McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1883-10-25

Ties as Delng an actlve partner In the nrm Q
Fleming & Merriam, whe carried ON bi
swindling scheme largely through the use Q
the United States mail, was held to the fed
eral grand jury at Chicago Monday in bond
9 Of S., 600.
! A. F. Blundel, manager of the Ne
braska telephone company, has absconde,
. from Lincoln with 81, 400, money of tn
company's funds. 1t is supposed he is OIL
his way to England.
| The confession of Melting, arrested
few days before for the murder of AID,
Atkinson, was read to the excited multitude
at Oxford, Ind, Tuesdsy morning. Great
crowds thronged the road to Lafayette tc
meet the sheriff with his prisoner and
lynch the latter, but the sheriff eluded
them. An exciting scene occurred when
Melting was removed from the court room
to the Jail. Spectators rose and were or
dered to sit down by the sheriff. They did
not obey, but moved toward the prisoner
muttering. He was taken out Of the rear
door, which was Immediately locked and
the deputy sheriff announced that ''no man
leaves the court room for five minutes. -
The sheriff placed Melting in the most Sc
cure cell in the Jail and went inside with q
trusty. well-armed force of eight men. That
night mob of seven hundred gathered
about the Jail, but having no leader they
were dispersed. !, s. A.-,tr.. 49,. .-....
Two suspicious strangers giving their
names as James Holmes and William Brack-
etts were arrested at Halifax Wednesday.
In Holiness pockets were two revolvers,
several cartridges, two dozen dynamite
cartridges, copy Of an Irish paper. In
Brackets was loaded revolver and dyna;-
mite cartridges. In their room at the Par
ker house were two valises, one containing
forty pounds of dynamite, the other sixty.
Their object is not known, but it is supposed
they are either dynamite fends or burglars.
1t is said both were at Halifax at the time of
the Fenian scare last spring,
Maria McCabe, an unmarried girl,
was sentenced to be hung at Hamilton, Ont,
for drowning her infant. g. .....
F Particulars have been received of the
suicide of Fred Rupert, prominent young
man of Elkhorn, Wis. 1t seems that some
months ago Rupert had paid some atten-
tons to Miss Montgomery, of that place,
but for time past he had been away from
town and had not seen the lady for few
months, and on his return he found her |
walking with another young man, who had
previously paid her considerable attention. |
Rupert approached the two as they were |
taking quiet walk, and calling Miss Mont
gomery Familiarity by name, said to her,
"What does this mean?'' She replied that |
she supposed she had q right to walk with |
young man if she chose to. Rupert then
asked her if she had anything against him,
when she replied, 'No.' Rupert then re-
peated the question, receiving the same an
swer. He then said, "Good- bye," and
''here goes,'' at the same time placing a
pistol at his temple, firing, and falling life
less at che lady's feet.
Edward Hovey was hanged at New
York on Friday for the murder of his sister,
in-law, Mrs. Fanny Vermilge.
Margaret Harrison (colored) was
hanged at Calhoun, Ca, the same day for
murder. -H -
James Stanley (colored) was hanged
at Columbus, Texas, on the same day for
the murder Of Robert Strickland, white
boy aged is, in November last.
6The federal grand jury at Leaven-
worth on Thursday, found true bill against
D. L. Payne, better known as Oklahoma
Payne, for conspiracy to violate the laws of
the United States. Payne says he desires a
speedy trial, and declares there is
Nd case against him. Everything in the
way of preparation for entering the Indian
territory and marching to Oklahoma had
been heralded in many ways, and that he
invariably notified the United States attor-
ney, and asked him to interfere if he pro-
posed to when they reached the state line,
and not wait until arriving at Oklahoma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Logan, both over sew
snty years old, were attacked at their home,
;welve miles from Shelby, North Carolina,
~ negro burglar Saturday night. Mrs.
Logan was killed and her husband choked
nearly to death. The negro escaped with /
EN- dollers. -
The charge of adultery against Sen
tor Sharon, preferred by Miss sAggie Hill,
claiming to be his wife, came up for hear
ng before Judge Lawler at San Francisco
saturday morning. The defense waived all c
echnicalities to permit the prosecution to I
produce the alleged marriage contract. yThe q
document was not produced nor was exist !
nee of it admitted. Sharon's counsel t
trongly denounced the whole business as b
illainous scheme, the contract as a fraud, O