Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-09-09
Criminal.

Criminal.
TREMAINE, an East ST. Louis saloon
Keeper, shot and killed Horace B. Vail. a
drunken customer, who assaulted him.
S. w HOFFMAN, ex-city auditor of Gin
cinnati, charged with crookedness in the
administration of his Office, has been ac-
quilted.
STEPHEN RICHARDSON, who killed his
mother-in-law at Wilmington, Del, on the
| 10Th of July last. was executed at that city
on the 18th inst.
A PARTY of disguised men entered a
house in the county of Kerry, Ireland,
| from which a family had been evicted, and
cut off the ears of two men who had been
left in charge of the premises.
Two lads named respectively WelIin and
Ray, the former aged Is and the latter Ii
years, living near Danville, H., began
throwing clods at each other in a cornfield.
Ray got mad" and hit Wellin with
club on the back of the head, killing him
almost instantly.
SATURDAY night man residing near
Blanchester, O., put some poison into
coffee of which his wife and child drank
and died. He then attempted to kill HIM
self with a revolver, but did not succt FL
A mob collected, took the scoundrel f,
neighboring tree, which they converted
into gallOwS, and hung him.
DURING the progress of lawsuit be-
tween Marshal Stark and J. Happenberg-
er. at Syracuse, ILL.,, man named John
Casey struck the former severe blow in
head which prOstrated him. A great
commotion followed, and the culprit was
fined $25 and sent to jail for six months.
w. A. BURNSIDE dry-goods merchant of
Marshalltown, Iowa, when on his way
home was attacked by thugs. knocked
down, and robbed He was terribly cut
and bruised about the forehead. and has
been lying very low There was some sus-
picious characters in the city the next
day, but no arrests have been made.
A MAN by the name of Garringer, who
made an affidavit to the effect that the
jury that convicted Mr.. Brown. at Indian
apolis, of the murder Of her husband, had
been tampered with, to his knowledge,
was brought into court. yesterday, and
committed to jail, in default of ball. on a
charge of perjury.
H. G. LANCToN, Il private detective at
Michigan City, got an idea that he ran
the town, and shot a hard-working man in
the leg for not halting when ordered to do
so. Popular excitement soon rose to such
pitch that Lancton, who had been ar
rested, was conveyed to La Porte for safe
keeping.
Mrs. HAMBURGER, fashionable mil
liner of Montreal, concluded to remove to
New York city, where trade is better. She
packed her stock, valued at $4,000, into
eighteen trunks and informed the customs
off bo
they contained nothing but migrants eff
fects. An examination reveled the fall
sity of the statement, and thewhole collec-
tiOn of SaratOgas was confsclted.
MINING troubles in Cenral Ohio con-
tinue. A miner was shot by a militia
company at Coalton for attempting to pass
the picket line Sheriff Jnes, of Jack
son county, telegraphed Gov. Foster that
the militia were attacked Ey mob who
flung bricks at them. A vdIey was fired,
but nobody was hurt. AT Corning the
white strikers attempted tc bulldoze the
negro miners, but the latter turned out
with muskets and scared off the assailants.
HENRY KINGsHORN, blacksmith, killed
his wife at Hartford, Com. on the 9th
inst. He was hard drinktr and his wife
long suffered from his abuse She helped
ldISeIy III supporting the 1Hnlly Dy uleSS-
making, and was busy worling a sewing
machine when her husband placed pistol
near her head and discharged it, He went
TO the station house and surrendered him
self to the police. He confessed the deed,
and says he meant to kill hiswife, and pur-
chased a pistol that morning for that pur-
pose.
STANLEY CARVER, a young man well
known in Baltimore, was TO have been
married on the 3rd inst, but although
many friends congregated at the residence
of the young lady interested bringing
presents to the value of several hundred
dollars, the bridegroom came not After
a long and embarrassing wait the girl re-
tired heartbroken, and the guests, after
partaking of the feast prepared, left for
their homes. Carver has fled the town.
THOMAS MCDONALD, of Commercial
Point, Franklin county O., met a violent
death on the 3rd inst, at the hands of
mob. He had long been the terror of the
neighborhood, but of late had devoted the
greater part of his time and energy to a
saloen-keeper whom it appeared to be his
aim to exterminate. The two men had
desperate fight on Monday night, McDon-
aid losing an eye in the melee. Growing
tired of this sort Of thing the neighbors
took the ruffian out of his house at the
dead of night and lynched him.