The National tribune., 1889-12-05
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.


Eleven tramps broke Jail Mt New Cas-
| tie, Del, by tunneling, making 30 who have
escaped in that manner within a month.
-George Reih1, aged Is years, of Detroit, Ii
under arrest Mt Buffalo, N. Y, for bigamy.-
The citizens of Lynn have petitoned the City
Council TO prohibit In future permits for any
telephone or electric light wires unless placed
underground aud to compel high buildings to
have fre-proof attachments.-Afe Ud between
the Pistole and Montague families of Texar-
kama, Ark, began over the runaway match
between younger members of the families, and
ended in the death of the elder Montague.
john Tugar struck his I5.year.old son, at
Celna, o., crushing his skull, and then threw
the body into large bonfire. In the morning he
shot himself, butno mortally, aud whom found
lying by tho fire confessed his crIme.---Tho
Chinese laundries of New York, Brooklyn
and Jersey City perfected arrangements for
their trust" which will be known as
the "Zoon Gwan Yc Shon Hong."-
| FIRE swept over two acres aud n half Of the
business part Of Boston, destroying many hand
some modern buildings. The burned district
Is the one visited by tho great fire Of 1872.
| The loss Is estimated nj from $i00O,000 TO &c.
000000, and 10 Is feared that several lives were
lost.-The supply of natural gas In Indian
| apolis has been greatly diminished by the cold
weather, and fires ran very low In factories and
| dwellings depending on tho piped fuel.--Geo
| New York armed with an az, and carrying a
| dirtpan as a shield. lie mnrderously assaulted
| two Italians. and was fclled with a stone while
attacking woman aud her baby.-The de-
| ioctives claim to have information that the
| robbery OF $4,000 from tho Hurley tWis.)
| Bank WA the result of conspiracy Of
| eight months standing. Michael Kennedy,
q Syracuse tN. VI salt boiler brutality murder.
| Oh his wife after drunken spree in which
| both Joined. --- Robert Alien eolorcd, aud
| George DILL white escaped from the Dover
| tDoj jail. by the use of duplicate keys--
| Frcdeficksen, the Chicago land swindler. was
| formerly prominent Danish politician and
| political economist. Ho was concerned In a
| big mercantile crash in Denmark a fow years
ago and fed 10 AmeFiea.--Fiye hundred
women In the poorer quarters Of Madrid, Spain,
mobbcd and nearly killed "a man supposed to
| DO Jack tho Ripper who was being taken To
court for aIraignmeDt on charge OF murder
similar 10 those In Whtechapel, London
| Tho body Of John Charma, Hungarian, was
| found hanging by tho neck 10 bedpost in his
| shanty near poltstowp, Pa, and as he was u
paraiytic and unable TO use his hands, foul play
| Ia suspected Two arrests have been made
| Frank Fitzpatrick, of New Brighton. Pa,
| swallowed dose Of laudanum in restaurant
and after being pumped out by physicians
went 10 the residence of his sweetheart, whcro
| he swallowed another dose, but was again saved
| from death. -Two thousand eats were turned
| loose from kibos Iheater, New York, each
/ tagged with an announcement Of fOrthcom-
| Jug Christmas pantomimc.--1hTcep persons in-
| volVed in the murder Of Sheriff Cross and four
| deputies In No Mans Land in tho Fall Of 1856
were arrested by United States Marshal Sill,
Of Denver.