Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-04-18
GRIM ES AND CRIMINALS.

GAhL1 On lne l1In 1nsl.. aOOuC one lunOfeO
disguised men attacked the Jail at Wythevillo,
Va, compelled the sheriff to surrender the
keys, took VIM. NJ. Crockett from bis cell and
hanged him. Crockett was awaiting trial for
the murder Of Joseph II. r. Hurt in Wvthe
County. After banging him the mob riddlcd
his body with bullets.
The body Of Frederick Wagn,-, brother of
the deceased palaoe-car inventor of that name,
native of New York. and for whom extended
search was made last fail, was found by emil
grants on the Sth inst, on the bank of creek
eight miles from Powers Station on the Santa
Fe Railroad. The body was terribly disfg ured
Considerable money was found scattered about
the plain. A bullet hole in the back of the
nj OK proves conclusively that he WAS murdered
for large amount of money which it was tx-
pected he carried on his person.
J. F. MCMAHON was shot dead by his son
William at Jacksonville, Oregon. One woman
was the mistress of both. The son discovered
the father beating the son with club and the
latter replying with a revolver.
TWELVE armed tramps captured a freight
train ON tho Chesapeake and Ohio road at
Olympia, and ordered the conductor to take
them to Lexington. The conductor started
the train, having first telesraphed the situa-
ton to Mt. Sterling, where the officers arrested
tho tramps.
A POSSE led by Deputy United States Mar
shal Holhster. surrounded party Of Texas
horse thieves seven miles south of the state
line, Eelow Hunnewer, Kansas, and, demand
ing their surrender, were fired upon. The Off
GERS returned the fire, killing Samuel Ross out
right and woundlng James Ross, after which
the father Of the boys, old man Ross, surren-
dered. The two prisoners and dead men we're
brought to Wilmington, KS. The party con-
sisted of six men, but three Of them we're out
of camp and not captured.
SAM LEWIS (colored), murderer of Dink
Weems (colored), was taken from Jail at At
lanta. Ga, by mob of seventy five blacks and
six whites and hanged. He confessed.
ALTH UGH it is now six months since the
death of John Carroll. clerk in the comp.
trollel'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 $4,000 worth of coupons
which should have been Cancelled and de-
stroSed were accidentally found in Carrolls
desk. Careful search resulted in the 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
ous given him for cancellation. and had
transl erred them to accomplices outside of
the Office, who came and bnldly presented
them for payment second time. The exact
amount lost to the city cannot be as yet ascer-
tainea. but it is variously estimated at between
800, 600 and $150,0JO.
MICHAEL HOFFMAN,, an old bachelor living
short distance from Hillsboro, No., set his
house and barn on fire, and theu killed HIM
self with Winchester rifle. He had no rela-
tives and was considered insane.
York, two brothers aged about 80 and Is years,
are defaulters to the extent of $50,OO0. The
mouey belonged to their late fathers estate.
Ii is thought they may b. in Europe.
ANsELL. ARNOLD & Co.'s Wholesale -four and
feed store, at Wiliimantic, Conn.,, was entered
on the night of the 9Th inst, and the safe
blown open and robbed of a small amount of
money and between $25,0O0 and S30,O00 in
bonds. The firm afterwards found about $1O,-
600 in notes and other papers in the rubbish on
the floor. The balance Of the bonds, checks
and notes are not negotiable. The actual loss
will be the small amount Of money taken.
FIREMAN YoUNGLovE, treasurer and business
manager of the Cohoes Stra1 Board Co., AL.
bany, N. Y, is defaulter to tile extent of $25,
600.
CHAs. G. JACKSON, James Dever and D. P.
Punear have been indicted by the grand jury
in connection with alleged frauds in the street
department under the late municipal govern.
ment of San Francisco. The allegations are
forgery, perjury, obtaining money under false
preteDses BY system of false warrants and
dummy" pay rolls. The allegations are that
b, ,0O0, 600 year were stolen in this manner.
.ALxANDER WILLIAMS, the colored man ar
rested for assaulting the negro girl, Lena
Moses, at Panther Eurn, place on Deer
Creek, Miss, was taken out by mob and
hanged.