The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-08-31

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cattle contractor, was recently found killed
on the road between Forts Randall and Sui
~, having been shot through tho head. II l.
supposed BY Indians.
Awagon containing three men was run
into by train on the Louisville, New Al
hany and Chicago Railroad, near Lafayette,
Ind, on the 18th. George Foulk and will
liam Blond were instantly killed, aud Frank
Cole fatally injured.
The mining town Of Gayville, ID. T., about
two miles from Deadwood, was almost en-
tirely destroyed by 6re on the morning Of
the 18th. Out Of about 20 houses, only two
were saved.
At Oak Mills, Atchison County, Kansas,
on the night Of Sunday, the 18th, Robert
scruggs went to the house Of his fsther-in-
his wife, who had left him some time previ-
ously on account Of his IN treatment and
gone 10 her fathers. Mr.. Oliphant refused
70 admit his son-in-law into the house.
whereupon the latter drew pistol and
shot Mr.. Oliphant in the breast, killing him
almost instantly. The murderer fled,
but was soon pursued and overtaken
by = party OF neighbor. who under
took 10 arrest him, whereupon he
again drew his revolver and shot one Of the
party. Jacob Graf, killing him instantly.
Scruggs then ran and escaped from his pur-
suers, but subsequently went 10 the resi-
dence OF Justice Of the Peace and volun-
tarily surrendered himself. The following
morning crowd OF about 90 armed men
surrounded the house where >cruggs was i'm
~.
and going To the adjacent woods hanged him
70 tree. Both Oliphant and Graf were
old and esteemed citizens. while Scruggs
was a drunken, quarrelsome, and generally
worthless fellow.
The three principal operators in gang
Of forgers, whose operations have been
conducted on the most extensive scale and
extended 10 all parts Of the country, were
arrested in Chicago on the 18th. Their
names are 4. J. Henderson, alias Stevens,
\ wealthy grain and stock speculator Of
Chicago, +. b. Weston, formerly real
estate agent OF the same city, and
Nelson A. Gresner, OF Minnesota, said
10 be likewise man Of wealth,
and formerly member OF the
State Legislature. Among the most sue
were one Of $1,000 check purporting to
have been drawn BY winslow, Lanier 4 Co.,
New York, which was paid by the Third
National Bank Of that city, and another
purporting to have been drawn by the New
York Life Insurance Company on the Union
Trust Company OF New York, for $4,000,
which was also paid. The aggregate
amount OF the forgeries committed by this
gang j. believed 70 exceed million dollars.
When arrested they had In their possession
all Of the implements necessary 70 carry on
their vast schemes Of swindling, including n
number OF genuine drafts from which all
writing had been obiterated except the
cashiers signature. Weston and Grcsner
were arrested in Chicago and stevens in
Grand Haven. Mich, and all three were
taken to New York City.
The body 81 man supposed 10 be J. III.
Mackey, ofthe firm Of Lewis 4 Mackey, law
yers, Brooklyn, y. ~, was found in the
woods near Newport, KY, on the 18th. The
skull was fractured and the body badly de-
composed. TWAS identified by papers found
in the pockets OF deceased
A dispatch from Salt Lake. Goth, said that
the hostile Nez-Perce Indians were encarnp-
ed in force AZ Hole-in-t the Rock stage sta
ton. in Idaho, about 80 miles north Of Fort
Hall. They had destroyed the telegraph
line in the vicinity. and stopped all travel
over the road. number Of friendly >ho-
>hones and Bannocks had gone forward 10
Join Gen. Howard, who was in pursuit ~
the hostiles.
A grand Indian council j. TO be held At
TN Ill. 49, l..
quieting those warriors who have not yet
joined Joseph's band, but II j. feared might
be easily persuaded 20 do 20. About 100
Chief- and head men are expected 70 be
present The negotiations on the part Of
the whites will be conducted BY Col. VIII
kins. Indian Inspector, assisted BY Capt.
Wilkinson, Gen. Towards aid-de-camp.
The United states revenue officers ia Ken
lucky have recently been making desperate
efforts 10 break up Illicit distilling la that
State, which il said 20 be quite prevalent.
number Of serious collisions have oc-
cured. Over 100 arrests have been made.
At Omaha, on the 10th, during the prev
slcnce Of a thunderstorm, a row-boat on
the river, containing party Of 1--WE persons,
was struck by lightning. George Sladge
was instantly killed. Mrs. Heger sprang
from her seat, threw out her arms frantical-
", fell backward into the stream and was
swept out Of sight. The remainder Of the
party, one man and two women, drift
Cd safely 70 the shore.
A panic occurred on the steamer Phil. AL
len, just as she was preparing TO leave
Memphis on the 2lst, caused by the blowing
out 81 her safety-valve. Anumber OF passen-
gers jumped overheard, and Others from the
boiler deck to the lower deck, among them
Miss Ella Lapaugh, = correspondent Of the
New York Sun. who was severely injured.
None Of the others were hurt.