The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-08
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In a quarrel at Pennington, y. H.. on the
3Oth ult., between W. Kennedy and his wife,
their son Samuel interfercd to protect bis
mother the father seized butcher knife and
stabbed Samuel, killing him almost instantly.
An orphan girl named Meeker was poisoned
by her uncle. Altman Mecker, who was also her
guardian, 81 DuXbuTy, Vt, on the 23d ult. Tie
wretch plotted the officers 10 where her body
was buried, on the 30th ult. He confessed that
the glr1 beng cross she was given dose of
suychnine and started to the Waterbury River
valley. On the road she died and was buried in
swamp.
J. J. Hoover, who killed saloon keeper
named Bennett III April, 1873 was taken from
jail at Fairplay, Cal, on the 23th, and hung.
MIS- houston, living III the nelghbOrhOOd of
Austin, Texas, III a fit Of insanity on the 9th,
attempted to murder her five children by driv-
ing knitting-needles into their brain through
their ears. One was killed and two others seri-
ously injured.
James Loomer shot and killed George De-
camp at Lawe's ranch, opposite Rosebud land
ing. on the Missouri river, on the 26th. Cause,
undue familiarity with LOomer's wife.
Policeman Tom Perkins was fatally shot at
Buena Vista, Cal, on the 9th, by three bunko
steerers, whom he was trying TO arrest.
At Bradford. Pa, on the 2Sth. John Fully and
Luke Kane. of Olean, went to the lodse of John
Smith and beat him terribly, when Smiths son.
a lad of -. shot Kane dead.
Hiram Kelley. an inmate of the state lunatic
asylum, at Columbia, S. c., killed his room
mate, man named Calabachcr, by fracturing
MS skull with stone bowl, on the 28th.
On the night of the 9th. at Kansas City. No,
VIM. Castor and Thomas Wright had a fight
about a divorced wife, who was living with Gas
ton IN adultery. and CASTOR was badly beaten,
next morning Cast hunted up Wright and
shot him dead.
At Norborne Station Mo-. on the 28th. one
Lynch, saloon keeper, became involved in n
difficulty with man named Worth, and shot
him dead.
John w. Phillips, police officer, was fatally
stabbed at Kalamazoo, Mich, on the 9th. by
David ID. Mason, whom he was arresting.
Mate Tate, of the steamer |. n. Phillips, was
knocked down and had his neck broken at
Pittsburg, Pa, on the 9th, in a quarrel with
Jacob G.. MeTliman. a steamboat engineer.
White stock thieves killed John Deffebach
and run off $50 head of horses from Invan
Kara mountain, fifty miles west of Deadwood,
on the Goth. Deffebach was one of the heaviest
StOchmen in the west.
At Terre HaHte Ind. on the 25th, in quar-
rel, Albert Hoff shot jerry Dwyer fatally.
Officer Dennis r. Lyon was shot dead by
Frank Aiken, returned Californian, while at
tempting his arrest in front Of Fred Lunds sa-
loon, near the postof1ice, at Adrian, Mich, on
the 9th.
In the town of Ursa H.. while farm hand
on the premises Of Harrison Washburne, was
engaged in hauling refuse from the barn Oh the
24th, he discovered, on loading, the bones Of
human arm. He at once returned the barn and
made search with spade and pitchfoTk, and
soon came upon the entire skeleton of a man
still partly clothed. Tie man had been shot III
the back OF the head, the bullet coming ont of
his forehead Just over the right eye The cloth
ing had nearly al decayed, but enough re-
manned to show that he Wore brown jean pants.
and near HIM was picked up large round-han-
died knife. The affair remains a mystery.