The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-06
.HEMPSTEAD HORROR
Inofensive Man Killed in
Cold Blood.
Heavy Haul Of st. Louis Dia-
mOnd Thieves. /.
Fatal Fight About a Pretty Step
Daughter.
GOOD MAN GONE WRONG.

GOOD MAN GONE WRONG.
Specials TO the star.
DEs MONIES, a., Feb. 6-The Sheriff Of
Mahaska County returned from Texas yes
terday, where he captured G. P. Gone,
preacher, lawyer and temperance reformer,
charged with embezzlement and the appro.
priation of the property of other people.
He was placed in Jail under So 500 bonds.
CRUSHED IN wArER.wHEEL.
San ANTONIO, TEXAS Feb. GA boy
named Ernest Cotton, playing about the
water-wheel of Nixon's iron foundry, was
caught, carried down and crushed fatally.
MURDER CRUEL AND UFPRov0KED, + I
HEMpsrEAD, TEX, Feb. ga cold blood
ed murder occurred at Howth Station, four
miles north of here, on the Central Rail-
way last evening. A man named Pierce
Calhoun, for what purpose is unknown, de-
shot and killed negro, Jerry
Smith, and persons who saw it say the
murder was to ally without provocation,
Smith not giving his murderer any reason
whatever. Immediately after the assassin
0bAon SoiuOuh AucuntCu AAn hOloC auu
escaped, pursued by officers. ,ft
MINER KILLED AT CENTRAL. s.F.
DENVER, COL, Feb. Gas Mr.. James
Lanyan. a Cornish miner. at Central, was
descending the shaft at Jones' mine in
bucket, the rope broke, precipitating him
sixty feet and killing him instantly.
ARRESTED FOR CHILD MURDER.
DAYTON. O., Feb. 6-Julius Radke, Ia
borer. was arrested by Coroner Daugherty
last evening for the murder Of his child,
aged three months He is widower. and
quite. poor, and his child being sick, he
dropped it on the floor and kicked it,
crushing its skull. ....t
DAYTON, O., Feb. 6-Coroner Daugherty
yesterday investigated the case and took
the testimony of Radke's little boy, who
said that Sunday night after TIE nurse.
MIS-. Reifs, had gone away, his father ran
up and down about the house and fright
ened them all, and going to the bed where
the baby lay, he caught it up by its clothes
about the waist and threw it down on the
floor, and then came forward and kicked
it across the room. Radke was on spree,
and it is reported that he was to have been
married again Yesterday but for his arrest.
The Coroner is holding an inquest to-day.
DIAMOND ROBBERS CAUGHT.
INDIAHApoLIs, Feb. GA dispatch was
received at police headquarters yesterday,
from St Louis. NO., notifying them of the
robbery Of $500 worth of diamonds and
jewelry last Monday night
In few hours the police here captured
three men trying to sell jewelry on g. H.
linois street, who gave their names as Chas.
Sidney, Robert Mould and John Hall. Not
only was the jewelry described in the 81.
Louis circular recovered, one piece
OF which was worth $500 but
over $1,000 worth more, Of which the police
have no description. Hall is said to be an
old Penitentiary bird. OF the Others little
or nothing is known. The st. Louis au-
thorities were Immediately notified, ...o
HUNTER FATALLY SHOT. .,.,
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 6-Yesterday Lon.
Kess young farmer living about seven
miles from the city, on the ShelbyvilIe
Road. shot himself accidentally while out
hunting. He was climbing the fence and
the revolver in his pocket was discharged
The ball entered his left side and inflicted
a fatal wound. g M aii} a,f
.ycq THE GLENwooD MURDER
iCoNkERsv1LLE, IND, Feb. 6.-Ishan, Dali
ley was brought here from Glenwood yes
terday under arrest for the murder of Clay
ton McCrary with single. tree, at that
place last Monday. He was bound over in
the sum Of 81, 900. SIRE h.n
FREELY THREATENED WITH LYNcHING.
Z EVANSVILLE, IND, Feb. 6. -Carmi ILL.,. is
in fever-heat of excitement over the death
of Marshal Miller, who was stabbed, a few
days ago, by man named O'Connor.
Threats Of lynching OConner are freely
INDUCED in.
CAPTURE OF A DEsERrER.
NEWARK, O., Feb. 6.-Police Officer Pom
ser to-day arrested one Sylvester Rich,
supposed to be deserter from the regular
army. His partner escaped, going toward
Pittsburg.
~ CAUGHT IN THE GUARD RAIL.
PEORIA. ILL, Feb. 6.-Yesterday Peter
Isele, brakeman on the T., P. 4 W. wss
doing some switching at Chatsworth, when
be caught his foot in guard rail while the
train Of cars ran over him, crushing him,
cutting off one arm and killing him almost
instantly.
AN EIGHT-YEARs' SENTENCE
B1e RAPIDS, Mich, Feb 6-John Grat
ton, who December last stabbed and killed
Frank Tanner. in saloon fight, was. sen
fenced Yesterday to eight years in the Stats
Prison at Jackson. Grafton is eighteeT
years old. His home is in Canada.
DEATH AND DISASTER IN GEORGIA. .,gg
ATLANTA, Feb. B. Tayi ior was hor
ribly crushed at Gainesville Yesterday
while coupling ears, and died in few
hours.
Hawkinsville has had a fire, destroying
nearly half the business part of the town
A negro in Jail in Hawkinsviile froze II
death last night, and other prisoners alnios
died. The indignation is strong. l
ls7 TANNERy scoRcHED AT CHICAGO.
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