Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-01-08
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
On the morning of January /, in New
York, unknown burglars cut hole in the
wall of Mauasseh l.. Goldman's dry goods
store, 81 Canal street, aud stole stock valued
at $1,000.
JOSEPH @. SrETsoN, ex.county col
lector, New Brunswick, N. j., has been sen.
fenced to two years in state prison for the
embt element of county funds.
FREDERICK w. KELLY, an officer Of
the Mount Holly, N. j., National bank, con
fessed defalcation after arrest, on the I'd
inst. He turned over all his property to
make good his deficiency.
Two young Americans, Geo. Green of
Texas, and Frank Center of Boston, were in
a mail coach near Guarsj uato, Mexico,
when it was attacked BY band of 80 rob.
bers with Winchester rifles. These young
men fought the whole banI. killed five and
wounding several, compelling the Others to
retreat. Green wac slightly wounded.
GUY Frey, of Gsllipolis, O., was
visited by party of seven or eight burg.
lars en- the night of the 1st inst. He fred
into the crowd and in the morning found
an unknown man dead in his yard.
AT Los Angeles, CAL, a woman named
Reynold, deliberately drowned her daugh.
ter, seven years old, in a pool of water on
the LIST inst.
GUSTAV OHR and Geo, Mann, each
lon, o., January 7, for the murder of John
Watmough in August last, near Alliance,
Ohio.
COL l.. A. HARRIS, ex-mayor of Gin
cinnati, shot w. II. Adams, his brother in
law, on New Years night, in an alteration
growing out of a claim against Harris by
Adams. The wound was supposed to be
fatal.
SHERIFF STlTH and Constable Red.
mass were both mortslly wounded while at.
tempting to arrest two desperate characters
in house of ill.fame at Van Vert, Ohio,
on the night of the LIST. One of the shooters
was afterwards arrested.
CITIZENS of Fairfield county, Ohio,
are highly excited over dastsrdly attempts
by grave robbers. The ghouls were sue.
cessful in carrying away the body of iona.
than Boyer, an old and respected citizen
who died recently.
MRS. HELEN JOSEPHINE WARD of Bos-
ton, was shot while asleep with her dasgh.
ter, aged Is, on the night OF the Goth. Miss
Ward has been arrested. From what she
says it is believed she shot her mother while
in a somnambulistic state.
THOMAS SOLDER, a farmer residing at
Millston, Wis, shot and killed his son
Fred, aged % years, on the evening of the
29h. Father and son had qusrreled over
their work, Ind after it had subsidized the
former went to the house, and obtaining a
shotgun hunted out the latter and deliber-
ately shot him. The murderer was cap
tured after some resistance.
ROAD agents robbed the stage coach
near Bismarck, Dakota, killing the only
passenger, Mr.. Oates.
AT Orle ansboro, on the Klamath river,
Oregon, drunken Indiaa stabbed P. r..
Scott and instantly killed James Osburn.
The white men caught snd tied him to q
tree and filed him full Of bullets.
AT Tif'in, Ohio, on the 30th ult., Geo,
Chevidence, 20 years old. in Fl of jealousy,
shot his wife and then fred four balls into
his own body.
Four negroes charged with murder
were taken from Jail at Amite, La, on the
night Of the 2Sth. by a mob of eft. men and
| shot to death. Two other prisoners were
| liberated.
WILLIAM A. OWENS shot and killed
James Langford, at Pine Hill, Ky, on the
29th. 1t grew out Of an old feud.
AT Pope's Station, Miss, Bedford and
Frank Duke quarreled over game of cards,
| in which Frank shot Bedford, killing him
instantly. They were cousins. Bedford
| leaves a wife and seven children.
N. d. SADLER, late representative in
the legislature from Franklin county, Ar
kansas, was assassinated st his home by
unknown parties, on the 28th.
DURING dance ON Christmas eve, ST
Ellenton, s. c., Stephen Bush was shot and
killed by William Bates. The murderer
was drunk at the time.
The body of Gustave Lindon was
found on the stree. in Chicago with revol'
yer ear his head. 1t WAS at first thought to
be case Of suicide, but an investigation
by the coroner led to verdict of death at
the hands Of some unknown person.