The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-05-14
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

CAPT. ANDREW MCKENZIE, who confessed to
killing sailor named Thomas Russell, on the
barge Walton, the 25th of last November,
plead guilty to murder III the second degree, at
Buffalo, y. y, and was sentenced to Auburn
prison for life.
VALENTINE SCHRAETH, an inmate OF the Day
ton o., soldiers home was found murdered
near the home OH the 7th inst. He lay on the
road with bullet through his head. but wagon
tracks near the body showed that the body had
been brought there from the city, where the
murder Was committed.
4 FATAL duel took place in Mexico, on the
9th ult., between Senior lrencs Pas, editor of
the Pdtid and n member of congress. and
Senior Santiago Sierra, editor of La Libe1fdt
and secretary Of the senate. The latter was
killed on the spot.
A NYAcK, n, y, dispatch of the 9th inst,
says: "Samuel W. Garfield, president, and
Richard Weels, secretary, Of the defunct Rock
land saving bank, have Eeen arrested in civil
suit to recover So, 900, the amount charged
they enDezzled."
Ok the morning of the 9th inst, while Nc
Kelvey, chief keeper Of the reformatory, at e.
mira, \. Y, was cndcavoring to punish an in
subordinate convict, Edward Symonds, from
New York, Symonds suddenly turned upon Nc
kclyey and plunged shall'-pointed case-knifc
into Lis stomach. Mckevey recled from the
cell into the corridor and fell dead. Symonds
then handed the knife to the assistant keeper
and WAS locked up IN dark cell"
ATPcnn Yam, n. Y, on the 4th inst, an in
sane mother jumped into a cistern With her two
cldIcnin her arms. Both were drowned.
4 LEADvILLE dispatch of the 18th inst. says
"At Aston City, Sunday, Chris. Sibb and Vim.
Spittsogcr fatally shot each other while quarrel
ing over mining claim"
4 MASKED party attacked the house of man
named Powell, in Wayne county,. KY, on the
night of the 10Th ult., wOunding Mrs. Powell
in the arm. The leader of the mob, who proved
to he John Will Smith, was shot dead 10y Powell
i'll the melee. The object of the nSaskers was
to intimidate or abduct Powell who is an impor-
tant witness il pending murder trial.
Ok the 9TH inst. two men were found hanging
to q tree near the line Of Denton county, Texas.
They are supposed to have been horse thieves.
RICHMOND, Va, dispatch says Martha
Jones (colored) who lived with her five children
in the ncghbOrhood of Christiansburg, securely
barricaded the doors and set fire to the house,
ana herself and five children were burned to
death.
BURGLARS entered Paris, Ky., bank, on the
"a inst, AMI got away with $500 in money and
about 1000 in railway and town bonds, the
property of depositors.
Col. Il. NJ. GOODWIN shot and killed his
brother, DIR. John X. Goodwin, at Brookville
Ind, on the Sd inst.
Two citizens Of Houston, Texas, named Nc
Gowan and Turley, have had quarrel for
three years. On the I'd inst. they met i'll Gal
weston and McGowan settled the difficulty by
shooting Turlcy, who was uiarmcd.
BURGLARS entered the postoice at Paw Paw,
Michigan, on the night Of the 30th ult., burst
open the safe and dccamped with $1,000 i'll
stamps aud money.
FRED. ". KELLEY, dcfaIiltcr to the National
Bank of Mount Holly, n. j., to the amount of
$50, 900 has been sentenced to state prison for
three years
FRANK BURK was shot dead at Philadelphia,
on the LIST instant by Policeman Vim. Shields.
Mrs. WILLIAM SToIKEs, living apart from her
husband with an aunt in Brooklyn, n. y, was
shot dead on the LIST inst. by Edward Kennedy,
who boarded i'll the same house. Mrs. Storkes
refused to marry Kennedy. Kennedy also shot
himself, but not fatally. He had shot himself
on 4 previous occasion when rejected by Mrs.
StOrlics
Az ex-county commissioner at Dcadwood ID.
T., confessed that he and three of his associates
accepted $4,000 each from the Register and
Treasurer in consideration of voting them S17,-
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county debt. All the parties to the corrupt
transaction have been placed under arrest.
| LUCIEN NJ. NATsINGER was hanged Mt Gaines
vile, Texas, on the 30th INST, for the murder
Of Willis Cline, Aug. z, 1873. Ten thousand
| people were present. Much sympathy was ox-
/ pressed for Natsinger and an unsuccessful
attempt was made 10 rescue him.
THE German societies Of Paterson N. j., on
the I'd inst, went to the top of Garret noun
tain to greet the rising Of the sun, az usual, on
the first Sunday of May. A party Of young
men, among them Joseph Van Houtcn, attempt
ed to cross the lands Of DalZell, farmer own
ing property on the mountain top. They were
forbidden to trespass, but persisted, and young
| Van HOuten was shot dead by DalZell. The
party then pursued Dalzell to his house, where
the police were powcrlcss to protect him. They
fired the barn and house, and when he came
forth seized him and were about TO hang him to
IL tree, the rope being already in position, when
n reinforcement Of policemen arrived, and ar
rested Dalzell and his ron.
ADAM WAGGoNER an old man living on farm
in Gala county, o., was shot and killed in his
field, Oh the list inst, by his nephew, Phil. wag-
goner They had quarTclcd about lands. The
murderer escaped.
HENRY LONG was fatally shot by mob al
Esquire Bo5tens Office. Blue River township,
Harrison county, Ind, on the 3Oth ult.