The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-04-21
NEWS OF THE WEER.
CRIMES ANp CRIMINALS

CRIMES ASD CRIMINALS
An incendiary fire IN Winona, April
49, was discovered in time to prevent serious
dsmage. l...~
The examination of the Whitaker case
at West Point SO far does not sustain the allie
cation of self mutiation.
Charles Heist indicted for murder at,
Lancaster, O., pleaded guilty to man-slaugh-
ter. April il, and was sentenced to the penl-
Tertiary for 20 years.
On the night of April is, at Montrose,
Pa, Fred Warner shot and instantly killed
Mason Wilson, both respectable young mar
ried men. Warner said he had very good
reason.
The jury in the ease of Joseph L
Katovesky who shot Augusta Simon who
would not marry him at St. Louis, Mo-, April
i5, brought in a verdict OF murder IN the hrst
degree. .a. ..s
Mr.. Jones large cattle drover from
\ Colorado, at sedalia, Mo- April IL was
overpowered by four men and robbed OF
$500 and certificate Of deposit on the Drev-
ers bank of Chicago for Sl,9s6.
David Lewith, of Chicago, jew, hav-
ing made collections for several firms for
which he has rendered no account, and COM
mitted forgeries. has disappeared. He has
daughter in Australia whittier it is supposed
he has gone.
, John Driscoll of Moulden, Mass. was
arrested April II, on the charge of numbering
the 4.year old glsl of John Crittendon,a neigh
Dor. The body of the child was found this
morning near the railroad track, and it Is
thought, was placed their by Driscoll.
It is reported that if Balbo and Cox
sentenced in New York City to be hung for
murder on the 18th of May, are executed they
will be the first executed in that city since
April 1876-more than four years-yet during
that time there has seldom been fewer than
from six to fifteen murderers in the Tombs
In the case of Dr.. Gaerson, of Phila-
delphia, Pa, being held for trial on charge. OF
poisoning his wife, who recently died, the
chemist has not yet completed an analysis of
the wife's mother, who died short time be-
fore his wife, DR.. F. Haines, who visited the
woman once during her sickness, and gave a
certificate of death from disease OF the kid
neys has been held as accessory. ...
F. r. Adams, county judge of Faulk-
ner county. Arkansas editor of the Currency
has been arrested for stealing $4,000 from the
sheriff's Office at Conway. The sheriff locked
his Office and started for dinner. Meeting
some taxpayers he returned and found the
door unlocked, the safe open, and money on
Adams person. Adams tried to buy silence.
but failed Hitherto he has been well es.
teemed. ....-. ...-.
Judge Streetor, of the Superior Court
at San Francisco, April II, rendered decis-
ion on Kearney's appeal, confirming the iudg-
ment of the lower court. The San Francisco
counsel for Kearney announce that they will
Apply to the supreme court for writ of hab-
cas- corpus, as the only recourse left them
The supreme court is now sitting at Los An
geles, and some time will necessarily elapse
before any action can be taken. On applica-
ton the court ordered remittur forth
with which would land kearney in the house
of correction directly. He was not present
when the judgment of the court was rendered
and it is rumored that anticipating the decis
ion, and the pending application for habeas,
he has absented himself from the city.
. Some time ago man obtained the
numbers of some United State bonds held by
an acquaintance, and to raise money on them
concocted a story to the effect that the legal
owner was dead, and previous to his death he
gave his bonds to his brother, who embarked
for Europe On board vessel which went
down with all on board. This story the man
related to the treasury Office, where he ap.
peared with letters of administration, ana the
bonds were therefore duplicated, reissued and
at once redeemed. Now the original bonds
have been presented for redemption, and an
investigation showed the presumed admins
traitor to be an impostor, the signatures on
his papers forgeries and that the bonds had
never been on shipboard, having been held by
an old gentleman who did not need the mon
ev and hence refrained from presenting them
for redemption. The bonds will have to be
redeemed again, and the trearury department
is in doubt if a special appropriation will not
be needed. IS.