The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-06-27
CRIMINAL.


The discovery was made about noon
on the 2lst that the First National bank Of
st. Joe had been entered and robbed Of n
large sum OF money. The cashier, Joseph
C. Hull, being alone, the other officers and
employees of the bank having gone to din
ner. Mr.. Hull, after they had gone, went
to the vault to place some money therein,
when he discovered to his ama2ement that
three packages, each containing 5000,
were missing. One package had been ta-
ken from $4,000 pile of currency, while
the other two packages had been taken
from another part of the vault. When the
other bank officials and employees arrived
he made known the discovery and all went
to work to make thorough examination Of
the bank, In the hope that it had probably
been misplaced. The packages could not
be found. but on the other hand, 1t was
ascertained that Si,700 in addition was
missing, making in all Sl970O. Mr.. Hull
states that the money he is certain was in
the bank at nine o'clock, when the days
operations were begun. He says he does
not remember having seen any suspicious
looking characters in the bank during the
day. There is no back entrance to the
bank, and how the money managed to get
out OF the bank, is still unknown.
Lynched.
Pearson and Saddler, who it is sup
posed outraged the person Of Mrs. Groves.
near Mitchelville, Tenn, were taken from
the Springfield Jail, by hundred armed
men, but not masked. The iailor appre-
hendlng no attack, was unprepared and
compelled to give up the keys. The men
were taken three miles from town and
hanged. Doubt existed as to their guilt,
both having protested their innocence.
A Cold Bloodcd Affair,
A cold-blooded murder was commit
ted near Independence, Mo-, on the 2lst. A
man named Hilty shot down young man
named Joseph Melody while the latter was
working In field. He gave no warning of
his intentions, but went TO town and gave
himself up. Hilty owed the murdered man
n sum of money, and claims that the latter
was two years ago unduly intimate with his
(Hilty's) daughter.
Capital Punishment.
Perry Bowsher was hanged at Chilli
cothe, Ohio, on the 21st, for the "toll-gate
murder" Jacob Sevels, at Fort Smith, Ark,
for murder two years ago; Conoll and
Sherry were hanged In Chicago for brutal
murder; Z. Fl. Costley suffered the penalty
of death at Frederick, Nd, for the murder
of a near relative; and besides these. q half
dozen murderers had their sentences COM
muted.
Ann Arbor Stins.i
1t is claimed by the relatives of Mrs.
Patrick Kinney that among the bodies
found In the Medical College at Ann Arbor,
Mich, by Cincinnati detectives, was the
body of that lady who died and was buried
last January In a graveyard In Reading q
suburb of this city The grave was subse.
quently robbed, and the body shipped to
Michigan.
Raid by Tramps.
John, Isaac and Peter Hawn, old
men, were attacked in their own house near
Harrisburg, Pa. by two tramps, and John
and Isaac fatally beaten. The house-keep-
er was also attacked and the house robbed
of 81 600 in bonds.
Mail Robber Arrested.
Geo. M. Martin, for several years
clerk in the register department of the
post office In New York, has been arrested
for robbing registered letters. They were
all in transit between distant points.
Plain Murder.
Henry j. Rodemeyer, a young man
aged about twenty seven, shot and instant
y killed, in the most premeditated and
cold -blooded manner, an old German NAM
ed Frank II. yoss, In st. Louis.
Poisoned.
d. II. Bailey, a Nashville, Tenn, mer.
chant, his family and servants, comprising
twelve persons, were nearly fatally poison.
ed by arsenic being placed In their food
The poisoner is unknown.
Crooked Statesman.
Moses Barlow, o former member oI
/ the Michigan Legislature, was sentenced a
Grand Rapids, Mich, to one year in the
State Prison for defrauding the United
Sta,es revenue.
Nabbed For Counterfeiting.
Two counterfeiters, ]. M. Oliver ani
, John D. Sullivan, were arreCted in omahI
, with dies and material In their possession