Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-08-28
CRIME.

CHAS.W. PARKER, construction keeper
at the Charleston, Mass, navy yard, has
been discharged on account Of serious
irregularities in his accounts, says a dis
patch Of Aug. 22d.
HUGH MCGUIRE shot his step-fatF er,
Geo. Clark, at TuscOla, Ill, yesterday,
says a dispatch of Aug. 22d. Mcclure
accused his step-parent Of infidelity to
his (McGuire's) mother.
AT Chicago, Aug. 2lst, the detectives
arrested James Johnson, a Swede, who
last Saturday night killed James Gibson,
marshal of Barry county, Mich, at Mid
dIeville, Mich. He acknowledges his
crime.
DAN STEWART, for the murder of Oil
yer Day on the 18th Of July, was found
guilty of mansiaughter and sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary, at Ha-
vana, Ill, yesterday, says a special Of
Aug 21st.
w. Il. BELL, cashier of the American
Express Co. at Kansas City, has disap-
peared with some of the cOmpany's
money, and up to Aug. 25th had not
been heard from.
SAN Francisco was thrown into a
violent state of excitement Aug. 23d bv
he shooting of Rev. l. S. Kalloch, can
didate for mayor on the workingmen's
ticket, by Charles De Young, editor of
the ChroHjcle, between whom and KallOch
bitter hatred existed.
A QUINCY, Ill, dispatch of Aug. 24th
says yesterday James A. Frink, the news
agent at the Union depot shot and in
stantly killed Charles Ross, the bar
keeper Of Jeff RenfroO, on Front street
The quarrel arose out of a bet, and the
shooting took place on Hampshire
street, near Second. Frink gave himself
up. He claims "selfdefense.
A KANSAS CITY dispatch Of Aug. 25th
relates that two farmers named James
Datfins and Michael Burns, living six
miles west Of that city, engaged in a
quarrel about q small debt, and in the
desperate encounter both were fatally
wounded. 1t was hard fought battle
with revOlvers both men continuing TO
shoot at close range long after death
wounds had been received.
A BUCKLEY, H., dispatch Of Aug. 25th
says most shocking murder occurred
three miles north OF here. Fred Kester
shot his young wife dead with a shot
gun. She was little more than a bride,
they having been married less than a
year. No cause is known for the fend-
ish deed. Kester fled on horse back and
has escaped.
THE Boston JOt,TndL, says a dispatch of
Aug. 22d, says the agent of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Children,
this morning, secured the arrest of sew
eral persons at South Walpole, charged
with keeping an infamous den, where in
! fantiCide, and it is said abortion, has been
several times committed The bodies of
two infants, supposed to have been MUIR
dered, were found there. A family
known oy the name Of Tiffany have
kept the place for a long time, and re-
| ports of dark deeds committed in the
! establishment have been circulated on
several occasions. 1t is expected 10 re-
cover the bodies of three or four children
this afternoon.
AN Indianapolis telegram of August
23rd gives intelligence of the arrest of
| Walker Hammond, the noted counter
| feiter, Pete McCartney's right hand
man, and, since his arrest, the
most dangerous coinacker in the west.
He has been keeping shady since last
winter when Detective RathDone turned
up near Matoon bundle of counterfeit
| s. notes on the Traders Bank of Chicago
and national banks in Canton, Paxton,
| Peru, Aurora, Galena, and Virginia, Ill,
and $50 notes Of the Clay head issues
amounting 10 over $4,000, the plates
| they were printed from, and the plate
| from which was printed the $50 note that
! has given so much trouble in all parts OF
| the United States. This was the stuff that
| Hammond was carrying at the time Nc
| Cartney was captured in Richmond