The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-02-25
NEWS OF THE E
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS

I'D. ~ HAND
Louis Marlburg, aged 38, of the firm
of Marlburg Bros. tobacco manufactury Balti
more Md, killed himself Feb. II.
J.J. Oreilly, a well-known physician Of
Louisville, KY, cut his throat in Dallas, Tex,
as. Feb. II. Protracted dissipation the
cause. , r-.--,a s@
On the morning Of Feb. 81, at Patter-
aon, N. Y, Harriet Aink, a widow aged thirty
was found in her room, murdered, outraged
and robbed of her gold watch and a sum o.
money.
At St. Louis. Feb. II. William Hartley
for the murder Of Martin Wylie, near Mexico
Mo-, in January, 1879, was found guilty o.
murder in the second degree by the jury and
was sentenced to sixty-one years in the peni
Tertiary. T. . -. -..-. "
Reverend Edward Cowley, manager Of
the Shepherds Fold In New York city, on tria,
for the past eight days on the charge of starry
ing and cruelty treating children, was on Feb
Is, convicted. Cowley wept bitterly upon the
announcement Of the verdict of the jury. He
was remanded to the Tombs and will be sen
fenced Saturday.
Two dodgers in a boarding house in
Boston, Mass, had been found to be missing
eight days, when, on Feb. 81, the door to theil
room was entered, and one OF them founo
dead with a bul1ec hole in his head. The sup
position is that he was killed in a quarrel by
his companion. Burglars tools were found in
the room, and also precious stones stolen from
ajewelry store.
A dispatch, Feb. II, to the Renters
Telegram company from st. Petersburg says
that there has been an abortive attempt made
to the imperial family by exploding a mine IL
the winter palace. Five soldiers were killed
and thirty. five wounded. A later dispatch
from st. Petersburg reports that the mine wa:
laid under the guard room of the winter pal
ace, which is Immediately under the dining
hall. Owing to accidental delay, the imperia
family had not entered the latter at the usua
time. The explosion made a whole in the
floor of the dining hall ten feet long and sly
wide.
A dispatch from Paris says Of the lates
attempt upon the life of the car the palace
officials are evidently affiliated with the nihil
lists, for it is affirmed the car daily found 6
black-edged letter on his table, threatening h
should never see the twenty-ffth an
niversary of his ASCENSION to the throne
unless he abolished his despotic system o
government. Though the officials were con
t~inually changed the letter was always fou ne
Several high officials have been placed unde1
surveillance. 1t is rumored that a lady of higl
rank has been arrested in st. Petersburg or
suspicion of being connected with the Winter
Palace conipiracy. 1t is also said the car and
czarowitch had a long interview Feb. 81.
Reports of the czar's prospective abdication
are pronounced false
A daring highway robbery was com
mitted on the afternoon of Feb. IS, on Mair
street, in Louisville, Kentucky. Jas Thomp-
SOD, of the Pickett warehouse, drew from the
Second National Bank $4,000, placed the mon
ey in his coat pocket and started for the ware
house. When at the corner of Seventh and
Main streets, two men who followed him, jos
tied against him in a rough manner. he
turned round to see what was the matter
when one of the men turned round and start
ed rapidly up the street. Thompson seized
hold of the other man, who protested he was
gentleman, and when Thompson released
his hold upon him, he also ran of. Thomp
son then discovered the package of $4,000 was
missing. At this hour of the day Main street
is crowded, and it is strange that the parties
escaped SO easily.