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Show Criminal Calendar. St. Louis, 24. Tbe criminal cuuri tnis afternoon, iseued a bench war rant for the arrest ol A. B. Wakefield on the charge of perjury. Wakefield is head ol tbe so-called gambler' ring here, which has been undergoiot investigation by the grand jury. It i said that Wakefield is out ot town. Chicago, 24. The Tribune' . Dekalb, Ills., special siyc: George Alexander (colored) shot his while : wife here to night with a shotgun, I killing her instantly. Tbey bd lived in Sycamore lately, but this morning she lelt him and he following on the evening train discovered her at the hcuie ol a friend. She was 19, ht 20. The lelt side of her head wa ; entirely blown ofl. j Paducab, Ky., 24. Jerry Ewiug I (colored) was eeizsd by twelve masked men and shot to death last night, after which a bag of snJ being tied to his body he was tbrowu into the Ohio river. Ewirg ravished a 12 year old white child named Fields, by whose brother be was captured, after receiving to gunshot wounds. New York, 25. Two seamen arrived to-day from Rio Jautiro charged with the murder of Captain Bartlett. Reading, Mass, 25. Nathan Pratt, defaulting bank treasurer was held in 880,000 bail. Tunslell's Station, . Va,, 25. Patrick Smith and Julius Ehreetean (negroes) convicted of tbe murder of John C. Lacy (while), on tbe 17tb of Januaiy last, were hanged to-day at New tent court hcuae. Two thousand people were present, including includ-ing a number of colored women. |