Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-30
CRIMINAL,

FRANK DEwA1r, the defaultipg president of
the Leadvllle Bank, was arraigned ut Cleveland
Oh the 23d. He was remanded to iail in de-
fault OF $40, 600 bail and will be taken TO Den
yer.
I1LDEN G. ABBOTT, charged with robbing the
WatertOwn, Mass, bank of $4,000. was ar.
rested at Pierce City, No., on the 23d.
DIR. ABRAM D. BABcocK. formerly Of Fond
du Lac. Wis. is ,lndr arrest at Syracuse, N. Y,
charged with criminal malpractice.
W. Fl. LENT, secretary Of the Bodie Mining
Company, WAS found dead in the streets of San
Francisco with bullet through his heart, on
the 23d. ~
ADEr1c1r of $4,000 was discovered in the
finances of the Massachusetts, state prison, on
the 22d.
JOSEPH ALLEN was arrested at Hamilton,
Ont, on the 2Sd, charged with the Crouch mur-
der at Jackson, Mich.
Ex-C11Y TREASURER SMITH, of Bayonne, N.
j., is short in his accounts S41, 600.
IN Allen County, Ky, on the 23d, William
Aussin, in fit OF insanity. brutally murdered
his two young children by roasting them alive.
THOMAS G. BoUGlrroN, prominent citizen Of
Jackson, Mich. is defaulter to the amount of
$l7G0o.
CHAs. FR1KE, all old resident Of Waukesan,
ILL.,, killed his second wife with q club, in qaarrel
over the disposition of some property, on the
22d.
EUGENE BARKER, police officer. was fatally
shot, at Newport, r. l., on the 22d. by VIM.
shay, whom he was trying to arrest for tlisor-
derly conduct.
Two Kentucky desperadoes named Flynn
and Hale, killed each other in an affray at
Irving. KY, on the 22d.
On the 22d, John Coyle expiated the crime
OF murder on the gallows at Gettysburg, Pa.
JAMES NICHOLSON murdered his wife at Bos-
ton on the 22d.
The body OF man who had registered at
New York hotel as Nathan Fish, of Canads.
was found in the river on the 3d. In his
trunk dynamite and explosives were found in
abundance.
DIR. HARRINGTON, who was convicted at Jer-
sey City Of conspiracy to dsfraud the American
Legion Of honor, was sent to prison for two
years, on the 21st.
A. L. SrEARNs, an insane man, aged 50 years,
jumped into the river at GAINESVILLE, Wis.,, on
the 2lst, and was drowned.
WILLIAM LoF FErMAKER brutally murdered
his young wife at Canisto, Minn., on the 21st,
and afterwards suicided. H.
The body of Ensebe Conneu, Frenchmap,
was found hanging to tree near Chippewa
brought in a verdict of suicide.
T. r. PEAKER, q commercial traveller, suicided
at Dallas. Tex, on the Goth.
JOHN G. TE1FoRD, was robbed of ST., 500 on
a train near Poplar Bluff, No., on the 18th,
by e. NJ. Bennett, who has been running as
express messenger on some Western road, but
ls said to be an Eastern crook.
CHAs. SPAULD1Na, under arrest at New Haven.
Conn, on suspicion Of being q jewslly thief,
shot himself five times on the 18th. infiicting
fatal wounds.
THEo. HOFFMAN. who murdered q Jewish
peddler named Zif Marks, was hanged at
White Plains, N. Y, on the 18th.
JOHN BAusE, German, aged IS, was found
dead near Grand Rapids, Wis.,, on the 18th,
with pistol shot in his head. Foul play is
suspected.
+ lore TURNER, negro murderer, sentenced to
be hanged, choked himself to death with a
handkerchief, at Greenville, Ca, on the 18th.
CHARLES JONES threw q small boy into the
river, at Hannibal, No., on the 18th, to have
some fun with him, and when demonstrated
with by James Foreman shot the latter through
the head. Both Foreman and the boy will die
A SERIOUS melee between Hungarian and
Polish steel-workers occurred at Braddock. Pa.
on the night of the 18th. Three were danger
Ously wounded and number hurt.
BuRoLARs blew open the safe of the Fox
River Flour and Paper Company. at Appleton,
on the 10th, and secured 1886 in checks.
KArrERMAN, Reynolds and White, accused Of
the schoultz murder at East Tawas, Mich, on
the 4th inst, are in Jail at that place and have
all confessed.