National Republican., 1880-03-31
A SAD RECORD or CRIME.
Murder and Secret Burial of a
Pauper.
Further Revelations of the Ancghany City
Almshouse-Dlshonest Diplomas sold
Abroad-Frauduient Bonds In Cm-
cinnatl-rlio Sidney (Neb.)
Bullion Bobbory-.An Old
Offender Sentenced.
shocking Details Of an Almshouso Murder.

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Shocking Details OF an AImahouso Murder.
PfTTsBURG, Pa, March 3O.--Tho following
| additional facts were developed in the cor.
oncr's investigation In rotation to tho murder
| of John Gochring, an inmate Of the Alleghauy
! City almshousc, on tho morning of February
10; r. b. Crawford, who was In charge of tho
insane department, found an insane man,
! named Wausmau severely beating Goclring;
| Wausman was locked up and Goehring ran
into tho dining.room; Crawford then called
CoolhoT, a weak-mindod inmate, to as.
sist him In taking Goohring back TO his
room, Goehrlng resisting kicking Cooholr in
tho stomach; Coohol, greatly angored, ro-
turned tho kick, knocking Goehring down;
| while Goohring was on the floor, held there
| by Coolhof, the latter asserts that Crawford
kicked Goehring on the head several times;
| finally thoy succeeded in getting Goehring as
FAR as the bathroom, whom he again became
violent; Coolhoif then seized one of the rollers
on which the towels were hung and struck
| Gochrng on the head, knocking him in
sensible, Gochrng was then taken to his
room, where lie died at 1890 p. m., Crawford
aud two inmates burying the body quietly tho
| next day.
In the monthly statement to tho poor board,
Goehring is reported as dying FROM mania
pDtu. Tho affair was kept quiet, but flnally
leaked out through the moIum OF an inmate
who came to this city, got drunk, and told the
story. Crawford and CoolhOG have been ar.
rested on the charge of murder
Tho Sale OF Bogus Diplomas.
PHILADELPHIA, March 3O.-This morning
His Honor Mayor StOkluy received from tho
United States department of tho Interior
Bureau oil Education communication asking
~ to the standing of certain alleged mod ical
colleges in Philadelphia and requesting tho
corporation of tho authorities horo relative to
ln at at,1 At
OF all institutions and persons engaged in tho
selling OF medical aud dental diplomas. In-
closed in the communication WAS tho letter of
Andrew ID. White, United States Minister at
Berlin, to Secretary Eyarts, calling attention
to the revival In Germany OF the sale Of
American bogus diplomas
Fraudulent Cincinnati Bonds.
CIHcIENATr, March 30. An examination Of
coupons Of rity bonds that havu boon re-
deemed develops the fact that additional du-
plications and even forgeries have been IN lde.
Some time ago IL WAS discovered that eight
bonds had been duplicated, and now us many
as eighteen Implications have been discovered,
with several forged coupons aud also othors
upon which tho numbers have been written in
pencll. The subject is undergoing invcstiga-
tiOn by the board Of revision.
Express Agent Arrested.
CHEYENNE, w. T., March 3O.-C X. Allen,
late express agent, who had charge of tho
bullion which was recently stolen from the ex-
press office at Sidney, Ncb., was arrested thero
rtCibhcSryN rob i9 i9aFFSSsat aFFSsat with With completely in tho
under tho direction OF Superintendent LAM.
OF tho Mountain division of tho Union Pacific
| railroad.
Notorious Robber Sentenced.
| BosToN, March 30.-IAnlon W. Moore, who
was convicted Of burglary, was sentenced to-
day to sixteen years in tho State prison.
Moore is one of the most noted cracksmen in
this country, and has engineered large num-
bers OF successful bank robbcrie3 in New Eug-
land aud elsewhere
Frauds on tho Canadian Customs. gEgs
MONTREAL, March 3O.-In addition to an
extensive seizure of teas by tho customs OH
cials at Toronto, between 1000 and 5000
packages have boen seized In Montreal, con-
sigucd by the Toronto house TO McssTs. Gees,
Castcgon & Wilson.
Miscellaneous Criminal Matters.
CINcINNATI, March 30.-Charlcs Thois, ir.,
and Joseph Ritter, two young men of New
port, Ky, attended ball together at Eclipse
Hall last night, and during their stay tho
| former was ordered away from tho side of
| young lady who had bgun escorted to tho ball
by Henry Brown. Some trouble arose, but it
was settled at the tme without violence.
| About 8 o'clool, In the morning, however,
while on their way home, Brown and Ritter
met Thois at Jefferson and Monmouth streets,
| und tho quarrel was renewed. Brown knocked
Thois down. At this stage, Ritter ran up
with drawn revolver, aud shot Thss twice
in the bead Theis died within an
hour. Ritter surrendered himself to tho po-
lice Brown and Ritter are young men OF good
character, but both were drunk.
New York, March 30-Georgo Smith, col.
orcd, who on the night Of November T. 1879,
shot and killed his mistress, Harriet Savillc,
aged twGntysevon, at l2S Leonard street, and
was indicted for homicide in the first degree,
pleaded guilty to-day to manslaughtor In tho
third degree In tho Court of General Sessions,
and Recorder Smith sent him to State prison.
BosroN, March 30-The coroner's jury to.
day rendered a verdict that the infant son Of
Homer Wellington, of Cambridge, came TO his
death by being poisoned With arsenic admln-
istered by his father. Wellington was held for
trial.
CINCINNATI, March 3O-Thrco negroes.
Samuel Boiler. James Brown and Andrew
Macon, charged with murder will be hanged
at Macon, Miss next Friday.