Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-13
CRIME


TRAIS robbers fired on a train near En-
field Sle, but the engineer started the
train and pulled it ont before any booty
was secured.
JoHS SPELMAN. son Of the Peoria
brewer, is again under arrest for stealing
vaIise.
A Bosroy scho5lyoy set fire to the
sehooIhouseio see the scholars and engines
hustle
PHLIp BAKER convicted i'm a New o..
leans court 81 the murder If Mrs Nelson,
has been sentenced 70 hang.
The three marderers. Smiiar, SiJcum
and Wood, whose appeal. to the supreme
court of New York against eIecrocutlou
failed, were re.-eutenced Tuesday, 20 be
executed during thg week beginning
July6
JAMES ToLEr -ho, and killed his broth.
er Edward at Grand Bank, n e., because
the latter was too familiar VITA his wife.
While trying 90 STEAD horses, three
men, one named Grpen5 way and the
others unknown, We're hot dead oy Shaw
nee Indian. in the Indian Territory
HEZEEiAH CLAGGEr a Washington
b30kSeeper, committed suicide 20 the
Mount Vernon H9te. Tuesday by leaving
the gas turned ON when he retired
PETER CEDAR. living six miles from
Genoa, Neb, shot his Jluehter-In-law. in
Hictiug PROBABLY fatal injuries and then
committed suicide LY taking poison,
PATRICK Burns, a drunken hore'hoer,
hanged himself Tuesday morning in cell
%, .,.|t. Ia nd
been arrested the night before for threaten
ing to shoot his wife.
Dick CLARK and Charles Grow Of sam
mer count Tennessee, qparreed about a
e girl. Reviewers we've drawn and Clark
was killed.
EVAN f SHELLEY wa. hanged Jy a mob
at WicEltfe Ky, sunday night for %
murder committed hye years ago.
CHARLES SEIDEu was convicted at
Grand Rapids, Mich. of having three
wives and sentenced to state prison for
three years.
prR1Ne quarrel at Knoxville, Tenn.
between John and Jim Richards ami Dave
Farmer, the latter was struck behind the
ear with a large ciuder and instantly Kill.
ed
Two indictments for forgery have been
returned against Emory H. Merriam a
well known Asleyilte n. @. lawyer. Drink
brought him 10 his present condition he
is a brother Of the chief justice of the
state supreme court
SENATORS CAMPBELL and Allen engag-
ed In a fist light on the door Of the Illinois
senate Wednesday, but were soon
separated rs friends and 5tterwarJ apollo
gi1td
JUpGE T n. EDWARDS district attor-
uev 10 Carson. New, ComMljted suicide by
shooting himself He mad been suffering
from nervous pro,tratlon,
A STONE was brown Uy SOME person us-
known into a window of a sleeper on the
west.bauud overland flyer near sao,ton,
Ntb. Saturday night, and little could ot
T. A. Holmes, Of Chicago was fatally M
lcra6.
=. Ar Williamsburg, Nv Sidney Lewis.
SON ct Judge Lewis of Harlan couuty has
been sentenced % the paniteu,luy for
life for the murder of his father IN Feb
ruayy last,
JAS MIrcuEII went ID the home Of
Martin Iown,eui &c Mount ern5n. Ind.
and attempted to sill bim les shooting
when the ttrr got his ride and shot him,
killing MIN instantly. Townsend is Sut-
farlnE from Mitchell shot
AN odd man named paiiip Pew3n
sleeping in the house 2t John Olson at
Sacramento. was murdered ana .ne mousse
y, % are Olson, wna Is wei so, was
In San Francisco. and ii is aeaeJel that
tire uurtrtr was after his money.