Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-12-01
CRIME.

Ar Alta, Wis, Mrs. Verrier induced her
mother and brother to eat poisoned soup,
and both died within few hours.
FRANK PEARCE. a white outlaw OF South
Carolina, was shot dead in Marlboro coun-
ty by State Constable Chisholm, who at
tempted his arrest.
JOSEPH MILLER, turnkey in the jail at
Omaha, was terribly beaten by prisoner
in the insane ward. Two friendly inmates
wrenched hooks from their cell and forced
the maniac back.
In order 10 save a worthy family the
pain of tedious trial, it is probable that
Herbert Nj. Thiers will enter plea
of guilty at the present term of the cir
cult court at Kenosha and receive sem
tence.
A JOURNAL at Nashua, n. H., calls at
tention to the sub-letting of small mail
routes in that state, alleging that a New
Yorker has contracts for 175 routes, from
which he is in receipt of a large income.
In the Utah election contest at Wash
ington, George Q. Cannon has filed an an
swer stating that he is a member of the
Mormon church, living with plural wives,
who have borne him children, and that as
a religious teacher he / as defended the
polygamous text of his church as a reyela-
tion from God.
AT Evanston, ILL.,, William Heisle, a
widower, was found dead in his bed, with
his head crushed and bloody. The house
had evidently been plundered. The MUIR
derer left some clothes which seemed to
be those of tramp seen in the neighbor-
hood. He WAS young German about
nineteen years old.
HERBERT NJ THEIRS, the Kenosha
f0rger, was arrested in lodging house at
No. 70 Throop street, Chicago, where for
nearly month he had been quietly board
ing, under the name of Mr.. Jesse. It was
thought that he was taken to Kenosha,
but the sheriff in that city refuses to give
any information in regard to the matter.
MARY E. CoNLEY, of Newark, n. J.,
brought suit for $4,000 against the direc-
tors of the wrecked Mechanics National
bank, resulting from the loss of her stock
and an equal amount by assessment. A
brother of Cashier Baldwin has been ar
rested for falsely entering 100000 as sent
to the New York correspondent of the
bank.
THEIRS, the forger, captured in Chicago,
voluntarily accompanied Sheriff Black
man to Kenosha. He states that he is in
debted to friends in the sum of $50 900, and
expects 10 be sent to the penitentiary for
life; that ne wandered about the streets,
night and day, for a month. and did not
sleep one hour in twenty -four. No money
was found on his person. Detective Am
stein, of Chicago, received a check for $500
! for the capture of the criminal.
NEAR Spearville, Kansas, on Friday
night, FIVE armed and disguised men
| boarded the Santa Fe train coming east.
A brakeman walked through the coaches
and warned the passengers to hide their
valuables, creating wild excitement, It
was arranged that aid to capture the
| thieves should be obtained from wreck
| ing train on the side track at Spearville,
| but while car was being boarded on one
side the robbers sprang off on the other.
! TUCKER BAsHAM, Independence, Mo-,
who was sentenced to ten years il the pen
! itentiary for completely in the Glendale
train robbery, and was pardoned to testify
as a witness for the state against Bill
| Ryan, who was recently tried and con-
victed for the same offense, has left the
country in a sudden and mysterious man
ner, and his whereabouts are entirely un-
known. Basham's testimony convicted
Ryan, and gave the whole gang away.
Before the trial he was threatened with
death if he testified, and during the trial
his dwelling house was set on fire, and an
attack would have been made on him had
he not been SO closely guarded. Since
his trial he has received TIN eatening let.
ters; some signed Jesse James," "Ed
! Miller" and others signed ''The BOYS
Basham has been very excited for several
weeks, and the letters have frightened
him so, that he concluded his only hope
OF escaping their vengeance was to fly Sc
cretly. He took his wife with him, lef
his property, and even his father does moi
know where he has gone.