Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-04
Traaical9Tales,

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!. burglars shot Louis Henri, o New York
saloonist. dead, in his house On the night of
the 29th nit. ~. = 5s y. ,.S,.zN ~.
:. Widow Terrell was shot dead In her own home
at Gore, o., on the 28th ult. The murderer was
not recognized by Mrs. Terreli's daughters, who
were in the house at tho time. The victim was
the mother Of q young man now in the Ohio
penitentiary for the murder of thesWeldon
family near Gore four years ego. o.s: ,sss 8 !
Francisco Alamilla. o Mexican political leader,
lying in jail at Humarguillo, was shot without
judge or trial
The bodies s1of Periander Pollock and wife,
keepers Of the toll house at Six Mile Canon.
near Virginia City, New, were found in the
charred ruins of their house on the night of the
2Sth ult. The heads of both were crushed. A
case Of murder.
j. Dundom has been lodged in Jail at Dead
wood, charged with the murder of his wife on
Christmas.
A stranger pretending to be deaf and dumb,
stopping at Mrs: 3: Munroe's boarding house
at East Dalhousie, n. B., fatally shot the land
lady's son and daughter, aged 10 and IL re-
! spectively.
John Roberts, of Mount Vernon, O., shot his
brother John twice through the body on the
29th ult. The injured man is in q critical con-
dition.
A young farmer named Gray interferred with
| o negro dance at Round Oak, near Macon. Ca,
on the Goth ult., and was fatally stabbed. Gray
fired into the assemblage, killing three brothors
! Bob, Henry and Dick Jackson-and then
crawled out Of the house to die.
A negro horse thief shot Joel Johnson, a re-
spccted citizen Of Baldwin County, Ala, near
Mobile, threw bis victims body into pond and
appropriated his horse. johnson revived and
| dragged himself home, distance of half a
mile. His brother Abe, as deputy sheriff, at.
tempted to secure the assassin and received q
fatal wound. The black fend's body was after:
ward found in swamp. His death resulted
from shot received from Abe Johnson before
he was killed.
In a saloon quarrel at Butte, Montana, Joe
Campbell mortally wounded Joe Rowells, OF
Bodie, Col.
Leon Moore, clerk in store at Boston, Mass,
spent Christmas at his home in Biddefold, Me
On the 28th he called on his afianccd, Miss
Belle Custman, an estimable lady, and shot hel
dead. He then put bullet through his owl
head and expired. They were both 81 years OF
age and belonged to respected families.
/ A terrible tragedy occurred on tho 23th ult.
at Bellefonte, Ala, a. small station forty-foul
miles from Chattanooga, resulting in the prob
John, and G. N. Fennel. They arc the only
merchants in the place, and the difficulty origi
mated through jealousy. They used pistols.
In street fight at Eufaia, Indian Territory
on the 26th, carpenter named Ware killed 1
young man named Grayson. A railway section
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ened and ren. He was ordered to halt by tn
police, but refused to comply and was sho
dead.
Ole Thompson, wealthy Norwegian farmer
was found murdered on the farm Of his son-in
law on the 9th. The body was horribly man
Il gled. The nephew Of the murdered man ha
4 disappe&rsea2 is s:,pposede to he the. mn
derer.
On the night Of the Esd inst, Williams entere
the Gibbons homestead near Ashland, Ker
tucky, during the absence of the old folks, an
0yerpowered young Robert Gibbons, Nils
) daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Gibbons. Afte
= outraging the young ladies, the fends killed q
: three Of their victims, saturated their clothin
with oil and fred the premises. The hous
I was consumed completely. The three bodie
q we're recovered horribly mutilated, the head
having been split with hatchet. A reward c
$1,000 is offered for the arrest Of the mis-
creants.
In a shooting affray at Helenwood, Tenn, o
: the 25th inst, John Cecil was killed and thre
brothers named West, W. Smith and q ma
I named Thomson were probably fatally injured
In Q quarrel at Knoxville, Tenn, on til
evening Of the Gath, the youngest son Of Ger
: Joseph A. Mebry, was killed by Don Lisby.
!, The Christmas holidays was marked by til
. usual amount Of crime in all directions. On
= notable feature of that crime was the nun1be
Of rows and affrays among gangs of workmel
One pan was killed and another fatally injure
I in abloody row among railroad worknsen, :
! Tainpico, o. During a riot among railroa
i laborers, near NeWhurgh, n, Y, Sunday, tw
y men we're killed;a militia company was Gale
- out to quell the disturbance. & wockingmen
row near Jefersonvi!le, Ind, Christmas ev
q resulted in the killing OF a negro name
Mitchell. "A Christmas fight among railroa
, section tenders, near Louisville, KY, ende
= with the deathOf one man. -Four Italians wei
| QhHnN QffrQV q New York fPrnmnI
! house. One died and the others are in q pr
y carious condition. - -
= =; D. C. Il. Rosenhauer, prominent physician
: was .assassinated near Texarkana, Ark, c
|, ~ Christmas eve. A Chinese laundryman is su
pected s~ - 80