The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-10-08
CrIlllcb.

Crimes.
The crooked whisky cases in st. Louis
Of Mcdonald. Joyce Fitzroy, Bevis, Avery and
Ulricl, Lave been continued on the ground
the defense was not ready for trial, owing to
the absence of important witnesses. At the
same time Judge Miller ordered bench war
rants to issue to hold them to answer any in
dictment which n ay be found against them, a,
the next term Of cou.t, and bail fixed at So. .0OO
each.
One hundred persons are Eow in confine-
ment at Fort Smith for crimes committed il,
the Indian Territory. They are nearly all
whites and negroes, less than ten per cent.
being Of Indian or mixed blood. 1t is estimat-
ed there are 1000 white men in the Chickasaw
nation, alone, in violation Of the Indian inter-
course law, most Of them members of organ
lied bands of criminals, with regular routes OF
operation and rendezvous extending into Kan
sas, Texas and Missouri.
Five incendiary fires were started in La
fsyette, Ind, on the night Of the goth, four Of
which were put out before doing much dam
age, but the fifth destroyed $4,000 worth OF
machinery and stock Of a planning mill and
lumber yard.
Judge Johnson Of Montreal, Canada, has given
his Judgment dismissiDg the motion Of the In
stltute Canadicnne against the cemetery St.
Sulpiice, to show cause why it should not pay
fine Of 81, 600 for the non-burial Of Ginbords 8
remains, each party to pay their own costs.
Mr. $. Woods, recently prominent business
man OF Greenfield, Ind, and president Of the
Greenfield manufacturing company, commit
TED suicide Mt indianapolis OH the a0th ult.
Financial trouble the cause. Mr.. Woods held
lille insurance policies for $4,000. In several
notes found in his room, he stated he had
forged the Eames OF his father and father in.
law on notes held by the Citizens National
Bank Of this city for 81 900, and the First M.
tional Bank Of Cambridge fer $4,000
+. II. Jones, conductor, and NJ. j. Ber-
ry, engineer OF the train on the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railroad, which ran over and
Killed N. Houghton, the Goth Of September
last, within the city limits Of Chicago, have
been held in 5000 each tor criminal prosecu-
ton, in that the train was running faster than
allowed by the city ordinances.
Mr.. y. Simmons, well known in North
ern Minnesota, was shot through the arm at
Bismarck, Saturday the 2d, by Cherokee Liz,
halt. breed male outcast, who has been ly-
ing abont thu hay and other camps, cooking,
etc. The cause Of the shooting was Simmons
interfering to prevent her stealing from a
neighboring claim
The Late trial for murder, at Newport, R.
| OF Robert l.. Casey, who killed his wife and
then attempted sui ide, shows that the mur-
der was committed through jealousy, yet that
lie had long known OF his wite's infidelity and
condoned it in consideration OF money raid
him by James Haskins, her para1nour
At Battle Creek, Michigan, on the 1st
inst, bert Molyneaux, an Irishman of good
character, interfered in saloon row to pro-
tect an old man, and was fatally stabbed by
Emery Nye, notorious rufiian OF that place.
Molyneaux was about 50 years OLD, had been
in the county Is or Is years, and leaves wife
and five young children, residing in Johns
town, Garry county.
The police force Of New York are trying to
break up the unlicensed liquor saloons Of New
York; bv arresting sixty to eighty Of the
keepers every evening and locking them up
every night. The justices discharge them in
the morning but the police rearrest them in
the evening"
Negroes have Threatened to burn Friar's
Point, Miss. Several whites from there have
. arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, asking to1
arms and assistance. A good many men have
just left for there and many more are ready to
go if needed. Serious trouble is threatened
Brown, the colored Sheriff, who is a can
didate for reelection this fall, was in Men,
phis lew days ago and there purchased a
considerable quantity of ammunition, which
he took to Friar's Point and distributed among
his friends. On Saturday night the 2nd inst
q Dcmocra ic-Con5ervativs convention was
held there and a Conservative ticket nomi-
mated i'll opposition to the one headed
by Brown. Senator Alcorn being present was
called upon for 4 speech, to which he respond
ed, and in the course of his speech he CRITICS.
ed Browns official career in severe manner.
Brown, who Was present, became
much excited and demanded the privilege OF
replying, but Judge Rey, chairman, fearing
boodshed, adjourned the meeting. Brown
then announced that he would call meeting
Monday night, and it is supposed the troubles
apprehcnded grow out of this meeting.
1t is reported from Concord, N. H., that
man named Drew was arrested at Penn.
broke, October 9TH, for the murder of the gir
named Long made atthat place the 4tl, anc
that mob had bcseiged the station house a
Suncook, where he was confined. The head O
the murdered girl was found aboct ten yard:
distant from where the body was found.
Casualties.
Nine negroes living near the mouth O.
Trinity river, Texas, during the late cyclone
took retnge in tho trees, where eight OF them