Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-03-19
CRIME.

murder OF IOlee Twin, cOl0fc6, NOV
1lih, 1878. He said his conviction was
caused by malice, but he was gong TO a
better country, and was prepared.
SIDNEY McFADDEN, colored. was hung
at Washington, Ark, March 18TH, for the
murder, by poison. of his wife Esther
in November, 1879, He had formed a
connection with another woman, and
was heard to say he intended to put his
wife out of the way. She was taken
suddenly i'll at the time stated, and died
suddenly. A post mortem examination
revealed poison in the stomach.
THE Jury in the case of Louis Noler,
who killed his father and shot his moth.
er and brother at Strongsville, near
Cleveland, last October, brought in a
verdict. on the 11th, of murder in the
second degree, which will impose the
penalty of imprisonment for life
A MARSHALL, Texas, telegram of
March 18th says, Charles Cox, who in
company with Monroe SpradIey, muir.
dercd peddler named McAnnally, in
Panold county, this state, in the spring
of 1876, has, after repeated delays, been
brought to trial at Carthage, and sen
fenced TO ninety.nine years in the peni.
Tertiary.
BETWEEN 2 and S O'Clock yesterday
morning, says Geneva Lake, Wis, dis
patch Of the 10Th, the trim and beautiful
steam yacht Arrow, owned by George
Slurges, President of the Northwestern
National Bank of Chicago, was destroy.
ed by fire, together with u large boat
house aud several small boats, involving
u loss Of fully $4,000, upon which there
Is no insurance The steamboat was in
snug winter quarters, and only the work
of an incendiary could have caused its
destruction Kelley and Richards, of
| the police, found in their
investigation that footprints were
y ainIy visible in the fresh snow be,
| tween the scene of the fire and the cot.
lagc Of Samuel CostcIl, lat1 coachman
for Mr.. Sturges, and suspicion strongly
points toward his man. A month since
| Costell was arrested for destroying six
or eight fine maple trees planted along
the lake shore, for which he was fined
S25. Later valuable carriage horse Of
Mr.. Sturgcs was found dead, and then
Costell was discharged from his employ,
| 1t required considerable force to eject
him from the house two weeks since,
and no doubt it IL n case Of revenge. The
populace are very much excited.
A THANKSGIVING dispatch of the 18th
says: Judge Pearson's charge in the
| PctroH bribery case to-day was II swoop-
| ing arragnmcnt of the lobbyists and the
| Legislature because OF their corrupt prac.
tlccs. lIo said the commonwealth had
been degraded by its representatives for
at least twenty years, and men of honor
| dat han mi N ~ nm hpr N
the legislature on account of the stigma
that attached to II. He intimated that
the M 100000 riot relief bill was u job,
and said tho court would protect the
public treasury from plumber SO far as
laid in It's power The charge was very
unfavorabe To the accused, and the jury
had unanimously made up their mind To
convict before they left the box, although
they deferred verdict over an hour
Pclrof, whose present oilense was the at
tempted bribery OF two members, was
expelled from the house six years ago
for taking bribo of $1,000, with which
he promised 10 purchase the support OF
fifteen members from Philadelphia for a
bill before the legislature. Notwith-
standing this brand, his constituents
next year reelected hun by an increased
majority.
SOME time since, says TT. Wayne,
Ind, dispatch of the 18th, grave charges
were made In the Sentinel, OF this city,
against the management Of the county
infrmary. The Sentinel secured the ad.
mission of II reporter To that institution
in tho guisc OF "A pauper. lie remained
there week, and then gave TO the pub.
| lie II horrible tale of the barbarities prac.
ticed Mt the asylum, tho disgusting details
Of which were printed in the Times at the
time. The grand jury has just completed
il thorough investigation into the charges,
| and reported n presentmcnt to-day. The
grand Jury state that they find that the
inmates OF the asylum have been treated
with the grossest brutality, from in.
mates few days old to aged people
they have been starved, tortured, beaten,
and subjected to all kinds of indignites.
The food supplied to the inmates has
been of the vilest character, and auntit
Cor the hogs to cat. The county supple
have not been properly accounted for
Altogether, the report shows u condition
Of affairs nj the asylum of the most re
voting nature. The grand jury found
no indictment, because there Is no law
in Indiana to cover the offences COM
mtted, The report has produced dc.
cided sensation.
A BRUTAL murder was discovered Mt
WayncsvilIc, Ohio, last night, says a dis.
patch of the l5th. Gideon Carson and
his wife have been living the past win.
ter In an cid school house IN the out
skirts of the village in most abjcct poy.
erty intensified by Catson's intempcrance
and i'll health. He has been known to
hc very violent in temper when drunk
AT q o'clock last night u young man who
wanted to get Mrs Carson to do some
washing, raped at the door Getting no
response he entered and found the room
IN utter confusion. Mrs Carson lay on
the front part of the bed murdered. A
portion of her left cheek was entirely
cut on which he found anerward in a
bowl. The fatal blow had apparently
been given with a Ratchet. The coroner
was called when it was found that Mrs
Carson was entirely nude, being covered
with bed tick, and her husband was
] lying In drunken stupor IN the back
part OF the house. lie was taken 70 jail
where he reused enough TO say he knew
his WAS dead that she was killed
about one O'Clock, but said lie did no