Nebraska advertiser., 1878-04-04
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

rests on his brother-in-law, JOIN
Dakin.
U. B. Anderson, postmaster of Gal
Jose, Cal. has been arrested by Unitet
States authorities for returning falls
: vouchers to the P. o. department.
5 Sam Goodwin, colored, was hanged
: at Live Oak, Florida, OH the 29th, fol
{ numbering another negro.
: At McLeansburo. ILL.,, on the 2Sth
ult., man named Rogers was put il
the calabese for drunkenness. Dur
ing the night the calaboose took firt
. and burned Rogers to death,
Edward Dobbs. aged 20, clerk il
the postOffice at Cedar Rapids, Iowa
was recently detected by decoy letter:
in abstracting money from letters in
the mails, and arrested.
The body of murdered man was
recently found in slough near Coun,
Gil Bluffs, which has since been iden-
titled to be that of a printer named
Luther GoddiDg. His friends reside
at Warren, Ill.
During an important mining suit at
Dead wood few days ago, in the dis
trict court, one of the witnesses,
thinking the question OF w. H. Clag-
gett, attorney, and exCongressman
from Montana, were too personal,
drew a six-shooter on him, but was
prevented using it by a bystander.
The witness was fined for contempt
of court.
Wheaton, ILL.,, March 2S.-Fifty
dollars reward. Broke jail, at Whea-
ton, March %, German about five
| feet eight inches in height; weight,
| about 140 pounds; dark hair and mus
tache stOop shoulders had on when
he left a, black hat, sack-cOat, black
vest, brown undercoat, and shoes
with steel buckles. He was arrested
by officer NJ. ]. Crow about two weeks
ago for horse stealing, and gives his
name as Frederick Kruges.
s. E. SHIMP, Sheriff.
Some timejago at La Crosse, Wis,
a man named Messenger murdered
DR.. Cham mberlain. w. was tried last
week and acquitted on the plea of in
sanity. The people held an indigna-
tion mass meeting in disapproval of
the verdict.
At Boston on the 2Sth ult., John
Taylor was arrested for the murder of
his wife.
At Mauch Chunk, Pa, on the 28th
ult. Thomas P. Fisher was hanged for
numbering Morgan Powell, mine
boss, at Summit Hill, in March, 1876.
Fisher was leading Molly Mcguire.
At Charleston, H.. recently light
ming played curious freak. Itenter-
ed barn. killed a cow and melted
the chain with which she was tied,
but did no other damage.
John Wallace, who murdered his
brothers. wife, her baby and a girl
named Church, near Wheeling, w.
V. recently was taken by lynchers
and hanged on a tree.
A conflagration in Philadelphia last
week destroyed $4,000. 1000 worth of
property.
E--OoU, tho ---O~-oii.s c'a'iue-
Bank Treasurer, aud Bartlett, the de-
faUlting tax receiver, both of Trenton
n. j., have been assigned to duty in
the penitentiary. The former takes
position in the shoe shop, and the lat
ter, having had experience as hotel
proprietor. has been placed in the
culinary department of the prison.
Mrs. j. w. Surpis, of Topeka, Kas.,
publishes a card in the Inter Ocean
giving notice to boarding house keep
ers that one Austin Badger. sicki
grinder of Chicago, skipped out of
Topeka recently, owing her for six
weeks board.
In an affray at Elliottsville, Rowan
County, KY, Tuesday, between a
gang of fifteen men, headed by one
Fults, and Jake Brooks, arising out
of a family feud, Brooks brother had
his throat cut from ear to ear. Jake
was fearfully beaten and a number of
the others wounded.
Last week, in a saloon near Sioux
City, James McNear stabbed to death
his nephew. named Walling. The
fight occurred over game of cards.
On the 9th ult. at Cookviile, Tenn,
George and Joseph Brassell, brothers.
were hanged fort murder of Russell
Allison, on the. 29th of November,
1875, in Putnam County. One of the
brothers confessed the crime, which
was instigated by the desire to possess
the large sum of money, some $4 900,
which Allison had. About 10000
people attended the execution, which
passed off quietly. George Brassell
was a notorious criminal, and it is
stated had murdered nine men.