Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-01-11
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Mary Isabella Martin, who was tried
in the District Court in Lyon County in No.
vember for murder by the poisoning of Mrs.
LOrain NJ. Kuger, and who had been feign-
ing insanity since the verdict of guilty was
rendered against her, was pronounced sane
by competent board of physicians, and
was the other day, sentenced by Judge Graves
to be hanged, after one years confinement
at hard labor in the Penitentiary. The tests
of the physicians who conducted the exam
ination were said 10 be such as to leave no
possible doubt of her sanity. The crime was
committed for the purpose of obtaining
So, 900 insurance upon the life of the de-
ceased woman, a policy having been taken
out few weeks previous to her death and
made payable to the son of Mrs. Martin, who
was still in jlil.
At the meeting of the State Teachers
Association held at Topeka a few days
ago the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, F. A. Fitzpat-
rick, of Leavenworth; Vice-President,
Prof. John Wherrel, of Paola; Recording
Secretary, Prof. D. c. Luntz, of Manhat-
tap; Corresponding Secretary, Prof. L.
Lightfoot, of Mulvane; Treasurer, Superin-
tendent H. F. Ellis, of Ottawa; Executive
Committee, Hon. II. C. Speer, of Topeka;
Prof. B. S. HutchinS, of BelOit, and Prof.
A. V. Jewett, of Abilene. Topeka was Sc
| lected as the place of meeting next year,
and December 26, p and % as the time.
One of the coolest robberies that has
taken place in Wyandotte for some time
past, occurred few days ago at a clothing
house. A man deliberately walked up to
one of the dummies that stood outside OF
the door, and taking off of it an SIS over
coat, put it on his own person and walked
| off. Word was Immediately sent to the
police headquarters opposite, and an Off Ger
| went in pursuit, but such good use had the
thief made of his legs that he was nearly in
| to Missouri before the officer got fairly
started.
A fire broke out in the billiard hall of
! W. Hoover, at Ellis, the other night, and il
with three other buildings were completely
consumed All were frame buildings. Il
was supposed to have been set on fire.
company of local capitalists was a
few days ago organized at LeavenwOrth to
undertake the building of another bridge
/ across the Missouri River. 1t was generally
understood the Chicago, Burlington &
| Quincy Railway would aid the undertaking
! having long been desirfous of obtaining en-.
| trance into the city. A bill authorizing The
project had already been prepared and for
warded to Washington.
At Atchison, a few days ago, the
ten-year-ol son of James z. Hall, Mis-
souri, Pacific conductor, found a bottle o
morphine pills, which his mother, who haC
been i'll, had been taking. The child, some
time after, told his mother that he had beer
taking medicine, too, and on investigation il
was ascertained that he had eaten three o
the pills. A physician was at once sum-
moned, but all efforts to save the chiId'i
life were unavailing. He died in few
| hours.
McLouth wants sorghum factory.
4 son of City Marshal Louis NJ
Cochran keeps a pawn brokers' shop in To
peka. At II O'Clock the other day he closed
his place and went to dinner, being absen
thirty minutes. When he returned b
found the door had been forced open ant
some twenty-five or thirty gold and silve
watches. rings and chains had been stolen
Their value was some ST 200.
"A Douglass County mill was recent.
awarded the contract for supplying tn
State Penitentiary with flour for the yea
1888: amounting to upward of q quarter c
a million pounds