Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-04
TragicaI Tales.

saloonist, dead, in his house on the night of
the 29th ult.
Widow Terrell was shot dead in her own home
at Gore, o.. on the 28th ult. The murderer was
not recognized by Mrs. Terrel's daughters, who
were in the house at the time. The victim was
the mother of young man now in the Ohio
penitentary for the murder of the Weldon
family near Gore four years ago.
Francisco Alamilla, q Mexican political leader,
lying in jail at Humarguillo, was shot without
judge or trial.
The bodies of Fernandez Pollock and wife,
keepers of the toll house at Six Mile Canon.
near Virginia City, New, were found in the
charred ruins of their house on the night of the
28th ult. The heads of both We're crushed.
case of murder.
J. Dundom has been lodged in jail at Dead
wood, charged with the murder of his wife on
Christmas.
A stranger pretending to be deaf and dumb,
stopping at Mrs. B. Munroe's boarding house
at East Dalhousie N. B., fatally shot the land
lady's son and daughter, aged 10 and IL re-
spectively.
John Roberts, of Mount Vernon O., shot his
brother John twice through the body on the
10Th ult. The injured man is in critical con-
dition
A young farmer named Gray interferred with
a negro dance at Round Oak, near Macon. Ca,
on the 26th ult., and was fatally stabbed. Gray
fired into the assem5lage, killing three brothOrs
Bob, Henry and Dick Jackson-and then
crawled ont of the house to die.
A negro horse thief shot Joel Johnson, re-
spected citizen of Baldwin County, Ala, near
Mobile, threw his victims body into pond and
appropriated his horse. Johnson revived and
dragged himself hone, distance Of half
mile. His brother Abe, as deputy sheriff, at
tempted to secure the assassin and received
fatal wound. The black fend's body was after
ward found in swamp. His death resulted
from shot received from Abe johnson before
he was killed.
In a saloon quarrel at Butte, Montana, Joe
Campbell MORALLY wounded Joe ROwells, of
Bodie, Col.
Leon Moore, clerk in store at Boston, Mass,
spent Christmas at his home in Biddefold d, Me.
On the 28th he called on his affianced Miss
Belle Cushman, an estimable lady, and shot her
dead. He then put bullet through his own
head and expired. They were both 81 years of
age and belonged to respected families.
A terrible tragedy occurred on the 28th ult.,
at Bellefonte, Ala, a small station fOrty-four
miles from Chattanooga, resulting in the prob
ably fatal shooting Of w. d. Martin, his son
John, and @. NJ. Fennel. They are the only
merchants in the place, and the difficulty origi-
mated through jealousy. They used pistols.
In street fight at Eufala, Indian Territory,
on the Goth, carpenter named Ware killed a
young man named Grayson. A railway section
hand who witnessed the affair became fright
ened and ran. He was ordered to halt by the
police, but refused to comply and was shot
dead.
Ole Thompson, wealthy Norwegian farmer,
was found murdered on the farm of his son-in-
law on the 9th. The body was horribly man
gled. The nephew of the murdered man has
disappeared and is supposed to be the muir
derer.
On the night of the 23d inst, Williams entered
the Gibbons homestead near Ashland, Ken
tucky, during the absence of the old folks, and
overpowered young Robert Gibbons, Miss
Emma Thomas, aged II and a 14-year- old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Gibbons. After
outraging the young ladies, the iends killed all
three of their victims, saturated their clothing
with oil and fired the premises The house
was consumed completely. The three bodies
were recovered horribly mutilated, the heads
having been split with Ratchet. A reward of
81, 900 is offered for the arrest of the mis-
creants.
In shooting affray at fleetwood, Tenn, on
the 25th inst, John Cecil was killed and three
brothers named West, w. Smith and man
named Thomson were probably fatally injured.
In quarrel at Knoxville, Tenn, on the
evening of the Oath, the youngest son of Gen.
Joseph A. Mabry, was killed by Don Lisby
The Christmas holidays was marked by the
usual amount of crime in all directions. One
notable feature of that crime was the number
of rows and affrays among gangs of workmen.
One man was killed and another fatally injured
| III bloody row among railroad workmen, at
Tampico, 0. During a riot among railroad
laborers. near Newburgh, N Y, Sunday, two
men were killed; militia company was called
out to quen the disturbance. A workingmen's
row near Jeffersonvil!e, Ind, Christmas eve,
resulted IN the killing of negro named
Mitchell. A Christmas fight among railroad
section tenders, near Louisville, KY, ended
with the death of one man. -Four Italians were
stabbed in an affray in New York tenement
house. One died and the others are In pre-
carious condition.
d. G. Fl. Rosenhauer, a prominent physician,
was assassinated near Texarkans, Ark, on
Christmas eve Chinese laundryman is sus-
pected.