Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1882-12-07
Record ct Iragcdies.


Deputy Sheriff Patrick OBncu. e New
Orleans, was shot five times and fatally
! wounded IN " " room difficulty on the "a
| inst Oscar g. did the ehpOting.
/ on the 20 l., , DR.. +. L. BetGky, of Duran
/ co. Col, shot his partner, Dr. II. A. Clay, and
then blew his own brains ont with revolver.
A gang of dcsperadOes who had been steal
ing cattle aud committing other outrages near
| Comanchc, Texas, wsro summary dealt with
| by tn" IN urrd TrAsus. One u the gang was
caught aud lynched near Coleman. another
met a like fate Liepe Springs. and two Others
named Terry were taken from the officers near
| lla2eIdell aud strung up to a tree.
stage coach was stopped near Vars Ranch,
\. NJ, on the night Of the Sd. The driver was
disarmed and the mail bags appropriated. Two
| Chinese passengers were robbed Of everything
Of value and then fuullv murdered. There is a
secret organization III tie vicinity Of the mur-
der to clear out the Chinese employed by the
| Arizona Copper Company. and bloody work Is
/ ANTICIPATED at any time.
desperate encounter took place between a
negro murderer and police officers at Chicago
| on tue 3d inst. II seems that Bill All en-, a
powerful negro, who. on the 27th ult.. frac-
tured the skull of fellow emplove and then
shot Officer Wight dead, for attempting to ar
! rest hini, entered saloon on the ID inst =,
aud demanded drink, at the same time dis
| playing two large revOvers. He left the
! place but soon afterwards was cornered at q
| place on North HalStead Street by Officer Pat
rick Mulyehill and his brother Jerre. The vii
lam on discovering the approach Of the officer,
opened fire, which was returned. The third
shot penetrated the officers left eye and he
fell. The negro fled pursued by an excited
crowd, who finally discovered him under dry
goods box III large chicken coop near the Pan
Handle track on North TIalsted street. A
struggle cnsued and the murderer attempted
to escape. The door was closed just in time
when the officer on the outside fired two shots
| through the thin barrier, putting an effectual
quietus to the tiend's pranks. The mob had
worked itself up to freDzied pitch by this
| time and the officers had all they could do to
prevent the enraged people from hanging the
corpse. TO satisfy all that the pegro was
dead, the body was laid out on a board at the
station and displayed at one of the windows,
where for two hours il was viewed by the pub
| lie.
A l5-year-old boy named Joseph Moriarty,
killed his sister at Marlboro, Mass, on the LIST
inst, through criminal csrelessness. He WAS
handling an old gun and amused himself by
| pointing it at his little sister. As il always
happens in cases of the kind, the weapon dis
charged, iniiicting q terrible wound in the
child's leg. Amputation was resorted to, but
the sufferer expired.
Robert Strickland. aged 2s, WAS found muir
dered Mt Eagle Lake, Texas, and a negro has
been arrested for the crime.
August vorndice, shoemaker Of Cincinnati
successful attempt to xiii his wife and child,
and then almost severed his head from his
body.
The performance at Cincinnati tbeater was
brought to a sad close on Thanksgiving day,
by the accidental shooting of Anna Van BOhren.
snactress, by Frank Frayne, star. during al
exhibition Of fancy shooting. Frayne attempt
ed to shoot an apple from Miss Van Bohren's
head with his back turned toward her and the
rifle pointing over his shoulder. He missed
his aim and the bullet penetrated the brain OF
the unfortunate lady. Frayne was paralyzed
with horror and is aim ost crazy.
The shooting affray in front OF an assigns-
tion-house in st. Louis, on the 29th, il the sole
topic Of conversation in that city. The woman
involved Is Mrs. II. H. Tevis, q niece Of Genera
Sherman and daughter OF Colonel Reese, Of
the regular army. She is about to leave tht
city with her father, and will not contest the
divorce proceedings already outlined. Hel
guilty companion, whose left arm was shat
tered, was Frank T. Iglehart, formerly cashier
in private banking house.
A bitter feud between DR.. William Browr
and DIR. c. q. Stuart, Of North Henderson
Illinois, led 20 the shooting Of the former b.
the wife of the latter. The sheriffs OF fou
counties were soon on the track of the flyinl
criminal and her husband, who we're capture,
at Aledo and placed in jail.
In carriage at North Newport, Maine
| Cnarlcs CroWtu bbicu iiiss Neiuc Iruty ui'
himself with revolver. He had called at he
school to take her home for Thanksgiving.
The Americans who were murdered on tn
west coast Of Madagascar were named Emerson
and Hulett.
A Chicago negro, named william Allen
made fatal assault on the porter OF palace
car on the Northwestern track on the morning
Of the 29th. In the evening he killed Policema
Clarence L. Wright, who sought to arrest him
ut No. 81 West Washington Street. and the
made his escape.
Tomavoli, prominent banker Of Bucharest
was murdered and robbed in q well-travele
street.
Near Flora, Clay County. ILL.,, on the 29tt
James Armstrong, farmer who has bee