Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-03-27

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Knights.
NEW ORLEANS, March 12.-John Murphy
and Patrick H.. Ford were executed In the city
prison this morning for the murder Of Capt.
Murphy, superintendent OF the city workhouse
on Dec. /, 1884. Under the law passed last
year by the Legislature the execution was p-i-
vste, only the number Of persons specified In
the act being present.
FENDER, Neb. March 13.-A clever arrest
was made near here Tuesday by Marshal Har-
Ter, OF Oxfold Junction, Iowa. assisted by G.
b. Bonney Of this place. Hayier was IN search
OF one Mcmillan, wanted for grand larceny st
Oxford Junction. Hearing that he was In PEN
der the officer immediately came here. No o.
had seen q strange man In the place, but Z. b.
Bonney had noticed q woman walking up the
track. Harier at once suspected that It WAS
Mcmillan In disguise, and securing o hand Car
started In the direction taken by the suspecte /
individual. His suspicious proved to be co..
Erect, Mcmillan being found concealed in the
grass near Emerson, still dressed in woman's
clothes. His hands and feet were badly frozen
and he was nearly exhausted. Harier brought
the prisoner to Fender and on Wednesday left
will him for Oxford Junction.
Bio SPRINGS. Tex, March 13.-There is 70
apparent change here. The extra men arrived
yesterday to do the necessary repairing. They
worEper un the protection OF the United States
marshal. At Palestine the sheriff's guard has
charge OF the railway shops. The company dis
charged ell Its men. The Howard oil mills has
been compelled to shut down on account OF
the strike.
OMAHA, March 13.-Acting Coroner Maui
was appr:sed yesterday OF a terrible tragedy
which took place Thursday morning In the
western part OF this county, about seven miles
from Fremont. The victim OF the affair wes
a man named Edward Clapper, who was
burned 70 death in a coIfagration which de-
stroyed the house In which he was asleep.
Clapper had been In Fremont the day previ-
GUS, enjoying o good time, and left for home
late at night feeling In pretty good spirits,
though not intoxicated. That was the last
seen OF him alive. He vent to his house,
which was a one story cottage, and was found
the next mornings blackened corpse. lyiog
amid tho ruins Of the partially destroyed
structure.
The theory Ia that the blaze caught from O
defective fac, or something Of the sort. Cap
per was an unmarried man, and lived hermit
life, making a living by doing odd pieces OF
work. Very little is known about bis ante.
cedent6 or relatives. Mr.. Maui has decided
not to hold an inquest. The remains have
been inferred near Fremont.
CENTRAL City, Neb., March 19.-The Rein
holt opera house burned down last evening
About O'clock. Loss, $4,000; insurance, 81
30. Proprietor Phillips was lighting up for a
dance and a lamp fell, breaking it and setting
the oil on fire.
Dies MONIES, March l3.-ln the Senate this
morning Mr.. Woolson introduced a resolution
thanking the Iowa congressman for their work
on the Des Moines River land bill, etc., and
censuriug Cleveland for the veto. After a
very heated discussion the resolution was
adopted. No other Senate business.
Ia the House the consideration CT the court
bill was resumed, but there was no action.
The Senate resolution condemning Cleveland
was adopted.
JOLIET, H., March 13.-One OF the most
daring and bloody express robberIes ever per-
petrated In Illinois occurred on the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific west bound express al
2 O'Clock this morning, between Joliet and
Morris. Shortly after the train left here some
one raped on the door cf the baggage car,
and the baggageman thinking It was the mes.
senger opened the door and was confronted
By masked men who covered him with revoly-
ere and demanded the key to the express car.
The key was given up and one Of the robbers
held the baggageman under coyer OF arevolver
while his "pal' attended to the express car.
The latter was IN charge O; kellogg Nichols, Of
Chicago, and the interior Of the express car
shows that be fought for his life and the prop
erty In bis trust. He was found dead in the
car ard the safe robbed OF its contents, an
amount estimated at from $40, 0C0 TO S25 coo.
Nothing was known OF the occurrence until
the train stopped at Morris, when 1t was dis
covered. As TO where the robbers boarded
the train Is not known. The general opinion
is that they got on at a coal chute two miles
west OF here, aud jumped of as the train ap-
Morris. There Is no clue. The
company offers 80, 0C0 reward Tor their appre-
hension.
ST.. LOUIS, March IL There is little change
IN the strike except that the accommodation
trains, which have heretofore been running
regularly, have been abandoned. the engineers
and fremen all refusing to 60 out. The block
ade is more effective than at any time during
the strike.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. March 13.-A few
days sgo In this city Q young man, by the
name OF Oscar II. Evans, was married to a
young girl by the name OF Nora Chspple, the
county Judge officiating. The groom In max
lag application for a license swore that the
girl was Is years old. The girls mother
swore out a warrant last evening charging
Evans with perjury, as the daughter is but IA
years old. He was arrested and is now lying
in jail in this city. His defense Is that he
says the judge never swore him before an
swering the questions.
CHICAGO, March ia very important fact
In connection with the investigation OF the
robbery was made public this morn
ing. It seems shat O conference OF express
railway officials and detectives yesterday |