The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-09-02

thieves and exchanged number of
shots with them. Receiving a severe wound
he abandoned the chase, and the men es-
capped with their booty.
THREE peddlers, named James j. Hick-
ey Edward Hegman, and William Green,
have been arrested by the Brooklyn po-
lice, on charge of having murdered Louis
Sch midi, on the night of June 80.
THos. SMITH and Wesley Thomas, ne
groes, quarreled in front of VIM. Bakers
saloon, Burlingame, Kansas, and Smith
sent ball through Thomas lung. A
second shot was fired by Smith, which
passed through the window of the saloon
and struck Baker in the breast. Thomas
died in few minutes, and Baker is NOR
tally wounded.
A GREAT sensation has been caused
throughout Berks county, Pa, by the dis
covery of Benz. Rechler lunatic, who
had been confined in house in AL lbany
township, by his brother Jacob Rechler,.
for 81 years. He was chained to the floor
in small house made specially for him,
and the room was about eight feet square
with only one window for ventilation.
Two colored statesmen near Liberty Hill,
S. c., quarreled, and, after the man
ner Of the white chevaliers of that section,
one sent the other challenge to mortal
combat. The negro who received the de-
mand for satisfaction exhibited his good
sense by taking the document to a magis-
trate, who ut once issued a warrant for the
arrest of the offender.
A BOLD burglary was perpetrated in
the town of Turtle, four miles east of Be-
lott, Wis, and some $4,000 worth Of
money, valuables, and papers stolen. Mr..
Ross and family, aside from his mother
and servant-girl, were at Geneva Lake,
and it is supposed that this fact'was known
and advantage taken of their absence to
secure this booty. A large part of the
stolen property consisted of notes which
the thieves will find hard to negotiate
without giving themselves away.
IRWIN BRIGHAM, of Grant township,
near Kingsley, Mich, while driving along
the road with his "rother, invited Tim
Kelliher. whom they overlook, to take a
ride. He stood up behind them in the
wagon, and soon after, he discharged a
pistol and wounded Brigham severely.
kelliher claimed it was an accident, and
assisted in taking the wounded man home.
Brigham grasped a rifle and shot Kelliher
through the lungs. Both are dangerously
hurt.
The Herald dispatch from Barnstable
says the naked and terribly mutilated
body of Mary Cassoday, aged ten years,
was found in a brush heap in the wood.
body and in the childs side was large
butcher knife The ground about bears
evidences of the struggles of the little girl
to free herself from the william who SO
fearfully assaulted and cruelty murdered
her.
4 CoLoRED woman named Millie Davis,
at Cheyenne, Wy, grew respondent over
the desertion of her lover, on thes20th
inst, and saturated her dress with kero-
sene and set it on fire, her shrieks brought
assistance and the flames were extinguish-
ed but too late. She was burned horribly
her breasts cracking open and her bowels
protruding. The flesh hung in shreds.
The arrest of seven men for numbering
an unknown man who was driven. into
the Ohio river and stoned to death last
week for stealing bunch of grapes, took
place on the 21st inst. Testimony elected
was in accordance with the above and re-
suited in the recognition of four of the
prisoners, Joseph Belch, Hubert Gould,
Irwin Luster and John Martin as partici-
pants in the affair These men were held
for the court to answer the charge of
murder The others were discharged.
A coLoREp burglar, named Chas. John
son, gained entrance to the house of
Jacob Conard, of La Crosse, Wis, but
made so much noise that Mrs. Conard was
awakened. She arose, discovered the in
truder, and after desperate fight in
which the whole family participated, the
rascal was captured, bound hand and foot
and turned over to the police. The negro
was arranged before Justice Steinlein, and
in default of $500 was committed to jail to
await trial by the circuit court
BURGLARS made wide-spread raid on
Bloomington, H., on the 10Th inst They
entered the residence of Mr.. Wochner, Of
the brewing firm of Wager & Wochner,
and artistically got into the safe by means
of key stolen from Mr.. Wochner's pants
in his bedroom. They obtained about
$780, Mr.. and Mrs. Wochner were chic
reformed, and were quite sick when they
awoke in the morning. Two strangers are
suspected who visited the brewery the day
before and before whom Wochner opened
the safe to change $40 bill. The dental
Offices of Drs. Wilson, Campbell and Fish
er were opened and quantity of gold leaf
stolen. The police are of the of the opin-
ion that number of local crooks are in
the gang