Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-04-14
A NIurderOus Record.

| fracas at q country dance in Galloway
county, Mo-, on the night of the 10th inst, re-
suited in the killing of Louis FL. Myers by Mark
Walton
! At a gathering at Opelousas, La, on the 10th,
Colin Fusilier, in a state of intoxication, -four
ished pistol and when by ISLANDERS attempted
to secure it from him, the weapon discharged.
killing Louis Cortez. Fusilier then broke away
and ran, but was shot dead by citizen.
Enoch Mosslander, o bachelor n years old,
living alone on q farm in West Virginia, three
miles from Bellaire, Ohio, was found on the 7th
| Instant burned to death in bis house. large
hole was burnedin the floor, but by some means
| the fire had been extinguished. The theory of
| the nelghbors is that robbers had tortured him
to death, trying to get him to confess where his
money was. About three years ago three mask
ed men almost burned him to death for the
same purpose. and it was generally believed that
he had a large sum of money hidden in his
| house.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Treske, German lady
| 60 years of age, living in Louisville, KY, was
murdered by her eldest son, William, on the
10th instant The boy has been crazy for the
past three years. No one witnessed the deed
| which was done with butcher knife.
| The body of man nearly nude was found in
the woods at Durham, N H., on the 10th inst
The head and one arm were missing The
clothing was found scattered about. There was
every indication of sharp struggle for life.
John Sullivan, keeper of the Barrett house,
New Orleans, was shot dead by John Raymond
(colored) on the night of the 10th inst They
had difficulty about ten cents.
VIM. Fitzgerald shot and killed Michael Mesh
man at ST. Louis, on the 18th inst. They were
neighbors and quarreled about the position in
which certain washtubs were placed at by
drant used in common by both families.
Mrs. Rachael Smith, o widow, 70 years of age,
living with her daughter on the Greensburg
pike, near Adamsburg, Westmoreland county,
Pa, was murderously assaulted on the night of
the 9Th, in her house, by an unknown man,
supposed to be burglar. The daughter es-
capped with severe .1 injuries by jumping through
An inn-keeper of New Holland, Pa, named
Marks, who died on the 9Th inst, made q con-
fession that he himself and a neighbor named
Weedler, murdered and robbed a peddler,
whose body some time ago was found in the
creek. The authorities are looking for Weedler.
John Riley, wealthy Texas land owner,
struck over the head with billiard cue by John
Sley at Galveston few days ago, has since died
of fracture of the skull. Riley and Sley were
playing billiards and quarrele5, when the for
mer attacked Sley with a knife, Sley then struck
him with the cue with fatal result.
Charles Fernandez was shot four times and
killed OF dance near Santa Fe, N. NJ, ON the
It'll inst.
At Chicago on the night of the 9Th, during an
alteration, John Murphy fatally stabbed Andrew
Warnmont Both were workingmen and had
DtcI
An unknown negro tramp shot and killed
passenger named Joseph M. Lehman, of Hous-
ton, on the Bee Line railway, seven miles west
of Sidney, Ohio, on the 9th inst. The black
villain had been elected from the train and out
of revenge fired through the coach window,
with effect as above.
Joseph NJ. Harrod shot and killed James Fitz-
simmons at Austin, Scott county, Ind, in quar-
rel growing out of political discussions, on the
9Th inst
On the night of the 4th inst, at Santa Fe,
New Mexico, VIM. Robinson shot Policeman
Sunday twice, knocking off two fingers. Sun
day returned the fire, killing Robinson instantly.
On the 3Otn ult, Miss Odelite Desilite, aged
%, left her home to go to neighbors, and was
not seen thereafter alive. On the I'd inst her
body was found in an old well, head downward.
An examination developed the fact that she had
been outraged, and horribly bruised. Suspicion
points to a peddlar who had been seen in the
neighborhood with torn coat and blood marks
on his face.
~ the prison yard at Jefferson City, Mo-, on
the 9th inst, two convicts named Martin Brode-
rick and Jno Smith engaged in a quarrel when
the latter struck Broderick two blows ON the
skull with spade. Smith then ran to the tool
house, evidently intending to escape, when the
guard demanded his surrender. Upon bis re-
fusing the guards opened fire upon him, three
balls taking effect, killing him almost instantly.
Broderick lived about an hour.