The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-02
AN ALBANIAN.
Arrested for Arson He Kills
His Keeper.
Suicide of q Murderer in the
Evansville Jail.
Buried Beneath the Snow in
Utah.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.

Specials to the Star.
CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND, March 2.-Yester-
day Geo. Leonard living near Germantown
went 10 the barn of Jacob Kepler, a rich
farmer. to get nine cases of tobacco which
by the decision of late lawsuit belonged
to Young. Kepler stopped the wagon, re-
fused to let the tobacco 60, and placed a
revolver against Leonard's head and fired.
The ball entered the scalp and passed COM
pletely around the skull and came out on
the opposite side of Leonard's head, making
an ugly wound. After the shooting, and
while Leonard was bleeding profusely. KEEP
ler struck him in the left eye with the re-
volver, almost putting the eye out
SAD FATE OF TWO HUNTERS.
EVANSVILLE, IND. March 2.-Search for
Will Ruston and Oscar Knox, the missing
young men who went hunting Saturday,
was resumed yesterday by seventy-fve
men, who finally found their dead bodies
mired ina slough, their faithful dog stand
ing guard. Ruston was superintendent OF
the Cumberland Presbyterian Sunday
school, and an active temperance man.
The bodies were found by Alex. Butler,
and the dog refused to allow him to take
them until friend of Knox, who knew
the dog, came Ruston leaves wife and
child. Knox was single man.
BAD ALBANIAN LOOSE.
DECATUR, ALA, March 1.-The house of
Alga Buchanan, negro, living near Ok
ToH rnhhal nd ot Era
two or three weeks ago. Sam. Kelly was
arrested for the crime and taken to Ok
moor. While waiting there for the train,
the two guards fell asleep, and Kelly man.
aging to get his hands united, seized the
gun, and ordered the men to leave, one OF
which took his advice, while Chas. Spencer,
the one remaining, was killed by the negro.
The whole load entered the breast of Spen-
Ger, causing instant death. Kelly is at
large.
BURIED BENEATH THE SNOW.
CHICAGO, March "a special from Salt
Lake, Utah, states that snow-slide has
occurred in Logan Canon, about twenty
miles from Logan, which buried six men
and several teams. Four Of the men got
out, but the latest reports say that two
men and three teams are still buried in the
the snow. twenty-five men left Salt Lake
to dig for the unfortunate ones, and thirty
more left for the same purpose yesterday.
The names Of those who were ried are
not known.
END OF A LONG SPREE.
ArcH1soN, KAs, March flames Ben
ming a well-known railroad man, was
found dead in Dutch Bills bagnio yes
terday. He went there about 8 o'clock in
the evening and asked for place to lie
down, as he was sick. He had been on a
long spree.
TWO RAILROAD MEN KILLED.
CREsroN, Iowa, March 2.-Henry Horn, a
switchman in the yards here, while engaged
in disconnecting cars at an early hour yes.
terday morning, was run over and killed.
MASON C1rY, ILL, March "A brakeman,
named John Walthrop, was killed near
Bowling Green Station yesterday while
switching cars. His parents reside at Rood.
house.
SUICIDE IN BARN.
EAST SAGINAW, MICH, March "a young
man named Albert Dyer, whose parents
reside in Indiana, committed suicide by
hanging himself in a barn on the farm ol
julius Rawlo, in Bloomfield Township, this
county.
WOULD NOT STAND THIRD TRIAL.
EVANSVILLE, IND, March 2-George
Woods, who has already been tried twice
for the murder of Millie Hobbs, July 10Th,
1877, committed suicide in his cell in the
Jail, last night. He left letter saying that
he would not stand third trial.
FATAL FALL FROM A BAR.
National Associated Press to the Star.
NEW YoRK, March 2-Alfred Goodsell,
aged twenty-five dentist, fell from a
horizontal bar in Woods Gymnasium last
night and was killed.
FIRE AT FALL RIVER.
FALL River, MASS, March IA fire in
Borden City Mill. in this city, caused a
slight damage by fire and considerable by
water. There was panic among the op-
eratives, most of them escaping by fire es.
capes No serious accident.
WILL PROBABLY BE PROMOTED.
NEW YORK, March 2.-Thomas Walsh, an
ex-pollce officer, was arrested yesterday
afternoon .and locked up on charge OF
beating his wife, Ida, to death at their resi-
dence.
A vAaRANT FROM HER YOUTH.
CHICAGO. March 2-Kate dempsey, forty
years of age. vagrant from he; youth.
was found dead in ditch on West Kinzie
street at o'clock this morning.
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