The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1882-12-30

Christmas. though passed in quiet man
ncr all over the country, was dark day IN.
the criminal record. The telegraph notes
the following: Two Frenchmen, names un-
known, quarreled at Idaho Springs, this
state, when one was shot in the check. At
Huntsville, Alabama, Carl Southgraw, n
dcspondent tailor, suicided by the revolver
route. At Lafayette, Indiana, drunken
man shot and severely wounded two little
girls who were walking along street. AT
Little Rock, Arkansas. ii, T. Robinson, in a
dispute with Griffin Robinson (coloredl,
shot the latter dead. In row among
some New York Italians, one of them NOR
tally wounded two of his comrades. In n
Christmas fight at Atlanta, Georgia, Henry
johnson killed Hugh Mathes, and at Pal
meta, same state, John Thomas killed
Lindsey Weaver, in drunken row. An
inccndiary burned the farm Of Mrs. Mary
Winston, in which four horses and fifteen
cows pcrished, and a large amount Of prop
erty was DESTROYED. Near Berryvillc, Ar
kansas, Rachel Good tcolorcdl gave birth, to
an illcgitimate child, and she and her
mother were detected in the act of strang
ling it At South Charleston, Kentucky,
John franklin, colored prisoner, placed
in Jail for disorderly conduct, assaulted
the marshal, Joseph n. Way, and was shot
dead in his cell. A hand of rioters attempt
ginia, ,eIrorizing the town. Charles Row,
tired of life, and disgraced by the arrest
of his father for horse stealing, snicidcd at
Lafayette, Indiana. At Greencastle, lndi-
ana, Mrs. Myra j. Osborn and her seven
tecn-year-old son were found dead in their
bed; the supposition is that the mother
poisoned her son, and then suicidcd. Tim
othy Breen and Pat Mooney, two Leadville
miners, quarrelcd in Harrison avenue sa-
loon, when Breen shot and mortally wound
cd Mooney, and fed TO the mountains, with
asheriff and posse in no, pursuit He sub
sequcntly surrendered, had preliminary
examination, and is out on $4,000 hail. At
Bedford, Indiana, Mrs. Bell was admitted to
the Jail where her husband was confined ON
n charge of murder, furnished him with q
revolver, and assisted him to escape. AT a
Kansas City boarding house Jacob Blitz, a
prominent musician, was shot dead in his
room by u woman with whom he was lv-
ing. Byron Kimhail, Boston stock
broker, severed his iugulnr. At Frankfort,
Kentucky, Town Marshal Laughlin and
George Portwood shot and killed eaci,
other in a quarrel At James bayou. Mis-
souri,, J. b. Lindslcy was shot dead, and IL
is believed his murderer was hanged. OF.
| ficer McCarty was shot dead, Mt Dennison
| Texas, by q man named Ellis, whom he
was attempting to arrest, Near McAlmont
Arkansas, Colonel John Rich was mortally
wounded by Frank Shaver. .Ioc Stiles, d
colorcd man, cut the throat of W. IL. Otter
another sable gentleman, Mt waycruss
Georgia, In the same town Mollie Bake,
| tcolorcd) killed her black lover, William
Davis. At Troy, Alabama, George Folmau
killed Frank Holloway. Lew vinson wa,
assasssinated at BrownsviAe, Alabama. A,
Chicago, an old drunkard named Jimmie
Griffin fatally stabbed young hoodlum
named John Mangin. who was his guest
A dastartly attempt to wreck two passcn.
ger trains, near Mcridcn, Connecticut, wa.
Intellectual.
! For record of the crimea of one day
the above is sufficient TO show the need oi
more moral restraint of some kind.