The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-28
WORLD OF WOE.
Desperate Fight Between
Burglars and Police.
An Atlanta Music Teacher Closes
3 His Career.
Other Criminal Circumstances
and Dire Disasters.

PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM PETERSBURG.
Specials to the Star.
PETERSBURG. IND, Jan. 28.-John Hodges,
the would-be rapist, and a young man
named Loveless, escaped from the Jail last
night by cutting the bars of their cell.
Hodges was in Jail for an attempted rape on
the person of young lady of this county
about four weeks ago. Loveless was in for
petit larceny. a
She LOST HER LEG.
DALLAS, TEX, Jan. 28-Emma Lane was
shot in the right leg at brothel in Terrell
BY one John McGee yesterday evening.
MCGEE escaped. The woman's leg was am-
putated.
CUT BY coNNoR, THE cRIsPIN.
CARMr, ILL, Jan. 2S-W. F. Miller. City
Marshal, was cut in the stomach last even
ing BY James Connor, shoemaker. whom
he had imprisoned for raising disturb
ance. Miller's wound is thought to be
mortal. :!
AN HONORABLE CRIMINAL
MARSHALL, TEX, Jan. 2S.-Hon. Mitchell
Kendell, colored, who once represented
this county In the Legislature and after
ward in the Constitutional Convention,
was arrested ard placed under bond here
yesterday, charged with an assault on his
son-in-law, Rufus Mays, with intent to
murder.
FIRE AT CAMERON, MO.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo-. Jan. 28-R. B. Utters'
book and notion store at Cameron, on the
Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad, was destroyed
by fire yesterday. Loss about 1000 The
0. 8. Express Office, adjoining, was consid-
ably damaged. n ........
e.a.,-Yf TWO. TEXAS BLAzEs. ..
DALLAS, TEX, Jan. 2S-Between seventy
and eighty bales of cotton burned at the
Depot of the Texas & Pacific Railroad at
Fort Worth yesterday.
MARSHALL, TEX, Jan. pa dwelling
house and contents belonging to colored
man named Dan. Wells was consumed by
fire yesterday. No insurance. .4 -
KENNEDY COMES BACK.
PIrTsBuRa, Jan. 2S.-B. +. Kennedy, the
Ex-Prothonotary Of this County, who left
for New Mexico and Colorado about three
weeks ago under circumstances which led
to reports of his defalcation, returned this
morning. He has SO far declined to make
any statement.
DESPERATE FIGHT WITH BURGLARS.
CHICAGO, Jan. 28-Four masked burglars
entered Charles Heyneyer's residence last
night with drawn revolvers. and compelled
the occupants to give up $40.
As soon as they left the police were noti-
fled, and while investigating this robbery,
the same gang entered Philip Goldstein's
saloon. An alarm was given, and the police
attacked them, when desperate fight en-
sned. Several shots were fred on both
sides. ,'
One Of the gang, named Hugh Smith,
placed revolver at Officer Nolan's head,
and was about to fire when Nolan struck
the weapon away, and the ball entered
Smiths own arm. Smith was captured and
two others of the gang named William
D !nnely and Tim Lynch.
AN ADVENT STUDENTS SUICIDE.
BATTLE CREEK, MICH, Jan. On. g. |
Simmons. aged TWENTY-FIVE, a student at
the Advent Col ege. from Texas, cut his |
throat with q razor yesterday and will un-
die. Dependency.
POVERTY, WHISKY AND A REVOLVER.
ATLANTA, Jan. &.--Last night John Koer-
ber, well-known music teacher, shocked |
his family by drawing revolver and shoot
ing himself In the brain. After falling on
the floor lie tried to shoot himself again,
and struggled furiously when prevented. :
He fingered only few minutes and died.
He left q letter saying poverty and whisky
caused the rash act He tried to kill him
self last week by poison.
NooNsHrNE DETECTIVE KILLED.
ATLANTA. Jan. 28.--Wm. Starnes, while
accompanying party of revenue detect
YES through the moonsliners' district in
North Georgia, was accidentally killed by
'ne Of the party.
CRUSHED BY A LOG.
VAHDAL1A, I'LL. Jan. 28.-An eight year
I'D son Of Doc Rightmire, of Shoboniere
net with a horrible death yesterday. He
md two younger children were amusing
themselves by turning off log which lay
IN the edge of a bill. when the log started
o roll, catching and crushing him to death.
DEADwooD DISASTERS.
DEADwooD, Jan. 2S.-Alexander Murray,
miner employed in the Homestake open
ut was killed by premature blast yester-
lay. 1l -Er tt
Edward Hitchcock, an employe at the
Highland mill, was fatally injured yester.
lay by a piece of falling machinery.
SUICIDE OF A SIXTEEN YEARLrNe.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. %. Eli Jackson,
colored lad, aged 18 years was found
'anging in cellar at the residence Of q
ady In this city, for whom he had been
oing chores. He had secured board,
'lacing one end on the foundation wall
nd the other on one of the steps of the
He then put rope around IL
nd made moose and encircled his neck.
THE DAEFoRTH BANK ROBBERS.
Iational AAocixte.. Press to the Star