New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-01
Crimes and Criminals.

Crimes and Criminals.
Minneapolis detectives have corralled g
gang of thieves, arrested five men and recoy
cred several Thousand dollars worth of stoleI
property.
The coal mining town of Roslyn, Wash.
was burned, about two hundred and fifty
houses being destroyed, and only the coal
company's office and the depot remaining
About fifteen hundred people are homeless.
Martin Dunn, formerly of Faribault, now
OF Kenyon, while acting as umpire of a game
OF ball at Fairbault Mimi, received the ball
on his jaw bone and suffered a severe fracture
OF the jaw. The wound may result in serious
trouble.
AT Blackfoot, Idaho, Frank Williams was
hung for the murder of Charles Reed and
Capt. Winn near. Caribou, Dec II, 1886. He
was Indifferent about his fate, and when the
time came for the drop he called out "All
ready"
c. c. Nelson, abseonding banker from At
lanta, Ga, is in the Belleville Jail in Canada.
He has been remanded for a week. He has
been held for bringing stolen money into
Canada. He has no fear of being extradited.
Nelson is a Canadian. He brought here
$50, 200 and much jewelry. His defalcation
was much larger.
A highway robbery occurred in Ortonville,
Mimi. A farm laborer named P T. Hiistad
was slugged and robbed of quite sum of
money. One of the alleged robbers was ar
rested. He was armed with a heavy reyol-
yer, big knife and razor He was given a
preliminary examination and bound over.
He gave the name of John O'Connor
R. ". Henry, one of the most brilliant
himself at Hopkinsyille, dying instantly,
lie was a nominee for Cleveland and Thur
man elector in that district, and had been
mentioned for the Democratic nomination
for congress. He was only thirty years old.
The cause of the suicide is a mystery.
The adultery case against Henry w.
Moore was called at Topeka and his bond of
$500 was forfeited. Mrs. Norton's case was
continued for two weeks. Their lawyers gave
no lntimation of their present whereabouts
but the same day a dispatch from Idaho
Springs said: editor Moore and Mrs Nor
ton, of st. Louis elopement fame, arrived
here a few days ago and are living at one
hotel as man and wife. Efforts to interview
Moore proved fruitless."
Officers have arrested Pedro Yames, the
l5-year-old boy, who murdered Station Agent
Stevenson at Glamis, Col, some time ago.
Stevenson was lying on q cot in the sta ton
when Pedro came in-took the officers re-
volver from it's resting-place and shot Steven
son through the body, killing him instantly.
Pedro then took SIS from the drawer and be-
gan to spend it in saloons. When Steven
sons death was discovered the boy tried to
run away, but was captured He first said
the agent had killed himself, but afterward
confessed.
j ack Allen was hung in the court house at
Monticello, N. T., for the murder of Ulsura
Zurich atJ eherso last October. Allenhad
an iron nerve ans sang and prayed under tie
gallows in q strong, clear voice. He asked
for glass of whisky, which was refused him.
lie put the moose around his own neck and
said: "Let her go Gallagher" The sheriff
then pulled the lever and Aliens body swung
in the air. He was cut down after hanging
fourteen and a half minutes. He was an
Englishman, 81 years of age, and came to
this COUNTRY two years ago.
Two of the three anarchists arrested atChi-
eago for conspiring to assassinate Bondfeld,
Grayiand Grinnell are outofjail Chleboun and
Chapek furnished the required bonds of
So, 600 each last evening and have been re-
leased. Hronek the arch-conspirator, is still
in confinement, and will doubtless SO remain.
Inspector Bondfeld says the case is complete
with the three arrest already made. One or
two Others may have known of the plot, but
not to heextent that they could be convicted.
Any further arrests will be for the
purpose of holding witnesses.
W. L. Reynolds, alias Frank Williams, was
hanged at Blackfoot, Idaho, for the murder
of Charles Reed and Captain VIM, near Car
ibou, on December 18th, 1886. His story
about this affair, which he made on the wit
ness stand, is that he went to the cabin OF
Reed and VIM and was sitting down talking
with them, when Reed asked to see his gun.
struck his chair, discharging it, the ball pass.
ing through Reeds head. VIM, seeing
what had happened picked up an axe and
started for Williams, who with one piece
knocked VIM down. Vim jumped and
reached for the gun hanging on the rafters
of the cabin, but Williams caught the axe
and killed him with it.
Travelling Auditor Townsend, of the Gull
road, arrived at Springfield Mo-, from the
south and verifes the report that one of the
negro county officials had been lynched by s
mob of white men at Marion, Ark, which
place is under guard of armed men. A gener
al state of excitement prevails. Neither
couriers nor messengers are allowed in OF
out, and the telegraph operator is confined
to sending off train orders Mr.. Townsend
states that the victim was one of the ban
ished eighteen The mob seized him while ht
was endeavoring to enter the court house
| dragged him to the woods at the edge of the
town, and after a desperate struggle strung
him up tits claimed that Gov. Hughes al
Little Rock has been called upon for pro
lection, and that an armed force of white
men have gone from Walnut Ridge to Marion
to aid the whites, who look for a serious up
rising among the negroes.
Edward W. Manning, according to all re
ports, is d professional land sWindler While
| one of his victims, F. M. Dean of st. Louis
encountered him on the street and recog
nized him. Dean claims that Manning
swindled him by selling him $40 acres
of worthless land in Arkansas. Manning
was taken to the central station and wal
recognized by Lieut.. Elliott as person
wanted in Freeport, Eli. Sheriff Tins O
Freeport was notified, and came with d war
rant for the prisoner, charging him Will
forgery and obtaining money by false pre-
lenses. The victim in this case is Solomon ]
Best. The latter s complaint is that Manning
claimed to have tract of land in Minnesota
He produced an abstract title and the prop
erty was purchased by Mr.. Bestfor $500. Al
soon as Manning received the none,
he left town, and it was subsequently
learned that the title Was . forgery Man