The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-04-21
GRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

| ROMAN NowAK fatally shot his divorced wife
| at Chicago, on the 18th inst. and then killed
himself.
JOHN GREEN shot and killed his uncle John
Winchester, at Jacksonboro. Texas, Oh the 14th
| inst. the result of an old feud. James Wag-
| rick shot and killed Joseph Blackerley, Of tie
same place, III difficulty about some sheep.
CHARLES SMITH, weIi-to-do farmer, living
four miles north OF Earlville, Iowa, went to his
barn on the 18th, where his two sons, aged 10
and II, were engaged at work and killed them
with an axe. Returning to the house with the
| same weapon, he killed his wife as she stood
by the stove preparing breakfast He then at
tempted TO slay Lis two daughters, the only re-
naming members Of his family, but they sue
ceeded IN reaching a neighbor'S house safely
and gave the alarm. When they returned IT
vas round that Smith had killed himself by
cutting his throat with butcher knife. Finan-
clal embarrassment, it is supposed. caused the
dementia which resulted in the bloody work.
Ar Lake City, Col, on the 18th inst, the
jury in the case Of Alfred G.. Packer, charged
with numbering five companions in the San
Juan codatry in 1872, returned a verdict OF
guilty. motion for new trial was made on
the ground that the murder was committed on
an l1dian reservation, and that, therefore, this
court has no jurisdiction. Ii viii be remem-
bered that Packer claimed his comrades died
Of starvation or killed each other in the
delirlum attendant upon the last stages of in
anlti0n and that he was compelled TO eat por-
tons OF Their lemaIhs.
ANDY TAYLOR, one of the notorious Taylors
who captured train on the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad last fall. MIR
dtred sheriff, deputy and liberated their
brother. was caI tured IN Kansas on the 18th
inst. One Of the three brothers was killed
several months ago. There is $4,000 reward
for the other two.
EARLY on the 18th inst. about one hundred
disguised men attacked the Jail at Wythevile,
Va, compelled the sheriff to surrender the
keys. took VIM. NJ. Crockett from his cell and
hanged him. Crockett awaiting trial for
the murder of Joseph II. T. Hurt in Wythe
County. After hanging him the mob riddled
his body with bullets.
The body of Frederick Wagner, a brother Of
the deceased palace-car inventor of that name,
native of New York. and for whom extended
search was made last fan. was found by emil
grants on the 9Th inst, on the bank of a creek
eight miles from Powers Station on the Santa
Fe Railroad. The body was terribly disfigured.
Considerable money was found scattered about
the plain. 4 bullet hole in the back of the
neck proves conclusively that he was murdered
for large amount of money which it was ex-
Pected he carried on his person.
J. F. MCMAHON was shot dead bv his son
William at Jacksonville, Oregon. One woman
the mistress of both. The son discovered
the fathers intimacy and a quarrel followed,
the father beating the son with club and the
latter replying with a revolver.
TWELVE armed tramps captured freight
train on the Chesapeake and Ohio road at
ClymTil. and ordered the conductor to take
them 10 Lexington. The conductor started
the train, having first telegraphed the situa-
ton 10 Mt. Sterling, where the officers arrested
the tramps.
A POSSE led by Deputy United States Mar
shal Holllster, surrounded a party of Texas
horse thieves seven miles south of the state
line below Hunnewell, Kansas, and, demand
ing their surrender, were fired upon. The Off
GERS returned the fire. killing Samuel Ross out
right and wounding James Ross, after which
the father of the boys, old man Ross, surren-
dered. The two prisoners and dead men were
brought to Wilmington, KS. The party con-
sisted of six men, but three of them were out
OF camp and not captured.
SAM LEWIS (colored), murderer of Dink
Weems (colored), was taken from jail at At
lanta. Ca, by mob of seventy five blacks and
six whites and hanged. He confessed.
ALTHOUGH it is now six months since the
death of John Carroll, clerk in the comp
troller's office, New York, it has only been dur
ing the past few days that the discovery has
leen made of very great discrepancies in his
accounts. About $1,000 worth of coupons
which should have been Cancelled and de-
stroyed were accidentally found in CarrolPs
desk. Careful search resulted in tie establish
ment of the fact that ever since tHe change
in authority of the finance department in 1880,
Carroll had been in the habit of secreting coup
OBS given him for cancellation. and had
transferred them to accomphces outside of
the Office, who came and boldly presented
them for payment a second time. The exact
amO1Qt lost to the clty cannot be as VET aScar-
tanned. but it is variously estimated at between
800, 900 and S150,000.
MICHAEL HOFFMAN,, an old bachelor living
a short distance from Hlllsboro, No.. set his
house and barn on fire, and then killed him
self with a Winchester rife. He had no rels-
tives and was considered insane.
WASHINGTON AND HENRY TOBIAS. of New
York. two brothers aged about 80 and 25 years.
are defaulters to the extent of $50. .0OO The
money belonged to their late fathers estate.
1t is thought they may be in Europe.