The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-06-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS

! KANSAS STATE NEWS
The Coroner's jury in the Kreigsr
poisoning case found that Mrs. Krimes.
widow of the man who died very suddenly
at the residence OF NrS. Isabel Martin, in
Emporis, came to her death by means Of
strychnine, administered with poisonous in.
tent by Mrs. Martin, for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning the insurance In the sum of s. 600,
the premium being made payable to E. d.
4osley, son Of Mrs.. Martin, by whom the
daughter Of the murdered woman was 80.
duced. All the circumstances surrounding
the case point very strongly to the guilt Of
the accused parties.
The suit of the United States VI. the
Pacific Express Company, al Topeka, was
submitted to the jury few days ago, and q
verdict was returned In favor Of the United
States for so, 900 with interest. This YER
dict IL . vindication Of Maj. Broadhead,
United States Paymaster, the money sued
for being money claimed to have been taken
: rom his safe while in custody Of the express
company's messenger and sfter It had been
rcceipted for 10 good order. The defense
was either that the money had not been put
In the safe or that It had been removed be-
fore it came into possession of the company'a
servants. This case has excited great inter-
est, and the verdict of the jury leaves the
mystery still unsolved as to who robbed the
safe. Skillful detectives employed by the
express company have been at work on il
for long time, without success. It Is be-
lieved, however, that the thieves will be soon
apprehended.
The Postmaster-G General has issued an
order establishing a free delivery service for
Atchison, beginning July 1.
There was an expensive fire In the
village of Americas, Lyon County, the 9TH
er night. The flames originated in frame
building occupied by McCauly Bros. & Co..
and destroyed all the houses between 1t and
the stone store house of Russler q Lowery.
The loss is estimated at $60, 900, and there
was little or no insurance. Suspicious cir
cumstances point to incendiarism.
Charles Hunter, who owns q bottle
beer and soda water establishment in North
Topeka, attempted to end his life the other
morning by taking poison. The dose, how
ever, was too large to produce instant
death, and with the aid of stomach pump
was extracted. Hunter was arrested about
four months ago for defrauding the revenue,
and since that time has been Respondent.
An engineer corps of the Union Pacif-
10 Railway is surveying the route of the road
through Lawrence, locating the grand new
depot and the new iron bridge across the
Kansas River. The bridge is promised to
be ready for carrying passengers to and from
the heart Of the city to Bismarck Grove dur.
ing the Western National Fair.
Four colored cowboys recently en-.
tered the store Of R. s. Davis, in Atchison,
and requested to be shown revolvers, chose
four British bulldogs and had them loaded
by the clerk, when the quartet leveled their
arms and held the man in anxiety. Slowly
retreating, each gained the door, giving .
o farewell shot, and escaped.
Three tramps recently stole boat at
Wamego and started down the river. They
arrived at Topeka the other evening and
were met by Marshal Pearson, Of that city,
and Officer Curren, the bridge policeman.
Curren ordered them to stop, but they
pulled all the faster, and finally landed on
the south bank and made their escape into
the woods. The boat drifted down
the river and was lost. Marshal Pearson
offers $25 reward for the arrest of the men
and reasonable sum for the return of the
boat.
Leavenworth claims to have increased
nearly three thousand in population during
the past year.
Ten Indians of the Kickapoo tribe, liv-
ing ON . reservation in Atchison County,
were naturalized by the Federal Court at
Topeka the other day.
While a number of prisoners were
placing heavy stone on cart in the State
Penitentiary, the other day. several who
were holding the tongue Of the cart down
suddenly let 60 to obey an order of the
guard, and Edward Belmont, aconvict, who
still retained his hold, was thrown twenty
feet into the air by the tongue as. it went up.
He fell on his head, breaking his neck. He
was serving out q ten years. sentence for
highway robbery. 80
Two hundred miles of railroad were
built in Kansas last year.
High schools over all the State are
having commencement exercises.
DR.. Anna Warren, of Emporia, is said
to have practice from which she realizes
5000 year.
A fight occurred at Paw Paw Junction
at o'clock the other morning between q
Mr.. Bondsmen and John Vanwyck, who at
tempted to jump the town leaving debts for
many hundred dollars, during which Bonds
men struck Vanwyck on the head with a
hickory club, frscturing his skull. His in
juries are severe and may end fatally. The
parties are under arrest.
The recent convention of the Neosho
Valley Editorial Association proved pleasant
and profitable to the craft.
A bloated body recently found float
ing in the river has been identified as that of
Hiram Sweet, the Atchison jeweler.
A great amount of cheese and butter