The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-21
CARRIERS CRIME
Horrible Case Of Wife Murder
in Canada.
Il.
A Leadville Actress With Her
Little Gun.
Fatal Family Discussion in Texas.
FATAL FAMILY DISCUSSION.

Specials to the Star.
DALLAS. TEXAS, April 21.-At Weston.
Collin County, night before last, Matson
chipman, youth Of eighteen, shot and
killed Jake Howard, an uncle by marriage.
The parties quarreled over family discus
sion. Howard died to-day. Chapman was
arrested and jailed.
HANGED IN HIS STABLE.
PORTAGE, WIS.,, April 21.-A man named
Morse, residing in Decorah, about eight
miles from this city, committed suicide
yesterday afternoon by hanging to beam
in the stable. He was sixty-three years
old.
THE CAUSE WAS JEALOUSY.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX, April 21.-Last night
a Mexican named Torres, driving team to
this city. was met OH the highway and shot
by another Mexican. Cause jealousy.
SUICIDE OF A POSTMASTER.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. April 21.-Alvin
J. shearer, of Alpine, this county, and
postmaster, committed suicide by drowning
at White Pigeon. His body was brought
here last night. He is reported to have
been suffering from delirium tremens.
NO sHoEING DONE ON CREDIT.
WINSTON. N. G., April 21.-Wm. Brindle,
a blacksmith, who works at Shady Grove,
Davie County, was fatally stabbed yester-
day by Samuel Howard. Howard went
into the shop. and wanted to have his
horse shod on credit. Brindle refused. and
Howard drew six-inch bowie and stabbed
him twice.
ANOTHER MURDER UNVEILED.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-. April 21.--On the 18th
day of October last Mary Monroe, daughter
of John Monroe, who resides near New.
castle, in the edge of Harrison County,
disappeared from her home. She was 20
years of age, and rather prepossessing in
appearance.
Pieces of her clothing have now been
found in the bushes near that place, and
there were blotches of what seemed to be
blood on parts of the clothing. Near it
were found lying on the ground the
greater part of a human skull, and the jaw.
bone of human being,
The affair is involved in the deepest
mystery, but sus, icion points to con
tractor by the name of Brown, employed
by the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Rail
road, who had been paying attention to
the gill against her parents wishes, and
had disappeared two days previous to the
girls disappearance.
AN ACTRESS ON THE SHOOT.
DENVER, Col, April 21.-A variety ac-
tress from Leadville, who has been playing
at the Palace Theater, in this
city, for the past week under the
name of Ada Mitchell, yesterday made a
deliberate attempt to assassinate
her lover, Charles Wakefield, wealthy res
dent of Leadville, where the two are said
to have been on intimate terms Both
were stopping at the Merchants Hotel.
She entered the room and aimed directly
at Wakefields heart, but the ball missed
its mark and simply wounded him in the
arm. Her second shot struck an innocent
visitor, inflicting terrible wound. The
woman is very handsome, and jealousy
was her motive.
HORRIBLE CRIME IN CANADA.
CHICAGO, April 81. II special from
Brantford, Ont. states that Benjamin Car
rier, an Indian farmer from the Onondag;
Reserve, while at work in the woods quar-
relied with his wife Nancy about squav
paramour of the former, when he seizet
his ak and smashed his wife's head.
He also hacked her about the breast ant
arms, then left her dead. His returnin!
home alone aroused suspicion, and tn,
neighbors going in search, found her a
described. When arrested there were marks
of blood on his pants. He is only twenty
eight years old.