The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-07-10

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
The Insanity Dodge tn 10 Tried In III
Buford- Elliott Murder Trlal---An OF,
| Man OF II Kills His Wife Of IS ant
| Then Puts an End to IIis Own Exlatenc
| "A St. Louis Woman Shoots Her brother r
ln-I.aw for Ill-Treating Her Aother.
KILLED By LIGHTNING.
ROCHESTER,, Mimi, July 7.-Christia,
Miller, farmer, was struck by lightnin,
and killed yesterday morning. His clothe
were nearly all burned off and disfgurin!
him almost beyond recognition. He leave
wife, only having been married thre
months. The fcneral takes place to-day a
the Norwegian church..
Qu1pp1xs OF EuE LAW. :.
New YORK, July 7.-Judge Potter ha
| granted writ of habeas corpus and
certiorari in tho case Of Christine Cox, the
confessed murderer of Mrs. Hull. Th
petition sets forth Cox is uulawfully de
| tanned in the tombs OH commitment by tn
coroner, as tho latter has not returned evi
dence upon which the prisoner is commit
ted.
New YORK, June Mrs. Josephine A
Cotton, wife of compositor, billed hersel
today. Jealousy was the cause.
REvENGED HER MOTHERS BAD TREATMENT
New YORK, June Mrs. Johl
Bandy, wife of the proprieto
of the Union depot hotel, this evening sho
Leonard Oferman, late proprietor of tn
Tivoli hotel. Offerman and Band,
married sisters. Their mother lived for
time in Offermann's family, and Mrs. Band,
says that she learned this evening of his ont
rageous treatment of the old lady, and tina
she shot him for it. One bullet shattered
the right arm and the other passed in at tt'
mouth and buried itself beyond the reach o
the ,,robe. .Offerman is still alive but is il
q critical condition.
THE INSANITY DODGE.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 1.-The trial o
Buford for the murder. Of Judge Elliot com
mences at Owentown to morrow. 1t is gen
orally conceded that the plea of the defcns'
will be insanity.
CUT IN TWO.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July flames Patter
vile Il Great Southern railroad, was rur
over and literally cut in two at Glasgow
Junction to day. !,
CONFESSED THE CRIME
Burrell Smith and John Hall, the two ne
groes who murdered Major Push at Muir
freesboro not long since, and who wete Fri
day sentenced to be hanged August Sth, con
fessed the crime to-day.
BRUTAL FATHER.
LITTLE Rock, ark, July IA maj
named johnson, charged with attempted
rape on his 1s year old daughter,is sought b!
the citizens OF Wheatiey,- in st. Francis
county. The girls neck and face shov
marks Of a violent struggle.
BAD DOCTOR.
Dr.. A. H. Gray, of Millbrook, in the sam
county, is under arrest charged with rape o,
Is gear old daughter of John Hardel. Ora,
is we'll connected, and heretofore of goot
standing. He confesses to the seduction bu
denies violence.
LYNCHED AFTER CoNFEss1NG.
DENVER, COL, July flames N. Croft ant
Chas. G. Wofroth, arrested at Alamos
Thursday for the murder of VIM. Syock th
25th inst. at New Mexico, wero taken from
the Jail at A. NJ. Saturday by 100 citizen
and hanged to a cottonwood tree. The
had confessed.
KILLED THE ''oLD WOMAN AND HIMSELF
PTTsDURG, July T.-Joseph Atkins, a frui
E. u. uY- l.
moreland; shot and killed instantly his wife
| yesterday afternoon, and after telling his near
est neighbor that he had killed the "ol,
woman" placed the muzzle of the gun unde
his chin and fred andlkilled himself The
trouble il believed to have arisen from a quar-
rel about a little piece Of property where the
lived. Akins had decided this land to his wifi
some time ago and afterwards wished to get
back again, but the old lady always refuse
and the matter caused frequent alterations
Atkins was II and his wife 73 years Of age.
| Suspension OF St. Louis Firm.
ST. LOUIS. July THE Semple & Berg
manufacturing company, dealers in agricu
tural implements, have suspended. Th
cause is the failure of the Groom shovel CON
pany, in which the house was largely intel
ested. The creditors have been teiegraphe
to come and hold q meeting.
ST.. LOUIS, July 1.-The representatives q
the Semple & Birge manufacturing com
pany, which closed its doors this morning
say it is impossible to give any statement Q
assets and liabilities. The work of maxim
an inventory of all Of the stock on han
has been in progress to day. The creditor
will hold meeting here the latter part o
i this week. The company will show wha
they are able to do in tho way of settlement
After that will be decided whether to re
sumo business. The company has dealt heav
in all lines of agricultural implements
Bishep Seymour asserts that men an
women have frequently made this seclude
plot of ground resort for improper puE
poses, and believe my brother-in-law met
party, some one of whom finding exposur
was inevitable, jumped up and struck MI
Seymour, knocking him down, and the
| fred at him.
Aid for Railroad Voted.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 7.-Citizens to-day
by majority of sixteen hundred, voted t
have the city subscribe stock to the amour
of $4,000 in a railroad to be built by th
Evansville, Washington & Worthingtol
company, from Evansville to Washington
Indiana, passing through the town of Peters
burg and some of the richest agriculture
and mineral countries i'll the State. Th
Evansville & Terre Haute railway interes
with the assistance of Hon. William Hei
mann, the Congressman from this district
made vigrous fight against the appropris
ton because it will give the city Of Evans
vile another line to the east that will com
into direct competition with them, but wa
defeated by the people.
Mexican Murderer Executed
GALVESTON, July THE Nc1cs speci
from San Antonia says: Jos Cor doua, Mex
can, for the murder of Robert Tr:mbel, Jul
II, 1877, was executed to day in the ia
corridor in the presence of few witnesse
mostly physicians and reporters. On tt
Bcaffold CordOua declared himself innocen