Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-03-07
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

: CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
EDWARD DALEY. farmer living near
Columbia, Mo-, aged As, and father of a large
family, was shot AID killed by Mrs. Sarah
Pearson, on the night of the 28th ult., at the
residence of the latter in Columbia. Daley
had formerly been visitor at the house, and a
damage suit for So, 600 was a few months ago
Instituted against him by Mrs. Pearson for al
legged assault committed during one of his
visits. Since that time the parties have been
on unfricrdiy terms. On tbe night Of the 2Sth
he visited the house again, Mrs. Pearson being
alone with her children, her husband being
absent in the country. He sought admittance
to the house aid got into the hall ne the
door of her room when she killed him with a
pistol.
NEGRO was hung by an infuriated mob at
Elgin. Texas, on the night Of the 9th ult., for
attempting to commit an outrage on little
school girl.
CHAs. H. CATE probably shot the widow of
NJ. S. sanderson at Lawrence, Mass. on the
2Sth ult., and then killed himself. He left
widow and family in Bost ton.
A BOILER in Banholzer's brewery, St. Paul,
exploded on the 23d inst, wounding eleven
persons, but none fatally Among them we're
five women, who were after malt. The loss is
between S15,CO0 and $4,000.
JOSEPH GooK1N was killed and three others
were seriously injured by the explosion of I,
boiler at Smith & Connne's wharf, Boston, on
the 23d inst.
AFTER months Of tedious investigation the
Louisville City bookkeeper has completed an
itemized statement showing total loss to the
city by the defalcation of Ferguson, late tax
receiver and back tax collector of $147, ,2O2. so,
Little, if any of this amount, will ever be re
covered by the city. Ferguson is still in JAIL
His trial is set for the latter part of March.
The residence of Samuel Bixler, an old
farmer about FIVE miles north of Zoar, Ohio.
was entered at night by two masked burglars,
who OverpOWered Blxer and his daughter and
stole nearly 81 200 i'll gold and silver from
chest in the house.
GILBERT YosT and Bid Houlihan, notori-
ons crooks, were arrested at Chicago, on the
9th, for cracking the 51fe u :4tessfs: Edward
Vail and Sons, jewelers., at La Porte, Ind, on
February 4th. The job was neat one and
property valued at $4,000 was taken, $4,000
of which was in diamonds. One of the cracks
men was recognized as Gil Yost. of Chicago,
of 627 Fulton Street. Yost was identife! by a
man from La Porte. Eight hundred dollars of
the stolen property was recovered upon search
ing his room While the search was being
made, a rap was heard on the door and in
walked "Bid " Houlihan. Yost's "pal.' A lot
Of the property was found on him.
E. j. TERRY, farmer in Chesterfield
County, S. c.: a few days since perpetrated a
horrible crime, his wife being the victim. He
had not been married q year before be fell in
love with another woman, and though his wife
was all that love and devotion could be, be de.
termlned to make himself a free man. AS the
law will not grant a divorce, he purch ased a
box of ''Rough on Rats " mixed it with whisky
and gave his unsupported wife drink at night
and the next morning The neighbors found her
corpse i'll bed and Terry missing. The citi.
zens will swing him as soon as he is caught.
BRIDGET BULLEN, of Port Hope, aged TO-
cut the throat of her husband, aged 80, and sci
fire to the dwelling. She was arrested.
SUITS have been commenced and attach
ments issued against the Augustinian Society
a Roman Catholic organization of Lawrence
Mass, for the recovery of moneys deposited
with it, it having failed for half million. I,
is another Archbishop Purcell affair.
MICHAEL HOLMES, bricklayer and Patrick G
Johnston, machinlst, had quarrel in Low
groggery at Milwaukee on the night of thu
25tb. Johnston drew razor and literally dis
| emboweled Holmes. The cash made by tn,
| razor was fully fifteen inches long.
SEvENTY-F1vE convicts, who were employed
| by J. H. Cant in work on the levees nea
Helena, Ark, rushed on their guards, killet
| Mr.. Cant and escaped.
FOUR masked men entered the house of Por
| ter Brown, near Trenton, Mich, gagged hi
wife and himself and got away with So, 400.
HE suspension of Hatch & Peters of th
| Stock Exchange. New York, is announced. l
! Is SAID that the suspension was on account O
the defalcation of their cashier, Geo. W
| Tompkins, who embezzled and gambled ava
between $4,000 and 100000 of the firm
| FUNDS. The firm recovered about SIG, 900 from
the gamblers.
GRAFT, one of the Ashland KY, murderers
has been found guilty and sentenced to b
hanged on the 25th of May. He protests hi
| innocence.
HE Philadelphia council reports that tn
city lost S167, ,696 during four years, by mis-
| management of the gas trustees.
Two well-known Chicago thieves, Eddi
Preston and Jack Flaherty went to Jolie
and robbed a store there of $500
| worth of silks and checked the trunk contain
| ing the goods for Chicago. The baggagema
in handling them, felt the bolts of silk jolt an
supposed they were dead bodies. He tele
i graphed to Chicago and on their. arrival ther
the thieves were arrested and returned
Joliet.
The convicts in Jefferson City, Mo. penite1
Itiary, mutinied on the 23d inst, and set fire t
the workshops. The nlutineers were wit
i difficulty overcome, but the fire did great dan
age. 1t completely destroyed Stauss & Co..
harness shop and collar and whip factor,
Their loss Is 100000. Geisick & Co.'s Boz
and Shoe Company lose 5000; the Myse1
burg Shoe Company, 100000; the State Wea1
ing and State Machine Shop, $100, 900; the E,
celsor Loom Factory, $20,0O0. The total los
with the damage tosthe minor. state building
will be $500, 1000. x-''n - n~s"st@'-.ss* -
AN East Tawas, Mich, dispatch of the %
inst, says: An. Argument arose between tM
teamsters at Browns Camp as to who haule
the heaviest load oflogs one having 2, 800 fe!
of logs and the other 2,70O feet. The dispui
resulted IN favor of the smaller load, and, !,
night when most Of the men had retired II
victor Was seated beside q stove. head bowe
down, the other man came IN and with or
blow of an axe completely severed the hes
from tho body Of the victor, and while Il
head laid upon the nbor, the mouth and ey.
opened and closed. once or twice. The cry {
murder was giyen;r and sixty men hurried
arose from bed, saW the fearful deed, an
without further ceremony took alog chain an
hung the muir derer to the first, tree, and vi
not allow him to be taken1 down until the 4
rival of the sheriff. It was reported to.ds
that number OF men, from an adjoining cam
came to cutthe BODY down, which resulted
a riot and seven men were killed"
RED1MoND, teller of the Dominion Banl
Toronto, is missing and his cash accounts ii
$500 short. He had been dealing in stock
Mrs. PAPR1cK CASEY, living five miles mort
Of Rosemont. Mimi, cut the throat of he
child. aged four years. and then Der owl