Nebraska advertiser., 1877-09-20
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Richard Bowling, residing near ST
Paul. Ind. is plucky old gentleman
A robber recently entered his hous
after night and demanded his money
which was given up. While the rob
Der was then ransacking the hous,
the old man procured an axe and at
tackled him, killing him instantly.
Robert L. Espy. who murdered hi
wife at Rocky Hill, Conn, and re
Gently sentenced to Imprisonment fol
life, cut his throat, probably fatally
on the 1lth.
In Scott county, ILL.,, on the 10th, &
negro named Andrew Richards saw 6
white woman named Mrs. John Tru
lit go to a nelghbors. Concealing
himself in the bushes the black vii
lain awaited her return, when he
rushed upon her, knocked her down
and accomplished his foul purpose
He then ran away but was afterward
captured, and was only saved from
the fury of the mob. by the sheriff
privately running him off to the
Jacksonville Jail which is strongly
guarded. The woman's injuries are
not serious.
On Sunday morning of last week,
near Platte City, Mo, train of cars
passed over the body of young man
by the name of II. B. Crews, who had
been a clerk in a hardware store in
Kansas City. Upon investigation it
appeared that Crews had been MUIR
dered and then placed on the track
TO be mutilated by the cars.
In Groton, Conn. on the 18th, E J.
Buddington killed VIM. Thompson
Buddington says Thompson was too
intimate with Mrs. B. Mrs. B. say
the murder was caused by drunken
ness.
September 4th two British ships
collided in the English Channel-Av-
alanche and Forest. Over 100 per-
sons were drowned.
Miss Dora Foley, of Polk county,
Neb. was seriously burned in attempt
ing to kindle fire by pouring coal oil
thereon from a can.
John Van Hosen, the leader of the
Albany strikers, has been indicted for
riot, and for obstructing railroad
trains.
Rev. Thos. J. Mooney. pastor of the
Catholic Church of st. Bridget, n. Y.
was recently thrown from his carriage
receiving injuries causing his death.
A man supposed to be VIM. H. Hull
Of Augusta Ga, about sixty five years
old, was found dead on the streets of
New York, on the 14th.
Another winter of lawlessness and
terrorism, perhaps the most appalling
ever known, is the gloomy outlook in
the anthracite mining regions ofPenn-
sylvania. Unless some adjustment is
effected between the strikers and the
mine operators, work will be entirely
and the vast army of the
unemployed turned loose upon the
community.
VIM. r. Ross has been convicted at
Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, of killing his infant
child, and sentenced 10 death. The
crime was committed in 1871, but Ross
was not captured until a few months
since.
The New York Times says that
Mormon dissenters in Polo, ILL.,, who
have the son of Joe Smith as their
leader, claim that Brigham Young's
death was soicidal.
At London, Ont. they tried the ex-
pertinent of tying down the salty
valve of steam thrashing machine,
with not very gratifying results. Four
men were blown into the air and fa-
tally injured. one of them being liter
ally torn to pieces.
John Bleck burn was arrested at
Dixon Ill.,. on the 18th for stealing a
horse and buggy at Earle, LaSalle
county, in July last.
The residence of E. London,
Bloomington, ILL.,, was robbed on the
18th Of money, a gold watch, silver
ware, etc.
In New York city on the 18th,
Hays a young woman was
stabbed and killed by Henry New
nan, her lover. He then plunged the
weapon into his own breast.
James Morgan, travelling sales
nan of Morterman q Jones, diamond |
letters, of Cincinnati, O., was robbed |
n that city on the 18th of SS, 900 worth
# diamonds.
On the night of the 14th inst. nine
cen prisoners escaped from the Jail at
Naukesha, Wis. They seized the
,eeper when locking up for the night
nd disabled him.
The Boston and Albany car shops.
ocsted at Springfield, Mass, were de-
troyed by fire on the 18th. Loss
l0O, 900. Three hundred men were
brown out of work.
Near Georgetown, Delaware, on the
Sth, during thunderstorm, Gideon
3. Kitchens, with four sons and two
took refuge under tree in
field. Lightning struck the tree,
nd three of the children, two sons
nd a daughter, were instantly killed.
he father and remaining children
Tere seriously but not fatally hurt.
Near Warsaw, Ind. John Murry, a
set down on the railroad
rack and went to sleep. and the cars
anne on and killed him.
George a. Chapman was killed by