Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-02-22
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


shot Noah Muir at Alvin, ILL.,, recently.
She states that Muir insulted her.
Hamilton 5herlay was fatally
stabbed at a dance near Quarry Switch,
KY, few nights ago by man named
Caswell.
Charles II. Hull, man who is said
to have nine wives, has been arrested
at the instance of one of them at Ches-
ter, Pa.
Hugh Willis was murdered in Lou
isville few nights since. Peter Kauff-
man and his wife have been arrested
for the crime.
AT Dundee, ILL.,, the other night,
Sidney Moore shot and fatally wound
ed Louis Schroeder. No cause is known
for the crime.
"A nine-years-old son of Silas Ba-
ker, of Mclean County, ILL.,, died re-
Gently from the effects of eating coffee
nuts picked up in the woods.
Charles Baker, Baltimore saloon
keeper, shot his wife twice the other
afternoon and then killed himself. The
widow may recover. Jealousy.
john Longfellow, while digging
ditch at Edwardsville, Kan, recently,
came across what he supposed was wild
artichoke. He ate some and died in
two hours.
John McAllister, child left at
home alone in Providence, r. l., the
other day, set himself and the house on
fire with matches and was burned to
death.
Ed Davis was killed at Oconomo-
voc, Wis, the other day, by the dis
charge of his gun, which he was taking
from wagon with the muzzle pointed
toward his body.
Mrs. G.. Kirlin, of Shamokin, Pa,
who had been in the habit of giving her
infant laudanum, administered an over
dose few nights ago, causing its death
in few hours.
Rev. John M. Chenowiteh, alias
Wells, ETC., was recently arrested at
Bangor, Me-, for bigamy. He is said
to have wives in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana,
Kentucky, and other States.
William Rowand and Emma Brown
were stabbed to death at Philadelphia,
a few days ago, by Frank Valentine.
Rowand had interfered to prevent Val
entine beating the woman.
Mary Kunkle, an old woman, went
to bed with lighted pipe in her mouth,
at New York, few nights ago. She
fell asleep, the bedclothes took fire from
the pipe and she was fatally burned.
Mrs. Ferguson, an old lady, living
near Bloomington, Ind, tried to light a
coal-oil lamp at fireplace, the other
evening, when the lamp exploded, set
ting fire to her clothing and burning her
to crisp.
Mrs. Hattie Nelson was fatally
burned at Indianapolis, Ind, the other
afternoon, while lying in bed, a spark
from the stove communicating fire to
the bed-clothing and enveloping her in
flames.
the brig Carrie Winslow, from Monte
video, were knocked overheard ana
drowned as the vessel was coming into
New York harbor, the other morning,
by a collision with another vessel.
Thomas Valentine was instantly
killed in saw-mill at Sand Lake,
Mich, a few mornings ago, while run
ming an upright saw. He leaned over
to shift the belt, and slipped and fell
against the saw, which cut his head and
one arm off.
Thomas Taylor stabbed Maggie
Rogers, VIM. Dosmer and Ed. Watson
at New York, few evenings since.
The girls injuries are probably fatal.
The others were injured severely.
Jealousy was the cause of the crime.
Taylor is in jail.
Mrs. Lea used coal-oil to build a
fire at Washington a few days ago, and
when her screams brought aid the flesh
on her arms was burned to a crisp and
her body was frightfully burned. Her
hair was burned partly from her head,
and her face was blistered badly. Her
injuries are fatal.
Mary Conkanon and her lover,
John Carter, quarreled at New York the
other day and, the girl states, Carter
threw her out of second-stOry WIN
dow In falling she struck Robert
Walker, knocking him senseless and
breaking his back. The girls injuries
are severe, and Walker will probably
die. Carter is under arrest.
William Higgins, of San Saba
County, Tex, recently dug cave to
protect himself and his family against
the weather. During the late rains the
entire family were in it at night, when
the top gave way without warning, with
its weight of logs and dirt higgins eS-
capped with severe injuries, and his
wife and children were smOthered to
death.
Recent acts of incendiarism caused
great excitement in Wilson County,
Tenn. A few nights since the village
of Grant was nearly destroyed. Two
negroes, Baden and Armstrong, we're
taken by body of disguised men and
swung up by the neck to make them
confess. Balden acknowledged to set
ting barn on fire, and implicated
Armstrong.
The brutal murder of a China wOm-
an is reported from Victoria, b. G.
When found her body was naked and
hacked to pieces, lying in a pool of
| blood. The murderer had attacked her
with sailors knife, and in the strug-
! gle her hands had been literally cut off.
| Her throat was cut, her abdomen ripped
open, and her limbs and chest fearfully
gashed. Three Cinnamon have been
arrested on suspicion.
Lizzie Jefferson, a beautiful girl of
| fourteen years, was recently murdered
at Wilcox Landing, Va, by negro,
and her body thrown into mill-pond.
The girl lived with an aunt, Mrs. Hub
bard. A strange negro appeared on
the day of the murder and hired boy
in Mrs. Hubbard's employ to decoy the
girl to the woods, where he had vehi-
Gle waiting to carry her off. He was
foiled in this by the approach of some
men, and it is supposed hid with the
girl in the woods, where he beat her 10
death with a heavy stick, then threw
her in the pond. The tiend escaped.
-Adolph Amson, st. Louis mer-
chant, was mysteriously shot by some
unknown person in his house few
nights since. He stated that he fol-
lowed a burglar downstairs and was
shot at window, but the police be-
lieve the family were chloroformed and
that Mr.. Amson, waking partially from
the stupOr, raised himself in his bed