Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-12-27
\ saturna,ia OF Crime

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| COLUMBUS (Ga.), December Goth, - A
'hris mas day difficulty occurred at Troy
Ala. in which George Folevar was shot dead
~ Frank Holloway. Several shots were
ired by both parties, but only one took effect
The difficulty grew out of au old feud. Boti
parties were well-known business men.
1 Lon. Viusen was aEsassinated in Browne
vile, Ala, Monday night.
/ BERRYvILLE lark J, December 26ih. :
Rachel Goad having borne an illegitimats
,hild, s.rsngIed it to death by the aid of hel
mother. Both have been arrested.
| CHICAGO, December 26:h.-Jemes Griffin
an old man, was set upon by crowd 81
| young roughs at the corner Of Cel.ter avenue
and William street last evening. All the
parties were drunk and fight ersued, in the
! course of which G.ifin drew knife and
stabbed John Msngiu to death. Griffin was
| arrested.
| MERIDEN Comm, December 26sh.--An
| attempt to wreck the accommodation train
| from New York was made to-day near this
city by > tie placed on the track. It few up
udder the forward truck of the locomotive,
| AID brought the train TO standstilI, but
I without damage. The limited express for
| Boston--.he fastest train on the rcad-was
| not more than trains length from eas &C.
| conmodation train when stopped with an
abruptness that almost threw the passengers
ont OF their seats.
NEW ORLEANS. December 26sh.-At En-.
te-prise, last night, John Booth shot four
| rnep, two seriously. Booth escaped.
BosToN, December 26th.-Byron Kimh II.
stockbroker, cut bis throat this morning.
There IS little prospects Of bis recovery. A
letter from customer was found on his per-
son, ssking for money which he had invested
in a coston se ejaculation.
PAoKARDyILLE Mass, December 26;h.-
Miriam a. AodtRomery, % years old, shot
his two little children this morning, liz
stansiy killing George, 6 years old, and prob
ably fatally woundiug Eva, 4 years old
Montgomery and wife had been separated
Tor soma months. She lived with her father.
Montgomery visited her family Saturday
and stayed till today. Upon her refusal
this morning TO return to his house, he went
out TO where the children were playing and
shot them. He then tried to shoot his wife
and her father. He was overpewered by the
latter, and kept in the house till the Sheriff
| came, when he was taken to Northampton.
h pleaded not guilty, snd was sent to Jail,
Montgomery says ne does not remember hav-
ing committed the crime. The whols family
came FROM the West in the spring, and little
is known of them.
KANSAS CRY Mo-. December 26tb.-Add.
@. Ayres was arrested on charge of the
murder Of Jacob Blibs, musician, yester.
day, a1d sent to jail. The general opinion ia
that Biihe died By his owa hand. There is
some mystery about the case, however.
ARKADELPaIA (Ark.l, December 26sh.-
Lou. I. hcetzschner, Secretary Of the State
Senate two years age, suicided by shooting
ct Vernon station Sunday.
| Charley Branch, q negro, ravished and
murdered co!ored girl years old, and wai
arrested. There are threats of lynching.
CAIRO 1l.), Dscembar 26sh.-J. B. Linds
| ley was shot dead yesterday at James Bayou,
Mo. When the stsamef Tyler left his rnur.
| dsrer wss in the hands Of a mob, and lynch.
ing was expected.
FRANKFORT, December &c h.-Town officer
Lsughlia and George Postwood had diff.
Guilty in Lswrsncsburg Saturday night, and
took each other by ths lapel, each shooting
the other in the breast. Laushlfn was killed
outright. P0stwood die to-day.
CHICAGO, December 26th.-Leo M;lbeck,
formerly assistant librarian of the Chicago
Ppblic Library, suicided tonight, by cutting
his tdroat. Disappointment in love is said to
| be the cause.
The Dukes.Nuit Tragedy.
UNIoNTowN (Pa.), December 2G.h.-Is is
| reported that the cause of the shooting Of
Captain Mutt by n. l.. Dukes was the refusal
| of the latter to marry Nuts daughter, after
running her. The affair creates a profound
sensation. snd it is the one theme of conver-
sation. The condition of Mrs Mutt is re-
garded as critical. Great fears ara also enter
tanned for the daughters life and reason.
SECOND DIsPATCH.I
PITTsBURG. December 26sb.-A later dis.
patch says that an intense feeling against
Dukes has developed within the last twenty
four hours. 1t has been pretty clearly shown
| that be has been begging off for some time.
and proposed the meeting at the hotel Sun.
day for settlement Of the difficulty. No
marks Of violence are visible on bis person,
while Mutt had cuts and bruises on the face
and arms. It is quietly hinted that there is
possibility OF the citizens taking the law
into their own hands.
The Threatened Iadian Trouble.
| CHICAGO, December 26h.-A gentleman
originally from Iudian Territory says his
advices are that the Creek Iudisns are
much stirred up among themselves, ard
that an outbreak Of unusual venom is to be
expected at any time.
FIRST OPEN HosTrLITIEs.
ST. LOUIS, December 26th.-A Muskocee
| (lndian Territory special says: The first
| open hostilities of the Creek Indian war c.
CURED Sunday, fifteen miles west of Oknul-
gee. A land of Checote's men, under Jim
Larney, going west, were attacked by some
200 of SPEECHES partisans, under command of
Mekarochee. The fight ragged for an hour,
when Checote's men fell back, but kept up .
running fight for ten miles. Bob Carr, Dave
Barrett and wifs, and a man named Walsh
are reported killed. The loss on the O, her
| side is not known. The whole csun-
! try is rushing to aims. On receipt
Of the news here a detachment Of
forty United States soldiers was ordered to
the scene. This mG:niag they cYeIt loll and
| disarmed 80 of Checote's men. Tais will
| be continued till all the men engaged on beth
sides have been disarmed. Spieches' men
say they don't want to fight, but do want
their rights, and are anxious that the United
| States Commissioner shoull investiyats snCl
| decide the matter between them and the o.
posing party. United States Agent Trff.s
went to the scene of the tyouble yesterday.
Disorder sn Ohio.
| EAST LIVERPOOL (0.) December q, h.
| Owing 10 the disturbed condition Of sff airs.
growing out Of the potters' strike, the Mayor
has issued proclamation that all persons
asafmbiing on the streets or highways, or ua-
lawfully congregating IN buildings, or insult.
| iog citizens pursuing work, will be arrested
and dealt with. Extra policemen have bsen
| sworn.
Frishtfal Eojler Explosion.
NoRTH ADAMS tMass.). December 26sh.-
At Hartwellyille to-day, while Fred Williams
and Marshall Wason were looking Sc an
engine az explosion OF the boiler took place,
and they were Instantly killed, their bodies
being horribly mangled. Thirty tons of rock
was removed and larger portions OF the
boiler were lifted into the air and carried fcur
| rods.
Important Works Closed.
CHESTER lPa.), December 26th.-Shsw &
Esray's wooden mills, with their locomotive
and machine works and other important in.
dustrisl establishments, have closed, on an
count Of the depression in trade. Large nun
bers of workmen are thrown out OF employ
ment.
To Succeed Updcgraf
BFLLAIRE TO-, December 26sh.-Taa Re
publicans of the Seventeenth Congressional
District have nominated Col J. ID. Tsylor
CT Canbridge. for the vacancy in Coneres,
caused by the death of J. L. Updegraff.
Orth's Successor.
INDIANAPOLIS, December 2Gsh.-Ths u.
ocratic committee Of the Ninth C,neressiooa
DLtr.ct have nominated Judge Ward. Con
ersssman-elect, to fill the vacancy occasione,
by TIE death OF g. $. orth.
Destruction by Fire,
BOSTON, December 26tb.-The three.stor-
brick building on West Canton stree. ccc,,
h~r H.