The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-25
CRIME.

of the 18th, the safe Of John F. Hill was
robbed of over $4,000.
THREE men named Llewell;n, More
head and Flock were arrested al Little
Rock on the 18th, on the charge of hav.
ing passed counterfeit money.
THE conspirators in the Lewis will
case on trial at Trenton, N. j., were SEN
fenced as follows on the 10th inst:
Sacraca and Allison each two years in
the state prison and $1,000 fine; Brad.
ford and Brassford one year in the state
prison and 81, 900 fine.
A VERY dangerous counterfeit legal
tender twenty dollar note was discovered
in Chicago on the 10Th. 1t is of the
series of 1875, letter G, and is printed on
imitation fibre paper. The shading under
the words United States, is darker than
in the genuine note, but the general ap-
pearance of tie bill is good.
HOMER WELLINGTON, who lately with
drew from the firm Of Utley & Boynton,
Boston, was arrested by his father in-law
on the 18th inst, on charge of wholesale
forgeries. He is also charged with hav-
ing attempted to poison his wife and
children. His infatuation for another
woman led him astray.
VIM. D. HILTON formerly superinten-
dent of the Providence and Worcester
railroad, c0nfesses he lhas issued forged
paper to the amonnt of $3.50, 0,060, purport
ing to be endorsed by VIM. s. Slater and
Lyman A. Cook. The operations have
been going on two years, says Provi.
dence special of the 18th.
E. EATON JONES, notorious forger,
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taken to Mansfield, Ohio, and held for
trial under guard in room in the fourth
story Of the St. James hotel, escaped on
the 10th. He let himself down 100 feet
by rope furnished him by an accom-
plice. He has in his possession $1,000
in forged notes. He is about Al years
old, and weighs 215 pounds.
AT Senatoba, Miss, forty miles south
Of Memphis, says dispatch of the 18th,
the city marshal shot a colored man
named Roberts while the latter was in
the act of placing obstruction on the
Miss. & Tenn. railway. Within the past
three years several attempts haYe been
made to wreck trains on that road. Nine
buckshot look effect, but Roberts will re
cover.
AT one o'clock on the morning of the
18th, one hundred masked men boldly
rode up to the county Jail at Winchester,
ILL.,, overpowered and disarmed the
jailor and guard, secured the keys, un-
locked the cell of Joseph J. Fold, and
shot him dead with revolvers. Fold was
Padgett on the 25th ult.
The police Judge of San Francisco be
fore whom Dennis Kearney was tried for
seditious utterances, on the 18th sentenced
Kearney to six months imprisonment in
the house Of correction and to pay fine
of $1,000. The sentence was complete
surprise to all parties, especially to
Kearney, who showed great chagrin.
He expected to get off with a nominal
fine. He decided at once to appeal his
case to the supreme court, and to be re-
leased on habeas corpus.
A BRUTAL murder was discovered at
Waynesvillc, Ohio, last night, says dis.
patch Of the 18th. Gideon Carson and
his wife have been living the past win.
ter in an old school house in the out
skirts of the village in most abject pow
erty intensified by Carson's intemperance
and i'll health. He has been known to
bevery violent in temper when drunk.
At 6 O'Clock last night young man who
wanted to get Mrs. Carson to do some
washing, raped at the door. Getting no
response he entered and found the room
in utter confusion. Mrs. Carson lay on
the front part of the bed murdered. A
portion Of her left cheek was entirely
cut off which he found afterward in IA
bowl. The fatal blow had apparently
been given with q hatchet. The coroner
was called when it was found that Mrs.
Carson was entirely nude, being covered