River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-03-20
Crimes and Criminals.

Mrs. FurlOng, charged with numbering her
grandchild at Winnipeg, was acquitted
Ignatius Harper shot and killed Charles How
ard, at Columbus, Ohio, in an alteration about
the formers intimacy with the latter's wife.
The rooms of Annie E. Snow, at the Wayerly
house, family hotel in Boston, were entered
the 18TH and property aggregating $4,000 in
value stolen.
The Massachusetts prison commissioners
propose putting the old, hardened criminals
by themselves, and making an effort to reform
the younger ones.
Young Cash the South Carolina murderer, is
still at large the posse sent out by the govern
or having failed to find him II is thought
Cash viii now surrender to the county author
tiles, in accordance with the wishes of his
father
Seneca Miller, another of the three men who
threw dynamite cartridge into residence at
Paving. n " was convicted of murder in the
second degree. Mulkins, the third man, then
pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree.
Each was sentenced to life imprisonment
Two men, Classy and Weaver, were arrested
in Chicago for robbing Thomas Powers house
of ST. 600 some weeks ago. Rev Father Corbott
has given up 81, 036, but refuses to say who
gave it to him 1t is supposed this was the
ahare of one of the gang, who confessed the
crime to the priest
At Marcums Mill, Ky, Asa Cantrell was shot
by John Marcum. Cantrell and Marcum had
TN alteration, but were separated by friends
Later Cantrell barred his breast and dared Mar
cum to shoot, which he did, killing him instant
w. Marcum is but seventeen years old. Can
trell was aged forty-five, and was desperate
character.
Col Cash was brought by habeas corpus be-
-, ~, n
on application for discharge The appli-
cation was denied, but the prisoner was admit
ted to bail in $500, to answer the charge OF
being accessory after the fact to the murder of
Richards. The bond was also made a peace
bond, and signed by Cash, John Agnew and
w. J. Debesihl.
Yellow Calf and two of his confederates who
broke into the government store at Crooked
Lake, Man, were arragned at Winnipeg and
pleaded guilty, yellow Calf stated that the In
dams had been starving, needed food, which
was refused by the agent and consequently
helped themselves to the government stores.
They are willing TO make what reparation they
could Sentence SYas reserved, and they were
allowed TO return to the reservation.
1t transpired late last Thursday night that
Frederick ]. DIETRICH, teller in the Laclede
bank of St Louis, is a defaulter to the amount
of about $50, coo. II appears DIETRICH left the
city two weeks ago on leave of absence. Two
or three DAYS later the defalcation was discov-
cred but had been kept quiet until the 18th. The
Jaclede bank will lose nothing, as the Fidelity
and Casualty company are ON his bond for
SEQ. 900, and he had given personal bonds in the
same amount
sensation was produced at Scranton, Pa,
by the suicide of Andrew ], Weaver, a brother
of ex- Congressman Weaver of Iowa At the
breakfast table he manifested snllenness and
ate little and then he assaulted his daughter.
Eventually he produced revolver and threat
ened 60 shoot her She eluded him and he be-
Gan to demolish the furniture. His SOL went
TO the house and pacified him. The father
then lay upon the lounge for half an hour, when
he arose, went into another room and shot him
self