The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-09
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

On the morning Of January !, in New
York, unknown burglars cut hole in the
wall Of Manssseh l.. Goldman's dry goods
store, 81 Canal street, and stole stock valued
at 5000.
JOSEPH G. SrETsoN, ex-county COL
lector, New Brunswick, n. j., has been sen.
fenced to two years in state prison for the
embt zzlement OF county funds.
FREDERICK w. KELLY, an officer of
the Mount Holly, N. j., National bank, con.
fessed defalcation after arrest, on the I'd
inst. He turned over all his property to
make good his deficiency.
Two young Americans, Geo. Green of
Texas, and Frank Center OF Boston, were in
mail coach near Guarajuato, Mexico,
when il was attacked by band OF 80 rob.
bers with Winchester rifles. These young
men fought the whole ban!, killed five and
wounding several, compelling the others TO
retreat. Green was slightly wounded.
GUY FREY, Of Gallipolis, o., was
visited by a party Of seven or eight burg.
lars on the night OF the LIST inst. He fire.,
into the crowd and in the morning &, "a
an unknown man dead in his. y.i,d D
AT Los Angeles, Cal womsnn.ued
ReynoId, deliberately drowned her daush.
YER YER se'epsSears old, in q pool OF water on
the me- lst inst.
GUSTAV OHR and Geo. Mann, each
II years OF age, are to be hanged at MASH.
Ion, O., January z, for the murder Of John
Watmough in August last, near Alliance,
Ohio.
Col. l.. A. HARRIS, ex-mayor Of Gin.
cinnsti, shot w. ii. Adams, his brother In.
law, on New Years night, in an alteration
growing out OF claim against Harris by
Adams. The wound was supposed to be
fatal.
SHERIFF STITH and Constable Red.
mass were both MORALLY wounded while at.
tempting to arrest two desperate characters
in q house Of ill.fame at Van Vert, Ohio,
on the night Of the LIST. One OF the shooters
was afterwards arrested.
CITIZENS of Fairfield county, Ohio,
are highly excited over dastardly attempts
by grave robbers. The ghouls were sue.
csssful In carrying away the body Of iona.
than Boyer, an old and respected citizen
who died recently.
MRS. HELEN JosEPHINE WARD, of Dos.
ton, was shot while asleep with her daugh.
ter, aged Is, on the night OF the Goth. Miss
Ward has been arrested. From what hhe
says IL IL believed she shot her mother while
In asomnambulistio state.
THOMAS SOLDER, q farmer residing ut
.Millstop, Wis, shot and killed his son
Fred, aged 20 years, on the evening OF the
Goth. Father and son had quarreled over
their work, and after IL had subsidized the
former went to the house, and obtaining q
shotgun hunted out the latter and deliber.
ately shot him. The murderer was Gao.
tured after some resistance.
ROAD agents robbed the stage coach
near Bismarck, Dakota, killing the only
passenger, q Mr.. Oates.
AT Orle ansboro, on the klamath river,
Oregon, q drunken Indian stabbed p. II.
Scott and instantly killed James Osburn.
The white men caught aud tied him 10 O
tree and filed him full Of bullets.
AT Tifin, Ohio, on the 80th ult., Geo.
Cheyidence, 20 years old, In Ct Of jealousy,
shot his wife and then fred four balls into
his own body.
Four negroes charged with murder
were taken from jail at Amits, La, on the
night Of the 2Sth, by mob OF fifty men and
shot to death. Two other prisoners were
liberated.
WILLIAM A. OWENS shot and killed
James Laugford, at Pine Hill, KY, on the
10th. II grew out Of an old feud.
AT Pope's Station, Miss, Bedford and
Frank Duke quarrelsd over q game Of cards,
In which Frank shot Bedford, killing him
instantly. They were cousins. Bedford
leaves q wife and seven children.
N. d. SADLER, late representative In
the Legislature from franklin county, Ar.
kansas. was assassiuated ct his home BY
unknown parties, on the 2Sth.
DURING dance on Christmas eve, ut
Ellsnton, q. c., Stephen Bush was shot and
killed BY William Bates. The murderer
was drunk ct the time.
TIE body Of Gustave Llndon was
found on the street In Chicago with reyol.
YER near his head. II was ct Hst thought 10
be Q case Of suicide, but an Investigation
By the coroner led 10 verdict Of death q
The hands Of some unknown person..