The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-05-28
DEAD DESPERATE.
The Jessie James Of Iowa Filled
Full Of BuckShOt.
Texas Thief Tripped Up by
Thirty Bullets.
A Bad Gang Threatens to Burn
Greenville.
SUICIDE AT RICHMOND.

SUICIDE AT RICHMOND.
Specials to the Star.
RICHMOND IND, May 2S.-A man named
Thos. Shillito attempted to commit suicide
by cutting his throat with razor from ear
to ear this morning in the rear of Howe's
coal yards on the railroads Financial
matters and domestic trouble are the
cause. He can not recover.
STABBED WITH PENKNIFE.
TIPToN, May 28.-James Cravens and
Philip Welch got into an alteration in
Qualter's saloon yesterday, and In the
affray Welch stabbed Cravens with PEN
knife, inficting dangerous wound.
DIED AT A HUNDRED AND FIVE.
CoRYDoN, IND, May 2s.-Mrs. Polly Bow
man, an old pioneer of this County, died
at the residence of her grandson, Jacob
Bruce, four miles east of this place. She
was in the 1O5th year of her age, and was
the Oldest inhabitant of the County, and
probably of Southern Indiana. The de-
ceased was highly respected old lady.
THREATEN TO BURN THE TOWN.
WEST SONORA, O., May 2s-Among other
rumors afloat concerning the execution of
Maurice Robertson is one, apparently well
founded, to the effect that if he is hanged
in public the City of Greenville, Darke
County, where he is now confined, will be
burned to the ground. His friends who
comprise very bad crowd, are averse to
the idea of making public spectacle of
his execution.
BOLD ROBBERY AT DAYTON.
DAYTON, O., May 2S.-A man named
Samuel Gill, of Mechanicsburg, O., was
robbed of pocketbook containing $500 on
the midnight c., c., c. & l. train, between
Wayne street and the Union Depot. Mr..
Gill had been here attending the races and
was returning home. The train was very
crowded, and while passing Fifth street
three men passed through who represented
themselves as railroad men to the old gen.
tleman. and cried out Passengers for Me-
chanicsbnrg will take the next car" Think
ing it was all right, he arose and moved
back, accompanied by the three men.
When on the platform they seized and
held him and t ok his pocket-book from
him. The old gentleman held on to one
and passenger knocked second off the
platform and out of time. Sergeant Dan
iels happened to be about and hearing the
trouble hastened to the scene, taking into
custody the one Mr.. Gill was holding,
while Officers Keller and Decker secured
the one who had been knocked from the
platform. the third had escaped. The one
taken by Sergeant Daniels gave his name as
Peter James and the other as Chas. Stod-
dard. Stoddard had light gauze cap in
his possessi n, watch and some jewelry.
The pocket-book was afterwards found.
DEATH OF A DESPERATE.
DUBUQUE. a., May 2S.-Yesterday Bill
Delaney, the 'Jessie James, of Iowa, went
to Forley, in Dubuque County, and meet
ing "By" Reynolds, he Immediately
courted quarrel. Reynolds had a shot
gun in his hand loaded with buck-shot, and
as Delaney rode towards him he leveled
his gun and the entire contents lodged in
Delaney's stomach. He died four hours
afterward.
KILLED By LIGHTNING.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, May 28.-Durng the
storm here yesterday afternoon brick
maker named scrage, living in Wyandotte
County. was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed. 4
PIERCED WITH THIRTY BULLETS.
COLUMBUS, TEX, May 2S.-Deputy Sheriff
Hargrove of Lavacca County, went yester-
day to arrest noted horse-thief and des-
perado named Charles Mitchell, who, with
his whole band, were known to be at a
dance in that portion of the County known
as the DEVILS pocket The Sheriff with a
POSSE surrounded the house, When Mitchell
made break. He ran short distance
and fired on the officers. The fire was re-
turned and the desperate fell dead, pierced |
by thirty bullets.
SUICIDE OF A DRUMMER. |
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, May 28.-Yesterday, |
in the house of prostitution kept by one
Annie Chambers, on Fourth street, Robert |
+. Gray, a travelling man from St. Joseph,
blew his brains out in bed. Gray was
in the employ of Mr.. Krokaw,
/ retail druggist of St. Joseph. ra
DROWNED IN A CIsTERN.
LOUISVILLE, May 2S.-Yesterday after
noon little negro boy about five years of |
age, named Richard Whallen fell into cis-
;ern at his home, on Center street, between
Broadway and Chestnut, and was drowned.
he was an adopted child Of Alex. Whallen,
coachman for Mr.. James Trabue.
National Associated Press to the Star
LITTLE GIRL KILLED BY CARS.
MUNcIE, IND, May 28.-Last evening
,wede, with his little daughter and son,
we're walking on the Lake Erie & Western
near small town q few miles
asst OF here, when train struck the little
irl smashino her skull She died in a fam |