The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-17
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was made last Wednesday.
A farmer named Smiley. living south
east of Tuscola, Illinois, had valuable
horse stolen from his stables Tuesday
night.
Five prisoners, one confined for rape, es-
capped the other right from the Andrew
county, Missouri, Jail, by tunneling their
way through the vault.
John Taylor, who murdered John Eich-
enaur, in Virginia, Illinois, in 1879, has
given himself up to the authorities, 1t was
n cold-blooded murder, and Taylor has been
II fugitive ever since.
Wood Hight, cousin % the famous James
boys, was arrested in Tennessee the other
day, taken back to Kansas City and placed
under lock and key on charge of being
one of the men who robbed the Chicago Il
Alton train last September.
An indictment has been found against
Jasper Cross for committing an outrage
upon Miss Perry, living six miles south of
Virginia, Illinois. John Direen, u deputy
sheriff, went out to make the arrest, and
found the bird had flown. Cross has a bad
reputation.
Major S. A, Briggs, local agent of the
Rockford insurance company at Tuscola
Illinois, suddenly disappeared a day or two
ago and has not been heard from since.
The company have sworn out warrant for
him, charging him with deirauding them
out of 800.
Three bows were arrested the other night
ut Kansas City. charged with planning to
wreck the Missouri Pacific train at Rock
Creek five miles from the city. They were
not over Is years of age, We're all heavily
armed and evidently meant business 1t il
supposed that others were concerned in the
plot, and the officers are now looking Tor
( them,
The gang Of burglars which have in.
tested Sedalia, Kansas City, Topeka, aud
| Leayenworth, have at last arrived at Atchi.
son and commenced operations by going
/ through the residence of j. L. Wagner
from which they obtained $73, n gold watch
| icwelry and other articles Thirty-ninc OF
/ these fellows were caught in one box car
and told to leave by the marshal of that
city.
Upon the arrival of the steamer Idaho ut
San Francisco from Portland, Oregon, the
other evening Carrie Bradley, keeper of q
! Portland hngnio was arrested on II charge
of numbering John n. Brown last Novem.
Der and throwing his body into the river.
She was assisted by Pete Sullivan and Jack
Malone, both of whom have been arrested,
Another foul murder is charged against
Carrie Bradley.
On Monday morning freight brakeman
by the name of David Davis, while coupling
the engine on TO carload of piles AT Fair.
child, Wisconsin, was nearly crushed To u
Jelly by the piles. He has a wife and three
children, who arrived there Tuesday after.
noon irsm Chippewa Falls, where he for.
mcrly resided He was still alive at last
accounts, but there can be no hopes of re.
covery.
States Attorney Forrest and Coroner
Boyden are still investigating the mystic.
rious death of Lille Bell at Mount Pulaski,
| Illinois. The evidence thus far Is merely
cIrcumstantial. DIR. Oyler, of that place,
has been arrested on warrant issued by
Esquire Matthews, of that town, charging
him with having performed the abortion.
lie has given bail TO await the final result
of the inquest.
A desperate and probably fatal shooting
affair occurred at Jackson Mississippi,
Tuesday night, in which David Harrington,
la druggist, and George Harrcll were
wounded. Among other wounds llar-
rngton was shot In the abdomen, which
wound his physicians say will In all proba.
bility prove fatal. llarrell received slight
flesh wound. Both men were residents of
INV NNNs
A fatal accident occurred at Calicntc, Coz.
orado, Wednesday morning. The engineer
began backing u train down TO get fresh
start ON heavy grade. The brakeman.
named Harry Horn, was on the caboose at
the end OF the train, and being of his guard
the shock Of backing threw hun on the track
aud the entire train passed over him, crush,
ing both legs to a Jelly. lie died In two
hours. Horn was a native OF Michigan.
Alva Bird, late of Macoupln county, II.
linois, is In Jail at Decatur, Illinois, on q
charge of bigamy aud for being one OF the
principals In an incestuous MAJ riagc. He
has wife living somewhere near Carlin-
Vile. Recently he married his niece, and
the couple went TO Decatur on Friday to
visit Mrs. Crawford, the mother of the
Young woman. The brother of Mrs. Bird,
Charles Devine, followed and swore out a
warrant for Birds arrest on Wednesday.
A colored man named smeal, living on
Thomas Dillard's plantation, uucrney
county, Georgia, was suspected OF stealing
a horse. Tuesday night mob broke open
the nesros cabin and whipped him until
he confessed the stealing, and took the man
TO where the stolen horse was tied In the
woods the mob then hanged the negro TO
a black Jack limb, near the jefferson aud
Lawrpncevlle road There the body was
found hanging next day.
The dead body OF Albert W. Rowcll was
found at a late hour Wednesday night lying