The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-05-28
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

The whites are fleeing from the San Pedro
region, New Mexico, on account of the incur
sions Of the Indians. Nine Trospectors are
known to have been killed, and it is supposed
that five Others have been killed.
Ok the 10th instant, seven Mexicans crossed
into Texas, robbed store, murdered the store
keeper, and outraged 4 servant girl. The Mex
lean commander vas notified and he has arrest
I'd five of the sCOundrcls and hopes to capture
the other two.
NEAR the village of California, six miles from
Cincinnati, Ohio. on the Goth instant. a widow
named SuEger, 3Oyears Of age, was engaged III
cutting grass about the roadside near the house
of Mrs. Lat oman, another widow, Mrs. Sting
man was ordered 10 de list 10y Mrs. Batcman
and upon refusing was deliberately shot dead
by her. The murdcrcsS Is under arrest and the
excitement III the vicinity runs high.
GARREr GORDON, an Indiana farmer, died
suddenly at his work on the 9th of December
last. After his death Mrs. Gordon evinccd a
decided affection for a young man with whom
she Is accused of being on more than friendly
terms before GOrdOn's death. Suspicion was
aroused by her conduct. Last month the body
Was eNhumcd, and an analysis since made Of
the contents of the stomach by some experts re-
vcals the presence of arsenic in large quantitic5
Mrs Gordon has been arrested Oh Il charge of
murder.
4 YOUNG man named John p. G. Smith, living
ut Port Jcryis, n. y, who, on a small salal Y
has dressed eXpcnsvrly, had plenty of money!
and made the girl to whom he is engaged
presents Of diamonds, is under arrest for the
forgery of two hundred and sixty checks on his
employers bank account.
Two men have been arrested for causing the
explosion Of a boiler at Brotherton, st. Louis
county, Mo-, by which man and a boy were
hlilcd. The prisoners had grlidgc gainst the
proprietor Of the mill, and il is alleged they
liked the boiler one rlght, so that its collapse
would bc only question Of time, III the hope
Of blowing up Their enemy.
GEORGE MIsHEIsKI, sergeant of company III.
18th u. $. infantry, shot himself with Il SPRING
field rifle through the breast at Fort Riley, Ks,
on the 18th INST. i'll fit Of dependency. He
died within two hours.
ANDREW SMITH, dcfaultng town treasurer of
! North Andoycr, Mass, for emhcZzling $1,000
during the ten years ne held the Office, has been
sentenced to six years hard labor in state
plIsOn
FAgvIEw, KY, was conyulsed on the 18th
inst, by the outrage and murder of Mrs. Salmon
by negro brute named Joe johnson. The
carcass of the brute was burned to ashes and
his head placed on Il pole near the place OF exc
cutiOn.
4 LARGE section of New jersey il being de-
vastatcd by forest fires. The loss on cranLeny
boys alone is estimated at $4,000, while the
cedar timber burned was the most valuable in
the state. The air is sitting with smoke and
the sun is obscurcd. Thousands of birds and
animals lying dead i'll the woods tell of the de-
strlction.
Tn cars jumped the rails near Frankfort
y. Y, on the 18th inst, and were wrecked. On
! freight train near Rome, n. Y, making a terri
iic explosion. Rails were twisted like cord, ties
| burned and fences destroyed.
Two brothers named Hall were shot at East
Cairo, KY, on the night of the 18th inst, by
one Rogers, owner of a fishing boat-a result
Of quarrel between the brothers aud Mr..
| Rogers. One will probably die; the other re-
cover. Rogers escaped in Il boat after the
| shooting.
| CHARLES GARDEILA, an organ grinder, has
been arrested at Wilkcsbarre Pa, charged by q
! tcn-ycar-old daughter with having shot dead
another daughter five years old
Two whites and five negroes were publicly
whipped at Newcastle, Del, on the 18th inst.
one colorcd burglar receiving forty very heavy
lashcs winch brought blood freely. A boy aged
| ten received five light lashes for larceny.
Tue bark Annie Burr arrived at New York Oh
the 18th inst, from Liverpool with William
! TOmassOn, Il seaman, in irons. He killed the
second mate, Henry MctcaIf, in light. Met
calf belonged to Maine; Thomasson to Boston