The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-04
CRIMINAL.

WITH fence rail for a weapon. Will
IAN Blair snufed out Samuel Casten
near Morning Sun, Ia, on the 9th.
AT Magnolia, KY, on the 9th, B. J.
Beavers, business man, fatally shot a
desperate named James Shipp.
THOMAS CALLAHAN attempted to res
cue drunken companion from a police
man in Boston on the 9th, and was
shot dead.
AT Jerseyville, Ill, on the 9th, Fritz
Schultz fatally shot his wife and killed
Dimself.
The jewelry store OF Michaels Bros,
Brooklyn, was burglarized on the night
of the 26th to the extent of $4,000.
The body of Sam Hayes, cashier OF
the Greenwood Coal Company, was
found on the 10Th, near Chattanooga
Tenn, on the railroad track, with two
holes in the head. The fact that the
clothing had been rifed gives ground
for a strong suspicion that Hayes was
| murdered.
GEO. WEsTFALL, a painter, was shot
at Nevada, Mo, on the morning of the
26th, by Ed. Requa, wealthy farmer.
The cause is a mystery.
Four negro prisoners, charged with
rape and murder, were taken from the
| jail at Brook Haven, Miss, on the night
| of the 24th, by mob, and hanged.
| This makes six hangings in that county
in the past eighteen monGhs.
J. A. Nolan, farmer living near
Cooperville, Mich, on the 25th, was
murdered by an unknown tramp.
BARNEY COLLINS, a farm laborer,
living near Whitewater, Wis, made a
probably successful attempt to SUBTLE
| off this mortal coil on the 25th.
AT Cleveland, on the 24th, Darwin
\. Gardner shot and badly wounded
his wife in the temple and then fatally
shot himself.
Ar Tuscaloosa. Ala, a negro named
Short, who assaulted a well-known la
dy, was captured on the oath by a
posse Of indignant citizens and riddled
| with bullets.
MARY WENsTEIN, a Jewish widow of
high social standing at st. Louis, died
on the oath from a dose of morphine
taken with suicidal intent.
AT Ottawa, Kas., on the oath, Carrie
and Bessie Waterman, aged 2 and Il re-
| spectiyely, deliberately murdered a
half-brother, aged 6 years, by putting q
rope about his neck and dragging and
| beating him to death. The rope nearly
severed the head from the body of the
boy. The girls said they hated him and
| wanted him dead.
Mrs. PHILLIP Fritz committed sui
eide at Belleville, Wis, on the 9th.
Two bodies, labeled Horse Thieves, "
were found hanging to tree near Vir-
| ginia City, ont, on the morning OF
| the oath. This makes a string of thir-
| ty-seven lynchings this season at the
hands of the vigilantes.
The house of a wealthy farmer named
VIM. Jelloway, near Brownstown, O..
was during his absence on the 22d
entered by burglars, who took $4,000
in bonds, $500 in currency and a lot ot
valuable deeds and documents.
! JOSEPH SARvER, aged 1S, who mur.
dered his father in cold blood, veal
ago, was hanged at Indiana, Pa, on the
| 23d.
JIM BosEY, prominent sporting
character, threw himself from a third.
story window of Cincinnati hotel. On
the 23d, and was fatally injured.
MICHAEL MURRAY, who murdered
John Hancuf, year ago, was hanged
at Evansburg, Pa, on the Odd
HENRY \. DUNLAP formerly of San
canon County, Ill, was assassinated by
an unknown person near his home al
Beaver Point, Ark, on the 23d.
OyERwoRK caused L. J. Brown. {
prominent dry goods merchant o
Fitchburg, Mass, to cut his throat, OF
the 23d.
MAJ. IRWIN HENRY was shot dead a