New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-11
The Criminal Calendar.

DR.. Theodore Peterson of Eau Claire, Wis,
took a large overdose Of atrophine and NOR
phine. Physicians applied a stomach pump
and he will probably recover.
A man took German girl to Marshall, Wis,
promising to marry her. A few days after
wards he disappeared, taking over $500 of
the girls money and leaving her destitute
and friendless.
James Whalen, alias Gyp Ryan, who is
supposed to be implicated with W. b. Tas-
colt in the murder of A. j. SHELL of Chicago
was arrested at Manistee, Mich. His capture
may possibly lead to the apprehension of
Tascott.
Burglars entered the Canadian Home, owned
by Simon German at Wausau, Wis, and
ransacked the whole house, going through all
the sleeping apartments and stealing clothes,
watches and money.in some cases pulling pants
out from under the sleepers' heads. They Sc
cured about $500 worth of booty.
A sensation has been created by the disap-
pearance of Banker G. G.. Nelson. of Atlanta,
Georgia. When his bookkeeper opened the
safe he found it empty, and no trace of his
employer 1t has since transpired that Nell
son left on the Western & Atlantic north
bound train. and took with him a heavy
yalise, presumably filed with valuables,
roughly estimated at $4,000.
Constable Wood of Fargo D. T.. arrested
and took before the insanity board one
Goodrow, on suspicion of insanity, the man
having told a story which he repeated to the
board to the effect that he had, about three
years ago, killed a man residing at or near
Haywood, Wis, by shooting him through
the head He further stated that the man
before he died gave him some money There
is no question but the man is insane, and
this story is regarded as maginary.
While the fourth Of July was being cell
DRAFTED at Gueda Springs, Kansas. it was as
certained that Ike David, Jim Cherry and
one Simmons, all colored from Arkansas
City, had opened whiskey stand in a corn
field near by. Mayor u. G. Kenyon and JUS
tice of the Peace Furry went out to put an
end to the proceedings, when Cherry shot the
former through the bowels, wounding him
fatally and the latter through the leg. After
this the two swan the Arkansas river and
are now in Indian Territory.
Samuel NJ, Henderson shot and killed his
divorced wife, Sarah Henderson, and then
killed himself at Trafalgar, Ind, Mrs. Hen
derson obtained a divorce last Septem Der.
raigned before the United States court for
sending the divorced woman obscene letters
through the mail He then returned and
married a lady with whom he was living at
the time of his death. Henderson vas about
sixty, and Mrs. Henderson about fifty years
OF age. A family of grown children survive
their parents.
In the town Wanger, Marshall caunty,
Mlnn.,a horrible tragedy has occurred. A
farmer, Joseph Tomowoski, went out; with
his nephew to cut some timber. Several days
afterward Mr.. Tomowoski was found dead in
a slough near the place where he had been
cutting timber with a ghasNy gun shot
wound in his neck. The nephew says he
brought a shotgun with him, and when he
and his uncle had commenced cutting wood
ne placed the gun by tree. After a while a
big man came along and disputed Mr. Tomo-
woski g right to cut the timber. A fight en-
sued, and the nephew ran away, and as he
was running heard the report Of a, gun. The