Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-01-07
Criminal.

An the registered letters IN the poi
Office at Delhi, Ont, were stolen from the
post Office on the night Of Dec. IS.
JoHN SHAW, while sitting at the window
of his residence in Glen Falls, y. y, On
the evening Of Dee, Both, was shot deaq
by an unknown assassin.
GEORGE BoDDIKE. .ettcr carrier h
New York, confesses that he has been ROB
bling the mails for the past wear, his plu,-
der averaging about five dollars per day.
SEVERAL unsecured New York credtots
of n. B. Huwood, Of Minneapolis, hare
sold their claims at twenty TO twenty-five
cents on the dollar.
4 CONVICT in the Missouri penitentiay.
nnmcd Charles e. stanton, killed hims.lf
with knife which the warden and guards
sought to wrest from his hand
FRANK MICHAEL, who murdered Alice
Becker ten days since. was sentenced De
Is, at Galveston, Texas, to ninety-nne
years in the penitenliary.
JEALOUS Of the caresses bestowed by Eis
sister upon younger brother, Henry o..
trander, Of Vert Camden, N. j., drew a
revolver and shot the latter dead.
who attempted to wreck the passenger
train on the Wiaconsin Central road hst
week, was arrested in Fond du Inc Dec.g8.
WHILE at work in field near Charlotte
Mich, Ira Fullerton disembowelled Dill
bert butcher with an axe. The former
surrendered himself, and pleads sell,le-
Tense.
TWENTY EIGHT murders and lifty-oc,en
suicides were committed in st. Louis DIR
ing the past year. or the persons mlr-
dcacd, five were women and two were in
fants. There are now eighteen murderrs
confined in Jail, awaiting trial,
Two lads in Richmond. Va, ventured to
ask drunken man 10 make no noise IN
front Of their home, IA their mother vas
very i'll. In response, one received Il lul-
let through the eye, and the othera dan
gerous wound in the chest.
The sheriff Of Santa Fe has captured
the gang Of murderers who for four years
have ruled Lincoln county with the Win
chester rife Among tn m is Dave Ride
baugh, who killed Sheriff Lopez ut Las
Vegas.
A LoDGiNG.nousE in Detroit on Dec,
3lst, was the scene of n tragedy. The pro-
prietor, John Ferguson, was shot by his
wife, whom he had threatened to ill
lie had served term il the Pennsyl-
state prison for robbery.
Patrick Forks, MoIIc Maguife of
Pennsylvania, charged with participation
in the murder of David Storey, at Hazel
ton, seven years ago, was captured i'll
Kentucky and taken 10 Harrisburg Dec,
30th.
A WAslnNGroN, Indiana, dispatch re-
ports the murder on the night Of Dec u
Of Marcus Bratton by John Woodsnnll,
during quarrel which occurred between
them while returning from singing school
some twenty miles north of Washington.
Woodsmnll il II years old and Brattm u
WHILE intoxicated, Il Chicago woman
named Twining, dashed Lighted lamp to
the floor, causing an explosion and con
seqncnt ignition of her clothing. Before
the flames could be extinguished Il WAS
probably fatally burned about the breast,
arms and face. She lies in II precarions
nj the county hospital.
A TERRIBLE tragedy is reported from
the region of Otis, Ind. Henry Augustine
returned from Chicago. on Friday even
ing, to the home of his uncle, and made II
vain attempt to induce members of the
family to partako of whisky and candy.
He rose in the night, shot his uncle
through the breast, his aunt through the
lungs, killed one cousin, and perforated
the shoulder of another. He then He'd
from the house, hut returned and was dis
armed, when he again left, and isat large.
There. had been feud in the family over
the distribution of property. There was
4 900 in the house, which the murderer
20 secure.
DECEMBER IS W. G. Drury, aged %
years, was shot and instantly killed at Ma
polcon. o., by H. Il. Scott, formerly gov
ernor Of South Carolina, but ut present u
resident of Napoleon Drury was clerk
in G.. A. knecland's dug store, and in
company with several friends among
whom was SCOTS SON, was enjoying a pri-
vnte party Young Scott being somewhat
concluded not To return home,
hut to remain with Drury, who dept in
the drug store. Az they were about rctir-
ing MIR. Scott sent 4 gentleman To bring
his son to the hotel where the family were
stopping, but he refused to 90. Tle gov
crnor, learning the whereabouts ot the
young man, went To the store and vas adj
mittcd by Drury, who told him lis son
was not there. Mr. Scott insisted upon
going into the bedroom. Drury consented,
walked to the door of the room, and turn
ed around, refusing TO let him j.. The
governor drew his revolver and fired,
either Intentionally, or, NJ he CLAIMS accl-
ed IN an error or exaggeration Even II
no importation of arms for the purposes of
lrish American Fenians were to hdfcared,
the danger of allowing An cxcird and
Iawless population TO carry ahot guns
and pistols is manifest.