Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-07-28
Criminal.

"A TRAMP put Oh tram at Hastings,
Mimi, shot and mortally wounded the
brakeman, S. j. White
Col. SHELBY TEvls, of Danville, Ky.
was fatally shot in difficulty about some
real estate.
CAPT. BEN EYsrER, of Chicago, who re-
Gently inflicted mortal wounds on John
b. Schumacher, has been released on
$1,000 bail.
GEORGE WEST, butcher Of Elgin, ILL.,,
has absconded with $1,000 belonging to
his firm.
JUDGE David Mcconnell, of Oxford.
Ind, 81 years of age, was robbed of $3.50
by lottery scheme worked by circus fol-
lowers.
The people of New Mexico are contrib
uting literally to fund for Sheriff Gar
rett, who finished the career of BILLY the
Kid"
So great is the excitement in Perry
county, Arkansas, over the assassination
of j. w. Mathews that threats have been
made TO burn the town of Perryville.
A HOTEL proprietor at La Crosse, Wis,
was robbed by burglar of an iron box
containing $4l5 in cash, $3.50 in notes, and
81, 500 in certificates of deposit.
EDWARD SHoUsE, a clerk in the money
order department of the postotfice at
Easton, Pa, has been detected in pilfer-
ing from the mails, and held in s., 900
bail.
THE First National Bank of Kalamazoo,
Mich, was defrauded Of $40 by advancing
that amount to stranger who presented
certified checks for 50 800 on the Traders
National Bank. of Chicago.
B. +. PRlTcHARp, of Indianapolis, who
is said to have been swindling farmers in
all the western states, was arrested and
hustled off to Hancock county on charge
of having obtained by false pretenses a
note for $400.
Ex-PoLICEMAN LEcHNER, of Milwau-
kee, was shot at while near his own house,
by some unknown man. A heavy pocket
book stopped the bullet, and saved Lech-
ner's life.
In cell at the Jail in Paducah, KY,
Levi Bolden killed another negro with a
fragmen. from an iron bunk. When the
door was opened the murderer attacked
the officers, who cut short his career by
sending a bullet through his brain.
TIE LIQUOR dealers of Wilkesbarre, Pa,
finding that they were being victimized
by blackmailers, caused the imprisonment
of three informers. Alderman Wood, be-
fore whopl the cases were compromised,
was arrested for extortion, and held In
$1,000.
At Creek and Cherokee picnic at
| Gree nleaf, Indian Territory, on Saturday,
| two full-bloods became intoxicated and
made an onslaught on the remainder OF
l,I ha,,r h 1fpI nr mort a III v
wounded. The murderers are at large.
= HENRY S. SMITH, who murdered COM
rade named Burt at Burnsville, Miss.
was hanged at Corinth, in presence OF
| four thousand persons. lie made full
confession of his crime, and expressed
faith that he would be saved.
The Maxwell bandits we're seen near
| Eau Gale, Wis, the other evening, by
farmer named Ward, who was searching
for stray cattle. One of them had band.
ages on his head and hand. ES-Sherlft
Doolittle, who leads the pursuit, has es'
tablished two camps, which are shifted as
the hunt progresses.
billy THE KID, the blood-stained bandit
of New Mexico. drew his last breath al
midnight on SATURDAY., at Fort Sumner
Pat Garrett, sheriff of Lincoln county
had for months been on the kids tran
and shot him through the heart as he en-
tered a room to buy some meat, KNIFE III
one hand and revolver in the other.
THE victim of the regular Sunday nur
der in Chicago was Z. dock iaborer named
James Williams, residing at No. Is Nortt
State street. He was stabbed twice by
John Rohan, in front ola saloon on Mich
igan avenue, near the river. The muir
derer escaped, all that is known OF HIN
being that he works along the piers sn'
resides on the corner of Canal and Lax
streets.