River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-04-14
CRIME.

+. S. CRANE. a theatrical treasurer, was
robbed of 500 and 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.
THE peonle of Sydney Neh were SO
overrun with thieves and cutthroats that
they organized what is known among
ranchmen as roundup. They drew a
Gordon around the town and drove all the
bad characters into jail.
MICHAEL p. CAFFEE, Laurett de Fossa,
and Charles NJ Wepont, bucket-shop
concern, officers OF the Mutual Stock Ope-
rating company, we've indicted by the
grand Jury for their connection with that
company.
THERE is a great deal of lawlessness 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.
killed at Memphis, Tenn, by Lawson
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the possession of colored girl. Shelton
fired a charge of buckshot into the breast
of Cobb Both arc colored. Shelton es-
capped.
PATRICK SHoREN, a railroad man, was
murdered at Gold Creek, Conway county,
Ark He was found near a railroad sec
tion-house, with frightful wound in his
stomach, made with knife, and lying in
a pool of blood. Mrs. Mayer, his divorced
wife, has been arrested on suspicion of
having committed the horrible deed.
Mrs. UPRIGHT, a young woman, shot at
Stanton, Mich, by her husband on March
10, died Yesterday, having lived fifteen
days after having been shot through the
brain.
john NJ Ross, under life sentence at
the Albany penitentiary California, for
the murder of the second mate of the ship
Bullion, was delivered into custody to be
taken to Albany, where writ will be sued
before the United States court to decide
the validity of the action of the Uuited
States consul at Yokohama who sentenced
him.
JAMES w. COOPER attaked his brother
in-law, jeremiah p Cooper, in the ex-
change OF the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chi
cago, striking him on the head with the
butt of a revolver, and inficting some
serious wounds. A family difficulty led to
the assault.
JOHN MmLER's hardware store, at
Champaign, ILL.,. was robbed bv thieves.
After yainly endeavoring TO break the
door with an iron bar they broke out the
front glass. The loss was consid cradle,
$50 worth of revolvers being one of the
items. Detectives were placed on the
track of the thieves.
A DUEL is on the tapis here between the
fre-eating editor of an Irish national or
gan at Montreal, Cnnada, named Fleming,
and Hiram b. Stevens, correspondent OF
a weekly paper, who pitched into the
Irish peasantrv 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.
PAT COLLINS, while trying to eject some
customers from his saloon, at GAINESVILLE,
Wis, it being after closing up time, re-
ceived a stab in the left chest just above
the heart, and entering the lung. Harry
p. Main, banker, has been arrested,
charged to be the slasher Collins wound
is not thought to be Immediately danger
Gus.
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.. X.
Penfeld's bookstore and stealing about
$500 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.
News has been received Of the killing
of Richard WEIGH by his son, Montgomery
Welch, at The little village of Derby, Per-
ny county, Ind. The father had previ-
ously fired several shots at one of his sons.
and at the time of the killing met his son
and his mother, who were returning from
a visit to a lawyer for the purpose of
prosecuting WEIGH. He drew revolver
and said one must die. The son shot first
and the father fell dead. The deceased
was farmer in good circumstances.
A POSSE of United States revenue Of
ficials, detailed some days ago by United
States Collector Davis 70 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 80 barrels Of
whisky The moonshiners were surprised
while az work in q ravine, about fourteen
miles from Somerset, Pa, and offered no
resistance.
JoHS CARBON, a rufian % wears old,
who enjoys the reputution of being the