The Worthington advance., 1882-07-20
Grimes tt1ltl Criminals.

CO]linSville. small town OH the Eandala
road, about nine miles from East St. Louis,
was the scene of a tragedy Friday evening
AS John Dooley, colored, was riding through
the street on mule he was shot and wound
ed by Nelson Cooper, also colored. Dooley,
fell 10 the ground, when Cooper rushed up,
placed his gun against thef formers head. and
again fred. Dooley died almost Immediate
ly. Cooper then cody gave himself up to
was that Cooper was convinced that his wife
had lavishcd her affections on Dooley.
Two men named Wagner 'and Norman
have been arrested at Omaha on charge of
cmbezzling $1,000 from John Pratt & Co.,
cattle raisers Of the North Platte. in whose
employment they were for two or three
years. There mode of operation was to
falsely weigh cattle in making shipments.
per head. Norman is also charged with
having blown open his employers safe last
February and stealing $500 cash, and de-
stroying books to cover up his false accounts.
A young man named Cobb, twenty
years of age, son Of Charles Cobb Of kalana-
ZOO county. about two miles from Mattawan,
his brother, aged fourteen, neal ly severing
tie bead from the body, while &C breakfast.
The reason or .ile act is not stated.
Tyler, Tex; special: D. J. Healy, chic
dispatcher of the International &; Great
Northern railway, was shot and instantly
killed 6.y Conductor Cook, wnom he had re-
fused TO allow 10 take out train. Cook es-
caned but the authorities and all the rail-
road men, Superintendent Harris at their
head, arc using every means for his capture.
At Cincinnati a rlan named Alfred S.
Hutchinson, who represented himself as q
correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean,
was found dead at hotel. A bottle of
morphine was found on the MANTLE from
which the deceased had evidently taken
a hypodermic injection.
At San Antonio, Tex, Ben. Thompson
the famous marshal Of Austin, Tex, SHOT
Jack Harris, proprietor ofa theatei. and the
best Known gambler in the State, killing him
almost instantly. Thompson escaped.
At Enterprise, Miss. Duke Bross, po-
lice nan. raided some gamblers, who fed.
One was shot and killed. Before dying he
accused Bross of killing him without cause
At Louisville, F. l.. Jones, photograph
er, shot and killed Tom Jones, a boy, in cold
blood. A strong guard prevented lynchiD;.
Jones has killed four men.
Peter Kelly, brakeman fell under IT, ~
rear Manchester recently, his leg being
crushed. Amputation was performed, but
l,c died soon alter.
Walter H. Chase, school principal at
Huntington, Pa. and the son of a respected
clergyman. was tried in New York and con-
victcd of bigamy.
The cJearings Of the Chicago banks for the
past week aggregated $53, 33s, ,s25, an increase
Of $40 OOO, 600 over the corresponding period
!asj year.
A negro named Sayles outraged Mrs. w.
J. Pugh in IredelI, Texas, ard went over the
range at The hands OF Judge Lynch.
Christ G. Gab,er blew his brains out with
a revolver at Omaha Saturday night.
miscellaneous Ne,Us Notes.
On Wednesday Sam Stevenson, we'll
known gambler, died in Omaha. The de-
ceaecd was born of Ethiopian parentage, and
was in reality negro, but before his death
suffered TRANSPORTATION, which left him
whittier than the average representative of
the Caucasian race. The body, as it lay in
the coffin at the undertaker's rooms, was
that of an aged, venerable looking man.
His hair was straight, as we'll az his beard,
which was worn full, white as the driven
snow The only marks which indicated
that he was other than white parentage,
were two black spots on the forehead,
black circle under each eye, small spots on
the hands, and rim of dark skin about the
edges of the ears.
Maj C. NJ. Wilson of Cook county,
contractor for building the harbor of re-
fuge at Grand Marais, LOG miles northeast of
Duluth, on the north shore of Superior told
a reporter the work had been completed and
accepted by the government. There are
seven cribs, with all aggregate length of $50
feet and inside dredging has been done so
at to give depth offourteen feet. Mai. Will
son says the harbor will be ofgreat benefit
to many vessels.
The suit of Hon. l.. NJ. Howard against A.
J. s. A. S. Beebout, formerly proprietors of
the Northern Ohio Democrat, at Toledo,
for publishing an article rejecting upon his
character, resulted recently in q verdict of
$1,000 for the plaintiff.
In the Cincinnati police court, all cases
pending on or before June Is for violation of
what is known as the Smith law, namely,
the Sunday sale of Intoxicating beverages
were dismissed.
Bishop Gilmore of Cleveland has given
bonds in the sum of $500 to appear At the