Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-11-05
Murderous Deeds.

On the 30th ult Mrs. Kruderick, a widow
residing alone near Winona, Mimi, was
found murdered. The crime was committed
with Ratchet and knife. which were found
near by, and the body was saturated with
kerosene, as if it was intende to burn it.
In a row at bowling saloon at Peters.
burg, Pa on the LIST inst, Geo. Henton YVES
fatally shot by James NJ. Young. Both were
young men and moved in the best circles.
Mrs Frank Chairs, living at Curtis Creek,
near Walkers pavilion, Anne Arundel
county, Nd, shot her husband fatally on the
goth, and then shot and instantly killed her
self.
The body of an unknown man with his
skull smashed in was found on the 29,h. on
the road about three miles east of Iron
Mountain, Mo. When last seen this man,
in company with another man named
Charles III. Hardin and two women and two
teams, was at the toll gate near by and the sup
position is that the murder was committed bv
Hardin for the purpose of plumber. Letters
addressed to Robert Ferguson, and dated
Plaip6eld, Ill and Rockwell, Kan, w,re
found on the person of the murdered man.
Hardin has since been arrested in Kentucky.
but what has become of the women is not
known.
Chris. Ferrer was shot and killed by J. N.
Cooley, in difficulty at Sioux City, Iowa,
on the 3oth. Cooley drove to the sheriff 8
and surrendered himself, taking the corpse
with him in his wagon.
Charles L. Peterson, real estate agent,
was shot dead by garroters, near the United
States mint, at San Francisco, Cal, on the
29th. The murderers escaped.
Ed. Malone was shot and killed by Chas
'Boulter, at Cheyenne, on the Goth. Boulter
gave himself up and claims he acted in
self-defense.
The trial of Bill Young for the murder of
Louis Spencer and four children closed in
Kahoka, Missouri, on the 25th, resulting in
the verdict Of not guilty. Next day, Sun.
day, Young married Lydia Bray of Ohio,
and Monday evening, when they arrived
home, the house was surrounded by mob
of two or three hundred who demanded
Young's surrender. He opened fire on the
mob and in the fusilade that followed
Young was wounded. He was Fl nally over
powered and hanged.
The dead body of a white man was found
floating in the river at Memphis on the 28th.
The deceased was about thirty years of age.
The body had piece of rope tied to one of
the legs, and was very much decomposed
having been in the water six weeks or long
er. Coroner's verdict, murdered.
At Harmar, Ohio, on the night of the
9th, Isaac Muncy, colored, was shot
through the heart by man named Snod.
grass, at house of ill-fame. Both men
were intoxicated and began quarreling over
a trifing matter with the result stated.
Near Flint, Mich, on the 9th, while Wna
Copeland and Geo. Rhinehardt were dig
ging town ditch through the land of VIM.
William, when Witham appeared and de-
manded stoppage of the work. On re-.
ceiving a refusal he shot Rhinehardt dead.
At Atchison, Kansas, on the 10Th, Monro
Amos, negro, resisted arrest and killed an
officer. As the policeman dropped, he
promptly shot the murderer dead.
Miss Martin, of Minonk, ILL.,, the victim of
beast|y assault made by Hannis Deboer,
died at that place on the Goth, from the
effects of injuries received. Deboer is in
Peoria jail for safe keeping, a demonstration
to lynch the prisoner being feared by the
Minonk authorities.