Daily globe., 1880-08-24

MING, AUGUST "a, 1880.
CRIME AND CASUALTIES
Sad Accidental Shooting in Rico County,
Miscellaneous Record of Misdeeds aud
Mishaps.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
FARrBAuLT, Aug. 2S.--Barney Wichers, q
young man just 20 years of age, son of An
ton Wichers, of this city, was out hunting on
East Prairie to-day and while he was putting
his gun into the wagon it was accidentally dis
charged, the entire load passing through the
left leg little below the hip, severlng the
femoral artery. He was put 10 the wagon
and driven home as fast as possible and
Drs. Rose and Wood summoned, who did all
in their to save him, but all to no avail. BE
died in about an hour after reaching
home and an hour and half after the acci.
dent. Barney was promising young man,
general favotie with all. For sever i years
past and up to the time of his death he was
head clerk in the dry goods house of j. w.
kollmann, in this city. His life could have
undoubtedly have been saved if it had not
been for the gross carelessness Of his friends
who through their excitement did nothing
towards staying the flow of blood. Notice
of the funeral will appear hereafter.
DEFAULrINa POSTMASTER.
DEADwooD, D. T., Aug. 23.-The jury in
the case of ex-Postmaster r. O. Adams,
charged with the embezzlement of nearly
$12, 200, brought in verdict Of guilty.
Adams will probably give bail and appeal the
case to the territorial supreme court.
KANSAS CITY TRAGEDIES.
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, Aug. 23.-Jas. Thorp,
workman in the Missouri Pacific railroad
machine shops, had an alteration yesterday,
with Alfred Perry, negro, and after the
latter had made, or attempted to make an
assault on him with rocks, shot him four
times killing him almost instantly. Thorp
was arrested.
VIM. and Robert Van Hultz, brothers,
while in the store of Henry Stock, at
Pleasant Hill, Saturday night, purchasing
provisions, was ordered out of the store by
the clerk, who at the same moment fired at
them with pistol. The Van Hultz brothers
returned the fire, killing Stock and "
wounding another man named Alexander.
The Van Hultz brothers surrendered to Off
GERS and have the sympathy of the citizens.
HELD TO ANSWER.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-James Alliger, bro
ker, has been held in $1O, 900 bonds to an
swer the charge of negotiating stolen bonds.
CooPER's STRIKE.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 23.-Nearly all the COOP
ers of this city joined in strike this morn
ing for an advance of Is per cent. in their
wages.
C0LoRED AFFAIR.
tBURMINaHAM, Kansas, Aug. 2S.-Thomas
Smith and Wesley Thomas, negroes,
quarrelled last night in front Of W. M.
Bakers saloon, and Smith sent q ball
through Thomas lung. second shot fired
by Smith passed through the window of the
saloon and struck Baker in the breast.
Thomas died in few minutes and Baker is
mortally wounded. Cause, Smith too init
mate with Thomas wife.
THE MAYS LANDING DISASTER.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23.-The coroner's
inquest at Mays Landing was concluded to-
day. The jury, in their verdict, say the
people killed came to their death from COL
lision which might have been prevented if
Engineer Aitken and Conductor Hoagland
had more carefully observed the rules and
regulations of the company governing the
running of trains.
HELD WITHOUT BAIL.
CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-The body of Mary
Ann Matilda Faulkner, young and pre-
possessing lady, was found Saturday in the
deserted rooms of Hattie Mack. on West
Madison street, the body being we'll decom-
posed at the time. Clues were followed
up, and DR.. Thomas q. Cream and Hattie
Mack were arrested on suspicion of pro-
ducing an abortion and causing the death.
At the coroner's inquest to-day revolving
details we're brought out, but each of the
accused attempted to fasten the guilt on
the other. The jury held both without
bail on the charge of murder.
INHUMAN TREATMENT.
READING, Pa, Aug. 23.-A great sensation
has been caused throughout Bucks county
by the discovery of Benjamin Zechlor, q
lunatic, who had been confined in house in
Albany township, by his brother, Jacob
Zechlor, for twenty-seven years. He wae
chained to the floor, in small house built
specially for him, in room about eight feet
square, with only one window for ventila-
ZION.
DOUBLE SHOOTING AND ARSON.
MADISON, Aug. 28.-The house of Martin
Winick, on the line between Dane and
Columbia counties, was discovered in flames
Sunday night. and neighbors forcing
an entrance found the body of Mrs. Winick
riddled with shot, lying in pool of blood, and
the body of her husband was found on the
bed bleeding from two ghastlY wounds. The
bodies were taken out of the burning house,
though somewhat scorched. Winick and
wife lived unhappily on account of children
of each by former marriages, and it is sup
posed the old man shot his wife with shot
gun, set fire to the house, then shot him
self with revolver and failing to finish him
self discharged the other barrel of the shot
gun into his own body. They leave several
grown children who live in the neighborhood
of the crime.
BAD FALL.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.-J. G. Miller, one
of the proprietors of the Daily Critic, whilst
adjusting the sash of a third story window
this afternoon, lost his balance and fell to the
ground, q distance of forty five feet. He was
badly injured and is not expected to recover.
CHILD BURNING.
New YORK, Aug. 23.-The police tonight
arrested Mrs. Josephine Soheideler, who
keeps candy store at 214 Christie street,
and Augusta Wohlrap, midwife, 1s4 Ludlow
street, charged with burning the body of a
still born child whose birth was not reported