Morris tribune., 1883-09-22
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

Rochester sufferers.
! CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
Two tramps boardea freight train on
the Pennsylvania railroad at Marietta re-
Gently. Climbing over tops of csls, they
meta brakeman and railroad policeman.
Berger OF Philadelphia. Drawing pistols
the tramps rdered the two men to throw
up their hands, which they did, and after
wards the officer and brakemen catching
the tramps off their guard grabbed them.
Seeing they Were being worsted, one of the
tramps jumped off the train and escaped.
Officer Berger fired at the remaining one,
who, putting his hands to his body, fell
from the train apparently wounded. The
train, which was running rapidly at the
time, stopped as soon as possible, but
nothing could be seen of the tramps. The
object is believed to have been robbery.
Rev. Albert F. Vedder, pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal church at West Mil
ton, Saratoga county, New York, has been
arrests as principal and DR.. James A. Pat
terson Of Albany, N. Y, as accessory to the
crime of abortion The complainant,
| Annie Walter, twenty-five, daughter of
Silas Walter. a farmer of West Milton,
alleged that Patterson reformed the opera
ton at the request of Vedder. 1t was par
tally successful. The woman was danger.
ously i'll, but recovered sufficiently 10 go to
| Albany and make a complaint. Vedder
was arrested IS he was about to enter the
Methodist Episcopal church at Kingston,
where he was to preach. He was taken to
Albany and sent to all. Beth deny their
guilt.
Richard Michaelis, editor of the Chicago
Freie Presse, has caused the arrest of Anton
Hess,ng Washington Hessng, Herman
Ras er and William Rapp, editors Of the
Stats Zeituhg, for criminal libel i'll
| in charging Michaelis as a biackmailer, be-
cause he offered $4,000 for the $50, 900
| Judgment against Hessing, ST., obtsined
by the United States several years ago in the
first batch" of whisky suits. The accused
gave bail for trial Sept. 81.
Eight hostile Apaches attacked the hay
camp at Antelope Springs, Arizona, on the
18th. Oaly two men were present at tie
time of the attack. George Ward was
| killed at the first fra. Amos Williams es
capped and brought the news to the city.
| Twenty armed citizens Immediately started
in pursuit of the hostiles. The Indians
| were undou tteoly a portion Of the hosiles
left in the Sierra Madres by Gen. Crook.
The body of a man has been fonnd in the
woods eight miles from Sheboygan. Mich,
an identified as that of Frank Devereaux,
homesteader who lived near the locality.
| The surroundings show that he was killed
| in bear fight, which resulted fatally for
both, as the animals body was found near
that of the dead man.
The jury at Ortonville, Mimi, in The
| Noonan murder case, have returned YER
| dict of murder IN the second degree. The
4 iv,f~ oT7rt oroS son.
| fenced to hard labor at Saltwater for the
| term OF his natural life. His counsel made
! the usual motion for stay of proceedings,
| which was denied by Judge Brown.
On First avenue south, Minneapolis,
Mimi, Oh the 18th inst, a Washington av
enue peanut vendor was walking with his
| wife. At the corner of Second street two
| sports drove up in carriage. One of them
| allghted and gave the husband q thorough
| dru bling, while his comrade ran off with
| the wife.
Bismarck, Dakota, abounds with burglars
and sneak thieves. In one night they burg
| larized Denny Hannifer's resort, taking
$500 worth of goods, Cady's furniture store,
| 800, and several other places where less
| amounts were obtained.
JH. Haven of Rutland Vt, has again
been arrested, charged with embezEling $40,
900 while treasurer of the Rutland railroad
company. Ballot $40, 900 was furnished.
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.
On the morning of the 18th inst, Mr.. |
| Foster, living near New Posen, Mimi, went
away to neghber's to help in threshing, |
and his wife and two sons went out to work |
| in hay field half mile from the house,
| leaving little Maud Foster in the care of |
man named Mason, who makes his home |
there. About 10 o'clock Mr.. Mason lett the |
| child in the house alone, and went away on |
horseback to the place where the threshing |
| crew were at work. A few min utes after |
| be had left, Mrs. Foster heard screams in |
| the direction of the house. and looking that
| way S. saw the child rushing from the
| house, its form completely eDveloped IN
| flames. By the time the agonized mother
could reach the spot the poor girl was lit
| orally roasted from head to foot, and life
nearly extinct. A doctor was sect for, but
| to no use; the child died in its halfcrazel
mothers arms soon after his arrival.
| At Aldora, Iowa, two boys, sons of Sam
uel Wisner, German farmer who lives
there, were drowned in the Iowa river. The
boys, who were aged respectively eight and
| twelve, had been fishing in the river and
|
and the other persisted IN trying to get him
out. They were tangled up in the fish line
| when taken out, the line being wraeped
around the neck of the little fellow.
While at;work on a new barn building
| on August Belmont's farm at Babylon, 7.
| l., five men on the scaffold were precipitat- |
ed to the ground by the breaking of the
support. John Metz was instantly killed. |
August Nichols fatally and the other three
seriously inju!ed.
A young son of George Rape, farmer |
living between. Lanesbo pro and Preston, |
Mimi. was killed on the 18th inst, by get |
ting CAUGHT by the tumbling rod OF a |
threshing machine He was completely |
disemboweled and his intes6ines wound |
around the tumbling rod.
As an Omaha gravel train was coming
frem work at an early hour on the 18th /
inst, neared their yard at Ashland, Wis,
they struck and instantly killed, and utter
ly cut to pieces, an unknown tramp. The
coroner's Jury failed to discover his name
or residence. -.s.x-. Err
The extensive sash factory and planning
mill of Campbell & Breckenridge, occupy
ing about quarter of block ofground,
burned on The 17th inst, Loss 500,
insurance 5I,0UJ.
Seven of the thirteen ice houses at North
Chelmford, Mass, belongingsto the Boston
ice company, were burned on the, 18th
last. Loss $50. 900; insurance 800 OOO.1
The packing house of F. s. Andrews at
New Haven, Conn. = has been burned.
Less, $25, COO; insured. Forty men are
thrown out of employment.
A fire at Casey, I'LL, recently destroyed
eleven houses and several offices. Loss
$50 900.
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