Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-09-13
Criminal DoIngs.

Near Columbus, Ind, James Ford, q
farmer, while suffering from deiiriHm caused
by fever, sprang from his bed and made an
Rtfark upon his wife and two children. He
seized a chair and killed the youngest child,
O babe and fatally injured his wife, and his
ten year-old son was so badly injured that he
viii die 1t required eight men to manaele
the delirious man-
Mr.. Chester, son Of a prominent citizen Of
Antwerp, o., went to Fort Wayne, Wis,
pud drew 81 500 in cash from q bank.
While returning home he was waylaid and
robbed. The robbers knocked him senseless
and laid him ON the track OF the Wabasha
railroad in such n position that the next
train would run over him. Fortunately he
was discovered in time.
L. A. Gardner. accused Of opium snug
Cling, hasturned oyerto the government 120
pounds of opium through his attorney, Capt.
Black at Chicago. This is part OF the $50
pounds stolen from the 0gdeusburg custom
house during the ca riy part of July by Gard
Ber and his alleged accom- piiees, j. w. Stone,
Nathaniel ii. Lyttls and William Comminsky.
The other 100 pounds was seized at the time
of Gardner's arrest.
John Brady, a wealthy farmer liy.n seven
miles north Of Montgomery in Dayloss eoun-
ty. Indiana while playing q game of cards at
home with his ~neighbor. Mr. Carpenter, was
SHpS ~ laAt Atttl Gu lir&huttl hliltu B1 spLlt
unknown person or persons who fired
through the open window. Mr.. Carpenter
was also shot, the bullet knocking out his
front teeth and coming out below the ear.
The people in that locality are searching for
the assassins, and, if found, they viii be
| lynched.
A man giving the name OF Mai. Gen. Hovey
of Washington. DC, was arrested at Racine,
Wis, on the charge of being O pension shark.
He represented himself as q pension ex-
aminer. and attempted TO prevail upon Mrs.
Gottbehua. W. c. Jones, and others to allow
him to collect their pensions. at the same
time asking a heavy fee and claiming that be
had authority from the government to col
laet pensions. After being arrested he con.
fesssed that he was a fraud. He was taken
to Milwaukee by a United States marshal.
j. Rocks, an ex-patient employed at the
insane hospital at st. Peter, Minn.. commit.
ted suicide by jumping into the Minnesota
river. He was found in the river east of the
hospital by one of the employees. Mr.. Rooks
had been a patient in the asylum for twelve
years prior TO the last two, when he was dis
charged. He has been employed therefor
several years, and was considered a good
and faithful servant. No cause is given for
his strange action, unless il be a recurrence
ofinsanity.
David Niblock and seven Others, Including
one woman were arrested at Pittsburg, for
robbing Wholesale grocery stores on Liberty
street. The robbery has been geographically
carried on for nearly a year. and il IL esti
mated that goods amounting TO at least
10000 have been taken. The plan was for
one Of the thieves TO secure employment ne
watehmnn IN the store, and after dark the
goods would be carried off and sold to regu,
lar customers. SIX arrests for receiving stolen
goods are yet to be made.
The little town Of RoseIaud n snb,rh nj
Chicago, whose population is chiefly rom.
posed OF Holianders, is in a state of excite
meat over the disappearance cfthe officers oil
the savings bank Of he village. The president
Of the bank, William Swart, it's teller, l.. II.
johnson, and the business solicitor. Elijah
Becker, have left town, taking with them the
entire assets OF the bank. amounting to be-
tween s25,00o and sJO,oo0. The vault
when opened was found to contain only 81 .1G.
The ~depositors are mostly smaa sradesmen
and farmers Of the vicinity. Swart had been
speculating.
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