Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-05-06
WESTERN.

George e. Graham, the wife MUIR
derer, was taken from the Jail at Springfield,
Mo-, by mob of 500 men, and strung up to a
tree. When the mob unlocked Graham's cell
he greeted them with the remark: @You can
hang me, but by Cd you can't scare me- {"
The whole affair was conducted very quietly.
A freight train on the Missouri Pa
cific Road was wrecked on curve just out
side of Kansas City, on account of the re-
moval of spikes from the rails The engineer
was seriously injured, and the fireman and a
has offered a reward of 81, 500 for the arrest of
the wreckers.
1t is stated that three Chicago rail
roads will within eighteen months expend
$40,0OO, 600 upon extensions
The gross earnings of the Northern
Pacific Company for the month Of March were
1855, 116; the operating expenses s449, OBS, and
the net earnings s4C9,061.
Many survivors of the steamer
Sultana horror held reunion at Toledo, Ohio,
last week Near Memphis, on the morning of
the eth Of April, 1885, the boilers Of the vessel
exploded, and 2, 14l persons persisted
An unparalleled crime is reported
from Seward County, Kansas The wife of a
farmer named Jacob Freimuth was assaulted
and murdered by Fritz Rupin, half-witted
German, who has been for some time enjoy
ing the hospitality of the Freimuths, being
homeless and without friends. During the
absence of Mr.. Freimuth Rupin assaulted his
benefactor's wife, then bound her hand and
foot, and cut her throat from ear to ear. He
then secured an old rusty hoe, and while the
woman was yet writing in the death-struggle
he disembowled her with the blunt instrument
Mrs. Freimuth was enceinte, and when dis
covered the unborn babe lay few feet from
the body of the mother, cut in two When Mr..
Freimuth returned and discovered the mutt
lated body of his wife he became a raving
maniac. A neighbor in that sparsely settled
region who happened to be passing by found
him wild with frenzy, but dared not approach
for fear of his personal safety He rode
rapidly to settlement some eight miles dis
tant and told the terrible tale party was at
once organized and they returned to the scene
of the outrage and found Freimuth welter.ng
I'm his own blood He had killed himself with
shotgun A grave was dug, and the remains
Of the unfortunate people were buried The
posse then secured the country for the muir
derer, and found him in small ravine several
miles from the scene of his crime, near
the Cimarron River A fractions horse
was secured and saddled One end Of
long lariat was fastened around his neck and
the other extremity was attached to the POM
mel of the saddle The horse was then start
ed, and amid the shouting of the men and crack
of revolvers and rifles the frightened animal
tore madly away. After a run of nearly five
miles the beast fell exhausted and the lifcless
body of the murderer was loosened as soon as
the men came up. His head was almost sew
cred from his body. The body was left lying
on the prairie, uncovered
A dispatch from Pantano, Ari., re-
ports that forty Indians attacked Richardson
q Gormley's ranch, twenty miles southwest of
that point, and killed eight persons.
A mad dog at Pullman, Ill, bit sew
eral people before IL was killed A subscrip-
ton was raised and the victims were sent to
Paris for treatment by Pasteur.
In labor dispute at st. Louis John
Gibbons, a striker, assaulted William E
WAhoESy hchD Inc latter tllen ureW MS re-
volver and shot Gibbons dead
The Union Pacific Road will at once
begin the erection of union depot at Omaha,
to cost 100000. A large freight house will
also be built
The explosion of lard tank in the
packing-house Of Tobey q Booth, Chicago,
caused the death of one man and the wound
ing Of two others
George Il. Graham, the Missouri
wife-murderer, was buried in the potter's field
atspringfeld Mrs. Molloy has gone to Boil
var TO attend Cora Lee. who is about to become
mother
All the planning mills at Milwaukee,
save two, shut down in preference to paying
ten hours pay for eight hours work.
A heavy burden of real estate caused
the suspension of the Bank OF Marietta, in
Ohio, with deposits in excess of 100000
At tho Ohio G.. A. r. encampmeni
at Cleveland, Col A. l. Conger, OF Akron, was
elected Department Commander, and Ruther-
ford b. Hayes was chosen delegate to the Ma
tional Convention.