Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-26
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
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Ross abduction. Ii Is said one MOsher, who
was lately lynched in tho suburbs Of Chey-
enne, Wyoming, was brother Of the William
Mosher who was killed while committing
burglary at Bay Ridge, Long Island, Decem-
Der, 1874. The Cheyenne Mosher had rob
bed and killed one Wentzell, and was caught
and put in prison six weeks ago. The crime
being committed under peculiarly aggravat-
ing circumstances, the citizens of Wyoming
resolved to lynch the murderer He was
taken out Of jail carried to the woods and
hanged last Sunday. When under the shad
ow Of the gallows tree, Mosher offered to di-
vulgc certain secret, which, he said, had
driven him into the west. But the lynchers
had no time to wait" and he was inconti-
nently hanged. It subsequently came out
that Mosher had said that he was the guardi-
an Of a person for whom reward was offer.
ed, and that he had been forced to fly on &C.
count of close pursuit made for him after
the death of his brother, William Musher
1t is further reported that somebody living in
St. Louis has made a confession that corrob-
crates portions of the Wyoming story, but
this part Of the narrative is vague and nebu-
lous. Moreover, the st. Louis clue whatever
it was, was examined by Mr. Christian Ross
a few days since, and it is announced that he
is satisfied that there is nothing in it. The
tale from Wyoming, it would appear, has on
ly revived interest in the crime without
throwing any light on what must remain a
baflled mystery.
A young man who came to Portland, Me-,
from Boston four weeks ago claims to think
he is Charlie Ross. He says he intends to
save money enough to take him to Philadel.
phia where he will call on Q. X. Ross lie
says he remembers of living in large house,
of being taken away by two men in a car
riage and Of being put aboard a vessel and
parripH n WintarnOrt NJ NH ha
kept in a dark room three or four years after
which he was carried on vessel to Brazil
II was on this voyage that he learned he
was stolen by Jesse James, the Davisons and
Pinkham. After reaching Brazil he man.
aged to ulude his captors and returned to this
country, working his passage on ship.
Since then he has been to sea, most Of the
time serving as cook. He can read but little
and does not write at all. He is probably a
fellow after sensation or a free ride to Phil
adelphia-perhaps both.
Mr.. Ross was recently called out to Illinois
to investigate a case where convict in the
penitentary pretended to know that Charlie
was in a remote negro settlement near Ed.
wardsvile but the convict refused 10 talk
md the clue amounted to nothing
Mr.. Ross returned to Philadelphia WednCs.
day from following up clue at st. Louis.
He speaks bitterly Of the reporters who gave
publicity to his movements there. He had
been working quietly and effectively for a
month, and had learned many things which
seemed to warrant a belief that there was
more in this clew than any other of the hun.
dreds which he had followed fruitlcssly. lie
thought all would have gone well had 1t not
been for the betrayal of his presence by
Catholic priest whom he consulted. He
hopes to give the clew his attention again
when be eau work without suspicion of his
object.
The balcony of the Harvard college boat.
house on the Charles River at Cambridge gave
way Saturday under a crowd of students and
others who were there to witness the scratch
races Of the college crews, and fell with a
crash upon another crowd gathered on plat
form or piazza below, injuring several per-
sons seriously and many others slightly. The
lower platform gave way under the pressure,
aud many persons were precipitated into the
water, but all escaped
Lizzie Belle Stevens of Livermore Me,
aged 49, was SO frightened at finding snake
in a box Of shavings, that she has since died.
After lying in delirium for ten weeks, raw
ing about the snake most Of the time, typhoid
fever set in. The snake was put in the box
by smart youth, ito scare the girls"
Grace church, New York, was the scene
of p most impressive ceremony last Saturday
in the conservation of Dr. Henry c. Potter AZ
assistant bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
church for the diocese Of New York. The
venerable Presiding Bishop Smith OF Ken
lucky, assisted by Bishop Clark, performed
the rite of conservation. Forty bishops and
about COO clergymen were present.
/ Thomas Burke, confined in Essex Market
prison, New York, made a desperate attempt
at suicide last Saturday. Keeper Brady, hear
ing screams from his cell, entered it to learn
the cause, when Burke slipped out and rsn
up stairs to the third tier of cells, slammnR
the tier gate behind him. Before Brady cou d
secure assistance TO force the gate, Burke had
thrown himself head foremost to the stone
floor of the corridor 80 feet below. Brady r6n
down stairs, expecting to fud the mangled
and lifeless body of his charge, but instead
found Burke fighting fercely with two keep
ers, who entered the hall just as he made his
leap and who say that Burke's life was saved
by an iron brace extending from the balcony
to the wall on the second tier, against which
he struck in his descent. He sustained a
compound fracture of the spine and is now
in hospital.
One of the most brutal wife murders on
record took place in Brooklyn Tuesday night.
Thomas Young, the brutal criminal, was once
a clerk in the internal revenue Office and mar
ried a widow with one child. He took to
drink after marriage, lost his place, and drove
his wife out OF his home, with another child
of his own. She went home to her mother.
He pursued her there and requested an inter
view alone The wife knowing TOO we'll his
brutal nature said "You have often threat
ened to kill me, you have pistol in your
pocket. You want to shoot me why don't
you shoot me here where we can both be
seen if you want to murder me- as know
you do Denying his intention with hi S
lips, he drew his revolver, chased his wife
into another room and fired. His wife called
murder" from a window, and made this
statement, corroborated by her mother, in
full expectation of death, although Young on
his knees implored her to say that the revolv-
er went of by accident. Mrs. Young died
Wednesday morning, and Young claims, as
his wife said he would, that the shot was &C.
cidental.
The steamer Rio Janeiro sailed from San
Francisco for Hong Kong Wednesday with
about 1000 Cinnamon who take with them
about $500 Over 500 of them have been
provided with return certificates.
The Excelsior squib factory was blown
up at Kingston, Pa, Tuesday, and ei ght chi
dren from II to 10 years old were blown up
with it. Three were so badly burned that
they have died Two were burned to a crisp
and will die. Three were seriously burned
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and was blown into a creek. She is badly in,
jured but will recover No one yet knows
the exact cause of the explosion, but it is be
lieyed that a spark from a stove set fire to q
key Of powder.
"A law and order league has been formed
at st Louis with an emergency fund OF $4,000
The annual assessment of the league is S25
The object of the league is to secure a good
local government, fight corruption and pc.
litical rings and especially the gambling ring
james Gilmore, who burned the Bridge
water Mass workhouse some months ago
was sentenced at Plymouth on Wednesday Il
20 years in the state prison.
"A horrible crime is reported from New
Philadelphia, o. Albert Frizer, young far
mer murdered his wife and three children
and then killed himself. Frizer has been il
for some time past, and dependency and
fear of the future are supposed to have led tC
the act
The steamship Heimdal, which arrived al
New York on Monday brought cabin and
305 steerage passengers. On Sunday evening
fire was discovered in her lower hold, anC
steam was turned on to keep down the fire
The cause and extent of the damage had moi
been ascertained when she reached her wharf
The DasgenOerg and bappapa Wera all safalx