The Worthington advance., 1880-10-07
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Ragsn, the man shot at St. Charles,
Winona county, on Sunday Sept. &c, died on
The night Of Oct
In Findlay, Ohio, two sons Of we'll
known farmers have been arrested for passing
counterfeit dollars, halves and quarters.
DR.. Albert G. P. Gaersen, charged with
poisoning his wife, was convicted in Phila-
delphia, Oct. l, of murder in the first degree.
Edward Jones, aged 81, had quarrel
with his uncle, living near Salem, ILL.,, Oct. 2,
and with shot gun shot his uncle, killing
him instantly.
At jersey City, N. }. October 2, Mrs.
Mary Doyle, temporarily insane from fever
threw her baby two months old, out OF third
story window, killing 1t instantly.
There was shooting affray in Yako-
ma City, Washington Territory, September 90
in which Dick splown was killed, John splown
shot through the lungs, and David Carol also
shot through the lungs are not expected to
live.
A telegram from Milwaukee Of Sep
tembcr 30, says Archbishop Henni is lying at
the point Of death. He has been confined to his
bed fortnight and Is peacefully and painless
" sinking. Mentally he is vigorous, but
physically he Is entirely hel pless.
At Mossillon, O., ON the night of Oct.
2, in quarrel between Amos Zollers ana Alex.
Mckusick, at John Mairs' bagnio. McKusick
was elected by Zollers and Mairs. Mairs after
that went out, and the fight took place on the
sidewalk, in which NcKusick cut Mars throat
with razor, causing death in fifteen minutes.
John Vanderladc, on trial at Shelby
vile, Ky, Sept. g, was found guilty OF murder
and sentenced 10 death. On the 10Th OF last
July, Vanderlade escaped from the renitenti.
ary where he was serving term for robbery.
On the day following. while passing along a
secluded road en- route on foot for Louisville,
he met little daughter Of Charles johnson,
in the neighbo-hood of Browns barn, whom
he ravished and murdered.
At Cincinnati, O., Thos. Bell, photo.
grapher, who created sensation few weeks
ago by driving man from his house at
the point OF revolver, and firing two shots
after him, on the ground that he was unduly
familiar with Mrs. Bell, on the night OF Sep
tember 30. shot himself through the head,
a revolver and threatened to shoot her, when
she fled, and heard the shot when she got
down stairs.
A Topeka, Kansas, telegram Of Oct. 4,
says w. Ii. FairchiId, the man arrested in
Chicago, charged with the murder of Richard
French, the step.father of his wife, two years
ago, in Harper county, Kansas, has confessed.
He claims that he caught his wife and French
in the act of sexual interc purse, and after
some words he called French liar. He then
struck him with an Ak, killing him instantly.
He further says that he has never evaded ar
rest.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Warsaw,
Indiana on the evening Of September 2s. Last
week Morse Chaplin, 4 wealthy farmer near
here, caused the arrest and imprisonment of
his daughter, ahandsome girl OF twenty years,
and G. L. Smith, sewing machine agent who
had won her heart and then forged a check
on her father in her favor for $3.50. Smith was
bailed out, but-her father refused to give bail
for the daughter, fearing she would elope with
Smith. Yesterday afternoon Smith called at
the Jail and was allowed to walk with her in
the back yard. They had not been there long
when four pistol shots were heard and when
the jailor's family reached the yard the dead
body of Miss Chaplin was discovered lying by
the side of the body of Smith the smoking re.
volver still being In Smiths hand. Smith had
a wife and two children and was trying to get
a divorce.