The Globe-republican., 1890-01-08
CRIME.

Jan. la-Several persons killed at Cimarron,
Kan, in j fight over the county-seat question.
Jan isaIhree men NM hanged Tor T murder BY
brothers at Bclar, Mo-, attempted to elope with
two daughters Of Henry Thomas, when the
| latter shot and killed the young men and one of
the girls, and was soon after lynched by q mob
IA widow and her four small children near
Brookield, Mo, murdered by her cousin.
Jan. 29-John M. Clayton, recent Republican
candidate and contestant for Congress in Sec
| ond Arkansas district, aSsassinated at Plum
mcrville.
Feb. 16-Joseph Chemeleck Chenille Mimi,
killed his sister-in-lay and her two daughters
and then fatally shot himself. =: Frank L. Sill
vers, Tecumseh, Mich, shot and killed his wife
and two daughters and then himself
Feb. 2O-Joseph Brogan, Upson, Wis, q
his two little boys and then slew himself with
Mar Michael Pebbles, wife and two chill
dren murdered while in bed near Paducah, Ky:
Mar. ls-Capt. F. w. Dawson, editor Of
Charleston IS. c. News and Courier, shot and
killed by DR.. T. b. Mellow.
Mar. 15-Samuel Rumble, Italian Canyon, New,
shot and killed his father-in-law, his wife, his
brotherin-law and then himself; family troubl Q
Mar. 27-Nicholas Mead, hotel waiter in Bos
ton, shot Mrs. Samuel Tuck and her boy, and
then killed himself.
Apr. 27-Nine men killed in fight between
cowboys and settlers in Oklahoma.
May "a man named Welwick, Blair, La,
shot his wife and two children set fire to his
residence and then shot himself.
May 1S-Three officers killed in riotous dis
turbance at the polls in Forest City, Ark.
May 2-The body OF DR.. p. H. Cronin, who
had mysteriousiy disappeared over two weeks
before. found in a catchbasin in Chicago, the
man having been brutaily murdered.
June "A I. Rogers and wife, Topeka, Kan,
fatally shot by q burglar.
July s-R. u. johnson, Palouse City, W. T.,
killed his wife. SON and daughter, and then him
self, because, as he stated in q note, he did not
want to live in this sinful world. Charles
Blacknar, Blackmar, Mich, while drunk IA
tally shot his aged mother and her grandson,
then fatally wounded himself.
July l2-August Rosenberg. Somerville, Mass,
murdered his wife and two children.
July 2l-Hiram Hoadley, Jr., Edgertcn, O.,
killed his wife, her father and himself; domes-
Aug 5-Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect,
arrived at Chicago from Winnipeg in charge of
Aug 14~ExJudge David S. Terry shot and
killed by Deputy U. S. Marshal David Maggie at
Lathrop, Cal.
Aug es-Stage attacked by highwayman be-
tween Gosebic and Bessemer, Mich, and two
passengers fatally shot. Four men killed and
many others wounded in riot at Jardineville,
Ark.
Sept. 3O-A. c. Poole editor of the Nemon
O.a) News. and Sheriff Lee c. McAlpin fought
o duel in which both were killed
Oct. 2l-Frank j. Bowman, prominent lawyer,
shot and killed at Ferguson, Mo-, by B. NJ.
Chambers.
Nov S-The murdered Dr. Croniu's clothes,
and case Of instruments found in Chicago
catch basin -. An old quarrel between Colonel
A. N. Swope and Colonel W. c. Goodloe terrni-
mated in a desperate encounter at Lexington,
KY, in which the former was stabbed to death
and the latter fatally shot.
Nov. l6-Prosecution in Cronin case, Chicago,
rested its case and the defense opened.
Nov. sS.-Defense in Cronin case, Chicago,
rested their case
Nov. Greco. Ciough Rockland, Ne, shot a
woman and her niece and then took his own
life; jealousy.
Nov. Estates Attorney Longenecker be-
gan the opening address in the Cronin case,
Chicago
Dec. casper Cl;psey ST. Louis, fatally shot
John Arson and his two daughters because his
attentions upon one Of the girls had been forbid
den.
Dec. iSCronin murder case, Chicago, given
to the jury.
Dec. l6-After seventy hours deliberation Jury
in Cronin murder case, Chicago. brought in YER
dict sentencing Burke. O'Sullivan and Coughlin
to Imprisonment for life, Kunze for three years
and acQuitting Beggs.
Dec. &s-Charles Shelar, Niles. o., killed his
wife and three children and then himself;
domestic troubles