The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-22
CURIOSITIES OF CRIME.


co with 5000, 900, obtained on forged bills
of lading for cotton.
DEPUTY MARSHAL III. Ell. HUGHES,
while attempting to arrest two men
named Green and Miller, near Indepen-
dence, Mo-, was shot and killed by them.
Mrs. NELLIE WHISTLER, Postmistress
at North Liberty, Ohio, robbed the
mails of several hundred dollars and
eloped with young pedagogue. The
guilty pair were arrested in Cincinnati
and held to bail in 900.
J. SMITH, a well-borer living in Yer
million county, ILL.,, mysteriously dis
appeared about twelve months ago. and
his remains have recently been found
buried in that county, and bearing evil
dences Of a violent death.
DURING quarrel between Charles and
George Seifert, brothers, near Pitts
burgh, George drew revolver and shot
Charles in the breast, inficting wound
which resulted in death in short time.
The murderer then surrendered himself
to the authorities. He claims to have
done it in self-defense.
A CALIFORNIA farmer named Stewart
wrote to Secretary of Interior Chandler,
offering him $500 to render decision in
his favor upon question involving the
title to quarter-section of public land.
Stewart has been indicted for bribery.
When arrested he said he thought the
outgoing officials would be ready to take
advantage of an opportunity to make
money.
DIR. W. w. WIsHARD, the Superinten-
dent of the Soldiers Orphans Asylum,
at Knightstown, Ind, mysteriously dis
appeared from home, and nothing was
heard of him until the announcement
that the unfortunate man had committed
suicide at hotel in New Orleans. Mr..
Wishard was subject to temporary fits of
insanity, and it was during one of these
attacks that he wandered away from
home, with the result mentioned.
ANDREW J. HOPKINS and T. r. Taylor,
of Rock county, Wis, got into an alter
cation, when Hopkins knocked Taylor
down. A son Of the latter then came
upon the scene with revolver and fired
it in the air, hoping to brighten Hopkins
away. He wouldn't brighten worth
cent, but turned upon the junior Taylor
and knocked him down too. The young
man then fired two more shots, this time
taking aim at Hopkins body, and infict-
ing couple of wounds that will produce
death.
BRIDGET FITZGERALD, of Worcester,
Mass, is a promising young miss. She
has been arrested and held to answer for
stealing $3.50 from bureau drawer in her
parents bedroom, and also taking bank
book and forging the name of her father
savings bank. With the $3.50, after re-
turning $16 to the drawer where her
parents kept their wealth, she bargained
for a piano, sewing machine, etc.
Bridget, for one so young in years-only
IBIS evidently well advanced in sin.
A DARING attempt at traing- wrecking
was recently made on the Iron Mountain
railroad, near Little Rock, Ark. The
rails were unspiked, throwing the forward
part of a passenger train full of people
down an embankment. The fireman was
killed, and the engineer and mail agent
badly injured. Fortunately. the passen-
ger cars and sleepers remained in their
positions on the track, and the passen-
gers escaped with severe jolting. 1t
was undoubtedly the expectation of the
wreckers that the passenger cars would
be broken up, and that in the confusion
consequent the train and the people could
be easily robbed.
THOMAS j. DOUGLASS, a clerk in the
First Auditors office at Washington, has
been arrested for swindling holders of
Government bonds by the collection. of
unclaimed interest. Douglass has charge
of the books containing the amounts of
interest unpaid on registered bonds, and
has been In the habit of furnishing list
of amounts of unpaid interest, with names
Of the parties to whom the interest was
due, to a New York attorney. This lat
ter would hunt up the parties holding
| the bonds, and offer to collect the amount
due. In case the services were accepted,
the lawyer would collect the amount, and
withhold large percentage, sometimes
50 per cent, which he shared with Doug
lass. 1t is estimated they have realized
$25, 900 in gold. There is no law pro-
hibiting the attorney from receiving
money for such services, but the Govern
ment hopes to reach him with criminal
prosecution on the charge Of bribing
Government official.
OVER twelve months ago, six masked
robbers entered the residence of the
cashier Of bank in Northampton, Mass,
and compelled him to go to the bank and
open the safe, from whence they alb
stracted $72O, 000-one of the largest
bank robberies on record. Three men
who are believed to have been engaged in
the job have just been arrested in New
York, and it is thought the other three
will be caught in short time. The gang
has been engaged in number of rob-
berries for some years past. The first was
at the First National Bank of Quincy,
Ill, in February, 1872, when $3.50, 900
were taken; the second, on March 8,
1873, on the Fall City Tobacco bank, of
Louisville, when they succeeded in get