The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-30
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The recent theft of $50, 200 from On
Adams express car on the St Louis and San
Francisco Road, for which Messenger Fother-
ingham is now in arrest has been traced out
by the Pinkerton agency. Jim" Cummings
and two of his accomplices were last week
captured in Chicago and taken to St Louis.
The tracks Of Cummings had been very close
ly followed up by Robert Pnkerton ever since
the robbery, says Chicago dispatch
1t was discovered some weeks ago that he
was infatuated with frail woman OF St. Louis
who was preparing to move to Chicago. Her
movements were closely watched, and she was
soon located at a house ON Halsted street near
Madison. Shortly after Jim Cummings wrote
his last letter TO St Louis three strange men
arrived in Chicago and took up their residence
at the same house as the woman from St Louis
They were rough-looking fellows with the
staggering gait peculiar to brakemen. They
kept very quiet during the first week Of their
stay in the city but after that began TO frequent
gambling houses and other notorious resorts.
At one resort Jim" displayed his money
quite freely and INDUCED in queer methods OF
getting rid of IL. Several times he opened his
pocketbook and threw n go bill on the floor, and
directing that every person residing il or en-
ployed in the house should be given 81. All the
small bills in the house had TO be kept in
active circulation to make change On one &C.
casion when he threw a $40 note on the floor the
proprietor picked it up. This caused him to re-
self? What are your servants for?' short
time afterward he held Il glass of wine
death. don't. I would just as lief put pis-
toll To my head and die right here drink this
glass of wine" He drank the wine, however.
Becoming more reckless with his money one of
his partners took the red pocketbOok away from
him. Then he proceeded to unbelt and was
about TO take some money out OF the old stock
ing that encircled his waist, but stopped when
the pocketbook was handed back to him. Turn
ing TO a bystander he remarked: If you knew
who / am you wouldn't speak To me- you uld
leave me" The answer was: 20, guess not !
but whore did you get 80 much money!
He laughed heartily and replied, %,
/ stopped train down here;
Then, as il realizing that he had made
n serious slip Of the tongue, no suddenly became
quite sober and lost all his volubility. The
lavish manner in which they spent their money
attracted the attention OF occupants of the house
possession OF the Pinkerton agency caused an
unusually sharp lookout 70 be kept on the house
on Halsted street Things seeming ripe for q
capture, body of detectives made n descent
upon the house and found Jim Cummings and
the st. Louis woman in bed. A package OF
5000 was found in Cummings vest pocket and
was identified part Of the proceeds of the
eXpress-car robbery. The two other accom-
plices Of Cummings were also arrested.
Schock, the bicyclist, beat the record
at Minneapolis, making l,4O5 mlns in ZAP
hours. The best previous record was !, 40i
miles and 3 lips in IA hours.
Burglars raided the jewelry store of
Julius Kruger at Galena, Ill, carrying off
s2650 in cash, and watches, diamonds, etc,
valued at S., 800
Sarah M. Victor, for several years
an inmate Of the Ohio pententiary on life
sentence for poisoning her brother to obtain
insurance, was pardoned by Governor Foraker,
because of her ill-health.
The leading candidates in the race
for the United States Senstorship from Min
neso;a are Senator Mcmillan, the present in
cumbent, and Ex-Governor Cu-hman X
Davis.
In his annual report, Surgeon Gen
eral Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, reports that no epidemic diseases have
been imported into the United States during
the last year
The recent order of Secretary Whit
ney directing the commandants of the navy
yards 10 substitute marines in the place of
watchmen and shipkeepers whore it can be
done to advantage will, it is stated, result in
a saving to the Government of between $50, =
600 and Sc, 900 per annum.
A movement is on foot in New ork
among the knights of Labor to depose Pow
derby and Mcclure. The members object to
their dictatorship, and especially the late order
assessing them twenty five cents each, when it
was entirely unne cessary.
The British ironclad Sultan dragged
her anchor in the river Tagus at Lisbon, and
drifted against the French steamer Vile de
Victoria, sinking the latter with forty of her
passengers and crew.