Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-25

18th for forging pension papers. lie
confessed his guilt.
AN Eagle Pass, Texas, telegram
of April 18th says a Mexican named
Muenos, last night, cut his wife's throat,
causing her death, and daughter, at
tempting to interfere, was also injured.
A neighbor tried to arrest Muenos and
was hewn with an axe, dying shortly
The murderer escaped to Mexico
AN Oakyile. Texas. special of April
18th SAYS: On Weedy Creek, a Mexican
entered the house Of citizen, and in
his absence brutally outraged his hand
some young wife, and on leaving fatally
shot her in the breast. She lived to re-
late the facts and give description Of
the fiend to her husband, Who, with
friends, pursued, captured and shot the
Mexican dead in his tracks.
An Omaha special Of April 18th says
the jury in the Oliver murder case at
Hastings returned a verdict at noon Of
murder in the second degree against
Oliver and Fisher, and the Judge sem
fenced the prisoners to imprisonment
for life ut hard labor. The attorneys
for the defense gave notice of a motion
for new trial. The verdict creates
general surprise, as n verdict IN the first
degree was expected.
A DUBUQUE dispatch Of April 10th
says: The mangled remains of man
have been found in hog yard near
Spring Grove, MINI. They are sup
posed to be those Of Norwegian far
mer who mysteriously disappeared
about New Years. 1t is supposed he
was murdered for his money, and the
body thrown to the hogs. There is
great excitement in the neighborhood.
SAYS Baltimore dispatch of
April II: When the train which
left Washington with James Carroll,
the negro accused of outraging
Mrs. Thomas, ut Licksville, Md,
reached Washington junction to-day,
Is or ~ masked men boarded it and
after desperate struggle succeeded in
overpowering the policemen. The prs
oner was dragged from the train, II rope
thrown over his head and he was
pulled across n field to the nearest tree
and hanged.
A ST. LOUIS dispatch Of April DIST
states that quite II sensation WAS pro-
duced there over the arrest Of Charles
Green, u son-m-law of Col. MT Clair
borne, IL prominent criminal lawyer of
that city. Not long ago Green came to
ST. Louis with flourish Of trumpets
from New Orleans and made society
heavc. He led to the altar the beauti-
full daughter Of Col. Claiborne. The
affair was one Of great moment in SO
ciety. Green turns out to bea fraud of
the first water and is locked up for for
gerry, il is believed, although the police
IRE reticent, and will allow nobody to
gee Green or talk to him.
A QUEER and important murder trial
was commenced in lebanon, Pa, on
the DIST inst. Charles Drews, Charles
Stichler, Leo Zachman, Henry #. Weise,
Josiah Hammcl, and Israel Brandt
were arranged for the murder of Joseph
Raber, in the baekwoods country, about
fifteen miles from lebanon, last De-
cember. The alleged murder took
place to obtain about $40 600 insurance,
it is supposed, on tho old mans life.
Drews and Slcher are accused of hay
ing committed the murder by drowning
the victim in small creek. The remain
ing four held the uolicics, n,,d ure nc
cused Of having hired the two to do the
promising to pay them several
hundred dollars for doing the Job. All
the defendants plead not guilty. The
following insurance companies are re-
presented Home Mutual, of Lebanon;
New Era, of Philadelphia; Mutual, of
Reading; Hartford, of Hartford, Conn;
and Keystone, of Allentown.
CASUALTIES,