Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-11-20
CRIME.

JonN Mccoy was sentenced at Rus
sellville, Ark. to be hanged for the
murder of an old man twelve years ago.
ON charge of obtaining 1890 shares
of stock under false pretenses, 0. ID.
Crocker, president of the Copper King
Mining company, was bound over to
the court at Cleveland, Ohio, Thurs
day.
FRRD TOWNSEND, aged 13, killed Viii
lie McCallister, aged 5, at Troy, N. V,
by burying him up to the neck ill a
ban of soft white clay, where the
child fingered 90 hours before death re-
lieved him.
On Saturday afternoon, at Tanning,
Texas, lad of 13 years, named Valen-
tine Sanford, killed his mother with u
rifle. He confesses having intended to
murder his father, sell the plantation,
and organize band of stage robbers.
AT Creston, Iowa, Thursday, Mrs.
Nellie Lang shot Mrs. f. w. Morse and
her sister, Mrs. Susan Gray, the latter
probably fatally. The Lang woman
asserts that her victims had made Grim
inal charges against her
DR. j. T.. TAYLOR and Alfred Van
Metre were arrested at Richmond, Ind. ),
Thursday night charge with producing
IA miscarriage on Mrs Burwell. young
woman, whose husl>nnd resides at
Ilnesvilie, Ohio. The mother of Mrs.
Burwell brings the complaint.
WHILE attempting to dispose of dia-
mond earrings worth 81 800 in st.
Louis Pawnshop Sunday night, Charles
Hines, aged 30, was arrested and a lot
of valuable jewelry was found in his
possession. The property was stolen
Saturday from woman residing in
Kansas City.
ALvA l.. POUND, the detective who
shot Gntlin for robbing the state
treasury of Nebraska, was sentenced to
the penitentiary for two years. Cover
nor Dawes at once reprieved the prison.
or for twenty days, in order to make
out an unconditional pardon.
AT Cold Springs, Indiana, Joseph
Chanch killed his nephew, Charles
Cadle. The men had long had quar-
rel over matter of So They met Sat
urday in the road, aud the quarrel was
renewed. Cadle shot three times at his
uncle with revolver. The last shot
stuck in the neck, lnflicting flesh
wound. Chance then returned the fire
with a shot gun, taking deliberate aim,
shooting Cadle in the head, scattering
his brains for rods around, and killing
him instantly.
In August, 1884, Joseph Dyer, aged
20, of Cape Elizabeth, Me, was thrown
from wagon and killed, the remains
being inferred a few days later. Re
Gently the parents received word that
their dead son was alive aud well. They
resolved to exhume the coffin, which
was done, and removed it to tho family
residence. Az the lid was about to be
removed the supposed dead man walked
into the house. Ii is surmised that
medical students dug up the body,
found that life was not extinct, and
treated Dyer until he recovered.
JAMES YOUNG, u convict in Joliet
prison. appeared before Judge kellum
in thu Circuit Court at Sycams, ILL.,,
Tuesday morning, and confessed to the
murder of Hiram Allen at Sandwich,
on the night of February IA, 1880. Six
men were arrested at the time for the
murder. William Thomas being con-
teict, 4 on the evidence of woman de-
ctive, and sentenced TO II years in the
peniteRtiary, where he still is, but he
has always protested his innocence.
The confessed murderer, Young, was
entirely sclf-possessed IN court, and
assured the Judge that he was fully
aware of the penalty that may be meted
out TO him. Young was remanded that
an examination may be made as to his
sanity.