Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-10-05

four postal robbers who have sysemat-
ically plundered Philadelphia mer-
chants.
HUNDREDS of dollars worth Of goods
stolen from the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy freight cars, were found on the
premises of Edward Tracy, at Gales
burg, Ill.
EDWIN K. Ross, aged p, clerk in a
New York upholstery house, is under
arrest charged with embezzling sc, 900
by means of false entries
DR. FL. c.. BEALE, of San Francisco, is
charged by his landlady with having
murdered forty newborn babies in ten
or thrown into the bay. The Doctor is
held in $1,000 bail.
GEORGE IRVING, q negro, has been ar
having committed a number of burg
laries. His house was searched by Of
fcers, who found thousands of dollars
worth Of stolen property.
A LoNG-TERM convict has Just con-
tessed the murder of w. Cavagnati, a
famous lawyer and assistant crown
prosecutor in Bologna, who disappeared
mysteriously in July, 1872.
COUNT TRENT, who comes from the
noble Dutch family of Won Ba-nsgelds,
has been arrested at London for swim
ding and assaulting young women
whom he had agreed to prepare for the
stage.
THE dead body Of a woman of the
town was found in a sand-pit, near
Charlottenburg, Germany. The woman
had been strangled and then mut1lated
in the same manner as the victims of
"Jack the Ripper"
A GANG of robbers captured the rail
way station at konokoyo, on the Volt
kodastio Railway, Russia, and having
overpowered the officials, after a great
struggle, robbed the railway cashier of
5000 roubles. The cashier and other
officials were badly wounded and the
cashier has since died.
A LARGE number Of muskets and
quantity of ammunition of German
make were found on the battlefield at
Dogba, the scene of the recent en-
counter between the French column
and the forces of the King Of Dahomey.
The cartridges fell into the hands of
the French after the defeat of the
natives and bear the imprint "Cassell
1874"
In honor of the birth of his daughter
Emperor William will pardon all female
prisons serving terms for first ofenses
committed while in distress or In fits Of
anger.
ADvICEs from Mozambique, South
Africa, state that launch containing
party of eight Englishmen and Ger
mans, who were proceeding up the Mo-
ma River on an exploring and trading
expedition, was capsized while cross
ing bar, and only one of the party was
saved.
EMIL WIECHAND, cashier of a Breslau
bank, has absconded with $4,000 marks.
THE fund for the relief of the distress
ed people of Hamburg now amounts to
$3.50, 900.
THE trial at London of the six men
charged with conspiracy to defraud by
means of bogus literary and art socie
ties, has ended in the conviction of the
accused. The court sentenced w. [.
Morgan TO eight years, j. s. Tompkins
to five years, Sir Gilbert Campbell to
eighteen months, w. n. Steadman to
fifteen months, D. w. Tolme to six
months, and G. w. Clarke to four
months Imprisonment. Sir Gilbert
Campbell is the third baronet of the
line.
NEAR Greenville, Ill.,, the west-bound
express dashed into handcar on which
were six section men. Three of the
men were instantly killed and the 9TH
ers seriously injured.
CAPT. HOLMES end crew have been
rescued from the wrecked Wetmore, off
Marshfeld, Ore, after being on her ten
days. The men were almost dead from
exposure and hunger. The steamer will
undoubtedly be a total wreck.