Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13
CRIME.

AN Aurora, Ill.,, dispatch of Aug. 4th
says all the prisoners in the Jail, number
ing Is, escaped last night.
THE governor of Illinois, August 9th,
offered $500 for the capture Of the muir
derers Of Aaron Goodfellow.
AT Albany, n. Y. Thomas Mallan,
aged go, returning from work and having
a few angry words with his wife, shot her
dead.
A BURLINGTON, Vermont, dispatch of
Aug. 4th says Edward p. Paige, for
merly chief clerk of The Vermont Central
Railroad freight Office has been arrested
on charge of embezzling $4,000.
AARON GooDFELLow, a prominent and
highly esteemed citizen of Bloomington,
Ill, was mysteriously assassinated Aug.
9th. The city was wild with excitement
over the case.
SAMUEL NUssBAUM, an old citizen of
Cape Girardeau county, Mo, cut his
wiic's throat and then cut his own throat.
Domestic trouble is said to be the cause,
Nussbaum will die, while his wife may
recover.
The state department at Washington
received Aug 4th communication
from United State Consul Sprague, of
Gibraltar, giving details of an attempt
by brigands to eXtort money from him,
under threat Of murder. The scheme
had been thwarted but the consul asks
FIR protection.
A DETROIT dispatch Of August 3D. says
The L. S. government detectives to-day
arrested Jas. W. Walsh, for seven years a
letter-carrier in this city, charged with
robbing the mail. Walsh made a con
fession in writing, acknowledging the
mode practiced in rtling registered let.
ters, etc, for the past two years.
THREE Wit murders were committed
Aug. 9th. Charles Ballet, livery-stablc
keeper, at Middleton, Ohio, shot and
killed his wife, and Immediately after
ward placed the revolver to his own head
and fired, dying instantly. Ballet was a
drunkard, and his wife Lad petitoned for
divorce, which angered him and caused
the tragedy
A MAN named VIM. Brown attempted
to shoot Gen. Badger, collector Of the New
Orleans custom house, Aug. 4th. The
general narrowly escaped with ais life
Brown is in INDECENT circumstances and
his attempt at murder is thought to have
been made in a spirit Of revenge for not
having received an appointment from the
collector.
A DISPATCH of Aug. 9th says: DR.. Jas
l.. Roberts, a highly respected citizen
of Melville, Ray county, Mo, while sit
ting in the store of c. d. Crovens, Mon.
day evening, was accosted by DR.. j. l.
Keyes and charged with talking about
his (Keycs) family. Roberts denied the
charges, whereupon Reyes called him a
liar, drew revolver and shot him twice
through the body, killing him. He then
mounted horse and escaped. Roberts
was over 60 years old, while Keyes is
about 80 and addicted to drink
A MOST astonishing murder and suicide
occurred at 81 Polk street, Chicago, Aug
9th. Solomon Sem, partner in the firm
of Schello, kossmen Il Sem, iron found
ers, shot the foreman of the firm, Conrad
/ Eugelman, through the head, and then
after swapping the revolver at his own
| head, retired into his private office, and
cut his throat from ear to ear, with "a knife
| Both men leave families, were sober
and industrious, and not quarrelsome
Sem was wealthy and Engleman poor
! The quarrel was about a cast which
/ Sem claimed was being spoiled by
! Engleman. The latter denied this and
after resigning his position on the spot
and being paid of, Sem reiterated bis
charge. Engleman gave him the lie, and
the double tragedy was at once enacted
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