Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-04-14
CRIME.

b. >. CRANE, a theatrical treasurer, was
robbed of $640 and a watch and chain in a
Cincinnati hotel.
VAN HIsE, Linn and Corwin, who were
arrested at Cleveland for connection with
the Missouri land frauds, have been dis
charged for lack of evidence. Detective
Tyrrell failing to appear to testify.
ELISHA STRICKLAND was shot and killed
by Peter Page at the latter's store, in
Marion county, S. c., few days ago.
Strickland was bad citizen. Page killed
him in self-defense.
THE people of Sydney, Neb., were so
overrun with thieves and cutthroats that
they organized what is known among
ranchmen as a roundup. They drew a
Gordon around the town and drove all the
bad characters into jail.
THERE is a great deal of Iawlessness in
Havana, Cuba. Cutthroats and thieves
wander without restraint through the
city at night and the lives and property
of honest people are endangered. The
British consul was recently attacked and
nearly killed.
LUCIUs COBB was shot and instantly
killed at Memphis, Tenn, by Lawson
Shelton. The difficulty originated over
the possession of colored girl. Shelton
fired charge of buck shot into the breast
of Cobb. Both arc colored. Shelton es-
capped.
A DUEL is on the tapis here between the
tire-eating editor of an Irish national or
gan at Montreal, Gnnada, named Fleming,
and Hiram B. Stevens, a correspondent OF
weekly paper, who pitched into the
Irish peasantry for being idle and lazy
The Irish champion says he takes up the
cudgel on national grounds. The affair
is causing more amusement than anything
else.
Much interest is manifested in the city
of Hillsdale, Mich, especially the College
hill portion, over the arrest of two stu
dents, charged with breaking into L. r.
Penield's bookstore and stealing about
5000 worth of gold pens and opera glasses.
The burglary was committed last Friday
night, and the parties have been arrested
and lodged in jail to await examination.
On Thursday last man named Good
win was arrested, charged with larceny,
and lodged in Jail at Clearfeld, Pa. Last
night man and woman, claiming to be
brother and sister of the prisoner, drove
to the Jail and were admitted to Good wins
cell. After they left Goodwin was found
dead from knife-wounds. The man and
woman were arrested.
A POSSE of United States revenue of
icials, detailed some days ago by United
States Collector Davis 10 raid an illicit
distillery in Somerset county, Pa. return
ed with four prisoners. named John
Rochester, William Miller, Samuel Ryle
and Joseph Nicklaw, whom they captured
together with two stills and $50 barrels of
whisky. The moonshiners were surprised
while at work in ravine, about fourteen
miles from Somerset, Pa, and offered no
resistance.
JOHN CARBON, a ruffian 81 years DID,
who enjoys the reputation of being the
toughest character in the South Cove dis
trict in Boston, was collared by two officers
and in the fight which ensued clubbed
Officer Frank Dudley so badly that his in
iuries may prove fatal. Carbon has seri-
ously injured two other officers within a
year, and is a rough Of the worst kind.
He was brutally kicking his daughter
when the officers attempted to arrest him.
He was finally dubbed into insensibility
by Officer Gallagher and dragged to the
station-house.
HENRY c. SMITH, alias Charles Glidden.
wanted in Boston for extensive swindles in
purchasing goods on false representations,
shipping them west, and selling them, has
been arrested and started eastward in
charge of Inspectors Hanscome and Skel-
ton, of the Boston police force. Smith has
been tarrying in Ontario for some time.
A few days since he incautiouslv came
over to this side, shadowed by Boston
official, when the Detroit police at once
arrested him and held him in close confine-
ment until to-day. " hen the proper papers
were received. There are said to be sixty
cases pending against him.