Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-05-04

Geo. Maronia was fatally shot by Antonio
Mucisto at Buffalo, n. Y, on the LIST inst. 1t
is alleged that the man Maronia insulted Mucis-
to's wife.
At Galveston, Texas, on the Both ult., Sam
Brown cut his wife's throat and then his own
little nine-year-old child attempted to take
the razor and was badly cut. Brown was in
sane.
A few days since three white men and one
Chinese we're murdered while asleep in their
cabin near Sitting Springs, Inyo county, Cal.
The mu1uerers are supposed to be Chinese or
Indians.
VIM. Mcintosh shot his sister, Mrs. louisa
Hardy, at New York, on the goth ult., because
she refused to give him money. Mcintosh. who
| formerly ran liquor store, says his sister owes
| him over.$11 900.
| William Stewart, farmer living near Dun
| dee, ILL.,. was murdered and his body thrown in
to the Fox river, on the goth ult. Robbery was
| The motive.
The body of F. Y. Folsom, wealthy livery
stable keeper of Baltimore, was picked up in
the river on the goth ult., with feet tied and
hands badly bruised. 1t is thought he was
robbed and then thrown into the river.
Amob entered the Jail at Paris, KY, on the
28th and attempted to secure murderer named
Wlnn in order to lynch him, VIM, when Or
dered from his ell, refused to obey and made
preparations for defense, whereupon several
shots were fired at him, with fatal effect.
A fight ensued at Covington Ga, on the
night of the 9th, between Dick Allen, Henry
Hunton and three men named Allen Young and
Campbell. It seems that Hunton acted on the
defensive, the others having attacked him.
Allen and Young were badly cut in the back and
CampbelPs throat was cut from ear to ear
Hunton surrendered, but was released after
preliminary trial
d. Mccartney, Jr., q druggist vas fatally
stabbed in front Of his store at Pittsburg. Pa,
on the night of the 9th, by Charles Dalgleish.
The murderer was one of q party of 1oungers,
whom Mccartney had ordered away from his
place.
T. M. Pearce, timer, got into difficulty at
Midway, KY, on the Goth inst, and was shot
dead by Jacob Williams, farm hand. Pearce
leaves wife and four children.
j. w. Robb, prosecuting attorney at Astoria,
Oregon, was shot dead by G.. Robson, a former
client
The sheriff of Trinity county, CAL, killed
stage robber on the 9th.
Three robbers went into the house of John
Baker. near Warrington, West Va, con the
night OF the 10Th, and after failing to shoot him
through window, entered and assaulted the
old man with an axe. He was feled like an OK,
whereupod the williams secured $500 and made
their escape. Mr.. Bakers son-in-law was up
stairs at the time, but was too cowardly to go
down.
A well-known character in Cincinnati, named
George w. Stevens, stabbed his father-in-law
Harvey Newell, four times, inficting fatal
wounds.
Bridgeton, Mo-, point twenty miles from
st. Louis, was the scene of fearful ARRAY on
the 25th. A fight ensued inifront of a saloon
between Valentine Walker and James Williams,
when Walker, who is half breed, beat VIII
liams' brains out with stone. A farmer named
Michael Revoir attempted to stay the terrible
proceedings, when the enraged Walker feled
him with fence rail, inflicting probably fatal
injuries.
A farmer named Legden, who was working q
farm near Clifden, Ireland, from which tenants
had been evicted, was shot dead by nine men
who surrounded his his house on the night of
the 24th. His son was severely wounded
Two darkies at Culterville, Ill.,, quarreled
about q woman while returning from church on
the oath inst, one of them was stabbed and
killed.
A bootblack named Jesse Terrell was fatally
shot in billiard hall in Paris, ILL.,, by William
Bowen.