd its Transmission to the House.
| E,rly yesterday morning three men entered
The house Of George Mirdlc, near Atiica, n
T., knocked h;m lowp, dragged cut his wife,
aged Sc years, ravished aed murdered her.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion.
Two young men were arrested at hotel in
Batavia, n. y, yesterday, while engaged in
making counterfeit silver coln. Half and quar-
ter dollar dies we're found 10 their possession