Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-09-06
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William Dougherty had his preliminary
.earing at Butte, Montana. for The murder
3fA Cory and Jerry Harrington. Both
lied from knife wounds received at the hands
q Dougherty IL an ARRAY originating from q
uss created by him, in which he escaped
without a scratch. A number of witnesses
gere, examined Dougherty Icing in the Gus
tody OF the sheriff in default of &c. 900 bail.
Charles W. Waldron, one OF the owners and
managers OF the Waldron bnnk, of Hildsdale,
Mich, has abseonded, taking with him
money and securities ~variously estimated at
rom 100000 TO $4,000. 1t is reported that
! woman accompanied him, but this il not
confirmed. He leaves a wife and two children,
but before leaving he decided q small amount
,f property to them. The bank is doing
business and depositors will be paid in full.
A Gardner of Chicago was held in bail by
he United States commissioned for further
examination in the opium smuggling matter,
On an additional warrant sworn out by n
special agent. The new charge is that OF
.onspiring with the three men arrested in
o~gdeBsburg a couple of dayE ago 10 steal
7oponnds o opium from the unitedS States by
substituting biocks ofwood forthe drug. The
special agents say other arrests will be made
o thpt two of the men are under sur
VIGILANCE, and that Il is known that they had
dealings in the drug with Gardner.
IL. S. Benjamin and 4. A. Bates. members
of the bankrupt mining stock firm of Moore,
benjamin 4 CO., were arrested ut Milwaukee,.
On n charge of conspiracy, and their bail
liked at S25, 900 each. After spending a
couple OF hours In the custody of the sheriff
neither was abse 10 furnish the bonds, and on
application of the attorneys the bail was ne
iuced to $4,000 each, which they finally Sc
uFed. The charge of conspiracy made in
connection with n civil action brought by
Mrs. Helen Warner to recover $50, 900 which
L.. l.l - -.al L a.
Mrs. Warner claims she was guaranteed
against loss; also thatthere was n conspiracy
and besides Mr.. Benjamin and Bates, their
wives and also N. ID. Moore were In il.
Moore is in Canada.
A Young man sprnng from a
seat in the Dearborne street railway
station at Chicago. uttered a wild
,llriek and jumped through the window,
sarrying ava the sash. covering the walk
sith broken einss, cutting his fare frightfully
and spIinkiing blood over the startled spec
ators. Officers overhaulcd the fugitive on
State Street He bit Officer Duffy sayagely
)n the right hand, tore "a generous chunk
rom the rear elevation ofthe doughty blue
outs p~autaloons, and with herculeau
strength WIS about to overcome Duffy and
Buckley when other officers arrived. 1t re-
luiied che combind efforts of six officers to
secure aud land him in the patrol wagon.
De gave che name OF Louis Book, said he
rsided in Portland, Mimi, and th,lt he was
A farmer.
The well known Mormon leader, George
z. CANNON, who is now n negative from JUS
nee, being wanted for violation of the Ed
nunds law, has been In Topeka, Kansas.
Mr. Cannon has been secreted in the house Of
IN old acquaintance. His presence is ex-
planned by the arrival on the Union Poetic
train from the west OF three women. They
sere met at the depot by Mr. Cannon, and
we're evidently u detachment of his plural
sises, for he embraced them one after anoth-
n. Ii is supposed tina they we're bound for
he land OF Zunis, in old Mexico. Two hun
1red thousand acrcs nave been purchased in
Mexico by Mr.. Cannon and other leaders Of
he church, and he states that several thou
sand Mormons will at once move from Utah
20 that country, where they will not be mo-
ested.