Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-03-20
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Judge Nugent was shot and killed in an
Omaha bar room recently
At Des Moines, Iowa, Peter Johnson kill
ed his wife and then himself.
Mrs. HuIIry, a prominent lady of Switzer-
land county, Ind, was drowned in the
flood.
Geo. Best, OF Cincinnati, has been arrested
Tor sending obscene literature through the
mails.
The trial of o. a. Carpenter for the muir
der of Fora Burns has begun at Petersburg,
Ills.
Five Iaborers were injured and one killed
by the fall of coal in the AvOndale, Penn,
shaft.
VIM. Hoagland has been arrested at Lin
coin, Ills, as an accessory in the Mt. Pulas-
XII murder.
Frederick Virks, German living at Lind,
Wis, was murdered and robbed of large
amount of money.
John McGinnis was hanged March 4th at
Philadelphia for the murder of his mother
in-law, Mrs. Mary Reed.
Joseph TiIk, a clerk in New York, in his
fathers store shot himself twice in the
head, because his fathar reprimanded him.
gBurglars robbed Isaac Myers pawn shop
in Boston of forty-eight watches, two hun
dred gold rings and large amount Of other
jewelry.
Henry Lamb was found dead near Can
tonmeRt, Indian Territory, with bullet in
his brain. 1t is thought he was murdered
by Indians.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis and daughter, aged
sixteen, were found suffOcated in bed at
New Haven, having left gas burner turned
halfway on.
At Eagle Chief rancho in the Indian Ter
ritory, Henry Potts was shot and killed by
Ben Franklin. Both men used revo1Vers,
each firing three times.
J. F. Mckinney, an ex-member of Con-
gress from Ohio, and II. Il. Smiley, of Piqua
have been indicted for receiving an unlaw-
full amount of fees in pension cases.
The remains of peddler named Lavene
were found buried in a cabin near Cahokie,
No, and VIM. Brown and wife, colored,
have been arrested for the murder.
Big Horse, a noted Cheyenne Indian
chief, committed suicide recently, and his
two souaWs followed suit soon after.
In a dispute regarding property, Miss
Harriweu fatally stabbed her sister, Mrs.
HUGHES, at Montgomery, Ala. Both are
residents of Coffee county, that State.
A cyclone struck, Sharkville, Miss, and
damaged the State Agricultural college.
Stock suffered greatly and farm implements,
fences and grain were blown away. One
man was wounded.
Pratt, the savings bank treasurer of Read
ing, Mass, has been sentenced to four years
| imprisonment for embezzling the banks
funds. He is seventy-three years old, and
has been in jail five years.
Peter Schmitz, wealthy builder, of Chi
cagO, who recently killed his second wife at
| No. 214 Mohawk street, ended his life in
! jail, by choking himself with three-quar-
ter inch chord, which he held in his hands.
An aged couple at Monroe, Louisiana,
named Rodgers, were murdered by two men
to whom they extended hospitality The
murderers failed to secure the old mans
money, which was concealed in a mattress.
Joseph R. Raycroft, the defauIting treas
urer of Grace Reformed Episcopal church
of Chicago, made his appearance to effect a
settlement. His offer being unsatisfactory
he was handed over for trial as an en-
bezzler.
Andrew J. Weaver, of GreenviIle. Penn
sylvania, drove his daughter from the
house, broke some furniture and then killed
himself with a revolver. On several occa-