Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-05-04
Crimin8..

DR.. L. n. WOODWARD, San Francisco
de mist, shot his mistress fatally for re-
fusing to become his wife, and then killed
himself.
ROBBERS invaded the Chicago and Alton
telegraph office at Centralia, Mo-, and
chloroformed and tied lad named John
Dean, but secured no plumber.
DAVID SNoDaRAss. marshal of Crest
line, o.. was shot dead by stranger,
whom he was endeavoring to arrest. The
citizens made two attempts to lynch the
murderer.
X. PORTER LRE, president of the wrecked
First National bank of Buffalo. and Her
man j. Hall. the principal stakeholder,
are in the custody of the United States
marshal for criminal transportation of
funds.
ADAM NJ. DUNDoRK, the treasurer of
Berks Co., Pa, who fed after embezzel-
ing SAC, 900, surrendered himself and was
placed in Jail at Reading. He is 60
years of age, and shed tears when the
grated doors closed upon him.
FIVE convicts in the Quebec provincial
penitentiary, while working outside the
walls, tied the warden and started off. He
released one hand and alarmed the guards
with his revolver, but he was fatally shot
in the struggle which ensued.
John l.. SULLIVAN the prize fighter,
was arraigned in the police court at Bos,
ton for knocking down Charles A. Rob
bins in the street and fracturins his Jaw
bone. The pugilist was sentenced to three
months on the island, and gave bonds for
an appeal.
AMONG those executed Friday. were
William Sindram, in New York, for
shooting Mrs. Crave; Luther B. Taylor,
at Corning, Ark, for killing Riley Black
| with a razor, and George Bohannon, at
Rolla, Mo-. for taking the life of William
Light.
AyRKs, a small mining camp in Arizo-
ma, is surrounde | by $50 hostile Indians,
and two whites have been killed and one
wounded. Capt. Madden, twelve miles
distant, has been ordered forward. and
Capt. Upper has two companies of the
9th cavalry in the vicinity.
9 AT Uyalde, Tex, as the result of dis
pute about the presumption of an eighty
acre tract. John Mitchell was tied to a
tree and whipped nearly to death, while
his two sons were shot dead in his pres
SShSc W WV
In the Richland election case at Char
lesion, the defendants were convicted of
obstructing the count of votes. Two
white Jurors subsequently stated TO the
| Judge that they signed the sealed verdict
| under threats, bu, the avowal was de-
cidel to be too late. A new trial may be
granted on exceptions.
JOHN FIELDER, sporting character o
Louisville, was shot dead by Police Officer
| Rosenberg, on whom he made an attack
With Ratchet. Fielder was once wealthy
and reputable, but was rendered cranky
by shot in the head at the outbreak OF
the war. He was a brother-in-law of Gen.
Dick Taylor.
| In the Jennie Cramer murder trial at
New Haven, State Attorney Doolittle in.
formed the court that he would prove tina,
as the result of a conspiracy the victim
was raped at the house of Edward Malley
and that her protestations led to her be
ing killed with poison and thrown into
the water at Savin Rock.
| ALEXANDER SWIFT, an iron merchant OF
Cincinnati, was robbed on Broadway New
York, Tuesday night, of 50 800 in oh ecSs
and of passage tickets TO Liverpool and
return. Al he desired to sail Thursday
morning, the woman was rushed through
from the police court TO penitentiary
sentence in forty-one hours, and Mr.,
Swift recovered his property and made
his steamer.
In a fight with Apaches at Horseshoe
canon, three soldiers and four Indian
scouts were killed. Among twenty whites
butchered alorg the CHA river were John
z. Risque, lawyer of Silver City, and
Captain John ;. lawson, mining super
intendent. The hostles number over
three hundred. and are said to be com
pletely corrsled in Doubtful canon.
PAT McGRAw. hermit residing near
Newport, KY, armed himself with huge
club and gained entrance 70 the First Ma
tional bank by the rear door, before the
hour for commencing business. tie made
for the safe, pushing the ianitress aside,
when her screams brought aid. The