River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-04-21
CRIME.

A LAWYER of Milwaukee, named f. b.
Van Valkenburg, was fined $500 for alt
ering court records.
BURGLARS who entered the posto flee at
Youngstown, o., secured registered
package and $lS in stamps.
REDMOND, the North Carolina outlaw,
was shot and captured in Swan county,
near the Tennessee line, by deputy sheriff
Elmore.
THE suit of Miss Murray against Gen
eral Tyler, postmaster of Baltimore, for
$4,000 for indecent assault upon her, re-
suited in a verdict for $4,000.
c. w. JONES, formerly treasurer of Vim
cennes, Ind, is shown by investigation
to be short $28.3S4, "a in his accounts, and
there is grief in store for his bondsmen.
ALEX. FURsT, superintendent Of the
Peoria house of correction, dropped dead
of heart disease while some prisoners
were attempting to escape.
ELISHA STRICKLAND was shot and killed
by Peter Page at the latler's store, in
Marion county, S. c., few days ago.
Strickland was bad citizen. Page killed
him in self-defense.
Two Chicago detectives, Whelan and
Costello, have arrested Michael Garrlty
and Edward Colford for systematically
robbing passengers on the trains of the
Northwestern road.
THE regular Sunday murder in Chicago
occurred in front of the saloon of English
Bill, on South Clark street. where Henry
Smith fatally wounded Daniel Connors in
the right side with a revolver. The police
found on one of the gang at the scene a
photograph of the murderer, and captured
him in crowd Of five hundred roughs in
a saloon on the West side.
On Thursday last a man named Good
win was arrested, charged with larceny,
and lodged in Jail at Clearheld, Pa Last
night a man and woman, claiming to be
brother and sister of the prisoner, drove
to the iail and were admitted to Goodwin's
cell. After they left Goodwin was found
dead from knife-wounds. The man and
woman were arrested.
A sTABAING affray took place at Bel
videre. H., between some boys. Upon
the close of the south-side schools cou-
pie of lads named James Gallagher and
Willie Stoner got into quarrel, when
Gallagher stabbed Stoner' in. the right
side with heavy pocket-knife, inhicting
a serious wound. The knife penetrated
the ribs, and it is thought entered the
lungs. The boys are about ten years old.
The assailant was arrested and taken be-
fore Justice, when a s. fine was impos-
ed for assault.
A YOUNG colored boy named Moses
Jones was shot and probably fatally
wounded by companion named Sides,
at Quincy. I'll. The boys were in the
north part Of the city and engaged in a
1arrel. As stated by the injured boy,
sides became angry and drew revolver
and deliberately fired at him, the ball en-
tering the abdomen. They were so close
together at the time that Jones.
clothing was burned. Sides. who fired
the shot, ran away as soon as Jones tell.
and it was not know what became of him.
Neither of the boys is probably over Il
years of age.
In Goshen township, Iowa. a warrant was
obtained for the arrest OF Daniel Foss,
newly-arriyed German, on charge of receiv-
ing stolen goods A posse of six reached
his house at midnight, and he ran out into
the snow in pants and drawers, barefooted.
The officers fired twice at him, and chased
him for mile, when he swan Cedar river.
About thirty-six hours thereafter he was
discovered standing in iee-water and cling
ing to a wire fence. Both feet were frozen,
and he had been terribly mangled. war
rant has been sworn out for the arrest of
the officers.
JOHN CARBON, a ruffian % years old,
who enjoys the reputation of being the
toughest character in the South Cove dis
trict in Boston. was collared by two officers
and in the fight which ensued dubbed
Officer Frank Dudley so badly that his in
juries NAV prove fatal. Carbon has seri
oasly injured two other officers within a
year, and is a rough of the worst kind. !
He was brutality kicking his daughter
when the officers attempted to arrest him.
He -as finally dubbed into insensibility
BY Officer Gallagher and dragged to the
station-house.
HENRY G. SMITH, alias Charles Glidden. !
wanted in Boston for extensive swindles in |
purchasing goods on false representations, !
shipping them west, and selling them, has /
been arrested and started eastward IN |
charge of Inspectors Hanscome and Skel- /
ton. of the Boston police force. Smith has
been tarrying in Ontario for some time |
A few DAYS since he incautiously came |