Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-14
Criminal.

Mrs. HowE's defunct Ladies Deposit
Bank, Boston, will pay depositors five
cents on the dollar.
A COWBOY named Thomas Harper was
executed at Tuscon, Arizona, on Friday,
for the murder of John Holiday.
THE elevator row at Keokuk has been
complicated by Jack Sturges causing the
arrest of Francis j. kennett, for perjury
A REPORT is current in Troy, n. Y, that
James w. Garfield, cashier in the New
York Central freight Office, is defaulter
for over $4,000.
A LYNCHING is outlined at Pinckneys
Landing, Ark, where a negro thief, named
Bill Sims. shot Justice McRea for order
ing his commitment to jail
THE iewelry store of G.. f. Dougherty,
at East Saginaw, Mich, was robbed of
goods valued at 81 900 during the tenn
porary absence of the clerk.
FIVE inmates of the reform school at
Portland, Me-, threw pepper in the eyes OF
Keeper Flint, knocked him down, took his
| keys, and escaped.
DEUTLER the Chicagoan who killed his
wife on Sunday evening, shot himself dead
at the corner of Fullerton und Western
avenues, where he was found with the pis-
| tol beside him.
A STAGE was attacked by Apaches about
one hundred miles south of Ell Paso, and
| four passengers and two drivers killed.
| One passenger escaped in wounded con-
dition.
| EDWARD LEcHNKR, Of Milwaukee, had 3
| fight with horse-thieves. He shot one
man severely, and got bullet in his own
shoulder. He saved his horse, but the
| thieves escaped.
SOME Chicago thief went through the
clothing of the Columbus singing society,
who are soiourning at the st. Charles ho-
tel, and secured about 81 ,0OOin money and
watches.
| JOSEPH MANN, a conductor on the Lack
awanna road, was killed near Portland,
Pa, by his brother-in-law, Stewart Garri-
son, former brakeman, in revenge for
being discharged
| MARGARET WILSON. a muscular IRISH
woman of New York, dragged Francis
| Farrell into an alley near Fhty-nlnth
street. and struck him with a saucepan,
when her husband robbed the victim OF
his week wages.
ALABoRER engaged in grading rail-
road track at Edenville, Iowa, expressed
the hope that President Garfield would
not recover, and was so badly pounded by
a fellow-workman that he died.
Ed. HIGGINs and Dan Morrisey, con-
fined in the Jail at ST. Louis for highway
robbery, ripped up the flooring of their
cell while religious services were IN pro-
gress in the corrido-, and made their es-
cape.
A. NJ. EMANUEL and +. L. Emanuel had
fight with w. r. Wright and q. Z. wan
berIy at Allendale. s. Z. The result OF
the affray was that Wimberly was shot IN
the hand and cut in several places, ana A.
| NJ Emanuel was shot dead.
A FoRSER named j. M. Anderson was
cornered by the sheriff of Henry county
nj in London, Ont. The sheriff locked
his man in a room at the hotel, while he
went in search of a lawyer, and on his re-
turn found that his captive had escaped
SIX hundred men gathered at Month
cello. Ark. on Monday night, to lynch
Howe Edmunds, who is imprisoned Tor
the murder of his sister-in-law, Miss Saiile
Watson The advance guard was ioiieo
by the sheriff.
THE perpetrators of the mysterious ex-
nress robbery at Bainesville. Ohio, three
years ago. involving $50, 900, have at last
been trapped. They are Martin and Daniel
Norman, Jr.. and in straw bed In the