McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-10
'~ CRIME.

James William, alias O'Brien, con-
fined in the county jail In Ottumwa,
Iowa. escaped on the I'd by shooting dead
| the turnkey. rs .a-
Louis Griffin, B prominent farmer
| near Salem, Ohio, had quarrel with bis
| 17-year old son, and followed him into a
| piece Of woods near their home. Soon after
shot was heard, and young Griffin
| emerged from the woods with the informa-
ton that his father had killed himself.
Three of the Southern Pacific tram
robbers and murderers are in custody Silver
City, Ara. The first one was caught at Las
Vegas. He Is = negro and confessed. The
| two others were taken at Eagle, n. H.. :,
| and the fourth is expectedIto be taken soon.
Judge Krekel, Of the United States
court at Kansas City, on the End, announced
his decision on the question OF the right of
| the federal government to the custody Of
Frank James on charge Of the Mussei
Shoals robbery, Ia Alabama, the court or
| derihg the prisoner remanded to his bonds
men for the Blue Cut robbery, holding that
| the state tribunal, first gaining possession,
| is consequently entitled to his custody I'M
| til the case is dispooed Of. This leaves
James atliberty on bond.
A dispatch from Hillsboro to the as
soclated press says: "There is still great
excitement here over the verdict In the
Bond case. Tonight meeting, with MIR.
Glenn, prominent miller, as leader, was
held and resolutions adopted that If any of
the defendants are in town tomorrow
morning public meeting will be called and
they notified to leave Immediately. a
movement was made to hang the jury in
effgy in front Of the court house, but the
idea was finally abandoned. The sheriff is
very nervous in regard to the situation.
James 3. Graves was,hanged at New
ark on the Sd. he WAS carried TO the
seaffold. Graves was recluse and IS
years of age. IL the house where he lived
was family named Soden, which included
| a boy named Eddie. Graves was annoyed
by the boys, and among them Eddie Soden,
and on the night Of December 20, 1850, he
crept UP behind Eddie, while the latter was
lighting lamp, and shot him dead. ...
Thomas Coffee, one of the men &C
cused Of robbing grave at Sycamore, H.,
and selling the body to medical college,
made confession that he and his compan-
ions were regularly engaged in the traffic,
and that the body of the lady resurrected at
Sycamore was sold to the college of physi-
clans and surgeons at Chicago, and implica-
ted DR.. Hoadley, of that college, in the
transaction.
Palmer Rector, colored, was hanged
on the 4th at Baton Rouge for the murder of
Duncan Williams, December, 1882. On the
scaffold Rector addressed the people, and
warned all to avoid whisky; which had
brought him to the gallows.
James L. Rollins and 4. j. Rogers,
conductors of the Pennsylvania railway, and
VIM. B. Petit, Pullman palace car con-
ductor, have been arrested upon charges OF
embezzIing tickets and money Of that COM
pany.
q, Another Pullman car conductor,
named G. W. Foster, has been arrested at
Philadelphia charged with embezzling tick
els belonging to the Pennsylvania company.
He confessed that he failed to cancel certain
tickets. He was held in 81 200 for trial.
Other arrests are expected.
Edward H. Hobbs, clerk for Sperry
& Barnes, New York, who absconded after
embezzling S, 900 belonging to his employ
ers, was arrested in a suit brought against
him by the firm for the recovery of the
money. His bail was fixed at $500.
Jerome B. Cox, who shot and killed