Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-05-14

Col. Light, of the Tires, is still in the
county jail. His bail was fixed at
$4,000. Several physicians have visited
, him during the past two days, and have
agreed that he is suffering from mental
derangement. 1t is thought that he
will be committed to the hospital for
insane tomorrow.
A UTICA, N. Y, dispatch of the 9Th
says the trial Of Isaiah Belfeld, Of the
notorious SLoOmis gang, Of Madison
county, for the murder of Mrs. Phoebe
Crandall, at Brookfeid. fourteen years
ago, is progressing at Norrisville. The
husband, who had d deadly struggle
with the murderers, fully Identifies
Belfeld. and gives graphic picture of
the crime. The trial will continue
through next week. .a'l !" a#''.i
On Sunday evening the 18th inst. Mr..
Geo. c.. Harding of Indianapolis, Ind,
and editor of the Herald entered the
residence of Calvin A. Light, editor of
the Democrat, and attempted TO shoot
the latter because of certain publica-
tons in the Democrat. Mr.. Light grasped
the pistol, getting his finger under the
hammer and preventing an explosion,
and holding on until assistance came,
when Harding was. arrested, and
remained in custody until an
early hour Monday morning,
when he gave bail at $50 a. M.
he entered Lights Office and fired at
him several times, missing Light but
hitting an employe of Lights named
Llzius, inhicting q serious wound.
Harding is now in jail awaiting the re-
suit of that wound; another employee
of Lights named Richard Walters,
jumped out of the second story windw
during the firing, breaking both ankles.
A MILWAUKEE special of the
9TH says Mrs. Sarah W. Under
wood, lady moving in the first
circles of society, was arrested yester-
day at the instance Of Har-
vey Hayden, of Chicago, on charge of
uttering forged papers, the complaint
charging that a note to the amout of
81 200, signed A. G. Underwood, of this
city, husband of the lady arrested,
while it purported to be the paper of
Alvan G. Underwood, of Milford, Mass,
father-in-iaw of the accused. 1t is
alleged that similar notes to
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prominent parties in this city. De-
PENDANT promptly gave bonds for future
appearance, ex-Gov. Ludington becom-
ing principal surety. Mrs. Underwood,
outside of her sociol position is more or
less prominent on account of a FORUM
ate speculation in wheat some time ago
whereby she realized profit Of $25, 900,
i but afterwards met a reverses losing
this amount and much more n5oh .1i
A HEKPsTEAD, Texas, dispatch OF
May 9TH says a fearful assas-
sination occurred here yesterday
As the congregation, after being dis
missed, were coming out of the Metho-
dist church, an old man named John
Steele walked out first. At the church
door ne was suddenly confronted by ].
E. Kirby, who drew a six-shooter, and
without saying a word, fired. The
first ball penetrated Steele's breast
He staggered back and fell
inside the church door. s After he
was down, the assassin fired two more
balls into his head The cause of the
+. murder was that, during the war, Kir-
by's father and a man named Mona
hon commanded a company of home
guards for hunting and hanging Texas
union men. Mcmahon and his men
one night surrounded Steele's house
4 took him prisoner, and came
near hanging him. They afterward
ran him off from his family. He swore
vengeance, and after the war fought q
duel with McMahon, and meeting old
man Kirby, shot him dead in the Office
of the United States provost marshal at
4 Houston; since then Steele has feared
assassination. His murderer is the
son of the mar. he killed. Kirby sur.
rendered himself, we'll knowing he
would escape punishment. g.1oe aas
A MILWAUKEE dispatch of May 9Th
says District Attorney Mckinney has
1gone to Oak Creek to conductive pros
: ecution of the first case under the act
/ for the punishment of tramps, passed
r. last winter, that has thus far arisen il
Milwaukee county. The parties prose
cuted are two Milwaukee, boys, who
proceeded to the town Of Oak Creek 9
{ week ago to-day for a lark. While
walking along the roads they overlook
an Indian with his squaw and papoose
and representing themselves to be off
GERS took them in charge until a thicke
was reached, when one held revolver
close to the bucks head, threatening te
kill him, if he stirred, while the, other
/ led the, squaw into the brush
and ravished her. Later they took q
jug of whisky away from a granger
maltreated a yearling colt, and ''helo
up' two men for their money. Ir
every instance submission was com
PEELED by display of the grevolve,
carried by them. The names of the
lads are George Duffy and Patrick
| Toohey. Duffy belongs to a highly re
spectacle family residing on Grand
Avenue He has been an "incorrig
ible" for years. :>n au.5 ,&aaaa .p d
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