Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-02-03
CRIME.

THE body of Jennie Cramer. who was
murdered at New Haven last year, has
been exhumed for further analysis
THE second inquest on the body of Mrs.
Thomas Doyle, of Watertown, Wis, re-
suited in verdict of death caused by
strangulation.
REv. H. o. HOFFMAN, pastor of the
First NJ L. Church, of Bloomington. Ill
has been convicted of bastardy, by a church
committee. His victim was former ser
want girl-a Quakeress.
BURGLARS obtained $4,000 worth of
silks from the dry goods store of Camp,
Morrill, & Camp, at Jackson, Mich.
CHARLES DANA, engaged in the beef
trade at Boston, has failed and fled His
liabilities are believed to be 100000.
HERMAN BIERBACH, who eanvassed Mil
waukee as an alleged agent for several
publications and collected subscriptions in
advance, has been sent to state prison for
thirty months.
MoLLIE HoLBRooK, who recently escap-
ed from Chicago officers while travelling
through Canada, has been recaptured in
New York. She is wanted at Chicago to
answer to the charge of robbery to the
amount of $4,000.
A CLERGYMAN and several Harvard
graduates have left Providence for Den
yer 10 testify to the insane tendencies Of
Charles w. Stickney, who is soon to be
tried for the murder of Mr.. T. Campan
and Miss Deveraux.
THERE is intense excitement in Mclean
county, Illinois, over the secret investiga-
tion of the bastardy charge brought
against Rev II. o. Hoffman By Zetta Rob-
inson. General Bloomfield has been re-
tanned To sue the preacher in behalf of
the girl, and the reverend gentleman an
nounces that he will bring an action for
perjury against the Robinson family.
THE house of Charles Himmelright,
near New Portage, o., was entered by four
masked robbers at supper time. They tied
up two young ladies and by threats forced
them 10 open the safe and hand out $120.
Mr.. Himmelright soon returned. and was
silenced and bound. The thieves took
supper, stole a team, and escaped. They
missed package of 81, 500 secreted in the
house
A YOUNG man who came forward at a
revival meeting in New Carlisle, Ind,
gave his name as Arthur Thomas, a Chi
cago burglar, and stated that he had Sc
leeted two safes to he robbed that night,
and had strayed into church to kill time.
He surrendered his tools, and accompa-
MED the sheriff of Whitney county to
Ormas to be trie for burglary commit
ted at that place.
THE other night, Just outside the limits
of ST. Louis, the wife of Gen. George p.
Doris was murdered by her grandson
Russell Brown and a companion named
Patrick McGlew. On a telegraphed de-
scription the latter was captured in Chi
cago. Brown made fall confession that
they choked the old lady to death and
stripped the rings from her fingers Tue
coroner gave certificate of death from
natural causes, but the police in time
learned the facts.
TIE coroner's jury in the Spuyten Duy-
vii disaster declared Brakeman Melius
guilty Of willful and culpable neglect in
not warning the approaching train, and
pronounced him responsible for the loss of
life which followed George p Hanfora,
the conductor of the wrecked train. and
Edward Stanford. Archibald Buchanan.
and Frank Burr, engineers, were held
responsible for neglect of duty, as was
also Superintendent Toucey. These men
are found guilty OF causing the death Of
Webster Wagner and others nv criminal
negligence.