The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-04-02
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Al Chicago. on the 18th, Martin Power
aged ~. shot and probably fatally wounded
his wife, Bridget. aged - and then shot
himself. producing death almost instantly.
jealousy was the cause. They had only been
married i've months
AT Il. Louis. on the morning Of the 18th,
Conrad Hiemann. while in drunken craze.
stabbed hi wife and twD-year-old child, the
hitter while in is mothers arms. The wife
was almost instantly killed. the babe was
probably fatally injured John Hiemann. \
brother OF the murderer. als7 received Sc
we're cut while trying 70 RESTRAIN the latter
The murderer ded. but was arrested few
hours later, while wandering about in an APP
parently craxed condition
AT Aurora. H.. on the morning OF the 18th.
Mr.. W. Baldwin was found dead In bed
with her jugular vein severed, and beside
her law her unconscious husband with sew
eral gashes in his throat. arms and ABDOMEN
His wounds are not serious Baldwin came
from Vermont. and they had been married
only three weeks Cause Of the tragedy un-
known
Johannes Debcer, AGED L. was hanged AZ
Pontiac. H., on the 18th, for the murder. in
October last. Of Ella Martini Young girl q
about the same are, under circumstances Of
peculiar afrocitv.
Homer wellington, well known business
man of Boston. u high social standing. i
under arrest. charged with poisoning his
wife and little boy. and also Of the minor
crime OF forgery. His wife will probably re
cover. The boy died with every symptom Of
poisoning
In Carter County. KY, On the night 81 the
18Th. party Of regulators went 10 james
Biyion's house and Gemzndedthe ~urrendei
OF one John B0gg-. 4 citizen ~ unenviabis
repure who was said to be secrefed there,
Biyion refused them permission to enter hi
house, but, a. stated. opened fire upol
them, whcreupon the regulators brok'
down tbs doors Of the house and fired vol
ley into II, killing Biyiyn instantly The,
then took Borvs out and hanged him 70
tree. after which they logged -on o. BIv
ion. During the fight Mr. Bision was hi
b. rock and had one Of her legs broken
Two young children on = colored ma
I named James Alexander. living in Gcdfre
Township, Madison County, H. were ere
: mated in burning house In which they ha
been locked up during the absence Of thei
: parents, on the 18th
!, Frank @. Fails. former resident Of Mem
!. phis. together with four negroes, wer
1 drowned a. Walnut Bend. Ark, BY the CAP
4 sizing Of skiif. on the 18th
= A duel was fought In Brunswick County
i va, on the 18th, between X A. Eaney,
Young LAWYER, and Richard Jolly. .drum
mer.v The latter was wounded in the rigi
q arm A second fire was about being hz'
I. when the whole party were captured BY n
I, Sheriff. The affair originated In di-cussic
about State politics.
WIN. ID. Pierson was hanged n Genese'
y. ~, on the 10Th. for the murder Of -
4 Whitney, BY poison, in January, 1ss.. III
. victims wife, whom Pierson subsequent
a married, was tried a. accessory 70 the Grim
"A but was acquitted.
a Samuel ii. Myers was hanged AZ Cleburn
II Tex, on the 18th, for the murder Of Mr.
,r Hester, in February, is-7-
l. During m entertainment II the publ
a, hall in Lincoln. Lancaster County, Pa, =
4. the night of the 3rh,the floor gave way m
"a large portion Of the audience, which nun
m bered 40 or 800 people, were rresipitats
~ 10 the floor below Twenty or more perso
10 were injured, some Of them seriously.
y John Quinn. aged 50, leader o. 4
ID Fcnian invasion Of Canada in lS52 hang
Z himself Al Buffalo, y. r., on the 2lst.
Il At Alma. Colo, on the I'D, w. ,. Ports
q hard character, shot and killed Thos. ca
mody. Tie murder was unprovoksd.
IN less than an hour about fifty unmaskcd eli
he zens gathered and hung Porter 10 the ridg
Of pole of the jail.
AT MarhalI, Tex, on the I'd, Frank few
Dr. proprietor OF boarding house, poison
le his twelve -year-old son and then took IA