The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-23
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

EXECUTIONS on the 10th: Nathan Faucet
and Jacob Muldoon, two mulattoes, ut Mexico,
Mo-, for the murder Of Octav JULIO, September
30, 1879 William :. Bates, at Barnwell, $. C.,
for the murder Of Stephen W. Bush, at u dance
Christmas night. Bill Walker colored, at Col
bert, Texas, for the murder Of man named
Munroe.
NATHANIEL WEAVER, the dcfaulting cashier
of the Citizens National bank, Urbana, Ohio,
shielded at Montreal OH the 18th inst. by shoot
ing.
AZ the ST. Louis express train was leaving
Sedalia, No.. OH the night Of the l4th, Mr..
Jones, large cattle dealer from Colorado, was
suddenly assaulted by four men, and before he
could give an alarm they robbed him of So, 700
and a certificate of deposit on the Droyer's
Bank of ChicoGo for 81 1886. In their haste the
robbcr overlooked g, 500 in money and some
$4,000 worth OF checks, drafts and notes in
the inside vest pocket.
HENRY G. FEEDERICKs, an unfortunate board
OF trade operator, jumped from the fifth story
Of the Woodruff house, Chicago, on the 18th,
being instantly killed by the fall.
REV. WIN. b. ORvIs has been expelled from
the Philadelphia association of Congregational
ministers because Of his connection with the
Philadelphia University of Medicine and Sur
gerry, where reporter recently purchased GER
tiicatr TO practice medicine.
PETER LAWN, ringleader in the celebrated
gold brick swindle at Denver, Col, last October,
was captured at Denver Oh the l4th inst.
Dn. W. Z. BLAND, shot in an election riot at
Edgefelds. Ga, died on the 18th inst.
WILLIAM and John Wellington were assaulted
and robbed Of 5000, near Plain City, Ohio, by
three masked mon, on the 18th. The robbers
escaped.
INTERNAL revenue officers destroyed in Pick
ems and Cherokee counties, S. C., niue distileries
and II, 900 gallons Of mash and beer, and secured
six copper stills.
II fracas at Eagle Pass, Texas, Oh the 18th
Mexican woman was killed and Lieut.. Decker,
of the Gath infantry, shot i'll the mouth.
PERLEY B. HUTCHINSON, Of Huntington,
Mass, was murdered i'll lis home On the night
Of the 18th, and the building set on fire to con-
ceal the crime.
JAS. FARRIs, of Hartford, Conn, was shot
and killed by gambler named George Pehawy,
at Nashville, Tenn, Oh the 18th.
IL the Coliseum theatre Denver, Col. on the
9Th instant, J. VI. Oyerton, the proprietor, ia
tally shot Thomas Nugent, bar tender, while
engaged III quarrel.
AT Lcadvillc, Col, on the 18th, Lawrence
Fitzgerald, miner, was fatally shot by George
TOtterson while quarreling over claim owned
| by Fitzgerald which Tottersoll attempted to
jump.
AT Brennan, Texas, on the night Of the 10th,
VIM. p. RalBton fatally stabbed Robert Ficklin,
who attempted to dissuade him from attacking
an officer who had, few hours before, arrested
him for disorderly conduct.
WILL HARDwIcK killed John French, at Waco,
Texas, on the 18th and then sucided. A love
affair was the cause.
CHAsTISE Cox, who murdered Mrs. Hull
and Pictro Balbo, who murdered his wife, have
been sentenced to he hanged in Now York May
2Sth.
FRANK WHITEHEAD, a farmer in LeSueur
county, Mimi, was shot and killed by two un-
known men on the 18th inst. His wife tells tho
story that two well-dressed men entered the
house and demanded money. She fled from the
house and OH returning found her husband
fatally wounded. He did not speak afterwards
and soon died. The woman's story is not
wholly credited.
A FRAcAs at a country dance in Galloway
county, No., on the night of the stu Instant,
resulted in the killing Of Louis ii. Myers by
Mark Walton.
A FAMILY quarrel ut st. Louis, on the 18th
instant, resulted in the killing of Michael Mesh
man by VIM. Fitzgerald. The murdered man
was shot through the left lung.
CLEoPHAs LAcHANcE has been arrGst4l nj
AOptreal and confcsses to numbering Miss Des-
ilet nc Ellstrade.
On the 10Th instant, John Sullivan, keeper Of
the Barrett HOUSE, Row Orleans, shot dead
John Raymond, colored. tbs difficulty was
about ten cents.
MRs. WILHELMNA TREsKE, a German lady
sixty years of age, living on Eleventh street
near Jefferson, st. Louis, was murdered by her
eldest son, William, on the 10th inst. The boy
has been crazy for the past three years. No
one witnessed the deed, which was done with
butcher knife.
The Touring mill of Cook d Abbott, at Lock
port, Ind, was destroyed by fire on the 7th
inst. Loss SIS, 200; insurance $4,000.
The steamer syria, from New Orleans for Liy-