The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-14
CRIME.

dispatch from Richmond, Mo-, on the
5th, gave an account of cold blooded murder.
DR.. James Keys. hotel keeper and physician
with limited practice, of incorporate habits,
shot and instantly killed DIR. James W. Rob
erts, PHYSICIAN of long practice and good
standing in Ray county, man about sixty
years of age, while Keys is about thirty years
Of age. The victim was quietly sitting in .
store, when Keys entered and accused him of
having talked about the family of Keys. The
DR.. answered, Il have done nothing of the
kind, sir" At this instant Keys drew his re-
volver and fired twice, one ball passing direct
ly through the heart of his victim and the
other through the breast. Roberts never spoke
again, but WAS dead when the bystanders
reached hin. Keys at once mounted his horse
and made his escape. No posse was sent after
him, nor any special effort made to effect his
capture. The constable came to Richmond
and here purse of few dollars was raised
to defray the expenses of telegraphing
to . few neighbOring points. 1t is stated that
Keys had settled all his debts, and made ar
rangements to leave home and had his horse
tied near where the shooting was done ready
to mount and leave, which he did soon
the deed was done. Keys is about five feet
eight and one-half inches in height, light
build. full face, of restless disposition, talks
fast. with . kind of whine and of weak voice.
Jet black hair an beard. the latter about i've
inches long; eyes blnck, and generally dresses
in black.
At st. Louis on the 4th, a disreputable
negro named jackson was arrested by police
man at the corner of Sixth and Pine streets
and while being taken to the station house,
broke from the officer and ran. The officer
fired pistol in the air 10 stop the negro. but
the latter continued. As be turned the corner
of Fifth and Pine, another shot WAS fired, but
whether by the officer who made the arrest ar
another one who had also given chase to Jack
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negro fell. The ball entered his back below
the shoulder-blade, penetrating his left lang
and inflicting . mortal wound.
James Rose, residing near Sussex, Va.
married Agnes Shaw . year or two ago, and
subsequently cast her off and took mp with
another woman named Maggie Firms, and had
children BY her. A day or two ago Agnes
Shaw, the flst wife, hearing that Rose had
gone to Petersburg, took . friend named
got into . fierce quarrel with Maggie Firms,
during which Barber shot Maggie, killing her
instantly, and Agnes Shaw chopped the head
of her rivals child of with spade. They
have both been arrested and have confessed
the crime.
At New Orleans on the 4th, as General
Badger WINS ascending the stairway from the
lower floor to the main office of the custom
house, he WAS suddenly met by Vim. Brown,
cx.mStIOpOutou pOuCem8n VINO, Win IQe re-
mark, I've got you now" drew . revolver.
and fred at the head Of the collector. He, see
ing Browns movements. caught his arm and
drove the shot over his shoulder. Badger then
took the pistol away from Brown and threw il
below.
A special dispatch from Newark, Ohio
says . man giving the name of Robert Z. Ste
wart Was arrested for attempting to oh.
tain money from Masons. He had letter.
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to be forgeries. by which he victimiIed sev.
cral towns in that vicinity.
J. NJ. Kirkpatrick, editor of the st.
Francois County Banner, assaulted and beaten
almost beyond recognition by Henry G. How
ward, desperado, at St. Joe lead mines.
Samuel Nussbaum, an old and respected
citizen Of Gordonville. NO., cuts his wife,
throat and suicides. Domestic troubles ant
i'll health the only cause assigned.
Thomas Mallon, an old man sixty year,
of age. shoots his wife through the heart in
quarrel originating from some unknown caus,
At Albany, N. Y.
Elisha Conway. Colored, follows hi
clipping wife from Southern Texas to DAlla
and nearly sewers her head from her body
with razor.
Asa Gowen and William Nichols wer,
sns.ted near jefferson City on . charge o
endsayoring to wreck passenger tain nea
that sity.
John Butler killed in Rutherford ceun
ty, N. O., while attempting to arrest John JEFF
ferson and Lesnder jenkins. two noted des
Peradoea-
The residence of c. NJ. Imboden a
Decatur. ILL.,. entered by burglars, the famii,
chlorOformed and jewelry of the value of ESQ
stolen.
In Albany, on the 9Th, Thos. MuIlan
aeed 60, returning from work and havin
few angry words with his wife, shot he
dead.
Aaron Goodfellow. well known citize,
Of bloomington, H.. was set upon and NOR
tally wounded by unknown assailants at tha
city.
Solomon Lem. an iron founder. murder
his foreman, Conrad Eneleman. and suicide
BY cutting his throat with . knife. ~ ChicaSy
S. D. Brown, Jr., murderer and horse
thief, was shot to death by an officer Will
trying to make his escape near Fort Grim.
Silas NJ. Patterson, son of ex-Senato
Patterson, of South Carolina. swindles Chicl
80 ofncials out of several thousand eoliars-