Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1880-04-29

William Simmerman, merchant, in
New York City, killed himself on the night
of April %. He leaves wife and five chill
dren. ...
An old farmer named Ashbrook, was
shot and killed at Jacksonville, Pa, April 10,
by some fishermen whom he had ordered of
his farm.
At Mayfeld, Ky, ON the afternoon of
April 20, w. W. Ezell shot and killed DR.. Dal-
ton. Nine balls from Eze!rs gun took effect
in Dalton's neck and heart.
At midnight, April 21, at Chicago,
Hermann Limberg shot and killed William
McGary, stranger whom he met IN a saloon.
There was little provocation. The murderer
was arreSred.
John Driscoll of Moulden, Mass. was
arrested April Il, on the charge of numbering
the 4-year old girl of John Grittendon, "a neigh
Dor. The body of the child was found this
morning near the railroad track, and it is
thought, was placed their by DriscOll
1t is reported that if Balbo and Cox
sentenced in New York City to be hung for
murder on the 2Sth of May, are executed they
viii be the first executed in that city since
April l976-more than four years-yet during
that time there has seldom been fewer than
from six to fifteen murderers in the Tombs.
On the night of April 91, at Nelson
vile, Ohio, James F. Ewel, policeman, en-
tered the store of Cooley 4 Son. and with but
single word of warning shot Charles Cooley,
junior member of the firm killing him instant
ly. He then went short distance and shot
off INT tba haoI ha x,,;ll
die. Cooley leaves a wife and one child. Ewell
has wife and three children.
In the case of DI. GaersOn, of Phila-
delphia, Pa, being held for trial on charge of
poisoning his wife, who recently died, the
chemist has not vet completed an analysis of
the wife's mother, who died short time be-
fore his wife DR.. F. Haines, who visited the
woman once during her sickness, and gave
certificate of death from disease OF the kid
neys, has been held as accessory.
F. r. Adams, county Judge of Faulk-
ner county. Arkbnsas editor of the Currency
has been arrested for stealing $4,000 from the
sheritfS Office at Conway. The sheriff locked
his Office and started for dinner. Meeting
some taxpayers he returned and found the
door unlocked, the safe open, and money on
Adams person. Adams tried to buy silence,
but failed. Hitherto he has been well es-
teemed.
About 10 o'clock on the morning of
April ~, at Corunna, De kalb county, Indi-
ana, party of twenty went to the house of
Tunis Miller, whose daughter had been re-
Gently married, to give the married couple a
betting. Isaac Miller, brother of the bride,
went out 10 try and induce the Een to go
away, and being assaulted by John Will
liams, Miller shot him dead. Miller was put
in jail.
Judge StreetOr, of the Superior Court
at San Francisco, April II, rendered decis-
ion on kearney's appeal, confirming the iudg-
ment of the lower court The San Francisco
counsel for Kearuey announce that they will
apply to the supreme court for writ of hab-
eas corpus, as the only recourse left them.
The supreme court is now sitting at Los An
geles, and some time will necessarily elapse
before any action can be taken. On applica-
ton the court ordered a remittur forth
with which would land Kearney in the house
of correction directly. He was not present
when the judgment of the court was rendered,
and it is rumored that anticipating the decis-
ion, and the pending application for habeas,
he has absented himself from the city.
Some time ago man obtained the
numbers Of some United State bonds held by
an acquaintance, and to raise money on them
concocted story to the effect that the legal
owner was dead, and previous to his death he
gave his bonds to his brother, who embarked
for Europe IN board a vessel which, went
down with all on board. This story the man
related to the treasury office, where he ap-
peared with letters of administration, and the
bonds were therefore duplicated reissued and
at once redeemed. Now the original bonds
have been presented for redemption, and an
investigation showed the presumed admins
TRAITOR to be an impostor, the signatures on
his papers forgeries and that the bonds had
never been on shipboard, having been held by
an old gentleman who did not need the mon
.ev and hence refrained from presenting them
for redemption. The bonds will have to be
redeemed again. and the trearury department
is in doubt if a special appropriation will not
be needed.
a West Point telegram OF April 19'
says: Supt Gaylor, of the New York post Of
fee, expert in writing, created sensation this
morning in the inquiry into the case of Cadet
NHlIIdhcf ny HIS GeSllnO0y. he Qdu Deen
given several days ago 257 pieces of paper
from the 257 cadets, on which the cadets had
written sentences containing words in the
note of warning found in Whittaker's room.
Before handing the papers to Gaylor last
week the recorder tore the signature Of the
cadet from each and numbered the paper and
detached signature alike, he himself keeping
the signatures. When asked what was the re-
suit of his comparisons, Gaylor testified, in
substance he had found no similarity between
any of them and the note of warning, except
in the case of the paper numbered 8. He had
been given several other papers written by
the person that wrote the sentence numbered
and in each instance the writing strongly
resembled that of the note of warning. Gay
lor noted the resemblances in letters I'D" and
"F" in the word fined, letter "P' in April, and
18th" following the latter word. He said the
writing of the person designated No. s, was
the only hand that presented points of re-
semblance strong enough to warrant an opin-
ion, and he recommended the. court 10 pur-
sue the investigation in the directson of No, 8.
1t is not announced who is No.S