The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-03-07

The wife Of Dwight E. Wheaton has dis
closed the fact that her husband was the
murderer OF James O'Neill, the Chicago and
and Alton engineer, who was shot so mys-
teriously at Bloomington, ILL.,, in December
last. Wheaton was previously arrested on
suspicion, but discharged for want Of evil
dence. He was rearrested on the 2Sth ult.
Temple & Workman's Bank at Los An
geles, Cal, was robbed by burglars Of $4,000
few days ago. The bank was in the hands
OF a receiver.
Two murderers were executed in Mis-
souri, on the 1st-JOhn w. Daniels at War
rensburg, for the murder of Jesse r. Miller,
a Henry County farmer,n Sedalia i'm Feb
ruary last, and Richard Green at Kansas
City, for the murder Of Deputy Marshal
Hughes near Independence, also in Febru-
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Dick Moore, of Louisville, KY, Coroner Of
Jefferson County, accidentally shot and killed
himself at Memphis, Tenn, on the 1st, where
he had gone to witness the carnival.
The Kaiser family Of eight persons, who
lived at Fish Landing on the Mississippi, u
miles southeast of Waterloo, Monroe Coun-
~, H., were all burned to death on the morn
ing Of the LIST, their house being consumed
by fire. The family consisted of Moritz
Kaiser, the father, aged about 80; Ellen,
Kaiser, the mother; and John, Leonard,
Harry, Edward, Tommy and Ellen Kaiser,
children, aged from IA years to l month.
When discovered by the neighbors the house
was completely enveloped in flames, and any
attempt to rescue the inmates would have
been hopeless. The charred remains of the
victims were gathered together and buried
In a single grave. In the absence of
all evidence to the contrary, the
Coroner's jury rendered verdict OF acci-
dental death, but it is believed, from facts
subsequently brought to light, that Kaiser,
driven to state Of desperation by bad luck
and imprevidence, had murdered his wife
and children, set fire to the house, and then
committed suicide.
Albert Young, Robert Jones, Sias Wright
and Lucius Porter, all colored, were hanged
at Marion, Ala, on the LIST, for the murder
of Isaac d. Moore, white, in 1876.
Ex-senator Benjamin f. Wade died at his
residence in Ashtabula County, o., on the
I'd, of lingering illness from typhoid fever.
He was in his 18th year.
A terrible tornado swept over portion OF
Casey County, Ky, on the afternoon of the
I'd. The house OF Vincent Wesley, near
Rich Hill, was demolished in an instant, and
all the inmates, six in number, killed. These
were: Vincent Wesley and wife, two grown
daughters, nephew named Sloan, and a
neighbor, VIM. Taylor. Mrs. Wesley'S body
was blown 400 yards, and her clothing was
entirely stripped off. The two daughters
were carried 30 yards, and were found lock-
ed in each others arms. The father and
nephew were fearfully mangled, and all must
have been killed by the first force Of the
tempest. The dwelling, stables and out
buildings were blown entirely away, the
logs being scattered for many yards along
the sweep OF the tornado, and the hearth and
foundation stones blown from their places.
In the vicinity of Mount Olive, Mrs. Nor
gan, wife Of John W. Morgan, was killed,
and several houses were swept away and the
remainder otherwise injured. Large trees
were twisted from their roots and carried
hundreds of yards. A considerable number
Of horses, cattle and other stock, and nearly
all the poultry ia its course were killed.
The pecuniary damage is not less than $780,
600.
f. p. Bancroft, of Emporia, Kansas,
formerly agent for the sale Of lands belong
ing to the State Normal School, has been ar
rested charged with appropriating to his
own use from $4,000 to $4,000 of the pro-
ceeds OF such sales. He was committed to
jail in default of $4,000 bail.
A negro named Winston Anderson was
taken from jail and hanged by mob at
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, on the night of the 1st.
He was guilty of attempting an outrage up
on a young white girl.