Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-09-28

was hung in the jail of that city on the
18th. He protested his innocence until
the moment. He died game. The
hangman was very successful.
THE body of Augustus Green, a we'll
known wealthy Englishman, was found
in the woods near his residence in Cester-
field county, Va, guarded by a dog which
was nearly starved to death. Green is
supposed to have wandered OF in de-
lirlum.
AT Hot Springs, Ark, Charley Mat
thew, editor of the Hornet, was shot four
dimes and killed in an afray with Col. s.
w. Fordyce, ce-president oil the st.
Louis and Texas narrow gauge railroad.
and Col. Rugg, one of he proprietors of
the Arlington hotel. II ls not known
whether Fordyce or Rugg fred the fatal
shot, The trouble grew out Of bitter
newspaper controversy over local affairs.
1t ia Just learned that the Maverick
national bank of Boston has been victim
lied to the extent Of $4,000 on raised
draft. Some time ago very respectable
appearing man opened an account with
the bank, depositing some $1,000 which
he drew against and replenished until he
had established his credit. Within a
week or two be deposited draft for g.
500 drawn by Portland man against
New York bank, and the next day drew
IS 600 against it. The draft was pent to
New York for collection, where it was
found to have been raised frors the orig.
inal amount OF Sl,700 to $500. Before,
however, advices TO this effect reached
Boston the depositor had closed his ac-
count, drawing all the balance and left
the city, The same game had been at
tempted at the Merchants national bank.
THE Chicago Packing and Provision
company commenced suit in the criminal
court against Manson McMullen, james
Shehan, and jeremiah Shehap. on trial
in Judge Moran's court for stealing hogs
| from them. The prosecution expect to
prove that the defendants, together With
one Michael Harry, who is now serving a
| five years term of imprisonment in the
penltentary, formed scheme in Novem-
| Der, 1879, by which they stole lsrge
number of hogs from Phil Armour at the
stock yards Following out this scheme,
Hartv had obtained employment at Ar
mour's packing house Tor the purpose of
| finding out bow the hogs were kept. He
obtained keys which would open The locks
on the pens. and at night and on Sunday
he and James Shehan, one of the defend.
ants, had stolen large number of hogs,
which were sold bv the other defendants,
the money being divided among the four.
The states principal witness would be
Hsrty himself. By other witnesses many
evidences of the guilt of the defendants
would be shown. BY the wholesale thiev-
| ing from Armour the men on trial had
put into their pockets upward of S5OO,DO.
Harry was placed on the witness stand,
and testified to the stealing of the hogs by
himself and the defendants, giving The
particulars of the formation of the con-
| spiracy and how it was carried out. He
had got the keys for the locks TO Armour
pens and almost every night and Sunday
during the winter of 1873 and 1880 he and
Jim Shehan had driven of from forty TO
fifty of Armour's hogs. The thieving was
finally stopped through the Shehans be-
coming frightened by actions on the part
Of Armour's men which led them to think
that they were suspected OF committing
depredations on the pens.