Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-10-14
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.


In Findlay, Ohio, two sons of we'll
known farmers have been arrested for passing
counterfeit dollars, halves and qusrters.
Edward Jones. aged 81, had. a. quarrel
with his uncle, living near Salem, Ill.,, Oct ,,
and with a shot gun shot his uncle, killing
him instantly.
At jersey City, N. j. October 2, Mrs.
Mary Doyle, temporarily insane from fever
threw her, baby two months old, out of third
story window, killing it instantly.
At Pottsville, Pa, Oct. 6, Charles Will
chew shot his wife and then himself. He died
in few minutes. The wife is not expected
to recover. Her alleged infidelity to her mar
riage vows was the cause.
An alleged insane wife shot Almon
Ford at their residence in st. Paul on the
evening of October s. The man is in St. Jo-
seph's hospital not expected to live. The wo-
man is in jail. They have three young chill
dren the youngest about 10 months.
At Mosslllon, O., ON the night of Oct.
2, in quarrel between Amos Zollers and Alex.
McKusick, at John Mairs' bagnio. McKusick
was elected by Zollers and Mairs. Mairs after
that went out, and the fight took place on the
sidewalk, in which NcKusick cut Mars throat
with razor, causing death in fifteen minutes.
Near the town of Bisbee, Arizona Ter
ritory, October 5, man named Dodson, at
tempted to outrage young lady whose name
is not ascertained. Her father rescued her.
Dodson soon returned with a carbine andIfred
one shot, killing brother of the girl and an
other wounding her in the arm. Dodson es-
capped, buta party are in pursuit
At Cincinnati, o., Thos. Bell, photo
grapheI. who created sensation few weeks
ago by driving a man from his house at
the point of a revolver, and firing two shots
after him, on the ground that he was unduly
familiar with Mrs. Bell, on the night of Sep
tember so. shot himself through the head,
causing instant death. b ,;wife says he drew
a revolver and threatened to shoot her, when
she fled, and heard the shot when she got
down stairs.
A Topeka, Kansas, telegram of Oct. 4,
says W. H. Fairchild, the man arrested in
Chicago, charged with the murder of Richard
French, the step.father of his wife, two years
ago, in Harper county, Kansas, has confessed.
He claims that he caught his wife and French
III tne ACT OF sexual intercourse, ana afGer
some words he called French liar. He then
struck him with an ak, killing him instantly
He further says that ne has never evaded ar
rest
October 6, at Concordia, Boliyer, Miss.
difficulty arose between ]. B. Owen, justice
of peace, and J. W. Glover, a farmer. Owen
was holding his court. Glover made distu:-
bance and was ordered under arrest by Owen
Pistols were at once drawn by both and firing
commenced by each. Owen fell dead. Glover
ran about three hundred yards and fell. He
died after lingering eight hours. Both were
young men Of good standing in the commu-
nifty.
On the 9Th of October, at Logansport,
Indiana, tramp was arrested, charged with
having shot Conductor Whitaker, of frei gh
train, at Waverly ten miles east of Logans-
port, after he aud another tramp had been
elected from the train on which they were
stealing ride. Whitaker, who lives in La
fayette, was dangerously wounded in the
neck, being shot ia the mouth. the ball lodg-
ing in his neck. The other tramp was arrest
ed at Keokomo.