The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-08-21
CRIME.

Inc C0nkllng-Sprague melee is the OF
Iy talk in political circles.
CRIME.
On the 18th, Capt. John Secrest of
mail route west from vinita, L T., was mul
dered some $50 miles west of said place, hi
body being found near his horse and buggy
He had left Vinita few days before with
considerable amount of money with which 4
pay of his mail carriers. It is considere,
highly probable that the desperadoes who rob
bed Caneyville are the parties who have com
mitted this murder, - the q. 8. court for tn
western district of Arkansas, which has juris
diction over the entire territory, is now power
less on account of the lack of appropriation
by Congress to meet the expenses of the mar
shals. It il thought that this murder and tn,
Caneyville robbery are but the beginnings oil
crime and lawlessness which we shall soor
witness in this once terror-strickea Territory
A cold blooded murder was committed
in 81 Louis on the 18th, by Thaddeus Baker
. plumber. He had quarreled with his vii.
. few days previous to the shooting, and hai
remained away from home until the evenins
mentioned, when he returned, and entering
the room where his mother-in-law sat reading
while his wife was lying on . bed in the same
room, shot the old lady through this brain and
his wife in the left breast, infiicting fatal
wound. After his capture he stated that he
was not married to the woman, that her moth.
or would not allow her to marry him, but com.
PEELED her to prostitute herself while livine
with Barber. That he was glad he had killed
the old woman, but had accidentally killed
the daughter, which he regretted.
At st. Louis on the 18th, the coroner
jury summoned to investigate the killing Of
Jackson Gardner, negro, who was supposed
to have been shot by q policeman the night
before while attempting to escape arrest
closed their inquisition after hearing . great
mass of testimony, and brought in q verdict
that Gardner was shot with a revolver; but
they could not agree who fred the fatal bullet.
Coroner Auler will swear out warrants against
Policemen Burke and Felon, who were pursu-
ing Gardner when he was killed, charging
them with having shot him.
Louis Rathgorber, went to Denver a
few months ago, and established himself q .
pawnbroker; on the 18th inst. he was arrested
on charge of completely in the robbery of
Hatch 4 Davidsons pawnshop, June 18th.
Rathgorber il accused of planning the robbery,
while it was executed by three others, who have
disappeared. The robbery amounting to e5,-
600, was committed in open day light, and the
goods sent to Chicago. Rathgorber went to
jail in default of 900 bail.
Joseph F. FRYE, dealer in hides and
in Boston on the 18th. He WAS found lying
before hi. open safe, with pistol shot through
his heart and numerous stabs in the back, and
other bruises, all indicating . desperate strug-
gle with the robbers. The safe had been rob-
bed and his pockets riied of their contents.
Frye's partner was . young Italian, and two
of his friends have been arrested on sus-
picion.
A tramp named Harry Locke was ar
A.
ing t. wreck . passenger train on the Lake
Shore road by placing tie on the track. The
obstruction was discovered by . freight en-
gineei, and an accident was thus prevented.
The tramp gave as reason for his offence that
he WAS out of friends, and tired of life, and
wanted imprisonment.
In suburb of Chicago, on the l4th, a
tramp attempted to enter . residence in the
night when . son of the master of the house
shot and killed him. He proved to be jour
nalist from Chicago, who was of irregular hab-
its, and had fallen from the high moral plane
Of his former associates. His name was J. ID.
Trainer.
The bank of G. II. Bussing & Co., Gin
cinnati, WAS robbed of 5000 on the 18th,
about one O'Clock, two men entering, one en-
gazing the attention of the person in charge,
and the other getting away with the funds.
John Campton, colored, was shot dead
while At dinner with his family at home in
Prince George county, Maryland, on the 18th.
No arrests were made.
The Mormons in Clay and Cherokee
counties, N. C., have been given thirty days to
leave the State under pain of death by: the irate
citizens.
Solomon Lem. an iron founder, murders
his foreman, Conrad Engleman. and suicides
by cutting his throat with . knife, At Chicago.
Two convic.s escape from the peniten-
tiary guard boat at New York through the
negligence of . drunken keeper.
One colored man fatally knifes another
in an alteration over watermelon at Law
renee. kas.
A Leavenworth, Has, farmer pursuades
Allison McKeehan to marry his daughter with
. shotgun.
James Stevens shot his wife on the 18th.
during . quarrel, at Fincas.lc, near Richmond,
and fed.
Capt. John Secrest, a mail contractor,
assassinated by unknown parties, near vini,a,
1T.
An attempt made by unknown parties
70 assasinate Minister Beverly near Russell,
The residence of Col. Scott at Farming
ton, Ia, destroyed by an incendiary FIRE.
Joshua hester. an old man, assassinated
by IN unknown party at Hillsville, Va.
Henry Locke, tramp, has contessesed
70 being train-wrecker At Buffalo.
Martin Purtell shot and instantly killed
by an indianapolis policeman.
Ben coleman riddles Jose Costilla with
pistol balls at Weimar, Texas-
Wiffendot, Choctaw Indian murderer,
shot to death At Atoka, l. T.
James Stevens murders his wife in q fit
of jealousy At Fincastle, Va.
A. couple Of confidence men arrested by
detectives at VAndalia, Ill
David Gates kills his wife and commits
suicide near Halifax. .