Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-09-08
Bloody Deeds.

At Bodie Cal, on the 5th inst, Geo. Watkins
killed police officer Whitaker and died shortly
after from wounds inflicted by the officer, a
Spaniard murdered John blackwell, miner.
in saloon on account of the miner beating a
waiter girl; and a man named CASTILLO was
killed by John Raum, the trouble growing out
of the same occurrence.
Newberry county, South Carolina, furnishes
a story of horrible and mysterious murder.
While an old man, named Henry Grier, was
fishing in Little river, the other day. he discov-
cred the corpse of man in the water. He gave
the ALARM and people came and dragged the
place, recovering two bodies, both victims being
the sons of old man Grier The young men had
been shot to death, and their remains were
afterwards sunk by means of stones tied to their
limbs. An inquest was held. but no trace of
! the assassins could be discovered. The people
| are wildly excited over the affair.
Henry Kingdom, Hartford Conn.,, black
smith, killed his wife on the Sd inst, by shoot
ing her through the head. Heis hard drinker
and constantly abused his wife,
Charles Hites, chairmalzer, was shot and
instantly killed at Dayton, o., on the 1st inst,
by John Halerick, bis brother-in-Iaw. They
quarreled about the payment OF a small sum of
money which Hites loaned Halerick.
Thomas Mcdonald, aged about % years, hv
ing near Commercial Point, P1ckaway county.
o.. was taken from his house by a mob and
hung to a tree near his residence, on the 1st
inst Mcdonald came from Kent some years
ago and married into a highly reputable family.
He has for long time been regarded as a
desperado, quarelsome and vindictive, and the
community took this startling mode of Kidding
themselves of bad character.
Kline Hamilton, son Of DR.. Hamilton, Of
Georgetown, Pa, was killed at 10 O'Clock on the
night Ct the 31st ult.. at Bellaire, o., by being
hit by stone as he was passing an alley. 1t is
not known who did it or for what purpose
At Danville Junction, KY, on the evening of
the 31st ult., Samuel Johnson was shot and in
stantly killed by J. Wheeler. The general
opinion is that Wheeler acted in self defense as
Johnson had threatened to kill him.
John Hamilton, aged rs, wealthy farmer OF
Ionia, Mich. was fatally shot by his nephew,
VIM. H. McKenney, aged Is, on the 3ist ult.
Hot words ensued between them in regard to
payment of wages due the young man, when
McKenny deliberately shot his aged relative.
On the night of the 2Sth ult., a man resid-
ing near Manchester, o., put some poison into
coffee, of which his wife and child drank and
died. He then attempted to kill himself with a
revolver, but did not succeed. A mob collected
took the scoundrel to a neighboriug tree, which
they converted into a gallows, and thus did
what he failed to do for himself, and saved the
county sheriff an unpleasant job
John Mulens, of Silver City, Col, married a
daughter of Moccasin Bill on the 25th, and on
the 3Oth ult he was assassinated. No clue to
the murderer.
James Bennett, of Troy. fireman of an engine
and killed on the 30th ult. at San Antonio sta
ton, Col, by a party of drunken men, who,
while Bennett was standing in the cab, opened
fire. Three arrests have been made.
At picnic at Shannondale, Charlton county,
Mo-, two negroes had quarrel and one shot
the other dead. Shortly after Pat. O'Brien,
constable, attempted to arrest the murderer,
but he resisted and swore that no man could
arrest him or take his pistol, whereupon O'Brien
killed him with shotgun.
A brutal murder occurred at the Blooming
dale brewery, Fort Wayne, Ind, on the 29th
ult. John Hechstrasser, the murdered man,
happened tomeet John and Perry Snoor, broth
ers. An old feud had long existed between the
parties The Snoor brothers were very drunk.
and they concluded it good time to settle mat
tiers with Hachstrasser. Perry commenced,
John rushed in with large club, striking
Hachstrasser on the crown of the head literally
crushing his skull