Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-07-06
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

LII. Long, an aged physician OIL
Exeter, Ill, was recently killed by his
son. The latter is in jail.
Dick Cherry was killed at Deep
Creek, Va, a few days since, by the ex-
plosion of a saw-mill boiler.
"A child of Mr.. Scannon, of Dor
chester, Mass, who was bitten by dog
short time ago, has died Of hydro
phobia.
The office of the Cashier of the
Grand Trunk Railway, at Montreal, was
recently robbed of $4,000, just taken
from the bank to pay employees.
John Glynn, ten years old, Of New
London, Conn, fell into a drain while
in an epileptic fit, few days ago, and
was suffocated.
Patrick Connolly was murdered
few mornings since between Kingston
and Wyoming, Pa, by a party with
whom he quarreled at a dance.
Daniel and James Hoadley, aged
nineteen and seventeen years srespectively,
were drowned recently by the overturn-
ing of canoe near Alexandria Bay,
New York. s
John Jones, foreman of the Chat
overcome by foul air on entering the
shaft a few mornings since, and died al
most instantaneously.
AT St. Johns, Mich, the other day,
Albert G. Fisher shot his wife and father
in-law, Henry Fitch, at the latter's dwell
ing. Fisher has been arrested. Fitch
has died; the wife will recover.
While party of excursionlsts were
disembarking at New York, few nights
since, during a heavy rain, George Losey
fell overheard and his uncle, John Nc
Mullen, jumped in to rescue him. Both
we're drowned.
The three-years-old daughter of
James Walker, of Utica, Wis, was fatal
ly burned, the other evening, during the
absence of its parents from home. 1t is
supposed the child's clothing came in
contact with the fire in the stove.
"A coal-miner named Chris. Brazzel
was crushed to death the other day in a
mine at Danville, Ill. He was wedging
coal overhead when a piece weighing
about 500 pounds fell on him. He died
in fifteen minutes.
"A new bridge being built at Oil City,
Pa, fell the other evening, killing Jo-
seph Simmons and mortaliy wounding
Alexander Heckerthorn, employees. They
were at work on the precipitated span.
Others at work received slight injuries.
The wife of William Kuhn, a Memphis
butcher, was found dead in her bed few
mornings since. The neighbors heard
Kuhn beating her the previous night and
the body bore marks of brutal assault.
Kuhn was arrested.
"A youth named Robert Sickenge,
Hollander, aged fourteen years, while at
work feeding the refuse-burner in mill
at Muskegon, Mich, the other day, acci-
dentally fell into the trap-door of the
burner, and before he could be taken out
was burned to crisp.
"A lad named Peter Helm, aged eight
cen, insulted the mother of boy named
Waterhouse, living near Saybrook, ILL.,, a
few evenings since, when the latter shot
him in the head with shotgun, intiict-
ing fatal wounds. Warehouse gave
himself uD and was lodged in Jail.
John Cope, who murueT1d bar
keeper in Indianapolis in September,
1878, and escaped, has been arrested at
DAYTON, Ohio, and taken back to Indian
apoIis. He had been living in Dayton
year, under the name of Charles
Thomas.
Patrick Golden, aged eighty-three,
was brutally murdered in his own house
at Nicholson, Pa, few days ago He
was sitting with his wife in the parlor,
when masked man entered with a
double barreled gun and fired two shots
II taA oh ~ lu of
The murderer escaped.
The First National Bank of Mt.
Vernon, H., recently sent $1,000, per
Adams Express, to the Third National
Bank of St. Louis. 1t never reached its
destination, but package of brown pa
per was delivered instead. The bank
and express officials are trying to solve
the mystery.
During a row between Lewis Bells,
David Pearson and II. McClain, of Jack
vile, at Waynetown, Ind, the other
night, Bells was shot through the head
and killed. Pearson and McClain were
arrested, and claim that Bells shot him
self accidentally.
John Hill, an employe in rolling
mill at indianapolis, got his foot caught
in the rolls few mornings since and his
| leg was drawn in, tearing the flesh and
crushing the bone to the hip. He was
thus held in the hot rolls for ten minutes
before he could be released. He was
alive when rescued, but cannot recover.
United States revenue officers have
recently raided illicit distilleTies in Put
nam, jackson, White and other mount
ain counties in Tennessee, and broke up
fourteen of them. A fight occurred at
one of the seizures, in which a distiller,
named Sam johnson, was killed, and two
others, both named Morgan, were badly
wounded. Twelve distillers were taken
prisoners.
Near Longtown, Miss, Mrs. Horn
quarreled with her husband and sent
word to her father that she could stand
it no longer John and Robert Brown,
her brothers, aided by e, Murdoch and
John Cummings, repaired to Horns,
called him out, got him into a scuffle,
and shot him down, leaving his welter-
ing form in the mud, the wife in the
meantime gathering her children and GO
ing to their kindred Robert Brown and
Cummings have been arrested.
"A horrible case of brutality was re-
Gently brought to light at Iowa City,
Iowa. A twelve-year.old daughter of a
man named Bright was found in an old
empty building, nearly naked, chained
to the floor with heavy iron chain and
shackles on her legs. Food was thrown
to her as to beast. Her bed was rotten
straw and rags. When the child was
three years old an attack of scarlet fever
shattered her mind. She has been kept
in there, chained, for nine years, and
now does not weigh over twenty pounds.
In Laraca County, Tex, the other
day, Frank Hawks shot Thomas Garrett,
who died almost instantaneOusly. The
wife of Mr.. Hawks, who is also the sister
of Garrett, had left her husband. Hawks
accosted Garrett, saying: understand
that you said your sister should not live
with me agains" He replied; don't
know that said so, Frank; but, II did,