The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-30

TkomN Reed, for some years cash
Ter u the rirs, Nst,ossi Bark, Gsives'on,
Texas. hs. at-eoudsd. and the Prr-sden, Of
the tAns oners si,co r.~ari foe h. capture.
Nicholas Jscoby. who vas sho, on
the stree, Ia Ptishurg, Pa. . tev days sgo
iied January 10Th, Previous " his death be
made q dying declaration. IN shich he stated
tina, frank Small, . former locsr 81 his sifc,
"a. hi. murderer. small IL under sres-
Eight prisoners attempted to escape
frum ne Jail st Osento~n. Ny, q, nora Jan
asry irh. They knocked do-u ths isilor's
brother. R1bcrt More, Who hsi charge Of
them. ADD fed. Int Moore. rrgsining his feet,
Tres . revolver and afei, killing William Saw
ycrs, ~ho he'd been confined for burglary.
The property Of the Massachusetts
Homs Missionary s,eie,y, which he late tress-
ufer. Charles Demond, vas said 10 have mis-
used, amoun's To eao,Op The trouble arises
from Unauthorized Investments by Demopd.
~ho lusti6es hi. action By the cu.,rm of for
mer ,reasur.rs making Investments In behalf
Of the sccie'y.
A few days ago q party Of soldiers
found the botle. 81 t~o men near the Fort
Laramie and Fort Mckinney road. one vas
hanging to tree and the other lying on the
yrouad. II {. supposed that ,hsy sere horse
or cattle thieves, and we're hung by rAnehmen
Who. icing short q rope, banged one, and
when be was dead Gu. him down and hanged
the other.
Martin Berger. another Mollie Ma
gu're, va. hanged at Po,,svile, Pa, January
i6,h, for the murder Of Patrick Burns ct Tus
cArora, Pa, April 18th, 1870. This makes the
nineteenth Mollie Mcguire hanged for murder
10 that state. Two others, Peter McMsnus
and John O'Seill. the alleged mnrierers Of
Hs.ser at shamokin, In December, ISIS, are
ye, 10 be dealt with.
On the night Of January 18th Frank
Donohue, aged ~, rose from the bed In which
he was sleeping with his friend sud fellow
workman. Martin Houston, In Chicago, and
taking . pocket-knife stabbed Houston some
twenty times about the head. When found In
the morning Houston was dead. Donahue
admitted the murder, but WAS under the In
iuepce % liquor. and says there WAS no cause
for 10 except bis own condition, be hayiny been
Almost delirious with drink for some weeks.
The execution 81 Sharpe and Nc
Donnell, two Mollie Msguires, took place at
Msuch Chunk, Pa, January 18th. They were
convicted o' the murder Of George X. smith,
a coal operator at Auienrrid, on the night
u November 9Th, 1853 A reprieve from GOV.
Hartranft arrived Que half minute after the
drop fell-just thirty seconds too late 20 save
the liyes Of the men adjudgcd guilty Of the
murder. Tn doomed men slept peacefully the
night before and showed no signs OF tear.
They died protesting their innocence.
A horrible murder was committed mt
Bells bend u the Cumberland river, twelve
milcs FROM Nashville, Tenn, on the night Of
January 10Th. Mex, morning the bodies OF
John Whittcmyer and wife were found side by
side In bed. They had been terribly beaten
aud distgured with billets Of o Between
the two dead bodies we're found an infant and
. child two years old, who were growing and
playing, unconscious Of the tragic surround
ings. one Knox Martin (colorcd) 4. suspected
of the murder. He had q Misunderstanding
with whit,emyer about the pay FOR q days
work.
Mrs. Kate Cobb. who has been on trial
at Norwich, Conn, for poisoning her husband,
has been sentenced to imprisonment FOR life.
Charles Dcmond. treasurer OF the
Massachusetts, Home Missionary society, Bos.
ton, has resigned by request Of the Executive
committee. He had made an unauthorized
Investment Of the funds amounting TO from
tso,UD to 100000. IL Ia said that he had
been specializing extensively In Western real
e~state-that he cold the securities OF the ssci-
city and Invested the procceds In wcstern lands
for the sake Of the commissions he would re-
ceive on such investment. The property has
been placed in the hands Of the society, hut
its value IL regarded a. doubtful.