The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-08-23
Sinful Siftings.

James Ryley, q wealthy aLd eccentric old
man, took rough on rats at Ishpeming G,
lady and was refused, and in his chagrin
committed suicide.
Will Shuman stabbed and instantly killed
Lincoln Heaton ut Brimfeld, Illinois. The
two men were rival butchers and there was q
feud of long standing between them. The
stabbing was lone with a butcher knife.
Albert Harrington and George Thompson,
farmers, living nine miles southwest of Mt.
Pleasant, Mich, quarreled over some trivial
a1air and 2 fight ensued. Harrington was
struck on the head by q fence rail and died
about midnight. Thompson was arrested.
benjamin Josephson, who with his wife
were eye-witnesses to the murder of Rev.
z. Haddock and Who were On the wit
ness stand in the last trial, Was arrested at
SIOUX City Iowa for b~rutafiy bentiag his son.
caded himself in the house md threarsned
violence to any one who came inv
A good deal of surprise followed the ar
rest at Bloomington, ILL.,, Of William. Allen, a
well known Bloomington horse BUYER. on
complaint of Albert Hill, a horse dealer Of
Minneapolis. Hill charges that Allen, who
had been acting as buyer for him there, en-
bezzled $3.50 of his money. Allen claims that
the money was due to HIM for commissions.
He threatens to sue Hill for damages.
At Eagle Greek church Kentucky, Consta-
bic Vestal, with two brothers named War
man acting as deputies, attempted to arrest
Jack Hamlin, who was charged with the be-
trayal of o sister Of the Warman brothers.
Hamlin, assisted by his brother Tom, resisted
arrest, and fired upon the officers. Both of
the Warman brothers were killed aud Vestal
received two very dangerous wounds. Both
of the Hamlins made their escape, but are
being pursued by officers of the law.
James Reney, the Fond du Lac murderer
was brought before Judge Martin, of Duluth
and bound over to the grand jury ct the next
term of the district court. The only new
evidence, in addition to that given before thd
for whom the murdered man worked last
spring and who identified the body at thd
morgue. John Downing also testified that
he identified the body as that of Mike BurkI
The prisoner behaved with the utmost non1
chalance.
The Rev. M. Wisbauer, pastor of st. Mary'a
Catholic church, of Burlington, Wis, wad
awakened by the burglars, and grasped d
revolver and tried to shoot, but the ~revolvci
could not he discharged. The burglars beat
him about the head M face, put a gag i'll
his mouth, secured his hands behind hill
back and laid him on the bed and tied hill
feet and arms to tho bed posts, where he LAID
for hours. The robbers LETT not the slightest
clue. Rev. Mr.. Wisbauer is eighty-fve year.
old, and has been robbed at least twenty
times in the past ten years.
The state has concluded it's evidence in TIL
Brown investigation at Mason City, Iowa
The defense has yet subpenaed no witnesA
and it is generally believed that they vii
submit the case on the states evidenced
Hiram E. Brown, husband of the accused
testified to improper and imprudent %conducN
between his wife and Jim Anderson, whic
led to Anderson's discharge. The actions d
Hiram r. Brown and his wife are extremel1
disgusting. Notwithstanding the fact thai
the wife before the coroner's jury tried i
swear the guilt on the husband, and in tu1
his wife, they are together most of the timH
living at the sam house and acting asf
nothing had happened. They are the sui
iect Of severe criticism.
A. tragedy at Utica, Mississippi, was I'd
lowed by alynching. E. B.. Robertson, accOI
panied by. a young lady. was walkingi
church, when they encountered six negro
on the sidewalk, who, instead OF yielding the
sidewalk to the lady, pushed Der in n very
rude manner. Robertson demonstrated an&
wat cursed by the negroes, who said they
would "get him" on his return from church.
Robertson was joined by three or four of his
friends and was telling them of the conduct
OF the negroes, when his party was rushed
upon by the six negroes, who began firing on
the whites, the latter being unarmed. Dr.. L.
w. Holiday was shot through the head and
will die, Armand White received q serious
wound through the thigh, and Frank Wal
lace was shot in the arm. All the negroes
escaped except Bob Broom, the ringleader,
who, it is known, shot Holiday. He was
q mob and strung up to O tree near the ceme-
terry. Ike Broom, brother Of the negro who
was lynched, and Sam Harris were captured
and carried to the Raymond Jail.