River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-11-10
CRIME.

EDWARD RAINY, formerly of Galesburg,
H.. murdered man named Young at o.
wego, Kan, and escaped from the officers
who captured him.
JAMES WILSON, a reckless character of
Streator. ILL.,. was shot dead by ohm G..
Campbell, whose house lie was endeayor-
ing to enter after midnight
K. K. ScorT, formerly governor of South
Carolina, is on trial at Napoleon, O., for
the murder Of young Drury, last Christ
mas.
Ar the residence OF Hon. W. III. Muir,
near Laurenceyille, ILL.,. Albert Nichols
killed John Tenehan, his rival for the
hand of servant girl.
A FEUD at Lagrange, o.. ended by
William McHenry stabbing Harry West
to death, and William Nelson fatally cut
ting Douglas Dougherty.
An inmate of the Jail of Milwaukee is
believed to be Lon Williams, who MUIR
dered the sheriff of Dunn county, and un-
firing efforts to establish his identity are
being made.
Dr.. O'DuN, who achieved notorietY as a
daring whisky peddler in the Indian ma
ton, was captured in Kansas, through the
.reachery of a half-breed, after a bloody
Two burglars rode into Mount Vernon,
Ind, and tried to explode the combination
lock in the First National bank, failing in
which they were engaged in drilling holes
in the safe when discovered by the watch
man.
6 ALBERT CoUNoULLE, of Detroit, who was
formerly a circus performer, is charged
with kidnapping four-year-old son OF
Charles Rulo, of Springwells. The woods
in that region have been Thoroughly
searched for the missing ones.
GEORGE KELLINE. a prominent citizen
of Council Blnffs. swore out warrants for
the arrest of five aldermen for failing to
canvass the vote at the recent election on
the issue of abandoning the city charter.
Each of the accused gave bail in $500.
:: JEFF DAvIDs, negro 20 years of age,
living near Abbeville, S. c., was five
wears wears. ago convicted of numbering his
former master Five times has the pris-
oner been placed on the scatfold for exc
cution, and as many times respited
through distrust of circumstantial testl-
mony. A second trial closed few days
since with his being set at liberty.
THERE is intense excitement in Milwau-
kee over the case of William hnhl, or
Lon Williams. Three sisters of the &C
cused arrived there to identity him, only
to learn that he had been recently handed
over to deputy sheriffs from Dunn and
Pepin COUNTIES, who were taking him to
Menomonee. A strong guard around the
Jail at the latter place will doubtless pro-
tect the prisoner from violence until his
identity can be clearly established. Ills
sisters followed him by a late train.
THE broken bank at Newark is in the
hands of Examiner Shelly, of New York,
but Comptroller Knox will appoint re-
ceiver at once. The United States district
attorney became satisfied that the cashiers
| statement was based upon truth, and made
demand for the property held by Z. Nu-
gent & Co. Counsel for the firm asked for
time TO have an expert look into the mat
ter, giving a pledge that the property
should remain undisturbed. 1t is clearly
shown that within the past three months
the morocco firm has drawn from the bank
$476,000.
SIX members of the fire department of
Danyille, Ill.,, have been arraigned on
charge of systematic incendiarlsm which
destroyed $75 600 worth of property. One
of the number, named Crandalls, took the
stand and exposed the whole conspiracy
acknowledging that he applied the torch
to about fifty buildings. Marshal Myers
| found punk in one of the stables fired, anc
traced cut the dealer, thus obtaining 8
clew which resulted in the shooting o.
fireman Edward PEBBLES by squad o.
| police, who caught him in an attempt to
| fire barn.