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Newspaper
Wakarusa Weekly Sun
Location
Wakarusa, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1876
Page
4
Patrick Tooley poured kerosene on his wife after quarrels over her work and she lit a match to escape. Neighbors heard her screams as her dress caught fire, leaving severe burns and death within days. Tooley was committed for trial for murder.
A collage of brief notes from a 19th century page covers varied topics. It mentions blind residents, gambling debates at schools, indictments in Louisville, a New Haven shawl auction, Minnesota liquor taxes, and a court retort about court attendance. It also notes Angora goats in Brunswick, Alabama land purchases, a Springfield Illinois hospital, California wool, Wisconsin breweries, European travel tastes, a famed French racehorse owner, bobwhite quail on an island near Walla Walla, a Massillon coal miner prodigy, a Paris band beggar, and Grant selling a Missouri farm for a race track deal.
Reports state Sam Mosic was arrested for murder charges and may plead self defense. The article adds stray reflections on crime and umbrellas, concluding with news that Con. Empy was acquitted of murderous assault in Leavenworth Kansas months earlier.
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