The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-04-12
CRIMINAL

MASKED men entered the residence of John
smith, near Rising Sun, Ind, on the night of
the 9th. After beating him terribly and
torturlng him with fire in order to make him
disclose the whereabouts of his money tbev
ton.
AT Harrlsvilie, Alcona County. Mich. on tba
oth, three masked robbers entered the house Of
Carl Schultz, killed the son. beat the father
LiH!neI tH;. anu uauShter INTO state of insensl-
oillty and secured $4,000 in German gold.
ID. L. WADswoRTH, of Ishpeming. Mich was
arrested on the 9Th inst, for embezzling s13
700 from the Cleveland Iron Company.
BAILEY HARRISON, bond eIerE AZ Ior5o,,
Ont, absconded to the United States On tba
s,h, with $4,000. 0-- 'ne
HOWARD c. TRIP, A yelI-knowp moot o,s
magazine writer Of Iowa. was shot and tinea
oy some unknown person at Lamars, on the
LORENZO DIMICK, a prominent BnffaIo ,,,-
surance agent was arrested on the 4th. charged
VITO diVertIng large amount of insura9ce
funds " -1' III Hhce
HENRY RosE, colored murderer. was legally
strangled at Osceola, Ark, on the morning Of
the 4th S VI
WM- A. HILL; ex-chief clerk of the comz-
troliers office. Newark, \. ] YVES sentenced
en- Ihe 4tb, to twelve years imprisonment for
emeezzlement '0i
Miss JOHNSON, a 16-year r-old girl. was rnur-
Y. on the 4th ~
GEo. W. SIEBER, who, while treasurer of ST
o'alf County, III. in 1880, embezzled public
funds to the amount of =, 600 and disapneares
was captured on the Sd. in Texas. vhere he wa 3
tenalng Oar under the name of G. Weiners.
JOHN and George Stephenson, murderers
were executed at Regina. Northwest Territory
on the morning of the 81 inst.
MAJ {. Il. THURMAND. prominent member
OF the Shreveport, La. Cotton Exchange. cono-
mltted suicide by shooting, on the Sd. He Vaa
financially embarra ssed.
PErER FIGSE fred the lookup at WateryilIe
Ne, on the I'd inst. and perished in the
flames. IA VIC
GEORGE JONES, c0lored boy, was hanged at
flttsnqrg, Pa. on the Sd, for murder COM
mltted one year ago.
JOHN W GIBSON, a young rough. deliberate
kinsyile, ky.. ON the ID.
A HORRIBLE murder at Cedar C-ocI, f,n,,o-
County. W. Va, came to light on the 1st
Jane Thomson, with the assistance of t,so o4bar
women, killed Mrs. Eliza Richardson wifi, ll-0r =
Of a chicken.
AT Cincinnati on the 1st. Noah Lightfoot
leoiofed), durlog quarrel with Hugh Toomey.
struck hlm on the head with a shovel. from the
effects Of which he died. Lightfoot was ar
rested. "
IHE safe in the county treasurer's office #
uTeensburg. Pa, IVES blown open by burglars.
on The lst, and between $500 and $500 in cash
and number Of valuable papers stolen.
CAPT THos. MCCoRT, Toledo tugman. COM
mltted suicide on account OF iI-health on the
1sf. " '--o
FRANK ELLIOTT, colored, who committed an
assault upon young woman in York County.
~ T., on the 1st, was hanged by mob. An
other mob at Dallas, \. c.. hanged Edwin Me-
Guilough. also colored. for the murder of
Thomas Wilson.
ON the lst inst. Joseph Wlsluzie. promi-
nent tailor of San Francisco. in fit of INSANITY
cut ihe throat of his cousin, John Wisluzie.
and then cut his oxn.
EDWARD J. BENNETT, the Milwaukee fire.
bug, was sentenced, on the 31st, to six wears in
the state prison at Waupun.
-Four gamblers named Mills, Raver. Williams
and Davis got into row over cards at la
Porte, Pa, on the 31st- Shots flew thick and
fast, and when outsiders entered the room the
four men were found dead or diving.