Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-06-16
Criminal.

JAMES KELLEY, formerly postmaster at
Hamilton, New, has been arrested for en-
bezzling public funds.
JAMES +. CHEsLEY, an old citizen of
Hutchinson, Mimi, was killed with a
pitchfork By tenant named Hayes.
A son of Treasurer Cummings, of
Pawnee purly, Nebraska, has been
jailed for rubbing the safe of S. ,3S5 of pub
lie funds.
NJ. J. WELDoN, railway mail superin-
tendent f the southwestern district, has
been indeed at Memphis for an attempt
TO defraud yhe government in the letting
Of contrGt.
SOME unknown villain made an attempt
to assassinate Hon John insolvency, a
iawver and democratic politician of Woos-
ter, o.. ns striking him on the head with
an iron bar.
ISAAC HAwoRTH, the Indiana counter
feiter, VIII, turned states evidence against
Rittenhotre, has forfeited his bond by ne
glecting ID appear for sentence.
TwELvEspecial policemen with cooked
revolyers managed to keep the mob from
the Chesaring murderers and place them
in jail at Saginaw City, Mich.
LOUIS HELMER, a Cincinnati butcher
was killedby lad named Daniel Mahoney
with a fragment of window glass, which
cut through his skull.
AN old man named r. T. Hall was
strangled bv three negroes on the bank of
Rolling Fark creek in Arkansas. The
citizens pursued the murderers and lynca-
ed them.
JAMES s. CRANE, late postmaster at
London, O., has been sentenced to I'M
prisonment for one year IN the jail at
DAYTON for enbezzling postal moneys.
GEORGE L. START, son of commission
dealer at the Union stockyards, disap-
peared in May with nearly $4,000 belong
ing to his father, and no trace of him has
as yet been obtained.
JOSEPH BoRK, formerly city treasurer
of Buffalo, has been convicted of en-
bezzling $4,000 in bonds. The jurors
were out fftv-one hours. Bork was adj
mitted TO bail in 10000.
EVIDENTLY with the idea of obtaining
some valuable jewelry, thieves broke open
a vault in the cemetery at Canton, o.,
which had been closed for quarter of a
century, and strewed the bones about.
SHOCKED at the inhumanity prevailing
at the county asylum, citizens OF Indian
apolis held meeting in the parlors OF
Plymouth church to demand full inves-
tigation. Hon. L. b. Martindale and
Thomas A. Hendricks will lead a commit
tee 10 interview the commissioners.
MARCELN GRANGER, a notorious des-
perado OF Louisiana, was shot dead by
Homer Lognon, whom he attempted to
assasinatc Granger had committed two
murders and several robberies.
WALTER MAXWELL. who owns an estate
in Kansas, having been swindled by Mar
Gus Botsfori, " no pretended 10 be son
otthe archbishop of Armagh, followed
him to London ANA caused his a1ralgn-
ment in the police court for forgery and
PRESERVATION.
4 p1FFlcUlrY OF long-standing culmi-
mated in the shooting Of John +. Shuttles
ex-countv treasurer, at Newman, Ga, by
Pleasant NJ. Turner. The circumstances
brand it as a cowardly assassination. as
Shuttles was pierced through the back by
two bullets.
AN effort b. his attorneys to have the m
aictment against joseph Bork, the detanlt-
ING city treasurer Of Buffalo, New York,
quashed, has failed Bork is charged with
emhezzling POO city and county hail bonds
OF Buffalo, of the denomination Of sl,t06
each.
BKS. JAMES. a colored man, was hanged
nj Charleston, :. c., for the murder OF
David NJ. Harrell, of Marion, in August
of last year Ebert Williams, oolored,
was hanged At Livingston, Ala. for the
murder Of Mai Hutehins st York Sta
ton. near that point, last July.
JAMES BAXTER. Of Montreal. was dis
charged from criminal prosecution for oh
tanning money under false rretenses, when