The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-16
Criminal DOings,

Henry Merrill, who stole Lem Crooker's
horses at Warren. MIMI, was captured by the
sheriff of Marshall county at Dominion City,
Man., and is now safely logded in the Jail at
Warren. He had not disposed of the horses
at the time of his capture.
Thieves entered the house Of Dick Kluge at
Winona, Minn., during the absence of the fam
lily and stole Mr.. Klnge's tin box, in which he
kept his money. They were evidently fright
ene,l away, for they dropped the box in the
yard, open, and the 300 it contained un-
touched.
Information comes from the ChOctaw na-
ton that Il family named Meyers, consisting
of husband, wife and two children, were MUIR
dered on the Red river about forty miles
above Denison, Texas, ten days ago. They
were from upper Racquet. Mich, and were on
a trapping and fishing expedition.
Advices from the Choctaw Nation, l. T., say
that Charles Perkins, a noted horse thief and
murderer, shot and killed two deputy United
States marshals and one citizen at Marshall's
Ferry, on Red river, while resisting arrest
Perkins escaped. There are ten indictments
against him for murder. He says he will new
er be taken alive.
Thomas NJ. Haincs the defaulting cashier of
the Atlantic 4 North Carolina railroad, was
arrested at Chicago. The arrest was made
upon telegram received from Washington
known how much Haines took from the COM
pany. When arrested he was about to leave
Tor Milwaukee.
A warrant was sworn ont against one Lin
dow of Jackson county Wis, for inhuman
treat ment Of his family: The evidence before
Justice Bracket showed that he punished his
wife by tying her h,fnds, and then sticking
der until it was raw, and whipped her while
she was sick abcd. He will live with the
sheriff thirty days.
james H. Moore. who says that his father
is a merchant in Detroit, was arrested in
Milwaukee for trying to pass q check for $50,
to which the signature of the Jewett 4 Sher-
man Co. had been forged. He came from
Ashland, and in the meantime has been dis
sipating in the company of W. H. Graham,
cowboy from Montana, who has been pay
ing all the expenses, Moore being without
funds. Moore, when arrested, tried to make
it appear that Graham was responsible for
| the forged check.
G. ". Case was arrested at St. Paul and tax
en- to Bayfield,, Wis, charged with the embez-
zle n.ent of 81, 400 from the White River Lum-
Der company at Mason. Case was their book
keeper and resigned last April. The discrep-
ancy was not discovered until lately, when
an expert bookkeeper discovered it. Case
| was always thought to be perfectly honest,
| but when his wife died last winter he CON-
I menced drinking hard. Wine and women are
| supposed to have been the cause Of the wrong
doing. He was penniless when captured.
James II. Porter, the clever forger who
succeeded in defrauding the First National
Bank of Chicago out of about "a, 1000 has at
last been run to earth by Pinkerton detect
| ives after chase of over two years and q
half. One of the best known and most
trusted of Pinkerton's Chicago men arrived
in St. Paul, over the Northern Pacific road
| from Portland, Or, with Porter in custody
He was arrested on a street car in Portland
while going to work. he being in the employ
of Dodd & Co., manufacturers of agricultural
implements, rs bookkeeper and collector.
| A serious stabhing nffray took place on the
Mayville farm, Dakota, between two Of the
employees. W, c. Elliott, a Frenchman, from
Louisiana, and Thomas Brydon, a young
EngIshmnn. from New York. They had
been hauling hay, and were putting their
teams in the stable when the quarrel which
led to the stabbing arose. 1t appears that
one OF the boys got his team in the stall be-