Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-03-03
Deeds ut Blood.

The Louisiana board OF pardons has re-
fused to yield to the petition of 26 1856 citi-
zens to release Ford and Murphy the muir
derers Of Capt. Murphy. The governor will
now be forced to fix the date for their exc
cutiOn.
R. j. Fitzgibbon, stenographer in the
courts at Macon, Ga. Killed himself with a
revolver, because Of financial embarrass-
ment, leaving a wife and two children des-
titute.
Theodore P. Rich, of New York state, ar
rived in st. Paul on the 9th and learned
that his wife was living with one A. S. Gale.
Rich sought an interview with her at the
Astoria House. The meeting resulted in
Rich shooting his wife dead and he then
committed suicide with the same revolver.
Robinson Kemp was sentenced at Fort
Smith, Ark, on the 9th, to be hanged Fri
day, Aprl. %, for the murder of Henry
Rich in May 1884. On the same day sew
en- other condemned Indian Territory muir
derers will be hanged.
Gotlieb Lentz, of Philadelphia, crazed by
drink, cut his wife's throat and then blew
out his brains, on the 2Sth
A double tragedy occurred on the 2Sth,
twenty miles west of Cameron, Tex Con-
stable T. G. Norman was searching for
Walter Lane, charged with cattle stealing.
Lane unexpectedly rode up, and both men
fired at the same instantan both fell dead.
Andrew Green (colored) was hanged at
New Orleans on the 26th, for the murder OF
George Jones.
John Moran was found dead in deserted
building in New York, on the 26th Investi
cation developed the fact that Moran was
shot while attempting to burglarize the store
of Fred. Thomsuhn.
In murderers' row, in the TOmbs, New
York, on the Goth, Charles Paulin, who
killed his wife in a sailors boarding house,
in November last, cut his throat with a
pen-knife. He was dead when found.
Robert Crockett, formerly lieutenant in
Missouri regiment, volunteer, and for a
long time q resident of the town, was as
sassinated atPierce City, Mo-, on the night
of the 25th, while on his way home not
over $50 yards from the courthouse. The
murdered man was beaten to death by a
blunt instrument in the hands Of someone
unknown.
Wiebern Wartena was hanged, on the
26th at Rensselaer,. Ind, for the murder,
in 1884, Of John Dreger, neighbor.
At Dennison, Tex, on the night of the
oath, 0. NJ Kimms found a burglar in his
room and attempted to capture him. In
the struggle the intruder fred on Kinms,
inficting wound from which he died in 8
few minutes. The murderer escaped.
DR.. A. B. Keith was fatally shot at st.
Louis on the 25th, by DR.. Edward II.
Coats. Both men are dentists. The MUIR
dered man was 65 years old.
During q row at a dance at Coral, Mich,
on the night of the 22d, a revolver in the
hands OF Dan. Loaney discharged, the
bullet inficting fatal wound in the breast
OF James Maloney, g disinterested party.
James Winters, well-known young man
OF Reading, Pa, committed suicide on the
night of the 22d by inhaling illuminating
gas through rubber tube.
Frank Smith, convict in the peniter-
tiary at Saltwater, Mimi, got ugly on the
23d and smashed things with sledge ham
mer. He was taken to the dungeon, but es-
capped before the door was closed and start.
ed for Deputy Warden Reed, who shot him
dead