River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-08-08
Crimes and Casualties.
DEADLY rRAoAs.

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knife and cut Allen over the eye. Allen
then struck Cox feaful blow
in the left side with his cane and
knocked the knife from his hand. Allen,
saying they should be friends, took Cox by
the arm and walked over to barber shop,
proposing to wash the blood off Cox'G face.
While making preparations to cary out that
| intention Cox obtained razor, md saying,
Snow, Cd d-n you, have 60 you,'' cut
his throat, severing the jugular vein and
two arteries. Allen then knocked
Cox owe, barber's chair and got up on him,
his bloou squirting into Cox's facei Finding
his strength rapidly leaving him, Allen ran
across the street into house, whtre he hap
pened to find DR.. Glenn, who kept him from
bleeding to death by thrusting his thumb
into the ghastly wour1 Aliens recovery is
doubtful. 60 said all he asked vas not to
die an ignomin,c 1s death. The tragedy Gre
ated the wildess excitement.
AN A1ao.IoUs RIDER.
ST.. LOUIS, Aug. 4.-Six weeks ago Her
man Westinghouse, an Illinois farmer took a
steamboat coming to st. Louis with ship
ment of grain from an obscure landing place
up the river. The trip was chiefly in the
night. and the boat landed in st. Louis
sometime after midnight. Soon after land
ing porter was sent to the state sroom to
| call clearinghouse, but he could not be found
His clothes, and all his luggage, however,
still remained on board while he was be-
lieved to havs fallen overheard.
Yesterday the body was recovered in the
river near Carondelet, and upon being re-
moved to the shore it was found 10 bear un-
mistakable signs of an atrocious murder
The legs were tied closely together near the
feet, the wrists were encircled with half rot
ten cord by which the hands had probably
been tied behind the back, and there was a
silk handkerchief drawn very tightly around
the neck, indicating that the man had been
straugled before being thrown into the river.
Essinghaus was a man about 30 years OF
age and supposed to be i'll good circun-
stances.
SINGULAR ROBBERY.
New YORK, Aug. A.. Railway, N. j., has a
strange story of robbery, where one detective
runs away with $4,000 belonging to another
detective wife, while nobody can explain
where the money came from. detective
named Walker, of the Metropolitan hotel in
/ this city, formerly did some work with De-
teetive Forbes, then of Chicago. Forbes
came East six months ago, and secured
| board in Walkers house at Rohway.
| Mrs. Walker Is woman Of
property, and entered into some kind of
speculation with Forbes, by which they made
! $4,000. Forbes had this money Friday.
and showed it to Mr.. Walkers brother, and
| told him that half belonged to Mrs Walker
That night Forbes and his wife stole away
| from Rohmay. came to this city, and, it is
| believed. sailed on the Adriatic at o'clock
this morning. Mrs. Walker awoke late Sat
urday morning, expecting to receive her
money, but instead found that she he'd been
drugged and Forbes had departed. The
mystery is as to where the $1,000 came
from, and where Forbes has gone with it..
THE JERSEY CITY MURDER.
New YORK, Aug. Airs. Smith, the wife
of the murdered policeman of Jersey City,
threw herself on the coffin and wept bitterly
when the funeral ceremony was i'll progress
yes erday. 1t was rather curious incident
that after this scene she was not allowed to
go to the cemetery, but was driven to the
police station and locked up. She reiterated
her story OF chloroforning, and said that
Bennett, her paramour. had not visited her
within two weeks. Whenever cornered she
resorted to her old tactics of answering
| ''yes'' or ''no.' The police seemingly con-
| tented themselves with arresting Mrs. Smith.
| The case has been very bunglingly managed.
and Bennett, the suspected murderer, has
had ample opportunity to make good his es-
cape.
| CoNANT, THE DEFAULTER.
Boston, Aug. 4.--The announcement that
! Cashier Conant, of Eliot National bank, was
defaulter in $4,000, has created great
surprise here. His standing has
| always been of the highest.
| Nothing in his manner or in anything that
| he had said during the past few months led
the directors to suspect in the least that mat
| ters had gone wrong.
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with the CONSCIOUSNESS of wrong doing, and
with the terrible knowledge that the truth
must soon come out, let no word fall from
his lips to betray his thoughts.
1t was on last Wednesday morning that
conscience asserted her sway over man. The
directors were i'll session. The caskler,
pale ana determined looking, said: "Gentle
men, / resign my position as cashier OF the
Eliot National bank" Then like thunder
bolt from q cloudless sky came the dis
closure of wrong doing to the assembled
directors.
Gentlemen said Conant, trembling, 81
am ruined. / have used $4,000 of money
of this bank" Then the cashier broke
| completely down, wept like child, and 1t
was some moments before he could proceed
with his story.
a FIGHT WITH TRAMPs.
past O'clock, after the excitement of the
stabbing ARRAY and while the sheriff was
locking the prisoner up, six hard looking
fellows came into the jail yard and into the
Jail through the basement kitchen, and one
met the officer at the top of the stairs near
the Office. The sheriff demanded the reason
for his unceremonious entrance, and on re-
ceiving an evasive answer kicked him out.
In the meantime three had attacked the jailor
and had him down. By this time an
alarm was sent down town that there was a
row at the Jail, and help wanted. Men re-
sponded and they were all arrested, being
overpowered by force of numbers.
Crowley, who struck Mr.. Wood with a
knife. was arraigned this forenoon, and the
trial postponed for one week, Mr.. Wood
being better this morning. The knife,
striking a rib, glanced around. Ii was
narrow escape, and should be met by decis.
i've action on the part of the authorities
CAIRO, Ill.,, Aug. AT a barbecue yester-
day, given by the colered people at Caledonia,
a general fight occurred in which Will Free
man and George Ruttedge were killed. No
arrests.
COMMITTED TO JAIL,
NEW York, Aug. Michael Hahn, for
mer secretary of the wrecked Teutonia
savings bank, has been committed to jail IN
default of bail IN the civil suit begun against
the officers 1t is understood that a crimi-
nal prosecution will be instituted.
ToRoNTo, Aug. IA terrific storm, accom-
panied by thunder and lightning, passed
over the city to-day. Fallstones as large as
large walnuts did great d, mage.
BURNED TO DEATH.
BosToN. July An insane daughter of
Thaddens Frost, aged go, poured kerosene
nv ar her head and clotheS and set fire to IL.
and burned to death.
TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.
PHuADzLPHIA, Aug. 4.-During the storm
this afternoon lightning struck the Metho-
dist tent at Diamond street and Ridge
avenue. while the Sunday school exercises
were ogressing. and Mary Eleny, aged IL.
was instantly killed; Walter Eieny, aged s;
". NJ. Adams, 10. and Nellie Burns, 10, were
fatally injured.