Little Falls transcript., 1878-08-22
THE WORLDS DOINGS.:
cRYMEs M, eRIMINALs..

THE WORLDS DOINGS.:
.ss.,. CRIMES IND CRIMINALS.
William Wilson was hung at San Fran
cisco. August 10th, for the murder of one
Bartlett. -fs~z*5as II ssss
An incendiary fire occurred at Neway-
go, Mich, August 18th. Loss $500. Noin-
surance. sz##i~ 8S{
Hon. A. Merrill, Jr. Of Orv;lle, Cali
fornia committed suicide August 18th. Cause
financial difficulties. A 49,.
Capt. A. 81. Oates, tug owner shot
himself and wife at saugatuck Mich, August
10th. Cause not known.
A Loamie City tole2r ram Of August
17th, reports the conviction of John J. Morse,
for robbing the mail Of 5000.
A great and bloody riot occurred at
Ottawa, Ontario, August 18th. The melee
occurred between Union and Orangemen.
August 10th, at the Palmer House,
Chicago. the room of New York travelling
jewelry salesman was robbed of $4,000 worth
OF jewellery.
Pinkerton's detective agent has found
the whole of the $4,000 worth Of jewelry
stolen from the Palmer House, Chicago, and
have all of the Williams who stole it in custody.
An attempt was made in Constantine
pie, August 10Th, to assassinate Gen. Todle
ben. He was fired on by young Greek with
out effect. The would be- assassin was arrest
ed.
A special from Timmansville, S. c.,
says, A. E. Woodruff killed his uncle Emberry
Woodruff, August 18th, in q family quarrel,
which it is expected will prove fatal to other
members.
On the 18th of August, at Roseburg,
Oregon, William. Daily quarreled with his
%wife's brother, j. Woodward, Woodward stab
| bed DAILY twice, and Daily shot Woodward
both falling dead.
At st. Louis, August 18th, Joseph p.
Colco1d, dissipated lawyer, shot and killed
his mistress, Lille Gibbons, and afterwards
shot and killed himself. Jealousy is the sup
posed cause.
| Reports are numerous and we'll con-
6rmed of lawless marauding on the Mexican
border. There are almost daily skirmishings
between the lawless, horse stealing, Mexicans
and the q. 8 troops.
John Ten Eyck, colored, was hung at
Pittsfeld, Mass, August 10th, for the MUIR
der of Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman. at Sheffield last
November. He confessed other crimes but
denied the murder of the Stillmans.
A Sacramento, CAL, telegram Of August
18th says Troy Dye, and Clark his business
partner were arrested for the murder of a
wealthy farmer J. NJ. Tullis, at Grand Island.
The object of the murder was to get posses
sion of his estate.
A Buffalo, New York, telegram of
August 10Th, says: Capt. William Norris, of
Erie, master and part owner of the schooner
John 8. Richards, hanged himself in the fore.
cattle to-day. The unsatisfactory condition
of business the supposed cause.
A Cincinnati telegram of August 18th
states that James Gilmore, trusted clerk OF
the U. 8. Express company had absconded
with SIS, 900 of funds belonging to the CON-
pany. A reward of 81, 800 was offered for his
arrest He was found and arrested in Rich
mond KY.
An attempt was made at St. Peters,
burg, Aug. 16, to assassinate Gen. Magentcow,
chief Of the Empress private police as he was
leaving shop at the corner of Place Michel.
He was fired upon by two persons with re.
volvers, and fell wounded. The assasins
jumped into droschky and drove off.
August Is. Eureka, Nevada, was
swept by flood, caused by late heavy rain,
causing considerable damage. One man is
supposed to have been lost. A cloud burst
over the town of Austin, aud flooded the busi-
ness part of the town and many buildings
were wrecked. Damage 100000.
The express safe, on morning train,
one mile below Winthrop Junction, opposite
Atchinson, Kansas, August 18th, was robbed
by four desperadoes OF $500 in cash. They
pointed pistols OF the heads of the conductor
Express Messenger, anG other employees, and
forced them to remain quiet at the peril o
their lives. After the robbery, they cempell
ed the conductor to stop the train, and they
escaped in the darkness.
A Berlin telegram of August 10th
gives an account of the beheading of Emf
Holdel, who attempted the assassination O
Emporer William, May II. He repulsed tht
ministrations of the chaplain, declaring then
useless, as it would take years to convert him
Fifty persons, including the officials, judges
police and twelve citizens attended the excur
sien, which was generally approved. Officia
notice of the execution had been posted
throughout the city as warning. It requir
ed but single stroke of the axe to decapi
tate Holders remains were immediatel,
| buried.