The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
The Criminal CALENDAR.

Frank Patterson, owner Of the opera house at
Long Branch, N j., is missing, and detectives are
searching for him with warrants for his arrest
de is charged with having forged the endorse
ments of q number of well known residents of
Monmouth county on notes aggregating over
go, OO0
AtDenver, early Sunday morning, John P.
Glow, who lays claim to the title of the CHAM
pion pugilist Of Colorado, and Alex Thebold,
cowboy, had a set to with gloves. TIE cow
1oy, though physical giant, was knocked out
the first round
Samuel Roberts, the defaulting paymaster,
was arrested at Wilkesbarre, Pa, taken from
his summer residence to the city and taken be-
fore AID Rooney. Charles Parrish absolutely
refused to testify against Roberts. The de-
[endant waived a hearing and gave bail in
5000 for his appearance at the criminal
court
O. W. Wilson, forty seven years old, an agent
or the Brooks Oil Company, of Cleveland,
Ohio, committed suicide Friday afternoon by
jumping from steamer in the lake while
on his way from Chicago to Milwaukee. It
is supposed that poor business drove him
to take his life. He had been divorced twice
from his wife whose address is not known.
Ole l. Westerguard, the book-keeper en-
2loyedfor the past two years by P. p Sweson
in his real estate and foreign exchange Office
under the Northwestern bank, at Minneapolis,
had absconded recently leaving his accounts in
very irregular aud unsatisfactory manner.
The books are being now examined by an ex-
pert accountant, who has already discovered
many false entries by which the firm loses sew
eral hundred dollars.
Richard W. Peck of Brooklyn has brought
suit for 100000 damages against B. T. Bah
Dit, the soap man, charging as one of the items
that his wife received from Rabbit the sum of
Rl9OOO as an inducement to her to sanction
the soap man in assuming improper relations
with Miss Peck, girl of unblemished charac-
ter. Mrs. Peck is small and slight; always
e dresses neatly, and has quiet, self-Possessed
manners. Her picture is in the rogue's gallery
at Brooklyn police headquarters.
ThomasJ. Libby, proprietor of the West Point
house, at Proutsneck, Scarborough, Me-, a mar
ried man, came to hotel recently with Lydia
Snow, who is reported to have worked at his
house. Shots were heard in his room, and, on
looking over tho door, both were seen lying on
the floor. Entering the room, it was found
that Libby had fired two or three shots at her,
cheek and lodged in her head, and another
passed through the partition in the next room.
He then shot himself behind the ear. inflioting
slight wound.
Louisville Special:-The individual who
forged draft on William Tarr Co., Of Lex
ington, in favor of William Tarr, Jr., for S.
a5O, was the same who played a confidence
game on William Kendrick & Son, jewellers Of
This city, for $500 diamond ear rings. He
purchased $5 600 worth of bonds from J. w.
u. $. Green, and gave q check on Lex
ingtod bank for payment He was not given
the bonds, however, because something wrong
was suspected. He left the brokers' establish
ment and worked the jewelry store, then skip
ped for parts unknown. The swindler is des-
cribed as q well-dressed, handsome man Of
ford complexion and sandy moustache.
At daybreak last Thursday morning five
hundred men filled the pavilion of the sport
ms ho,.oo at Isuckaway Do~eh, NJ ", to wit
ness q fight with hard gloves, marquis of
! ;ensbury rules, between Jim McHugh of
Glasgow and Dave Fitzgerald of Toronto, for
81, 600 and gate money The men appeared in
the ring promptly. McHugh weighed 1876
pounds, Fitzgerald 150 Preliminaries being
finished the men advanced when time was
called to the center of the ring, and then COM
menced one of the most exciting fights on rec
ord, lasting three hours and thirty-five min
utes, and ending in draw in favor of Ntzhugh,
Along towards the end of the fight the specta-
tors began to crowd the ring, and finally, at the
end Of the forty fifth round, they became so
obstreperous that the referee called on the Sec
onds to withdraw the mon. Fitzgerald was
badly punished