Morris tribune., 1881-08-04
RECORD OF CRIME.

Mrs. George w. Turner OF st. Paul drowned
herself last week. Insanity.
DR.. Thomas N. Cream, noted abortionis
in Chicago and other places, has been ar
rested s@t
Ruben A. Caldwell, a town pauper of vii.
murderer was arrested.
Frank Levigne and J. Cummings have been
arrested at La Crosse. for rebbing the store OF
Dow & Co., at Warden, near Centralia
Last week Welch's feed windmill, at Mar
shall, Lyon county, was destroyed by fire, with
a warehouse attached. Loss, So, 500: insur-
ance, So, 900.
A man named Hyde thought he had mis-.
sion to kill Governor Cornell of New York. He
had an old unloaded gun on his shoulder and
after avowing kis intentions was arrested
The store of P. C. Burke, at Garry Owen,
sixteen miles from Dubuque, was broken into by
burglars. The safe was blown open and a pack
age containing $1,000 s'olen. Two horses
were then stolen and the rascals rode to town
W. R. Dickinson and Joel Van Arsdale, law
yers, of Philadelphia, were convicted of forg-
ing the will of R bert Whitaker, by which il
was proposed to divert the estate, worth $500
600, to their own ends.
AtPittsburg, G. W. Nelson, land broker, D.
L. South, stock broker, aud man named
Miller were arrested recently for negotiating
nearly Sc, 900 worth of stolen bonds, the
property of William Connors of Catfish, Clarion
county.
special from Edwards, Miss, reports the
killing of Henry Cole by Deputy Sheriff Cor
nelius of Isaquena county. Cornelius went to
Edwards to arrest Cole and some other negroes
for violating contract with planter up the
Mississippi river.
An official examination If the Stark county,
O., treasury reveals deficit of $11, 700. The
county treasurer, Sullivan, claims it sn error
be appointed Sullivan is serving term of
twelve years for deficit of $4,000.
Chas Parker, guide in the Adirondacks
while guiding Mrs. George Bull from Forked
lake to Long lake, where she was to be the
guest of ex-senator Platt, made a dastardly
assault on the woman. All the guides in the
Adirondacks are hunting Parker, swearing to
capture him dead or alive
The post Office at Viroqua, Wis, was robbed
of one hundred dollars il money, some regis
tered letters, postage stamps, and notes One
of the thieves is supposed to be man calling
himself j. c. Williams, about four feet ten
inches in height, with bullet mark on the
back of his hand, the first joint of the thumb
split, blue eyes deformed nose, and rather
sandy complexion.
A Yazoo City (Miss) special says: rape
was committed last Saturday on young lady
by negro named Isaac Fisher He threw hel
in cistern to drown her, but the water being
too shallow, he slid down the cistern and held
her head under water until she was drowned
He then tried to climb the chain but failed, and
was soon discovered. The demon was sum-
maily dealt with. He is probably now taking a
chat with Tobe Wall, who was hanged here last
Thursday.
Deputy United States Marshal Garrins has
brought into Denton, Texas under arrest James
Tyler. charged with col1plicity in mail robber-
les committed by the notorious Sam Goss gang
in 1878. He was arrested at Aloka, 1. T.
There are now but three of the Goss gang at
large. Davis who was in the Union Pacific
railroad robbery at Big Springs. Neb, and is
now in New Orleans; Harry Underwood, the
most desperate of the band, who is running a
cattle ranch on the Pan Handle of Texas and
Frank Jackson, who is now in Arkansas.
At East Saginaw, Michigan, on Tuesday 1 9th,
fire caught and spread to Wylie Bros. mill
premises, burning barn, office and several
hundred cords of wood. involving loss OF
5000; partially insured. From there the
fire spread to ]. Il. Pearson l. Sons saw mil
and Gault block, and in short time the prop.
erty consisting of saw mill, Harding house
store, seven tenement houses, 2, 90 feet oi
tramway, 3, 900 feet of docks and 4, 500, COO
feet of lumber thereon, were consumed. Tota
loss, S1oC, 900; insurance about SIS, ZOO.