Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-02

saturday, mas lOsI HI MS DIdVAuO.
Sheriff Kiernie. of Kearney county, is
here to take him up tomorrow. Rich
ards has exhibited the most remarkable
bravado since his arrest, until last week.
Now he is utterly unnamed, and APP
pearances are that he will have to be
carried upon the scaflold. He cries
like a child, cannot sleep, and has eaten
nothing since Tuesday. He is a most
ptiable object, and, after committing
ten murders, is ready TO kneel and beg
for mercy, notwithstanding his repeated
boasts that lie would meet his fate with
out finchipg.
A CHICAGO dispatch under date of
April 9th says the jury in the case Of
Peter T.. Stevens on trial for killing his
wife, returned verdict of granddaughter
at noon to-day, and fixed the penalty
at II years i'll the renitentiary. AS the
prisoner was being taken from the
court to his cell, Mrs. Young his-mother-
in-law, stepped up quickly behind him
put pistol to his head and pulled the
trigger; fortunately for the prisoner n
handkerchief in which the pistol had
been concealed interviewed between the
hammer and cap and caused the pistol
to miss fire. A warrant has been sworn
out for Mrs. Young's arrest.
A CLINTON, H., dispatch under date
of April 10Th says that one of the most
daring bank robberies ever known in
this section of the country was com
mitted on Scroggs d Sawyer's bank, Of
Mt. Pulaski, nineteen miles southwest
Of this city, last night. At O'Clock
Mr.. Walter Sawyer heard q knocking at
the front door Of his residence, and,
upon responding was met by three
masked men with pistols. who threat
ened his life if he uttered n sound, pro-
ceedod to gag him and take him to the
bank, where he was made to open it,
and, while one watched, the other took
$3.50 in dimes and nickes which were not
deposited in the safe. The safe con-
tanned from $50, 600 to $780, 600 in cash
and bonds, but, luckily for the owners,
they had recently put on II time-lock,
winch could not be opened. The bank
berry. Mr.. Sawyer was left in the bank
till morning, when he was discovered,
and search Immediately instituted for
The burglars One of them was left in
charge Of Sawyer's wife while the others
were robbng the bank.
A CHICAGO dispatch Of int 23d
states that while Edwin Booth
was giving the soliloquy in the
last act Of Richard III. vt McVicker's
theatre, tonight. n shot was fired MT
him by u man in the left hand upper
gallery. Booth sat still till after about
three seconds, II second shot was fired,
when he rose and started toward the
left wing of the stage, pointing out as
he went the would-be assassin. The
latter was mt once seized, and but for
tho Intervention of the officers would
have been roughly handled. He states
his name is Mart Gray, that he is %
years old, dry goods clerk ofSt. Louis;
that he has been years preparing to
do this deed and il surprised that he
failed, that his failure to kill Booth il the
only part Of the attempt which he regrets
Gray says Booth wronged II friend Of
his one time and he has been resolved
to punish him ever since. He states
ho Is from keokuk but is now travelling
for II firm In st. Louis. He was only
thirty feet distant from Booth
when he fired the shot. lie mad
ON his person. letter addressed to a
Indy by the name of Katie, stating his
intention of shooting Booth, tonight,
and asserting in n rambling way that
Lawrence Barrett, is u superior actor to
Booth. He il now III custody ut the
Central Station, and talks coherently,
The audience ut McVicker's remained
after this episode, and the play pro
ceedcd to the end without II further
break