Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1878-08-08
THE WORLDS DOINGS.
CRIMES aND CRIMINALS.

missionaries. H. = .8sa >,
A dishonest Bank President has been
arrested in San Francisco ). n So
John Christopher shot his wife, and
then himself in New York Aug. Sd. N.s
Samuel Meyer, resident Of Hartford,
Ct, shot himself 10 Chicago, few days ago.
At the election in Memphis Aug. l, in
q quarrel, white voter shot and killed a
colored voter.
B. B. Conant. cashier Of the Elliott Ma
tional Bank, Boston is discovered to be de-
faulter to large amount, some $4,000.
In Bloomington, ILL.,, Aug 1st, the
private bank of L. L Holmes. was robbed of
sc, 900 in bonds. No clue to the robbers,
A fellow in St. Louis, the other day,
blew the top of his head of with an old horse
pistol, loaded with water, instead Of bullet.
An insane daughter of Thaddeus Frost
of Boston aged 20 years, poured kerosene
over her head and clothes, and set fire to 1t,
and was burned to death.
A prisoner, in the Jail at st. Louis,
the other day, jumped from the upper balcony.
distance of over 20 feet to the pavement,
and received fatal injuries.
Early in the morning Of Aug. Sd, at
West Randolph, Vermont, Michael Winn
probably fatally shot his wife and babe, and
later shot himself to avoid arrest,
A. NJ. Tullis, wealthy farmer Of
Grand Island, Sacramento county, CAL, was
murdered by parties unknown, Aug. I'd
while at work in his orchard.
About three miles in the woods. out of
Alton, ILL.,, colored woman and her child
were found in a cabin, murdered. A white
man and regro are under arrest.
In Monroe, Louisiana, July 30th,
body Of masked men forcibly took from the
Jail -four colored men charged with murder,
and hung them on a tree In Court House
square.
Harry Smith, a policeman of Jersey
City, was murdered in his bed Aug. l. Hls
wife was lying by his side, but professed she
knew nothing of the murder. His skull was
crushed.
Custom rouse frauds have been discov
cred in New York, and custom house inspect
ors have been placed in G &c Of store
charged with making fraudulent under val
uation Of invoices.
E. II Stone, in New York on the Sd
inst, while returning to Halls piano factory
from the bank with g. $50 to pay the workmen
was garroted in West Street and robbed Of his
money by two men who escaped in q butcher
cart.
Five of the Georgia "chivalry" from
Augusta met on the Carolina side OF the river
the other day, and exchanged shots according
to "the code" Unfortunately no body was
hurt. Honor was satisfied and hand shaking
ensued
A Boise City dispatch reports the
murder by Indians, Of George Miller, a heavy
stock raiser, Joseph Miller, wife, daughter
and son, Robert NJ. Murray and one other
man. The moutains are said to be full of
Indians.
At Rawlins, Wyoming Territory, the
trial of the train robbers resulted in their
conviction and the sentence of three of them
to the penitentiary, for periods Of niue, seven,
and five years. Gibson, who turned States
evidence, was fined,
A San Francisco telegram says, Tullis,
rancher on Grand island, murdered on the
LIST inst, is believed to have been killed by
had received threats by letters that if he did
not discharge his Cinnamon, whom he en-
ployed in large numbers, he would be killed.
Gen. Clarke of Springfield, Otsego
county, N. Y, is large landholder and has
numerous tenents. Barns and property to
the amount of 900 were destroyed by fire,
by his tenents, the gang being led by one of
them, Oh: rlss Montague. HE had disagree
ment with his tenents on account Of rents,
Montague the chief Of the gang is in Jail.
Over thirty United States prisoners
from Fort Smith, Arkansas, arrived at St.
Louis, Aug. 5th, and left for Indiana and
Michigan pen itentiaries. They consist of
half-breed Indians; negroes, aud eight white
men, all from the Indian Territory, convicted
of horse stealing, violating the revenue laws,
and few OF them being accessory to muir.
ders.
A Burlington, Iowa special says,
Thursday forenoon two tramps stopped at a
farmers house near Trenton, Henry county
Iowa, on the 1st inst, and after getting good
dinner from the farmers wife and learning
that her husband would not be at home till
evening suddenly seized her, outraged her
person and left her insensible. They had
stopped the cries of the farmers little daugh.
ter by rolling her up tightly in blanket.
| When unwound the child was nearly suffo.
cared, and d ed in an hour. The neighbors
are securing the country for the fiends, but 1t
last accounts had not found them.