Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-11-04
CRIME.

EDWARD RAINY, formerly of Galesburg,
H., murdered man named Young at Os-
wego, Kan, and escaped from the officers
who captured him.
: JAMES WILSON. a reckless character of
Streator. ILL.,, was shot dead by John O.
Campbell, whose house he was endeavor-
ing TO enter after midnight.
THE safe in the store Of X. w. Aiken &
Sons, at Carlisle. ILL.,, was blown open and
robbed of 81, 100
Il. h. SC0TT. formerly governor Of South
Carolina, Is on trial at Napoleon, o., for
the murder Of young Drury, last Christ
mas.
Two highly respectable citizens Of
Montgomery, Ala, named Thomas j. Cox
and ]. w. Crawford, mortally wounded
each other in an atfray.
Ar the residence OF Hon. w. Ii. Muir.
near Laurenceville, ILL.,, Albert Nichols
killed John Tenehan, his rival for the
hand of servant girl.
a FEUD at Lagrange, O.. ende! by
William McHenry stabbing Harry West
to death. and William Nelson fatally cut
ting Douglas Dougherty.
An inmate Of the Jail Of Milwaukee is
believed TO be Lon Williams, who muir
dered the sheriff of Dunn county, and un-
firing efforts 10 establish his identity are
being made
The people of Seymour, ILL.,, took from
an officer man named Wolf, guilty Of an
outrage on a farmers daughter, and fixed
a rope about his neck, but the constable
rescued him. Several pistol-shots we're
fred at the villain.
Mp Rp af ToHa,,,,,
Davis, died at New Hope, KY, and was
buried in the cemetery at Gethsemane
abbey at New Haven, XIV.
THE men who robbed DR.. Parks bank
at Fieldon, Ill, were seen recently in that
region while cooking chickens on the
roadside. One is said TO be a Maxwell; ;
the other il named Clarke, from Calhoun
county.
lie Garfield monument committee re-
ceives about one thousand letters dav,
asking for relics, and has decided TO enter
upon the manufacture of keepsakes from
the lumber Of the pavilion, for which they
expect contributions.
THE Connecticut regiment which par
nc.pated III the celebration al Yorktown
was escorted through the streets Of Co
lumbia hy local militia, and given an ar
tillery salute. The officers were banqueted
at the city hall
WILLIAM ]. SIPpIE, formerly EMPLOYED
by the Erie railway as a telegraph opera
tor. has been arrested for connection with
conspiracy to rob the paymasters train.
near jersey City. An discriminating dis
patch was found in his pocket
JEFF DAvIDs a negro 20 years Of age,
living nea.' AbbevilIe. s. c., was FIVE
years ago convicted OF numbering his
former master. Five times has the pris-
oner been placed on the scafiold for exc
cution, and as many times respited
through distrust of circumstantial test-
mony. 4 second trial closed few days
since with his being set at liberty.
ABoUr midnight on Monday, three men
boarded Fort Wayne train AT Bucyrus.
Q. The conductor saw them standing on
the platform Of Pullman coach, and
opened the door to inform them that the
regular ears were forward. They endea-
vored 10 force their way in, and one OF
them fired several shots. The conductor
shouted to the passengers, and the robbers
rushed through the coach and sprang TO
the ground
Six members of the fire department of
nanville, ILL.,, have been arraigned on
charge of systematic incendiarism which
destroyed 81 eco worth Of property. One
of the number, named Crandalls, took the
stand and exposed the whole conspiracy,
acknowledging that he applied the torch
to about fifty buildings Marshal Myers
found punk in one of the stables fired, and
traced cut the dealer, thus obtaining a
clew which resulted in the shooting Of
fireman Edward PEBBLES by a squad of
police. who caught him in an attempt to
fire barn.