Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-07-04
CRIME.

| The New York police arrested SO
saloon keepers for violating the law by
selling liquor on Sunday June 29th.
A LITTLE Rock telegram of June 9th
says Heny Taylor (colored) was hung
for rape, at o'clock, to-day, at
Forrest City. He protested his inno-
cencc to the last Death resulted
from strangulation.
SAYS Providence, X. L., telegram
of June Goth: Edgar ID. Thomas and
wife have lived apart till last night he
called upon his wife, at the house of her
fathers, and during brief interview
shot her fatally and fled.
A DIssoLUTE fellow, by the name of
Hume. fired three shots at his mistress
in Chicago house Of ill-fame, June
Goth, and then blew his own brains out.
Only one shot hit the girl and that
glanced upon n corset wire inilicting
but temporary wound.
A LEXINGTON, Mo-, dispatch dated
June Goth says: II. S. Taylor and
Robt. Taylor, brothers, and b. G. Wren,
NIL farmers, between whom IN old feud
existed, met ut Wellsville, Lafayette
county, yesterday, and renewed their
quarrel. The Taylors fired four balls
III Wren's body, mortally wounding
him, and Wren killed II. $. Taylor in
stantly, and fatally wounded Bob.
Two harvesters were met by two
tramps near Alton Junction, ILL.,, June
9th, who attempted to rob them. Re-
sistance was made, when one harvester
was shot. killed, and both robbed. The
tramps fled, and are now being pursued
by posse Of citizens.
A Green Bay dispatch of June 9th
says man named Theo. Brecker was
struck on the head to-day with nm AK
10y man named Shafer. Both reside
at Fort Howard, and both were addict
ed to liquor. Brecker sustained n cut
several inches long through the skull,
and MT times to-day his brains have been
oozing out. He is still alive. but his
recovery is improbable.
A CINCINNATI special of June 9th
says ut coored picnic to-day near
Batavia, about twenty miles from this
city, Charles McCraw (colored), OF
Batavia, was shot and killed 10y Hiram
Trotter (colored), of New Richmond.
Trotter was drunk. The murderer was
arrested, and has been placed under
guard outside the town, it being feared
he might be lynched by the excited
negroes.
A New YORK telegram of June Goth
says Cox, Mrs. Hull's murderer, was
stamped to that effect by the coroner's
jury to-day, and also indicted by the
grand jury. Asked by the coroner if
he had anything to say, he replied: at
was not my intention to hurt the lady,
but only to get what | could get" He
now gets Il cell III the tomes, and will
undoubtedly get tried, condemned, and
hanged as speedily as the legal process
can be worked.
A Boston special telegram of June 80
says the arrest of Capt. James +. Ed
monds, of Newton, for forgery has
caused considerable excitement in the
city, rs perfect confidence was felt in
him. He has been an alderman in
Newton for the past five years, is now a
nominee for mayor Of Newton, and UNI
doubtedly would have been elected to
that office but for this affair. Last
Wednesday he had an apoplectic shock.
Last night officers obtained full con-
fession from him as lie lay in his bed.
The amount OF forged paper he has ut
tered, SO far rs can be learned, is about
$4,000, and it is i'll the form OF
notes for three and four months.