The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-31

AWFUL ADAM
Buries His Murdered
Wife in a Well.
Prob able Parricide BY a
Maniac Son.
How ScOllard of Sturgis Slew
the Soldiers.
Specials to the star.

Specials to the stas.
NoRrHpoRr, MICH, March 31.--Four
months ago the insane wife of Adam Da-
genkalb German, living four miles from
here, mysteriously disappeared. Yesterday
a large crowd If citizens mistrusting foul
play. assembled at Dagenkalb's homestead
in the woods to investigate the premises,
and had commenced to dig out an old well
hat had recently been filled up, when Da-
genkalb made an excuse to so up stairs.
He there cut his throat from ear to ear.
His wife's body was found wrapped in an
old blanket at the bottom of the we'll, also
with her throat cut. She had been MUIR
dered in cold blood by her husband. ~-
SUICIDE IN HIS BARN.
+ LEAvENwoRTH, KAN, March 3L.-A far
mer named Wickes, living few miles
from Onaga committed suicide yesterday
by hanging himself in his barn. No cause
is assigned.
PICK VERSUS PISTOL.
CHESTER, ILL, March 3i-John Brown. a
colored convict in the Southern Illinois
Penitentiary, made an attack upon Keeper
O'Brien with pick yesterday. O'Bren
drew his pistol and shot Brown twice, once
in the leg and once in the arm.
| DRESSED HIM UP IN DOWN.
| CLINTON, ILL, March 31.-A man named
Coleman at Farmer City, was arrested for
attempting to outrage girl yesterday.
While he was lying in the calaboose wait
ing transportation to this city, number of
men broke open the prison doors, admins
tered a coat of tar and feathers, relocked
the doors and left him in his inglorious po-
sition.
NINE YEARS FOR MURDER.
| VINcENNEs, IND, March 31.-The Jury in
the Joe Herbert murder trial being out
since since noon yesterday, this morning
returned verdict of manslaughter and
fixed his sentence at nine years imprison-
ment A motion was made for new trial,
which will be granted.
| DROWNED IN HIS SLEEP.
FRANKFORT, IND, March 31.-Marion
Wills, single man, aged twenty-four, re-
siding nine miles east of here, left Circle
vile on Saturday night under the influence
of liquor, and not arriving home in season
search was instituted and his body found
yesterday about one mile from home
l,ihg in the water, which 1t is thought sub
merged him while asleep
| KILLED BY AN ASH HOPPER.
| PANA, ILL.,, March 31-Thomas Meier
ren, fourteen years of age, living with his
parents one mile south of this place, was
accidentally killed yesterday evening by
an ash-hopper falling on him.
FATAL GAME OF CARDS.
DEADwooD, March 31.-John Scollard, a
hotel-keepV at Sturgis City, shot and fa-
tally woun4e Private Michael Pendegast
and seriously injured Private Thomas
Hadegast and Sergeant O'Neill. all of Com
pany e, Seventh Cavalry, at Sturgis. The
quarrel resulted from game of cards.
Scollard is in arrest.
| CUT THE OLD MANS NOSE OFF.
RooKFoRD March 3l.-Mrs. Helena
Ragan who about ten days ago cut her
husbands nose off while he was asleep for
the purpose, as she alleges, of getting even
with him for twenty years of abuse, was
held over in the sum of $500.
| DREADFUL DEED OF A MANIAC.
DEApwooD, DAKOTA, March 31.-The fol-
lowing are the details of the sad affair in
which Andrew Wallace, prominent
and wealthy speculator from
indianapolis was shot four times, probably
fatally, by his own son Sanford yesterday
morning at his residence in Pennington:
The son has been confined to his bed for
some time with an affection of the kidneys
and for the past week has been violently
insane.
The father was seated at his desk in his
drawipg-room, with his back to the bed
room door, when Sanford quietly slipped
out of bed, secured two pistols, and with
one in each hand stealthily approached tc
within few feet of his father. when he
fred four shots in rapid succession, al
taking effect. The attendants rushed ir
and secured the maniac. ere lie could
empty the pistols. The father and son arc
now in the hospital.