Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-08-04
Criminal.

Miss FLORENCE HrcAT has been arrested
at Findlay, O., for negotiating forged
note for $500.
ELIZA HARTLEY, negro cook EMPLOYED
by Mrs. Katherine kalleen, of New Or
leans, put poison in the soup because the
children annoyed her. One child is dead
and the negress il jailed for murder.
N. B. RAppLEss, well-known real
estate broker of Chicago, has been held
by Justice Hawkinson in $1,000 bonds to
answer the charge of perjury.
JAMES b. DOYLE, the Chicago counter
feiter, has been released on bail. four
farmers from his neighborhood signing
his bond and accompanying him to the
races.
AT Gunnison, Col. a stage-driver named
Frank Shaw was fatally stabbed by an un-
ruly passenger whom he had elected near
Echo City. The assassin fled into the
mountains.
Two Mexicans and two miners have
been murdered by the Indians, near Fort
McCrea, New Mexico, and company of
the 9th cavalry is in pursuit of the butch
ers.
The withdrawal Of the Ludngton
Guards from the hunt for the William
brothers practically closes the campaign.
1t is thought that the bandits escaped
from the river several days since.
PosT-MoRTEM examination of the bodys
of John Beidler, which was found in
Chicago harbor, gave ample evidence that
he was murdered and thrown into the lake.
THE First National Bank of Kalamazoo,
Mich, was dtfrauded of $40 by advancing
that amount to = stranger who presented
certified checks for 50 800 on the Traders
National Bank. of Chicago.
PORTER HACKLEY, an old resident of
Muskegon, Michigan was shot in his own
house by Georoe Mccoy, inficting dan
gerous wounds. The trouble originated
with woman.
PAPERS for the release of J. p Leist
the Chicago mail-robber under the priv
ileges of the poor debtors act, have been
prepared, but it is said that Judge Drum
mond will stop proceedings.
The sheriff at Lebanon, Ind. having
two horse-thieves to take to the state
prison, handcuffed themt ogether and put
them on the train for Michigan City,
sending the kew to the warden by express.
They reached the prison in due time.
ALL the guides in the Adirondack re-
gion are searching for Charles Parker,
one of their number, who made des-
perate assault upon lady whom he was
escorting to the residence of Thomas G.
Plat.
DR.. THOMAS N CREAM, of Chicago, has
been jailed at Windsor, Ont, and will
soon have a hearing on an application for
extradition. He is charged with causing
the death of Daniel Stoft, of Belvidere.
H., by poison, and was caught by Sheriff
Ames, of Boon county.
HENRY S. SMITH, who murdered COM
rade named Burt at Burnsville, Miss.
was hanged at Corinth, in presence of
four thousand persons. He made full
confession of his crime, and expressed
faith that he would be saved.
THOMAS ANDREWS, a notorious moon
sinner, was captured in Baxter county
Arkansas, and lodged in state prison to
await trial in October At one time he
had four Illicit stills in operation in the
northwestern corner of Arkansas and de-
fed capture.
Four masked men heavily armed, en-
tered the farmhouse of Robert Marvel,
near indianapolis, robbed the aged couple
of $500 which they had concealed in an
upper room, and tied them up so secure
ly that they could not release themselves
for hours.