The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-09-11
Bloody Deeds.

Henry Kingdom. Hartford, Conn, black
smith, killed his wife on the Sd inst, by shoot
ing her through the head. Heis a hard drinker
and constantly abused his wife.
Charles llitcs, a chailmakCr. was shot and
instantly killed at Dayton, o., ON the 1st inst.
by John Halerick, his brother-iu-law They
quauelcd about the payment OF a small sum of
money which Hites loaned Halerick.
Thomas Mcdonald, aged about % years, liv-
ing near Commercial Point, PIckaway county.
o., was taken from his house by a mob and
hung to n tree near his residence, on the LIST
inst. Mcdonald came from Kent some years
ago and married into a highly reputable family.
He has for long time been regarded as
desperate, quarrclsome and vindictive, and the
community took this startling mode of Kidding
themselves of a bad character.
Kline Hamilton, son of Dr. Hamilton, of
Georgetown, Pa, was killed at 10 O'Clock on the
night Cf the 3lst nit. at Bellaire, O.. by being
mt by stone as he was passing an alley. 1t il
not known who did il or for what purpose
At Danvllie Junction, KY, on the evening of
the 31St ut, Samuel Johnson was shot and III
stantly killed by j. Wheeler The general
opinion is that Wheeler acted i'll self defense as
Johnson had threatened to kill him.
John Hamilton, aged rs. a wealthy farmer Of
lonia, Mich, was fatally shot by his nephew,
VIM. Fl. Mckinney, aged Is, On the 3lst ult.
Hot words ensucd between them in regard to
payment OF wages due the young man. when
McKenny deliberately shot his aged relative
On the night of the 28th nit. man resld-
ing near Manchester, o., put some poison into
coffee of which his wife and child drank and
died. He then attempted to kill himself with a
revolver, but did not succeed. Amob collected,
took the scoundrc to a ncighboriug tree. which
they converted into a gallows, and thus did
what he failed to do for himself, and saved the
county sheriff an unpleasant job.
John Mullens, of Silver City, Col, married a
daughter Of Moccasin Bill on the 25th, and on
the Both ult he was assasslnatcd No clue tC
the murderer.
James Bennett, of Troy, fireman OF an engine
on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, was shot
and killed ON the Both ult. at San Antonio sta
ton, Col, by party of drunken men, who,
while Bennett was standing in the cab, opened
fire. Three arrests have been made.
At picnic at ShannOndale, Charlton county,
Mo, two negroes had a quarrel and one shot
the other dead. Shortly after Pat. O'Brien, a
constable, attempted to arrest the murderer.
but he resisted and swore that no man could
arrest him or take his pistol, whereupon OBrien
killed him with shotgun.
brutal murder occurred at the Blooming
dale brewery, Fort Wayne, Ind, on the 29th
nit. John Hechstrasser, the murdered man,
happened to meet John and Perry Snoor, broth
crs. An old feud had long existed between the
parties. The SnoOr brothers were very drunk
and they concluded it a good time to settle mat
tiers with Hachstrasser. Perry commenced,
and was soon in a fair way to be wolstod, when
John rushed in with a large club, striking
Hachstrasser on the crown Of the head, literally
crushing his skull.
James Morgan fatally stabbed John Demon at
Brooklyn, n. Y, on the 10Th nit
Geo. c. Harvard was fatally and Peter j.
Larbin badly cut at Brooklyn on the morning
of the 28th ult They had nterceded to pro-
tect two women who were being followed by
rOughs, when the latter attacked them with the
above result. The arrests were made.