The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-09-16
CRIME.

LYNN BHooKs, aged q, living near
Muncie, Ind, Tilted by his afianced be-
cause he took another girl out riding,
blew out his brains with revolver.
HERBERT NORTON, of Lemont, ILL.,, shot
himself at the house of a young lady to
whom he was engaged, in Evanston. 1t is
thought that he can not recover.
REV. d. NJ. DE HUGHES, of New Jersey,
disappeared from ferry boat at Philadel
phia, on the lst inst, leaving the impres.
sion that he had suicided by drowning, but
it is thought to be trick, and that he has
eloped with Camden girl.
Four desperate cut-throats, who have
been lodged in Jail at Meridian, Tex, con-
fess that, some time ago, they banded to-
gether with the intention of robbing post
Offices, express Offices, and other places
where money was kept, and murder those
in charge, If necessary.
The SertinePs Fond du Lac special says
a criminal warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Howard NJ. Kutchin. Editor of
the Daily Commonwealth, for charging
Gen. Bragg, a member of congress, with
selling q cadetshir.
THE troubles at the Corning, o., coal
mines continue Several hundred ne
groes, in the employ of the companies, di-
vide their time between the pit and the
picket-line. Several skirmishes with the
white strikers have occurred during the
last few days, and bloody collision is ap-
pretended.
THOMAS MCDONALD, of Commercial
Point, o., met a violent death, on the Bird
inst, at the hands of mob. He had long
been the terror of the neighborhood, but
of late had devoted the greater part of his
time and energy to saloon-keeper whom
The two men had a fight on Monday night,
| Mcdonald losing an eye in the melee.
| Growing weary of this sort of thing, the
neighbors took the rutflan out of his house
at the dead of night, and lynched him.
STANLEY CARVER, young man we'll
known in Baltimore, was to have been
many friends congregated at the residence
presents to the value Of several hundred
dollars, the bridegroom came not. After
long and embarrassing wait the girl re-
tired heartbroken, and the guests, after
partakins of the feast prepared, left for
their homes. Carver had fled the town.
MINING troubles in central Ohio con-
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company at Coalton for attempting to pass
the picket line. Sheriff Jones, of Jack
son county, telegruphed Gov. Foster that
the militia were attacked by mob, who
flung bricks at them A volley was fired,
but nobody was hurt. At Corning the
white strikers attempted to bulldoze the
negro miners, but the latter turned out
with muskets and scared off the assailants.
A MAN just dismissed from the employ
of Elton, undertaken of Chicago, informed
the police that, that gentleman had on
his premises a number Of corpses which
should be buried. An investigation es-
tablishcd the truth of the complaint, the
remains of several infants in various
stages of decomposition being found slowed
away in soap-boxes. Elton was at once
placed under arrest. He explains the
matter by stating that the bodies are those
of infants given him by physicians for
the purpose of testing several processes of
embalming The bodies were fostering
in the cracker-boxes within the city linn
its. .
HENRY kINGsHoRN, a blacksmith killed
his wife at Hartford, Conn, on the 9th
inst He was hard drinker and his wife
long suffered from his abuse. She helped
largely in supporting the family by dress
making, and was busy working sewing
machine when her husband placed a pis-
tol near her head and discharged it. He
went to the station house and surrendered
himself to the police. He confessed the
deed, and says he meant to kill his wife,
and purchased pistol that morning for
that purpose.
A CONVICT in the Wisconsin state prison
named James Black, attempted to escape
on the 4th inst. When the gang from his
shop formed in line to march into the cell.
room, at 6 o'clock in the evening, Black
was missing. A search was instituted
and he was found hiding in the space be-
tween the corrugated-iron roof and the
ceiling Of the workshop. He had climbed
up there through trap door, and intend
to wait until after dark and then attempt
to scale the wall by the aid of a rope, with
a hook on the end of it, with which he was
provided. Black was sent up from Rocl
county five weeks ago, on FIVE years sen
tence for horse-stealing.
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