The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-12-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
GRIMES AND CRIMINALS

CRIMES AND CRIMINALS
At 10 o'clock on the morning OF Dec
Ssth, $50 masked men took two prisoners, one
ahalf.brcedI Indian charged, with murder, from
the Jail at Golden, Colorado, and lynched
them.
James F. Edmonds, heretofore high
ly respected citizen of Newton, Mass, on the
Esd day of December, plead guilty to an in
dictment charging him with forging names OF
Lords & Fernold, former partners in business
to notes representing upwards of $4,000 and
has been sentenced to five years aud six
months in The State prison. .... ...
A man at Niagara Falls who had given
his name at the postoftice as DR.. D. A. Skies,
OH the oath off December committed suicide
by throwing himself off the new suspension
bridge. The distance Of the bridge to the
water below is 100 feet. He appeared to be
about 80 years of age. He was fine appear
ing old gentleman and displayed no eccen-
tricity of conduct He was an entire stranger
and may not have given his true name.
Eight roughs boarded the Baltimore &
Ohio train at Camden station, N. j., at Ills
Wednesday night, Dec. "a, just as the train
started. They drove colored man from the
cars and soon afterwards made an attack upon
another colored passenger. He fled to the la
dies car for safety, but was pursued their bv
the roughs, who made an indlscriminate as
Sault with pistols and sticks upon the passen-
gers. colored woman was shot in the neck,
and man was badly cut, and other passen-
gers were badly bruised. 1t was with Difficult
many passengers were prevented from
leaping from the car while it was in rapid mo-
ton.
Ouray and the chiefs selected to 60 to
Washington came to the Los Pinos Agency
Colorado, Dec. % bringing with them only
a part of the prisoners. General Hatch re.
fused to go unless all the prisoners demanded
by the commissioners were surrendered. Ou-
ray asked for further time and few days
were granted to deliver them, rs Clines Ranch
is thirty milesfron the agency on the road to
Alamassa, at which place General Hatch will
wait their coming, Ouray is either playing
double game or is unable to accomplish
what he attempted, The snow is from to
Is feet deep on the range, and the General is
compelled to build sleighs in order to make
is somewhat doubtful and the army may yet
be called upon to settle the Ute question:
A special from the Denver Tribune
from Los Pinos, dated the 25th, represents
that the situation is very serious there. Hatch
was to have started from Los Pinos yesterday
and spend to night at Clines ranch on the
Cimmarron. On the Goth he started from
there to Alamosa, which is the last railroad
station. Hatch has given up all hope of Sc
curing the Indians, and as his departure is
tantamount to declaration of war, much anx-
iety as felt as to his fate. There are several
hundred braves near Los Pinos, and the whites
all told will not number twenty-five. The
roads are blocked with snow and only pass
able for light buck-boards, and the Indians
have the whites completely trapped. If Hatch
has left without the Indians it is considered
certain that the war will open at once. The
Indians will strike the first blow as they have
everything their own way at present owing to
the removal of the troops to distant points.
A telegram was received in st. Paul
on the morning of Dec. %, by Detective Bris-
settle from Sheriff Town, of Worthington,
Mobiles Co. Mimi, announcing that a travelling
agent stopping at hotel in that place was
robbed of $1,000. He was coming from one
of the out buildings when he was knocked
down by two men and the money taken from
his shirt pocket. After he regained conscious
ness enough to examine into the matter he
said he was short over $4,000 cash. One of
the men was a smooth-faced fellow about six
feet and six inches and having light side
WhiskerS. On the arrival of the Sioux CITY
train Mr.. Brissette was informed by the con-
ductor that the men answering the descrip-
ton were on the train from Worthington, and
that the one with the smooth-face had chang
ed cars at Kasota junction, taking the Winona
and Saint Peter train bound eastward. The
other gentleman got off the train at Mankato,
when nothing more was heard of the parties
Detective Brissette has forwarded all informa-
ton obtained to authorities in these neighbor-
hoods, and it is hoped it will be but short
time before the desparadoes will be brought
before the justice seat.