The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-15
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
A DETROIT travelling salesman named Alfred
Wolcott, suicidcd by shooting ut New Branch,
\. j., on the 7th inst.
SIX miles from New Canton, o.. lived
family named Baker, consisting Of father and
mother and two daughters, the eldest 10 years
old. 4 young man named Sellers had been
working Tor the family, and on the evening of
the sth inst, while Mr.. Baker was absent, H.
sisted that the daughter should marry linn.
She refused, whcreupon Sellers drew revolver,
shot the dog, then the mother aud finally the
girl. Then he placed the muZZle Ia his own
temple and fired. Each shot was instantly
fatal. The youngest daughter Witnessed the
tragedy.
Ar Concordia, Bolivar county, Miss, on the
9TH inst, difficulty occurred between Is. j.
Owen, justice of the peace, and J. W. Glover, a
farmer. Owen was hold his court and Glover
made disturbance and was ordered under ar-
rest 10y Owen. Pistols were ut once drawn by
both and firing commenced by each. Owen fell
dead. Glover ran about 500 yards and tell. He
died after lingering eight hours. Both were of
good standing III the community.
NEAR the town of Bisbce, Cal, on thu 9th
inst. one Dodsun attempted 10 outraged young
lady, name not asccrtaincd. Her father rescued
her. DOdSon soon returned with carlhnc and
fired two shots, one killing brother of the
girl, the other wounding her III the arm. Dod-
hon escaped. party IN IN hot pursuit.
EDWARD Lucas, Il house servant in fashion,
able boarding school in New York city, alb
seconded on the 7th inst, with about $4,000
worth Of diamond jewelry belonging TO pupils.
The safe in the Office of the Western Hotel,
IT. Louis, Mo-, was robbed early on the morn
Ing Of the eth lust, of money, watches
and other articles, valued between three
and four thousand dollars. One Thousand
of the money belonged to the proprietor of the
hotel, and the remainder was the property to
guests Of the house.
THos. FoRREsT, who fatally stabbed Michael
Corbs for discharglng him from employment at
the California mine, Silver Reef, Utah. was
taken from Jail on the night of the 9Th inst. by
masked men and hung.
MICHAEL j. MCDoNALD was shot dead by
Vim. Darlington, III II San Francisco saloon, on
the 9th inst.
ID. l.. BAILEY and Calle Eubanks were
poisoned recently near Louisville, Texas, by
taking morphine instead of qunine. DIR.
Lynch administered the dose.
WILSON CoNGDoN killed William Bush at
Marietta, o., on the 7th inst, by striking him
over the head with heavy cane.
Ar Como, Col, Oh the 9Th inst, John Doolit-
tie fatally shot Z. A. Golden, section foreman
OF the Denver X South Park railroad, caused by
IL quarrel about a shanty which the section man
had been stopping i'll.
CHAs. WnTHEw fatally shot his wife and then
shot and stabbed himself to death at Pottsville,
Pa, on the 4th inst. Cause, intidelty Of the
wife.
JAMES A. SPENCER beat John +. Wilson, Il
prominent citizen of Garnett, Mass, in such n
brutal manner, on the 18th inst, that Wilson did
not survive his injuries.
WAYNE TUDOR was shot through the abdomen,
at Somerset, Ind, on the 4th inst, by james
Aldrich, who claims that Tudor shamefully in
suited some girls.
A TRENTON, n j., dispatch says the United
States grand jury has indicted Charles II. Voor
hces, member of congress, for cmbeZzlmg
money of the Iackcnsack bank.
Ar Richmond Hill, Ont, on the 4th inst. two
brothers, named Fahey, auarreled, and the
elder struck the younger on the forehead, in.
iictinG probably fatal wound. Their father,
seeing this, fell dead.
DANIEL COLLINS knocked down his brother
John, at Steubenville, o., on the ith inst, then
jumped upon him, and with knife stabbed
him in the heart, causing instant death. The
| llaITtl WIZ ABOUT tufhtNS clhltiltu Dy DOM.
Daniel Collins IL 33 years old, married and has
three children. John is Younger, hut leaves
wife and children.
o. the morning If the 81 inst, fire was found
i'll the recorders office in the county court house
at Ottawa, Ill. Evidently sUmc scoundrei had,
during the night, effected an entrance into the
room with the purposc of destroying the books
of the county, the second in population in the
! rest, valued at three millions, were saved
! When the fire was eXtinguished torpedo and
| four cans OF nitro-glycerine were found OH the
floor in the vault, and the fire had nearly
reached them. Had they exploded, as they
would have done in few minutes, not only
would the building have been destroyed with all
its valuable records, but the Jail beneath would
have been blown to atoms, with its inmates.
| EDWARD JONES, a young man II years of age,
had an alteration with Andrew Finley, his
uncle, residing three miles from Salem, Ill.,, on
| the "a inst. and discharged the contents of u
! shotgun into his left breast killing him in
stantiy.
IL an alteration at Masslon, o., on the I'd
inst, Alex. McKusick cut John Mail's throat,
causing instant death.
Ar Sacramento, Cal, ON the I'd inst, Mrs.
Geo. Hamilton sent note asking an interview
with her husband, from whom she had been
separated. He called on her, and during the
conversation she shot him dead. Cause, ical.
ousy. Last winter she shot and severely
wounded Young girl who had excited her ical-
OnSy.
Ar Jersey City, N. j., on the ~ inst, Mrs.
Mary Doyle, temporarily insane from malarial
fever, threw her two months old babe ont Of II
third story window, and it war instantly killed.
A BODY of thirty armed men entered Dalton,
Whitefeld county. Georgia, on the 30th ult.,
and forcibly rescued the property seized foi
violations Of the revenue laws. The U. \. Off
GERS are making dlligent effort 10 arrest the
marauders.
OK the night of the LIST inst, Isaac Letten
house, Of Lee Garden, four miles from Lee
tonia, while drunk, drove his family out OF
doors, and then set fire TO his dwelling with
lighted torch. He was destroyed in the flames
n handful of bones only remaining to tell tn,
tale.