Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-25
NoWa nf the nAy.

A fl. hit between cattle thieves and Il party OF
pursue-s in hegenne county, Ks, occurred some
days ago. Large number of cattle have been
stolen during the past summer, ard 1t WAS liz Al
| ly determined by the Ec:ders a1d owners TO put
| stop to it and make an example of the theTc e.
in this instance. 1t is said that some ,0OO Gait G
were run off from Western Kansas and Ct lnrado
by tws ve robbers, who started north with tn I'm
A party of If can rangers, splond:diy armed
and mounted, started in pursuit, aid after hard
ride of five days canle upon tie thieves IN lho
extreme northw estsrn part OF Kansas, surround :
| ed Thorn while at supper, kElcl seven CT them,
hung another to tree, and recovered al tho
cattle Nons t tho range 8 wore hunt. tho SIT.
prise being so complete the robbers had no
cha ace to return the fire or make any resistance
A Dispatch from HarrisonburE, Virginia, dat.
ed l4st mig hit says Anderson Shilo!t, who is to be
executed to. morrow, in long conversation to-
night denies having killed d. e. Lawson. His
idea is that Newbury and Crawford, the witness
81 who Wee first at the body, did the deed.
Morris, who was to hive boon Ranged Also
has been resi- tied until October 23i. He is hope
full of establishing his innocence. Shiflett took
Ans leave of his wife ard children this evening.
Mrs. Lawson says as FIR as she knows both
Shiilett ard Morris innocent, and that she Is
el3o.
large pocket-book containing securities
amc uniting to two hundred thousands dollars.
be longing TO private depostors, has dissp.
peared from the First National Bank at Cort.
lsnil, New York. The loss WAS discovered on
Monday morning. but it s supposed to havo
IT, 5. 7etwenty bonds ste an from the bank
Numbers 300, and 290l0 Of 1862, and L!r"; +
1851
Thoto has hoeu uuu death from yell ,@ terer
al Farnan,lina size. last report. There were 40
nsw cases Yesterday. The weather continues
unfavorslIo. but the fever, is it thought. must
soon exhaust itself for want Of snt iec!s. Among
loccnts deaths ia that Of Jos. H. Reilly, Chief
Eng ineer. United States revenue cutter Goo. 8.
Boutwell, Tho health Q! Jacksonville Continues
excellent.
Gu Sunday sl.crhoon. ia HopAinton, Mass, a
mau named Fcloy was stabbed in drunken
quarrel by one McGuire. Foley dad three hours
after. 1hs murderer decampid. closely follow
sd by officers, who overlook him in Upton,
whelO he had taken refuge in barn. On It be-
coming dark he eluded thu Officers bnt il IS ss-
pocteG tia. be will soon be captured.
1h:r, trunks. containing i'll tho Aggregate
$4,000 worth of securities, deposited in the safe
have nysterously disappeared since tho Ia
instant, and there is not the slightest clue TO the
thieves. The trunks and their contents are owned
by Luther Slater, Oliver j. Rand, and 8. B.
Snow, thu latter thu ca3hier OF the bank.
Shile.t, ono Ct the Lawson murderer5. VAS
hung at Harrisonburg to- day. The rope broke
ut the first sLtsmpt, hut sitter it was readinsted
it proved strong enough to hold hin, until ne
died.
a man n:aaed Polk Oliver, Ct Fauqur county,
who WAS arrested in Fredericksburg last week,
severely cut Police Officer Stone, Whoimade the
arrest, but wa, himself badly injured by the
officers billy.