Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-11-24
A Band Of Crooks,

Two sharpers at Little Rock succeeded in pass
ing upon the banks there two checks, one for
300 the other for $500, forged on Mr. Kline, of
the hide anI fur firm of Kline & Miller, of Chi
cago. An attempt to pass another forgery led
to their detection, when one of the pair, "Jake''
Lobe, was captured, The other, "Jake" Ma
thans, escaped.
A commercial traveller named Stephen 8.
Bradwcll was arrested in New York city IN the
18th inst, charged With forging and uttering
notes of the denomination of $25 to the amount
Of S25,000 on the Spanish bank of Havana,
Cuba.
A thief named John Belgian was arrested at
Chicago on the 18th inst, for stealing satchel
containing a watch and chain, clothing and
notes valued at 81, 900 belonging to J. J. Hall,
Of Kansas City, Mo. He confessed the deed
and also volunteered the admission that on the
9th he took from tho Northwestern depot a
satchel belonging to Mr.. Varce, of Wcstfeld, N.
Y, containing notes valued at $4,000 and nine
shares of 500 each in the Omaha City railway.
The property was found buried in an empty lot
where Belgian had hurled it.
Ex-Sherlff William P. Wallace, of Cincinnati
has been indicted for embezz]ing $4,000 while
in Office three years ago. Wallace is now in GUS
tody.
Robt. Samuel BowdeD, alias Samuel NcCar-
den an absconding bankrupt charged with de-
frauding his creditors to the extent of $5O, 1000,
was arrested at New York, on the 10Th inst., on
board the steamship Anchoria, just arrived from
Glasgow.
The official report OF the investigation COM
mittec, which has been examining the accounts
places tho total amount OF the defalcation at
$89,2A.
MOrtuary.
Governor James D. Williams. of Indiana,
died about noon on the Goth inst, at his home
in Indianapolis, of al acute disease from which
he suffered much for period of fifteen years.
The deceased gentlemaE-who had lie lived till
January Is next, would have been 73 years of
age-was an active politician since 1S43. He
was elected several times to the lower branch
of the legislature of his state, and in 1858 to
the senate. He was elected to congress in 1874
and governor of Indiana in 1876. BY his death
Lieut.. Gov. Gray becomes governor till the
first Tuesday of January next, when he will be
succeeded by Govcrnor-elect Porter.
Sir Alexander Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice
of the Queens bench, died suddenly on the
night of the 20th. of heart disease.
Field Marshal General Sir Charles York, con-
stable of the Tower, died at London on the Goth,
aged 80. He served with distinction on tie pc
ninsula and at Waterloo.
DR.. Thomas Wood, q prominent Cincinnati
physician, died on the 21st from the effects of
blood poisoning, caused by attending with
chapped hands the wounded at recent railroad
ton road.
John H. Harper, a prominent republican of
Indiana, fell dead of heart disease in business
Office at South Bend on the 10th.
Brlgadier General Jacob Zeiler, of the Marine
Corps. died at Washington on the 18th inst.
Judge Samuel Cowles, of San Francisco, CAL,
q prominent lawyer of the Pacific coast, died on
the 18th inst.
The Rev. Fielding Ewing, Presbyterian
clergyman of Decatur, ILL.,, and Samuel Martin,
a prominent business man of Dubuque, passed
away on the 18th.
John Lee Chapman, formerly Mayor of Balti.
more, Nd, died suddenly on the 18th inst
aged 70.
Dudley McClain, an honored citizen of Urbana,
ILL.,. expired in street car on the 18th.
Hon. Peter Seinn, an attorney and railway
capitalist of Cincinnati, is dead.
Rev. James B. Darlington, D. D., died at the
residence of his son in st. Louis, Mo-, on the
18th inst. Deceased had been in tho ministry
5O years, and quarter OF century ago was
wright.
s. A. Osmer, supreme treasurer of the knights
OF Honor, died at James town, N. Y, on the 17tf
inst. Subordinate lodges throughout the United
States have been instructed to hold further re-
mttances until the successor of the deceased
has been named.
Charles F. Ottignon, famous as teacher O1
gymnastics, died in New York on Sunday the
| 18th inst. .-%-@-@
Clem. Canana, a negro, passed away at Gull
ford, Va, at the age of 121. .o.. ..t'|
Henry Morrael, q wealthy Californian, II
| years old, was found dead in bed at the St
Cloud hotel, Philadelphia, on the 10TH inst. Pa
| pers found among his effects show that bel has