Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-06-25
THE INCREASE or CRIME

question and have SO far racked their brains
as to devise some means to check this GRIM
son torrent in its ever increasing volume.
Two score of years ago the fact of muir
der having been committed any where
within the limits of the United States was
heralded from the centre to circumference of
the nation now the same kind of an event
receives a half dozen lines of notice in
the great dailies of our cities, and the re-
porters in the vicinity in which it occurred
give it the credit Of being "lively little
local." Forty or fifty years ago swiftly and
surely did retributive justice fall upon the
guilty at the instance Of officers whose hands
were not shackeled by bribery and corrup-
ton, and who remained free and untram-
meledfrom the poluting touch opposition and
power Then we were governed rightly,
now we are governed too much. Our courts
have become legal sociables where clients
are feeced and justice laughs in her sleeve
law, ethics and right are put away in their
little beds and money, love of power, cham
payne, fat dinners and red-tape have taken
their place, and which are some of the loop.
holes through which many of cur most
deeply dyed villains escape the meshes of an
outraged law
AT present murder stalks abroad through
out our land shaking his CORY talons in the
face of civilization, and where one culprit
suffers the extreme penalty of the law a
dozen crimes are committed which are pun
ishabe by death. The conscience of man
does not appear to revolt at the preparation
of this horrid deed. Well may the poet
Cribber asks:
"Is there a crime
Beneath heavens roof, that stains the soul
Of man with more Internal hue, than damn'd
Assassination ?"
Last week we concluded to keep and
publish daily record, so far as we could
obtain them, of the most heinous crimes
committed in the United States. We soon
found that we could fill several columns of
the SENTINEL and we stopped at the end of
four days and we now omit everything but
murders with about four exceptions. Each
days crimes are carefully recorded under
its respective date, and our readers can Judge
to what great extent our notes would have
reached had we included arson, burglary
rape and other criminal acts. Below we
give the result Of our labor in this direction,
and the four bloody pages thus presented
are their own best commentators
JUNE 17.-Benjamin and Edwin Eastman
were arrested at Springfield, Mass, for the
murder of Perley b. Hutchins.
Frederick Bennett shot and killed Thomas
Dudson at Thompson Station, Tenn. The
difficulty originated in dispute about $40.
Mrs. Annie Wincken, wife of German
baker, was found dead, covered with blood,
in house in the rear of No. 8, Ludlow
street, New York. Her husband was ar
rested and admitted having had desperate
fight with the deceased
JUNE 18.-The First National Bank of
Brattleboro' VT, offers $4,000 reward for
the arrest of Slas NJ. Waite, their absconded
president, with over $4,000.
John w. White, of Ossipee, N. H., at
| tempted to shoot his wife who was leaving
him on railroad train A passenger struck
up the revolver and before White could be
secured he cut his own throat His dissipa-
ted habits the cause Of his wife's leaving.
| A white woman named Stevens, living
with her paramour, one mile from Pine
Bluff, Ark, was outraged and afterwards
murdered. The circumstances led to the
arrest of "her man." another white man and
two negroes Caused by drink and jealousy
County Treasurer Mill and County Com
I missioner SaoIratt indtatoI Of
ID. T., for forgery, enlightenment, bribery
and puriery.
Samuel Sampson Howard was hanged at
Bastrope, Texas, for the assassination of Mr.
Alexander Farmer, May 31st, 1873.
AT Cincinnati, VIM. Condor, a variety
show performer, quarreled with girl named
Lou Perry and struck her with banjo, the
brass rim Of which crushed her skull and
she died in half an hour.
At Cedar Rapids, Iowa, AL Rittenberg, a
desperate, attacked Michael Coleman and
was fatally shot in the throat by Coleman.
Charles G. de Guilfeldt and wife, of Mem
phis, Tenn, arrested for manufacturing and
dealing in counterfeit coin. Caught in the
act with all their dies, etc,
At Plainteld, n. j., two murdered men
were found in burning building
Geronimo Grenade, Mexican boy of fif-
teen, at San Antonio, Texas, who was in
love with girl of thirteen, committed sui
eide, because his parents objected,
JUNE 19.-James Vogus, at Russiavile,
Ind, entered the saloon of j. Mass, and
without warning fired five shots at Jacob
Vogus, his father -Four balls struck the
victim. lie says he did the act deliberately,
lpiun prava1 a ,AanIs,,or I,,. =,
which he sues his father for five years
wages Mr.. Vogus made his will yesterday.
Henry II. Reilly, truck driver, became
annoyed at some children playing around
his truck struck Joseph Jacobs, a boy of
eight years, over the head, crushing his
skull.
John Chase, an eypressman of Washing
ton, Ga, killed Bill LcLeudon at that place.
The dead body of young woman named
Mary SENT was found in Sugar Creek, near
New Philadelphia, o., with her skull crush
ed Mrs. Henry Athery with her father and
husband were arrested and committed 10
Jail.
JUNE 20.-Near Sydney, Ohio, David l..
shank attacked two widows i'm their house,
and killed Mrs. Line, the weapon used being
fence rail lie was driven away before
killing the other woman. He leigned in
sanity when arrested, but was only drunk.
At Lancaster, KY, two boys, named Linar
Gallagher, aged fourteen, and Sid Mullins.
aged fifteen, quarroled, when tho former
procured revolver and shot Mullin through
the body, intiicting fatal wound.
John \. Sheppard and family, with vii.
liam Billiard, camped near Courtney, Texas.
The men quarreled, and the feud resulted in
the killing of Bulard. Sheppard escaped,
leaving his wife and children at the camp
Gordon Moore, Of Marion county, Texas,
surprised Ben. Benjamin, a respectable "a
oolored preacher, in criminal intimacy with
his wife. benjamin ran, and Moore pursued
and killed him
Thomas Frizelle was arrested at Column
bus, Ohio, charged with the murder of vii.
liams, who was mysteriously shot while sit.
ting with Miss Turner at Georgesyille, O.
At Pensacola, Florida, Geo w. and +. A.
Durham, brothers, quaneled about boat
race that was 10 take place theTo. 4 fight
ensued and George was cut in the right
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