The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-17

CHICAGO, Oct. 1I.-FIOrencc IL Pctcls s,
cashier for Lyon & Healy, dealers in mu
steal Instruments, was arrested last night
after making a confession that he had
used $12, 900 of the firm money and lost
il at faro.
New York. Oct 1t.-Jack Mulyey
alias James CLARK. II notorious counter
feiter, while arrested offered the officer
$50 for his freedom. The bribe failing,
he pleaded guilty and asked to be giyen
ten years right away. Mulvey escaped
from the officers in 1879 by leaping out
Of third story window.
John Irving and John Walsh, widely
known as burglars, shot and killed each
other in Shang Drapers saloon, 4GG Sixth
avenue. early yesterday morning. They
had bitter quarrel, and it is said that
six weeks ago they met in another saloon
and drew pistols on each other. but were
! separated.
PRINCETON, n J., Oct. IT There was
a serious row here last night between the
students and town people. 4 crowd was
| listening to the singing OF u patent medi-
|
man. The students and citizens became
engaged in free fight in which the stu
dents were worstpd. A freshman named
| McLareI ran into church for safety
and was thrown down into a pew and
had his collar bone dislocated The
students finally got to the campus and
order was restored. The students declare
that they will renew the fight tonight
CHICAGO, Oct II. -Henskel, the young
student who is under indictment at Syra-
cuse, N Y, for body snatching, was ar
rested here last night and taken east il
charge of detectives.
LITTLE Rock. Oct 1r-Wyatt Ames
who killed Sanders Blount, while resistin!
arrest on Saturday was caught last night
and IN attempting to escape was riddleC
with bullets.
LINCOLN, H., Oct. 17.-The body 0
Fora Burns who has been employed as
domestic here was found in lane on tn
outskirts of the city Monday. He
throat had been cut from ear to ear an
her forehead crushed in. A reward G
4 %ItUUO 10 Ny Ibl
arrest of her murderer, but no clue as ye
has been discovered.
GLENDTvE, Mont, October 17.-Sheri
Taylor Monday endeavored to quiet thre
drunken COW boys, when he was set upo
and beaten In the melee Clayton VIII
comb, an Englishmau about to locat
here, was killed. A freight conductC
was also shot in the ankle. One COW be
was captured and lodged in Jail but I'll
other two escaped.
SALT LAKE, Oct IA letter was re
ccived by Acting Gov. Thomas of Utal
. today, from Senator Iugalls, of Kansa
making an appeal in behalf of John Mu
ply, who was lynched by vigilantes
r Park City, Utah. several weeks ago. I'll
Senator says: Murphy was former re
ident OF this country in Kansas, a GOO
: neighbor, and he appeals to the Governt
to offer a reward for the apprehensions
the vigilantes. There are no funds
the command of the Governor for til
purpose. The sympathy of the peop
in which lynchiug was done is with Wig
lantes, and the Grand Jury failed to i
dict any of them, although Murphy's ca
was brought before them This is
case in which the vigilantes compelled
railroad conductor to take train at mi
night and carry them from Park City
Coalville, where they took Murphy fro
jail, conveyed him back to Park City al
hung him to telegraph pole for the mt
der of miner named Brannen.