Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-30

| nun OerS constitute the residue OF those
1O4O's issued under the act of March
8, 1864.
CRIME.
A NASHVILLE special of April 22d
states that seven hundred violators Of
the internal revenue law were brought
before the court there and accepted
Attorney Gen. Nevins' amnesty.
A SIDNEY, Nebraska dispatch of the
22d, says that superintendent Voorhees,,
of the Sidney and Black Hills Stage
Company, has just finished test of a
burglar chest manufactured by the
Mosler Safe and Lock Company of Gin
cinnati with view to beat the road
agents. The test was witnessed by MIR.
NJ Mosler, president of the company,
j. GREENWOOD, general agent, and 9TH
ers, and Was In every respect successful
so much so that the stage company
has ordered supply of the chests,
feeling certain that they can now defy
the highwaymen.
A Charleston, South Carolina press
dispatch of April 22d states that in the
United States circuit court it was de-
cided that the Federal courts have the
right to cause to be produced in court
the original papers on file in the office
of secretary of state, Notwithstanding
the state laws to the contrary, and the
district-attorney was directed to amend
his rule against the secretary of state
of South Carolina SO as to notify him
that the original papers are wanted, the
court saying that the rule SO amended
would be made absolute.
A ST. LOUIS dispatch of April Dist,
states that quite q sensation was pro-
duced there over the arrest of Charles
| Green, a son-ln-law of Col. Nat Clair
borne, prominent criminal lawyer of
that city. Not long ago Green came to
St. Louis with a flourish of trumpets
from New Orleans and made society
heave. He led 10 the altar the beauti-
full daughter of Col. Claiborne. The
affair was one of great moment in So
ciety. Green turns out to be a fraud of
the first water, and is locked up for for
gerry, it is believed, although the police
are reticent, and will allow nobody to
see Green or talk to MIN.
A Jersey City press dispatch of April
23d says a man entered the National
Bank of Vineiand Yesterday and asked
to see the president. That officer being
absent, the visitor procededed to tran
sact some business with the cashier.
Happening to turn around for book
he saw a stranger in the vault, sprang
upon him, and after short struggle,
recovered $4,000 from the intruder.
The robber had two companions one at
the desk in front, and another with a
carriage outside. They escaped with
nearly 81 600. The three men were
English, and supposed to be profess
sional bank-robbers. . .sr
A QUEER and important murder trial
was commenced in lebanon, Pa, on
| the 21st inst. Charles Drews, Charles
Stichler, Leo Zachman, Henry F. Weise,
Josiah Hammel, and Israel Brandt
were arranged for the murder of Joseph
Raber, in the backwoods country, about
| fifteen miles from lebanon, last De-
cember. The alleged murder took
place to obtain about SIC, 900 insurance,
it is supposed, on the old mans life.
Drews and Stichler are accused Of hav-
ing com mitted the murder by drowning
the victim in small creek. The remain
ing four held the policies, and are ac-
cused of having hired the two to do the
murder, promising to pay them several
hundred dollars for doing the job. All
the defendants plead not guilty. The
/ following Insurance com panies are re-
presented: Home Mutual, of Lebanon;
New Era, of Philadelphia; Mutual, Of
Reading; Hartford, of Hartford, Conn !;
and Keystone, of Allentown. " {
A CHICAGO dispatch of int 2sd
states that while Edwin Booth
was giving the soliloquy in the
last act of Richard II. at McVicker's
theatre, tonight. shot was fired at
him by q man in the left hand upper
gallery. Booth sat still till after about
three seconds, a 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 at once seized, and but for
the intervention of the officers would
have been roughly handled. He states
bis name is Mart Gray, that he is 20
years old, a dry goods clerk ofSt. Louis;
that he has been 3 years preparing to
do this deed and is surprised that he
failed; that his failure to kill Booth is the
only part of the attemptwhich he regrets.
Gray says Booth wronged a friend of
| his one time and ne has been resolved
! to punish him ever since. He states
he is from Keokuk but is now travelling
for firm III St. Louis. He was only
thirty feet distant from Booth
when he. fired the shot. He mad
on his person, a letter addressed to a
lady by the name of Katie, stating his
intention of shooting Booth, tonight,
and asserting in rambling way that
Lawrence Barrett, is superior actor to
Booth. He is now in custody at the
| Central Station, and talks coherentlv.
The audience at McVicker's remained
after this episode, and the play pro-
ceeded to the end without a further
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