River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-12-09
CRIME.

The Mondell House, at Prairie du
Chen, burned on the 4th inst. Nothing
was saved Loss $4,000.
CHARLES HENDERSON, colored, was
hanged at Friar's Point, Miss, on Friday,
for the murder of Thomas King, a white
man.
THE residence of William S. Ridgway,
of Cincinnati, was robbed of 81 POO worth
of Jewelry and plate while the family was
at supper.
MRs. CASEY, Of Toronto, Can, was found
in bed, with her two children roasted to
death The mother is not injured, and is
held on the charge Of murder.
Mrs. LIrrLEFIELD, of East Stoughton,
Mass, in fit of insanity, poisoned her
husband and son, and then killed herself
wieh revolver.
WIN. BARRY, only sixteen years of age,
goes to the Indiana penitentiary for seven
years for shooting Conductor Whitaker,
of the Wabash road, in the mouth.
CHARLES 4. HILL, of st. Louis, who
studied law with James Buchanan, has
pleaded guilty to carrying counterfeit
coin, and been sentenced to one year in
Jail.
THREE men broke plate-glass window
in a iuweler's store on the main thorough
fare of Pittsburg, on the 4th inst, took
out 81 900 worth of booty, and disappeared
in the darkness.
HARDWOOD, the Minneapolis bankrupt,
now schedules liabilities of over 81 600,
600 1t has developed that his wife was
paid sos, 900 on a confessed judgment from
funds collected before the assignment, and
has disappeared with her children.
In consideration Of his discharge on his
own recognizance. Brockway, the famous
counterfeiter. has, it is allie ed, surrender
ed to the secret service bureau twenty-five
plates from which spurious bonds have
been printed, Smythe and Owens are on
bail III Brooklyn.
AN Italian calling himself Archer
claiming to be a United States detective,
recently swindled the merchants of Holly
Springs, Miss, by means of forged drafts
on the Merchants National Bank of Gin
cinnati. The forger is about forty years
old, and progressing in appearance.
Mrs. ELIZABETH MErcALE, Of Lexing-
ton, Mo, aged rs years met with most
awful death on the 4th inst. In endeavor-
ing 10 light fire her clothing was in some
way ignited, and before assistance came
was entirely consumed, burnt her flesh into
a crisp from head to foot. She lived two
hours after the accident.
4 MAIL pouch for Chicago, containing
about seven hundred letters, was stolen
from the Grand Trunk platform at Mount
Clemens, Mich, on the 2nd inst. The foot
prints of the thief were followed to a
swamp, where the riied pouch was
found.
A. G. WILLIAMS, formerly postmaster
at DARLINGTON. Indian Territory has been
tried at Fort Smith for robbing the mail
Having pleaded guilty to twelve counts of
the Indictment against him, and restored
$500 taken from registered letters, he was
find 800 in each case.
A SERVANT girl of Detroit, Mich, named
Wilhelmina Spindler, undertook to kindle
slow fire by pouring on
kerosene oil. The oil ignited and an ex-
plosion followed, setting the girls cloth
ing on fire. When discovered she was one
mass Of flames, and every shred of her
clothing was burned from her body. She
survived in terrible agony but a few hours,
when death came to her relief.
WHILE Bill Newton and another man
were driving across the Green Bay and
Minnesota railroad tracks, between Am
herst and Scandinavia on the 4th inst, the
cast bound express train came suddenly
around curve, and instantly killed both
horses. Newton was thrown four rods and
sustained serious internal injuries. The
men claim that they heard no whistle or
bell, and that none was sounded. Newton,
the injured man, is over 60 years old.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, is much aroused.
at the discovery of an organized system of
robbery among the clerks in the various
stores. The boys have been living fast,
and it is found they have bean receiving
all the goods they wanted from each
Others stores without pay. Ten or a
dozen young men have already been
caught 1t is thought there will be many
others. The thefts aggregate large
amount, how much is not known definite
ly. Many youths from the best families
in town, are involved