Huntsville gazette., 1882-01-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Occu aIc not knOWns
A soNof DR.. T. P. Russell, a promi-
nent surgeon of Oshkosh, Wis, shot and
killed the son Of A. III. Turner. The bows
were fooling with a gun supposed to be un-
loaded. The former was twelve years old:
the latter six.
THE cowboys who raided the town of
Caldwell Hans, ,and killed ex Mayor Meagh-
er, havebeen captured in the Territory by In
dian scouts and turned over to the S s. :.
Sumner County, who was in pursuit Of
them. Among the prisoners is Comanche
Bill, at one time a celebrated Indian scout
under Custer, but now known as despera-
do. ee
Mr.. II. G. WENTWORTH, for many
years General Passenger Agent Of the Mich
igan Central Railway, is dead.
AT Pewee Valley, near Louisville,
Ky. pistol in the hands of 14-year-
daughter of Judge Muir was accidentally
discharged, the bullet striking Miss Blanche
Wessinger, resulting in her death in short
time. The girls were cousins, and about
the same age. a. q
REV. CHARLES WESLEY HEwEs, pas
tor of the Fifth Baptist Church, San Fran
cisco, CAL, committed suicide by cutting his
throat He had recently shown symptoms
of mental arrangement.
ROBERT L. LINDSAY, the Missouri
land swindIer, convicted at Steubenville, O.,
has been sentenced to nine years in the PEN
itentiary.
AT Kansas City, on the night of the
30th, Police Officer Martin Hynes undertook
to arrest Clay Crenshaw, proprietor Of the
White House Saloon, for maltreating his
wife. j. Crenshaw, who was crazed with
drink, drew his revolver and the officer did
the same. Several shots were exchanged.
The officer waa shot through the heart and
fell dead upon the floor. Crenshaw was
| shot in the right side and neck, but man
aged to run for some distance, when he was
captured. His wounds are serious, if not
| fatal.
Four cowboys undertook to ''run"
the town Of Trinidad, Colo. Marshal Kro-
gers interfered, when they opened fire upon
him, which he returned with effect, killing
one of their number. Krogers was unhurt.
AN important arrest has been made
at Rincon, N. NJ, of VIM. Hayden, VIM.
Wambaugh, DR.. Paxton, James Ratte,
McClintock, and Samuel Proctor, hotel
keeper at Rincon, part Of an alleged or
ganized gang Of Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe freight-train thieves. Their depreda-
tions are large in value, and extending over
several months.
Col. E. w. FILES, a well-known citi-
zen of Ashley County, Ark, was recently
shot and killed in cold blood by James Ste-
phens, a neighbor, for the alleged offense of
killing some hogs belonging to the latter.
Stephens admitted the murder. He is in
Jail. a..ts
A NEGRO named Gabriel White was
hanged at Waltersboro, S. c., on the 30th,
for the murder OF Frederick Bellinger, an
other negro, in 1879.
AT Gore, o., an unknown man opened
the door of the residence of Mary Terrell,
widow, and sent bullet through her brain.
Two Of her daughters were in the room
when she was killed. but failed to recognize
the assassin. Morgan Richards, farm hand
employed upon a neighboring farm, has
been arrested charged with the murder. No
motive for the crime has been developed.
GOTTLIEB ENGEL, a prominent young
LAWYER of Milwaukee,, formerly Probate
Clerk, has committed forgeries and pecula-
tions to large amount. He-was Treasurer
of several Jewish societies. Hf
HERMAN WELsING, ex-Treasurer of
Lee County, Iowa, has been indicted by the
Grand Jury for the embezzlement of county
funds. His deficit is said to be $4,000.
WM H. ERB, the St. Louis wife mur
derer, was hanged on the 30th.
JOEL JOHNSTON, well-known citizen
of Baldwin County, Ala, was shot from be-
hind a tree by negro as he was returning
home recently. Though mortally wounded,
Johnston managed to crawl to his house and
told his brother Of the assault. The brother
started out, and in an encounter with the
murderer both were fatally shot.
Mrs. CRUISE, living at Florence, Los
Angeles County, CAL, recently gave birth to
six perfectly formed female children.
IT is now believed that the recent
triple murder at Ashland, Ky, Of the Glib
bons family, was committed by Gibbons,the
father OF two OF the murdered persons, and
that he drowned himself after committing
the terrible crime. Mrs. Gibbons, who had
separated from her husband on account Of
his violence, tells tale that would warrant
this conclusion.
PAUL PRINGLE and Edward Butler,
both colored, were hanged at Mansfield, , La,
on the 3Oth. The crime of which they were
convicted was robbery and attempted muir
der, their victim being also colored man.
He is not yet dead, but his physicians say he
can not live.
"A LARGE frame boarding house near
Richburg, Allegany County, N. Y, owned
and occupied by Garret Abers,w was destroyed
by fire on the morning of the 1st and Mr..
Abers,s three children, aged from 10 to 13,
perished in the flames. Mrs. Abers was sick
with fever at the time, and her husband,
who was watching by her bedside, had fallen
asleep. He was awakened in time to seize
his wife in his arms and carry her out Of the
burning building. He then endeavored to
return for his children, but the flames
barred his ingress.
HON. THOMPSON MCKINNEY, late
Chief Clerk of the Choctaw Council, was
killed by Reuben Lucas, between whom an