The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-13
The Criminal Calendar.

thief entered the crown prince OfSwetlcn s
apartments in the hotel at Franzcnshad and
secured icwelry worth $1OO,OOO, with which
lie escaped.
Gcorg" Burton and George S. Arnold got
into a quarrel at Minitum. Nrb. over u lrt OF
$3.50. when Arnold shot Burton through
the heart, killing him instantly.
Providence, X. l., ahsronlcd. He took
about all the vnlunblcs Ii. could lay his hands
on. even 10 pennies II is ss;id he took $500
600 in bonds and all the cash in the vault.
Charles Decker. u farmer living near Bucna
Vista. Ill.,. shot and instantly killed his wife
aud then committed suicide by shouting him
self three times and cutting his own throat
with razor. brrkl"r was Il drinking man
and had frequently beaten his wife and
threatened to kill her. lie leaves IL f;lmly OF
nine children.
A disastrou fire has bccn raging at the
town of SunlSvall. he center of n large um-
her district on he Gulf Of l,othnia in sweden,
aud the town has lncn nearly dos, royc,l The
damage will reach $4,000, 900. Immense
tracts Of forest land hnv" b"rn burned over.
4 .lrUuth has prevailed for II long time, rem.
dcring the wood very dry.
Tii" grand jury Of the Franklin Kentucky
rr',lit court returned indictments against
James W. Tate. late state treasurer, for en-
hrzZlcnrnt. The total amount IL $iO4 .OSJ, :
50. Em"zz"ncnt is not an cxtrntlitahlc
crime, and. as it is now known that the
family of Mr.. Tate are in communication
with him. il is supposed they will soon make
his whereabouts public.
Matthias Srhrrivcr was found in he rear Of
2Oi Mohawk street Chicago with his clothing
on fire. He was horribly burned and died
later. His clothing had apparently lmrn
soaked with oil while he was laying in his
yard drunk. He nude an antcmort"m state
ment invoIing August lIcrlst. The latter
and Schrcvcr's wifr and her mother have
been arrested on suspicion Of being imp-
Gated in the horrible crime.
A telegram from Pulnski county Mo-. snys
a bold outrage was committed there hy an
organized baud similnr tn tl.e White Cars Of
Indiana. About midnight Il party of masked
riders rode up to the house of Charles Gross,
wealthy farmer, and, dragging him from
the house. carried him mile away and there
the divulging of secrets of the Agricultural
Wheel, n secret organization. Gross was
fnycd alive.
Yankton, Dakota is in the throes of excite.
mcnt over three Ewintl"s in as many
days. II. s. Rice. formerly of Browns valley
Ncb., is accused Of having passed u bogus
check. He was arrested in Omaha and
brought back to answer. j. Fitch Smith,
jrw'Ier, Disappeared so did several watches
and other property. Thomas T.. Hall. a con
tidr,rc man. induced YnnktoncOunty v farmers
tn sign notes by saving that they were con-
tracts. Hall was arrested. brought back
from Sioux ciiy and compelled to return the
notes.
The notorious gambler. Bell and one
Atwatcr. lat" of Iowa t',y, Iowa. run den
together. The other night Il travelling salcs-
man from the Consolidated Tank Line Com
pnny. "f Sioux City. went in to buck the
tiger. TIL" gamhlnrs got his money. He
says they robbed him fit and thcrcnpon he
kn,"'kc Bell down and stabbed Atwater in
Air,ing three bad flesh wounds. Marshall
Foster arrested the oil man, taking him to
the Wright House. from there to the Jail
He broke and run when Foster fred nt him
three times. the third shot taking effect in
the leg
Michael Hill convicted ofkilling his sisters il.
Legitimate child was brought before .Judg"
Farmer for sentence. Beyond II little pnle-
lrssn"ss md n tense expression he showed no
signs Of agitation. Til" court. after hearing
his counse's pleas for lenienry. pronounced
sentence of Imprisonment for life at hard
labor in the Irnitcntiarv. The prisoner
gave no sign that he realized what the son
'ehce implied for him, and he was removed to