The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-06-03
CRIME.

camped with $500 belonging to the
Red Hook National Bank.
THE Neus special from Denison.
Indian Territory, says that Bill and
Budd Bussley, brothers and halfbreeds
fought duel. Bill was killed. He
was largely interested in coal mines.
WILLIAM WARD, who has been on trial
two days past for the murder of Annie
Lewis, a girl of 16 years, about a year
ago, was found guilty of murder in the
first degree.
At Martin, Falls county, Texas, Sam
Field, Chicago drummer, was jailed,
charged with obtaining $1OO on false
pretenses from the Martin bank. Field
is wanted for similar SHINING at Houston,
Austin, San Antonio and Dallas. He
claims to represent the candy house of
Field & Co.
In the circuit court for Fairbury, ILL.,,
William Hunter and Fred. Wolf, who
broke into Greenbaum's clothing store
some weeks ago, were sentenced to the
penitentiary, the former for six and the
latter for three years.
THE fine residence OF John H. Tesch,
on Grand avenue, opposite Twenty.ninth
street, Milwaukee, Wis, was destroyed
by fire, on the Goth inst. The main
building was completely burned out
The wings of the building were saved.
Loss, $4,000.
Lewis Klein, of Schoolcraft, Michi-
gan, was convicted, on the 2lst, for SELL
ing liquor without complying with the
law Of 1879 in giving bond and paying
tax. Klein will appeal the case to test
the validity Of the statute.
THE excitement over the outrage and
killing of Mrs. George Salmon by the
brute Joe johnson, at Fairview Ken
lucky, has about subsided. The vile car
cass of the fellow was burnt to ashes, and
his head was cut off and placed on a
pole near the place ofhis execution.
A COAL.MlNER named Slane fired five
shots from revolver at man named
Spiggot, proprietor of the Sherman
house, at Peoria, ILL.,, on the 21st. The
shots all hit Spiggot, but did not pene-
trate his clothing, the weapon being one
of the cheap sort. Slane is now in Jail.
AT Cleburne, Texas, two cattle-herd.
ers, John Waggaman and James Ben
nett, had difficulty in determining who
should have stood guard last night over
a herd OF cattle. Bennett assaulted
Waggaman with pocketknife, inflict.
ing wounds that caused the latter's
death in few hours. The murderer es-
capped.
Cook Hovey, late city clerk of Urbana,
Ohio, who beat the city out OF about
$50, 900, and fled to St. Thomas, Canada,
and there remained until discovered a
few months ago, was brought back to
Urbana. having been extrsdi.ed by the
Canadian government. He is already
under indictment.for forging city bonds
He was bound over to the court in the
snm of $4,000.
SHERMAN HAYS, of St. Jacobs, ILL.,.
went fishing in company with two
other young men named Wissore and
Dugger. They were about to bet who
could hit the cork on the line by firing
at it with an old thirty two caliber re
volver, when the same, while in the
hands of Wissore, was accidently dis
charged, and the ball passed into Hsys
body. He lived till yesterday, when
death put an end to his suffering.
JOHN NELSON, the Benton county lows
horse-thief and wealthy stockdealer, has
been convicted in Greene county and
sentenced to the penitentiary for five
years. His paramour and accoplice il
horsestealing, Effie Bryant, from Mime
apolis, pleaded guilty and has also beer
sentenced to the penitentiary. Nelson
has decided all his property TO his wife
A latter dispatch announces that Nelson
escaped from the officer who was con
Quoting him tothe Anamosa penitentiary
and is now at large
A COLD BLooDED murder took place or
the 21st inst, near the village of Cali
fornia,' Ohio, six miles up the river from
Cincinnati. ;, Mrs. Singer, widow
about 80 years of age, went out to Gu
grass on the roadside near the residenc.
Of Mrs. Bateman, who ordered Mrs
Singer to leave. 1t appears she refused
whereupon Mrs. Bateman went back t
her house, got Q double barreled shot.
gun and deliberately fred its content
into the face and breast of Mrs. Singer
and then coolly went back to the house
The murder was witnessed by two mel
in . field near by, and Mrs. BatemaI
was arrested. Intense excitement wa
aroused and the women of the neighbor.
hood have made threats of lynching III,
nlurderess.
u An assault of an even more eensati0na