The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-10-01
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

ALFRED SMITH, newspaper correspondent,
was murdered at Sierra City, Cal, on the I'D
INST. His brains We're beaten ont with rocks
and the body deposited IN n house, which was
then fired. A neighbor IL under arrest, charged
with the crime.
GREAT excitement was occasoned at Black
River Falls, Wis, on the Gath inst. by the dis
coyery of the body of Mary Weldon, aged 10,
at her home, horribly mutilated and rapidly de-
caying. Asster agedl2, was found on lounge
senselcss, but has recovered. The father is
missing. No clue to the murdcrcrs.
A CELEBRATED young musician, organist Of
the Montreal Cathedral, Fred L. Barnes sui
cided at Montreal on the night of the 2lst inst.
lie had performed before an audience OF 30
900 people ut the exposition, and reached his
home IN an excited frame of mind. His young
wife In a member of the Roosevelt opera COM
pany, now in New York.
JACOB Howard, claiming to he from Chicago,
was arrested at Boston, Mass. on the I'D inst,
charged with conspiring with other parties,
named Sheldon and Jordan, to defraud Bos-
ton broken ont of $4,000 by pretending to sell
him patent for gasoline stove. Checks had
already been given them by the broker in
furtherance Of the negotiation. One for 81, 400
was cashed at bank for Towards associates,
who instantly decamped and escaped arrest.
Miss SADIE. aged, 10, daughter of Hugh l..
White, prominent citizen of Richmond, KY,
was found dead in bed ON the morning Of the
22d inst, with her throat cut from err to ear.
knife was found in her hand. The girl was
generally conceded TO be- the belle Of the blue
grass region, Kentucky.
MELINDA BAdLEY, wife OF prominent farmer
residing near Dayton, o., shielded by hanging,
on the I'D inst. She was deranged.
SiLAs NJ. WAITE, formerly president Of the
First National bank Of lrattleboro, Vermont,
who absconded last June, leaving defalcation
Of about half million dollars, was arrested ut
Omaha, Neb., on the 2lst inst. Waite had pur-
chased II cattle rancho in Northern Nebraska,
away from civilization, and had Intended 10 en-
JOY his ill-gotten wealth there. He was sup
posed to have gone TO Europe.
NEAR saltwater, Mimi, on the 2ist inst, ut n
birthday festival given by William Scabell. all
hands imbided freely Of lager beer, when, with.
out apparent provocation, Charles Leverone
drew II revolver aud shot Seabell fatally.
A CRIPPLE named Joe Bradley was foully
murdered IN Montgomery county, Alabama, re-
Gently.
MAJOR NELSON, United States army paymas-
ter, IL on his way to New York in custody. lie
is short about $4,000.
IN the Bank Of Montreal, on the 2Otl inst,
during the temporary absence of Paying-Teller
Padden from his stall, u well-drcssed stranger
entered by the side-door, picked up roll Of
bills amounting TO 5000 and escaped.
The body OF q man with the skull crushed In
was found in Maple river, near Muir, Mich, on
the 18th inst. From papers found on deceased
IL is believed his name was @. ii. Ballou, an
omplOye OF Burr Robins circus, which eXhib-
tied ut Muir la August, and he must have been
killed ut that time, az the corpse had evidently
been IN the water number OF weeks.
A GREENsBURG, KY, dispatch OF tho 10th
inst, says: "At Midtown, on the 18th inst,
five men engaged in fight in abanoom. John
Hancock was shot through the lungs and will
likely die. Simon Hancock was shot in the
breast, very dangerously. The other three who
were shot were not badly hurt. Twenty-six
shots were fired. The barkeepor was accident
ally shot. The row was the renewal of an old
feud."
LEE BRUMBAUGH, prominent attorney OF
Miamisburg, Ohio, was shot aud killed on the
the Goth inst, by Geo. Ware, Of Dayton, O., at
the latter place. Brumbaugh has for some
been criminally intimate with Wares wife, dur
ing his absence. Ware suspected them and
returned to his house unannounced, found
them together, shot Brumbaugh, then delivered
himself up to the officers.
MILLS d MERRIIL's foundry and machine
shops at East Saginaw, Mich, were consumed
by fire on the 18th inst. Loss 100000.
HARNsoN HALL (coloredD fatally stabbed lis
brother Edward, ut Louisville, Oh the 2lst inst.
Edward struck Harrison with his fist, when the
latter plunged his knife into his brothers. loft
side. With groan Edward fell ON his back.
Harrison leaped upon tho PROSTATE form of his
victim, and, again burying his knife into him,
virtually disemboweled him.
HENRY LINDLEy, IN the employ of Andrew
Tiffany, near GAINESVILLE. Hillsdale county, Mich,
fatally shot his employers daughter Alice, on