Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-04-08
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.


ROBERT BUTLER, Of Bradford, Pa, tried for
the murder of his brother Henry, October 7th,
has been convicted of murder in the second de-
gree and sentenced to eight years solitary con-
finement in the western Pennsylvania peniten-
tiary.
BAD health and inability to pay his debts,
caused Henry Lowell, well-known contractor,
of Galveston, Texas, to shoot himself on the
I'd inst.
GREAT excitement prevails in Warren county,
Ohio, caused by the discovery, on the 1st inst,
in field on the farm Of Samuel Hardy, near
the Shaker village, of q human skeleton. The
body was buried in its clothing, which was not
wholly decomposed. Along with it were found
a dou5le-barreed gun, some pencils, keys and
few other articles, but no money. Mrs. VIM.
Griffith who lives near the Hardy farm, exam
ined the clothing and gun, and other articles
found with the body, and recognized them as
belonging to VIM. j. Lanning, an orphan sent
out years ago with Others from Boston, and who
found home with the Grifiiths. She says he
was economical, and on the 9Th OF April, 1875,
started with John Hardy, son of Samuel Hardy,
to 90 to Monroe station, eight miles away. He
had with him gun, silver watch, and four hum
dred dollars in money. She never heard from
him directly, but Hardy told her he went to
California, and afterwards to Texas. Hardy
was arrested.
A DISPATCH from Athabasliaville, near Mon
treal, Canada, says young girl, daughter of
farmer living near there, was murdered on the
night of the 29th ult., and the body thrown in a
well. The son of neighbor, named La Chance,
has been arrested on suspicion
A DISPATCH from Los Vega, N. NJ, dated the
I'd inst, says: "This morning two desperadoes,
David Rudebagh and John Allen entered the
jail shot and fatally wounded the jailor, and at
tempted to rescue Webb, prisoner under the
death sentence for murder The rescuers were
scared off before accomplishing the purpose.
posse Is in pursuit, and, II captured, the men
will certainly be lynched."
JAMES MADISON WYATT STONE, a mulatto, was
hanged at Washington ON the I'd inst, for the
murder of his wife in 1878. His head was sew
cred from his body by the rope.
EDWARD TArRo, boy, was hanged at Wind
sor, VT, on the I'd inst, for the murder of Mrs.
Chas. w. Butler
Gro. WARNER ENGLISH, treasurer of Borden
town, N j.. hanged himself on the 18th inst.
BEN. JOHNSON, charged with raping Miss
Annie A. Ball, in Clark county KY, was taken
from Jail at Winchester, Ky, early on the 3lst
nit, and hung in the courthouse yard.
/ Texas rangers had fight on the Goth ult
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Smell, killing two and woundinG one of them.
! MAN living near Kalamazoo turned his
daughter-ir-la out Of doors on the evening of
/ the 31st ult and when her father and some of
/ the neighbol@, demonstrated he fatally shot one
of the latter, and finished the days disturbance
+ by taking a dose of nitrate of silver. lie may
1 recover.
MAN calling himself Frank Howard was shot
and killed ON the Goth ult., at Pritona, on Coal
river, W. Va, by "a man named Atkins who claims
he did it in self defense.
AT Leadville, Col, on the 30th ult., f. A..
Prentice shot and killed T. c. Dixon while en-
gagged in a quarrel growing out Of an alleged
insult offered by Prentice to a lady whom Dixon
was escOrting home.
JAMES EDWARD JOHNSON (colored) was shot
dead at Washington, u. c., on the 29th ult., by
Joseph. alias big Foo" Johnson, (white.)
CHARLES THEIs, young man, WAS shot dead
by Joseph Ritter at Newport. Ky, on the goth.
They qraneIed about girl.
IT has transpired that John Goehring. an in
mate of the Allegheny City. Pa, almshouse,
was killed on the 9Th of February by weak
minded inmate named Coolhof. Coolhoff and
and Il. II. Crawford, keeper of the insane de-
partment. have been arrested.
ISAAC FRANK well known in police circles ten
years ago as detective, suicided at the union
depot, Cleveland, on the 30th ult., by shooting
himself in the temple. Motive unknown.
Mas GLEN, of Indiana, recently convicted of
forgery and other swindhng, has been sentenced
to four years Imprisonment.
4 LuNATIc made murdgrous assault on a
young man near Saudusby, o. Oh the Goth ult.,
and was choked to death by the latter.
Two men, VIM. Alfred and Frank Wheeler,
alias Simmons, quarreled over Kate White, 9
prostitute, at louisville. Ky, on the 2sth ult.,
when a fight ensued, during which Alfred cut
Wheeler throat causing death III few NM
utes. The murderer escaped.
WELLlNGroS. the cultivated Boston prisoner,
explains the finding &C arsenic in the stomach
of his little son. VINO died last January, by
saying that he gave poisoned candy to his WIFE,
who innocently gave 1t to the child.
A SOLDIER of the Twenty-tfth infantry was
killed 1T Fort Davis, La, on the 18th ult., by a
deputy sheriff named Latham, while resisting
arrest.
JOHN BURNS negro murdered bus eStrang q
wife at St Louis, on the 29th nit.
PATRICK TENroS,a laborer in the steel mill, al
Springfield. H.. became involved in quarrel
4 with his wife, on the 2Sth, and killed. her by
( beating her ON the head with sledge hammer
/ and kicked her. He then threw the body into
4 the cellar "mopped up the blood, dressed him.
self and departed. lie WAS arrested and con-
fessed the crime.