Nebraska advertiser., 1879-01-09
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Il. r. IneTaSenI q lawyer or New
York, has been sentenced to two
years imprisonment for obtaining the
signature of a client under false pre-
lenses.
George Draper, nothing but a mig
ger" of New Castle, Del. after being
found guilty Ofrdpe or something, in
the second degree, was placed In the
pillory in a snow storm, received six
ty lashes and sentenced to the peni
tentiary for life.
DR.. Heyl, grave robber of Zanes
vile, Ohio, on the 2lst ult. was sent
enced to one year in the penitentiary
G. E. Gorham, San Francisco, sui
cided on the 24th ult. by cutting hi,
throat.
Tom. Doran and Louis Temple
Junction City, Texas, fought with
pistols. Temple was killed. Temple.
father then pursued Doran and sho
and cut him to death.
AT Martins Ferry, Va, last week
Frank Blancs shot and killed Michael
Mullen. Both boys aged about 1:
years.
Four horse thieves were hung in
one batch, by lynch law, in Clay
county, Ark, last week.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26.-Ex- Con.
gresham Owen Jones started from
his residence at Winnewood, last
night, to visit a neighbor and wa;
found before midnight frozen to
death by the roadside. The deceased
represented the Fifth Pennsylvania
District in the 35th Congress.
The court house of DeKalb county,
Mo-, was totally destroyed by fire on
the 25th, losing the records of the
County Clerk, Probate Court, Sheriff
and also the tax books of 1878.
Peter Mcnamara, of Washington
died recently from the poison in bis
system received from the bite of q
man with whom he had fought two
months before.
A young man named McFadden
shot and killed.a young man named
Scott at q Christmas festival at Mar
ceiling, I'll.
Charles L. Otto, jeweler, at Peoria,
reported to the police there, that he
had been robbed of $500 cash and
$1,000 ia goods. Investigation in.
dicated Otto himself as the thief. and
he was arrested, his brother being
held as an accompfice. Otto is a
young German, who moved in the
best German society there.
Within a few months past, 46 Illicit
distiilers have been arrested in Fent-
ress county, Tenn, and IA of the il
licit establishments destroyed.
Dan. Rice's old white horse, that he
had owned for thirty years died, at
Leavenworth the other day, and
there was real funeral.
On the Oath ult. the Traer Clipper
office. Traer, Iowa, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $1,000; insured for So. 200.
4 half breed Indian WRs hung at
San Diego, Cal. on the 9th for the
murder OF 1aa. Judkins, last sumner.
The messenger Of the Impomvs
and Traders Bank, n. Y, while con-
veylng the Big pocket book contain
ing the exchange. to Clearing House,
lost il. The loss to the bank is about
$4,000
MEMPHIS, Dec. % james A. Dick
son, formerly a minister at New Alba
ny, Ind, attempted to commit suicide
last night, at the Peabody Hotel, by
taking strycbnine. Several letters
were found in his room written pre-
viously to the attempted self-destruc-
ton, which gave as the cause for his
actions, reports of his intimacy with
a young lady at New Albany. His
condition is yet critical.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The pocket
book lost by the messenger of the
Importers & Traders Bank. yester-
day, has been returned by mail, mi
nus 81, 739. The EUeniRg Pos says
that this amount includes all tie cash
and nine hundred dollars in small Sc
curities.
A sad tragedy was enacted recently
in Westmoreland, Pa. A young man
named Joseph Hothem, before start
ing to q party in the evening told his
sister Mary to beware of tramps. Jo-
seph returned home earlier than he
was expected and his sister seeing
him coming hailed him but in order
TO try her courage did not answer,
but drew his hat down, and otherwise
made neutrality-suspicious. as much
rs possible. Mary spoke again, ask
ng. Joe. is that you ?" Still he did
not answer, but kept on to the door
when she raised shot gun and fired,
killing her brother instantly.
Two brothers named Mcpherson re-
gently attacked a son of Congressman
0ibrell at Sparta. Tenn, when young |
0ibrell at once opened the ball by |
booting one of the McPherson's dead |
md dangerously wounding the other.
John Patterson, of New Carlisle,
nd, has been sentenced to twelve
ears In the penitentiary for commit
ing rape on a child five years old.
A Washington telegram of the 9th
nst. says:
A decision was rendered this af-
ernoOn by the United States supreme
court in the case of Geo. Reynolds
gainst the United States, brought
lere by an appeal from the supreme
ourt of Utah. This case involves