Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-04-06

At variety theater in Denver, Col, on the
iSt inst, James Mullgan, an actor, spoke dis
| paraglngly of the wife OF Arthur Shepperd, the
stage manager. and was fatally stabbed by the
latter.
John n. Massey and James Handler, two
well-known San Francisco sporting characters,
had quarrel on the I'd inst, when the latter
| shot Massey dead.
A. c. Patrick, Of Seward, Neb., shot his
wife through the heart, fired at his two sons,
and escaped arrest and Is being hotly pursued.
AZ an isolated ranch In the state of Oaxaca,
Mexico, woman and four children were
bntchered for money.
Three men named Martin, Landers and
Franks, quarreled at Dunbar, Pa, on the I'd
lust. Franks was vanqulshing Martin, where
upon Landers brainel him with a pick
W. J. PhCbus and jay McEwen, cattle
thieves, were lynchod at Pueblo, Col, on the
3lst ult.
Harvey X. Stern was murdered near BuffiOn,
Minn., on the night Of the 29th Hlt., by William
Chester.
\ lad named Joseph Smith was drowned in
| canal at Lowell, Mass, on the 30th ult., under
circumstances which led to the arrest Of two
boys, Thomas Glynn and George Cook, for
manslaughteL seyen-year-od eyewitness
accuses the Cook boy of pushing young Smithin-
to the water.
Robert Blaen, a Cleveland blacksmith, at
tempted to murder his wife, on the 3lst ult.,
sutl lIltT rent UuIiet tlfOuSu MS own Dram.
Mr.. Blaen Is dangerously wounded.
seph holt, a schooi-teacher, at Shelbyville,
KY, was waylaid and shot dead by Cabe Hun
ter, who was incensed because Holt interfered
and prevented him from whipping his wife.
Gen. Streelmikcf, public prosecutor Of the
nihsts at kieif, Russia, was shot through the
heart while sitting on boulevard at Odessa, on
the 3lst ult.
Joseph Yerger, a wealthy store keeper at Sui
phur Springs, No., was foully ass assinated on
the night of the 29tb ult. The store and dwell
ing were first fired by the miscreants, aud as
the affrighted family emerged from the burn
.ns building Yerger's body WAS riddled with
buckshot. A man named Tressler, whom Yer
ger had imprisoned for DEMONSTRATING, is sus-
pected Of the crime.
Eugene Chiffon visited Major Edgcrton's
daughter at the majors residence near Inde,
pendence, NO., on the night Of the 2sth ult., in
state Of intoxication. Trouble ensued, and
Chiffon was shot dead by Edgerton.
Mrs. Ballard, residing in Lincoln County,
Ky., had disagreement with her husband, on
the 9th ult. She took her three children, aged
four months, and years respectively, TO
neighboring pond, broke the necSs of the two
| Oldest Snd threw their bodies into the pond
after which she jumped in with her infant and
was drowned.
Alex c. Wingate, Of Lexington, KY, was as-
sassinated on railway train between Sparks
vile and Medora, Ind. OH the 29th ut., by s<r
unknown man. The murderer jumped nom
the cars when they were speeding at the rate
of 40 miles an hour and dro gned himself in a
creek a short distance from the track.
In fight with cowboys near Tombstone,
Arizona. on the goth ult., John A. Gillespie Of
sheriffs posse, Deweng Hunt and Billy
Grounds, cowboys, were killed. Z. Allen and
Jack Young, also Of the sheriff's party, we're
badly wounded.
An old man named Jacob Smith was mur-
a. II
Of Farwell. Mich, by Joseph Bucher.
John w. Killalea, for Is years clerk of the
New York City board Of education, and lately
employed As longshoreman at San Francisco
killed his wife ON the night of the 9th by
stabbinS her while in fit Of jealousy
At Indianapolis, Ind on the 25ih, Green
Burnett fatally shot Bob Alexander while re-
turning from a dance. Both parties are col
ored and quarreled concerning dusky maiden.
A young expressman named VIM. Mitchell
was killed by Edward Stecher, a saloon-keeper
at Chicago, on the 28th.
In quarrel concerning the costs in replev-
in suit at Leadyile, Col, on the 2Stb, J. G.
Farley, prominent attorney and politician,
shot Policeman Sam Townsend dead. An at
tempt to lynch the murderer was frustrated.
Two men named Rider were killed in q quar-
rel at Waverley, o., on the 2Sth by n man
named Sharpstine.
dead in o disreputsble house at urand Rapids.
Mich, by W. II. Clark, colored barber.
Six colored convicts working on the Texas
Pacific Railroad killed their guard and escaped
towards Mexico. Two got over the line, but the
others were overtaken, and in fight which en-
sued two OF the negroes were killed. Two wire
CAPTURED.