Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-03-01
TraGiCal Tales. .

At Hockberry, Arizona, desperado named
J. 0. Wildon. who had killed John Bullock, was
taken from the jail, on the 25th ult., by fifteen
men, and hanged to the beam of blacksmith
shop.
D. J. Murphy, formerly district attorney at
San Francisco, was shot through the neck, in
the police court, on the 25th ult., by Policeman
John Morony, who had been referred to as an
Australian convict. The latter attempted to
kill himself while being taken to prison.
Three masked men entered the farmhouse of
VIM Studebaker, twelve miles from Council
and robbed him of $8. Maddened by his
obstinacy about surrendering his money, one Of
the villains shot him through the lungs, infict-
ing fatal wound.
Two sheriffs from southern Iowa, armed
with a requisition from Gov. Rusk, sought to
arrest two robbers at Randolph, Wis. Sheriff
Farrell was shot four times, and VIM. Norris
received fatal injuries.
j. W. Norris, postmaster and q leading mer-
chant at Rice, Texas, was called out Of his
house by two men, on the night of the 22d,
who asked him to go to his store and sell them
some goods. He returned in few minutes
and told his wife that the men had shot him.
He died immediately.
Near Belgreene, Ala, on the 23d, John Pack
ard was killed by T. 81. Burton, while both
were splitting rails. The murderer escaped,
but was pursued and captured by three citi-
zens. While taking him back the prisoner
badly wounded one of his captors while at
tempting to escape. He was finally jailed, but
at night band of masked men took the
prisoner from the Jail and hung him.
George II. Richardson, of Charlton, Mass,
has confessed the murder of his father. The
belief was general that MIR. Richardson had
been killed by the accidental discharge of gun
while riding in a sleigh with his son. The
prisoner claims to have committed the deed to
save his mother from abuse.
man named McAffea I;v;n, Moor p;oh1ora
Ark, forced bis stepdaughter, aged about Is
years, to occupy his bed, and his wife and the
mother Of the girl beat his brains out with a
gun-barrel.
A mysterious case is now in the hands Of the
Chicago police. On the 22d clerk in music
station that he had been assaulted In the out
skirts Of the city and had shot his assailant. "A
search was made and the body Of James McNa-
mara, railroad yard-ra raster, was found. As
the deceased was q respected and peaceful citi-
zen, the authorities doubt Evans story and hold
him under arrest.
r. D. Raven and James Cook disputed about
tho spelling of word at Lincoln, Neb., Oh the
night of the 2Cth. Words led to blows, when
Raven drew pistol and shot his opponent dead.
Maxine Potter and brother, with two Ameri-
cans, all ranchmen, we're murdered by Indians
in the far northwest, recently.
Two neighbors named Charles C0lbetts and
Charles Cannon quarrelied about COW at
Deerfeld, Mich, on the Goth. The latter was
mortally shot by Colbett, who fed.
John Wyatt. the famous United States
Marshalll who has bagged more moonshiners
than any man IN the country was fatally shot
at Louisville, Ky., on the Goth, by jesse
Cunningham and Thos. ]. Connell, two depu.
ties Of the city court.
A grain buyer named James Cook was mur-
dered at Waverly, Neb., on the 18th inst, by a
tramp painter named Dick Rayner.