The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

AT Carlisle, Pa, on the 23d, the second trial
Of Mrs. Catherine Zell, convicted last November
of numbering Mrs. Mary Kiehl, and sentenced
10 be hanged, resulted in verdict of acquittal.
A WALLA WALLA, W. T., dispatch says:
"William Lishau and wife, new settlers, four
miles from the Umatilla agency, were found
murdered in bed, their heads chopped to pieces
with an axe. Robbery was not the object, all
the property remaining undisturbed."
NIKE KEEPER a steamboat man, was shot
and killed at Memphis, on the 22d inst, by
Clayton Payne. Jealousy concerning n lewd
woman was the cause of the shooting. Payne
escaped.
A Los Angeles, Cal, dispatch of the 23d
inst, says: ar. Hoyle, the defaulting tax col
lector from Georgia, whose case has been be-
fore the Superior and Supreme Courts several
weeks OH habeds, committed suicide in his cell
last night by shooting himself i'll the presence
Of the guard and Mr.. Collier, agent Of the state
of Georgia. How he procured the weapon is
unknown"
SPENCE PErTIs, the forger, hanged himself
in the Concord, Mass. prison ON the night Of
the I'D inst.
EDWARD NUGENr and Henry J. Redemeir
were hanged in the city Jail yard, st. Louis, on
the 23d inst. Nugent shot his wife OH the 10Th
of August, 1876, while both were under the in-
| fiuence OF liquor. Hedemeir's victim was Franz
yoss, respectable old builder.
Miss JENNIE REYNOLDS, aged 25, was found
murdered in yard at Columbus, Ohio, on the
sd. The supposition is that the young woman
was decoyed into the place and choked to death,
but the murderer fearing arrest left before out
raging the body.
CHAs DE YOUNG was shot and killed ut 1880
on the evening of the 23d inst, by J. NJ Kali
loch, son OF Mayor J. s. Kalloch, in the ClsrO,s-
icLe Office, San Francisco.
On the night Of the 21st inst, Mr.. Judner,
bookkeeper for McNamee Il Co., contractors,
was proceeding to Buffalo with $4,000 to pay
workmen. He deposited the money in a vaIise
in the Pullman car and stepped upon the plat
| form for q minute to converse with Miss Nc
Nance. During his short absence the valise
was stolen
A DISPATCH from Jacksonville, o., says James
Jewell, a policeman, entered the store of Cooley
& Son on the night Of the 21st inst, and with
but q single word Of warning, shot Chas Cooley,
Jr., member of the firm, killing him instantly.
lie then went out short distance and shot him
self in the head. Physicians say lie will die.
In q saloon on the river front, Cincinnati, on
the night Of the 21st inst, two colored men,
Charles Smith and Jack Wilson, quarreled over
q payment for drinks, and Smith stabbed Will
son, killing him instantly. Smith was arrested.
On the Goth inst, at Mayfeld, KY, W. W.
Eel, Of that place, shot and killed DR.. Dalton,
Of Galloway county. Nine balls from Ezell's
shotgun took effect in DIR. Daltons breast and
neck. Three pistols and two open knives were
found on deceased. The trouble between the
men grew out Of an attempted elopement of
Ezelps sister-in-law with Dalton q year ago,
which Eel prevented. Eel claims that Dali
ton bad repeatedly threatened to kill him and
that be acted In self-defense.