The Dickinson press., 1883-07-21
THE CRIMINAL RECORD.


in the interest of his son, in Jail for bigamy.
The latter ran away from his home to seek
his fortune. At Appleton, Wis, he opened
bagnio and married one of the women oc-
cupants. He then went to Green Bay on q
spree and shot man, for which he served
two years in a penitentiary. On his release
he went to Florence and married another
woman of the town, but firing of her he
| went to La Crosse and married third
woman. The father then gave him farm,
but wife No. had him arrested. Wives
No. and will prosecute their husband
jointly. Burt Senior was an officer in the
confederate army, is worth 100000 and
says he will give $lO, 600 to clear his son.
Robert j. Starr of Sioux City, Iowa, shot
John Allen, barber, of Mitchell, OAK,
who recently came from Southern Nebrss-
ka the ball struck him in the left side, be-
tween the fourth and fifth ribs, making
bad wound. The attending physicians say
the ball can't be extracted without sure
death, and as the man can only live q short
time at the most the operations will not be
performed. The parties had been drinkin g
heavily, and Starr fired at Vaneom in his
drunken hilarity.
At Darlington, Wis., Martin and Mcmahon,
the ravshers of Lizzie Paulson, we're taken
before a justice for preliminary examination.
A large crowd was in attendance. The boys
waived an examination and demanded the
amount of ball. at which the court aston
ished the whole community by admitting
the prisoners to bail in the sum of $1,000,
which was promptly furnished by their
fathers, who Immediately took their SONS
vent lynching
Mrs. Emma F. Knight of New York has
brought suit for an absolute divorce from
Horatio w. knight, who was lately treas
urer of the. Williston & Knight company,
of Nos "a and 76 Worth street, who fled to
Europe last March defaulter to the extent
of $75, 600 to 800, 1000. His thefts caused
the failure OF the company and of the firm
in which he vas partner. Knight is in
Paris.
AT Bert Prairie, near arml, ILL.,, a fatal
ARRAY occurred batween Douglass Gowdy
and his sisters husband, Buck Williams,
the result of a old family feud. Gowdy
went to Williams residence armed with q
knife and cut Williams several times. The
latter ran but was followed. He then drew
his own knife and stabbed Gowdy to the
heart. Gowdy dropped dead.
Ida Boynton fourteen year old school
girl of respectable parents, recently eloped
from Norwalk, Ohio, with Charles Sbendon,
travelling congh-cure man of about fifty
years of age. The parents of the girl lost
track of the guilty pair until telegram
was received from the runaway girl at De-
troit. She had been wronged, and deserted
with out cent of money.
Joseph Steinhart, aged nineteen, shot his
sixteen-ye old wife on the 10Th inst, while
she and another girl were walking on
Thirty fourth street, New York, with two
men. He then shot himself. They had
been married one yeaa. Jealously was the
cause
DR.. Fletcher, negro herb doctor living
near Paducah, KY, stabbed with butcher
knile and killed his wife and mother-in- law
in the woods, and then made his escape by
fight. His children gave the alarm.
Two thugs attempted to hold up James
Murnane, i'll Duluth, who had $4Oo on his
person. One of the robbers hit Murnane
with a club, but be drove them off with his
revolver.
Last evening Ed. v. Mundy, of George G.
Greenwood & Co., Duluth. discovered that
thieves had entered his residence and stolen
$500 worth of jewelry. No clew to the
thieves.
Mrs. Allen Crittenden, beautiful and
accomplished woman of Chicago, who is
said to have ensnared and bled numerous
wealthy citizens, has been arrested for lar
ceny.
Robert Potee, weli-known gambler of
Kansas City, having recently lost $4,000
and been driven ont of business, drowned
himself in the Miss0l1r
At Taylor's, Miss, Jesse Sisk shot dead
g. W. Mitchell, city marshall. Reports say
it was justihable act.