The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-12-11
TragiCal.

Two masked men entered jewelry store in
Niles, Mich, on the evening of the LIST inst,
and, covering the proprietOrs withrevolyers, uII-
derto0k to pillage the establishment A hot
fight ensued, five balls being sent at the roi :
bers. one of whom was shot in the back and
captured. He gives the name of Patrick Ma
lone. of Whitehall, n. Y.
Levi Cohen, Of Lancaster. Pa, who was re-
Gently sent to the insane asylum, made his es-
cape, on the I'd inst, and inflicted mortal
wound upon his brother.
Titus W. Keyey, wealthy planter, was found
murdered, near Summerville, $. c., on the 1st
inst. He had been drinking with friends. In a
quarrel he was threatened with death before
morning. His body was much distigared when
found and was laid across the railroad track
ostensibly to cover the crime
Lorenzo Ivcy, a cOlOred school teacher III
Danville, Va, punished pupil a lad Of fifteen
OF the 1st inst. At recess the boy and brother
attacked the teacher with knives and fatally
stabbed him
c. L. Lawrence, a bank robber. was killed bv
an officer at Fort Madison, Iowa, on the 1st
inst, while attempting to escape from custody.
Dan Smith (coloTed) was sentenced to u
years III the penltentiaIy at Pulaski, Tenn, on
the I'd inst for attempting to ravish white
girl. As soon as the sentence was pronounced,
a mob overpowered the court officers, secured
the prisoner, and hung HIM from a bridge near
by.
VIM. Burres, OF Farmland, Ind, in a drunken
fl on the 29th ut. murdered his wife with q
shot gun. He was arrested and taken to Win
chester. 1t seems Bulrcs has been III the habit
of terrorizing his poor wife by ilourishing the
weapon when III his cups, but this time went too
far with his tricks
The body of John s. Sapp, Council Bluffs
saloon keeper, was found on the floor Of his
establishment on the 30th ult. Death was the
result of blow from some heavy instrument
in the hands of some unknown person.
,oy-'l I11Ff .,yr
led 10 tragedy 1T jersey City. On the night
of the 27th inst. Peter broke into the house
where she lived. and was delivered to the police
on a charge Of burglary. On his way to the
station he made q desperate attack upon the
officer. and was fatally shot.
Mrs. Littleheld, at East Stou2hton. Mass. On
the 18th nit, poisoned her husband and son.
The latter died, and next day she shot herself
dead Insanity
The commander and six Of the crew of Her
Naiesty'5 schooner Sand Fly. have been
murdered at the Solomon islands.
gang Of cattle-thieves were recently pur-
sued by q body of citizens near Tucson, All. A
fight cnsEed in which Wing. the chief Of the
robber-gang, was killed, and William Smith, one
Of ms followers, was seriously wounded. The
cattle which the thieves had stolen were re-
covered.
bloody encounter occurred at Yorgon-
borough, near Pittsbmg. Pa, on the night Of
the 26th nit, between Peter Skinner and Joe
Werle, resulting III skinner cutting deep cash
in Werle's head with a knife. from the effects
of which he died. Skinner has been arrested.
Col. d. Brown, a well-knoNn citizen Of Penn
broke, KY, member Of the last legislature Of
Kentucky was shot and instantly killed on the
Goth ut.. by Cass wilkins. a clerk III a livery
stable. The shooting was the end of a quarrel
about the care Of Col. Browns horses kept at
the stable where Wilkins was employed.
Policeman Lawrence, of Jersey City, fatally
shot Peter Murray who had attempted to
escape after being arrested for burglary.
Michael kirtz. young unmarried man, re-
siding at Detroit Mich, celebrated thanksgiv-
ing forenoon by filling up with cheap whisky
and III the afternoon accepted a wager to drink
a pint more. Soon after he lapsed into a state
Of apparently hfeless drunkenness, in which
condition he was laid away in a barn to soberotf.
At 6 o'clock he was found dead.