River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-06-15
CRIME.

JOHN TIBBIrTs, who committed double
murder at Perham, Minn., was captured
at Bismarck, June 9, and confessed his
crimes.
Two sons of the late Mayor Sparrow, of
Ottawa, Out, have been arrested on
charge of couhterfeiting 80 bills OF the
Banque National.
AT San Barnardino, California. roublc
suddenly arose between the partners In
the burning Moscow mine. j. Taylor
killed J. A. Peterson and inflicted mortal
wounds on himself.
TIE sheriff of Hancock county. West
Virginia, made requisition to Governor
jackson for $50 stand of arms, with which
TO repeI the Weeden- Maloney prize-fght
ing party from Pittsburgh.
THE New York stock exchange, by a
vote of more than tw4-thirds of the MEM
bera, expelled William J. Hutchinson,
for frauds practiced upon John Duff, Jr.,
in the Hannibal & st. Joe deal, after he
had paid back S750,000.
PATRICK MORAN. of Brooklyn, has
brought suit for $4,000 against the war
den, deputy warden, and one of the keep
ers of the Auburn penitentiary. for tor
turing him while he was serving term
for passing counterfeit money.
PATRICK FIIZG ERALD, a noted burglar,
recently returned to Chicago, and four
officers Of the Twelfth street station we Mt
| to his residence to arrest him. He
grabbed revolver and hit policeman
on the knee, whereupon he was shot in
| the shoulder and taken TO the station for
| treatment,
WoRKMEN engaged in tearing down the
abandoned Camphallite church at Dallas,
Tx, found beneath the floor large guam
| tities of dynamite and nitro lycefine
and full set of burglar tools. Last win
ter q force of four Indred citizens were
| kept on duty for month 10 prevent rob-
| berries.
| IT will be remembered that George
| Ellis, one of the murderers of the Gibbons
family at Ashland. KY, has been sem
| fenced to imprisonment for life. At the
| time of the terrible tragedy, last Deem
her. the people were with great difficulty
restrained from taking swift vengeance on
the butchers. The escape of Ellis from
he blows was too much to be endured.
| A party of thirty masked men impressed
a train into their service. at 2 o'clock Sat-
urday morning. to proceed from Ashland
| to Ca'lettsbnrg. At the latter place they
took Ellis from Jail and carried him back
with them 10 the scene of the murder, and
hanged him to a sycamore tree. William
Craft and Ellis Neal. the others concerned
in the Tragedy, are in jil at Lexington.
! under sentence of death.
WHEN two miles north Of Denton, Tex,
s Missouri Pacific train was tagged. This
proved to be no surprise. as armed guards
had for weeks accompanied all express
trains. When stop was made in deep
! eut, four ma .ked men sprsng INFO the
mail car, and were greeted with lively
volley. Thew then started for timber, and
were holly pursued, one of the robbers be-
ing shot. At Denton a posse was put on
the trail, who soon discovered a dead
raider. a huge pile of logs was found at
IA poiht few hundred yards frem the
place where the train was stopped. The
dead ro6ber has been identified as 5. +.
Spelton, the son of fan mer living fifty
miles away Another member OF the
gang surrendered. HIS name is 10 eph
Carter. and Re has recently served two
wears in the Huntsville penitentiafy for
ihet. He saws the raid was plann.d BY
the men still at large. who are strangers
to him.