The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-07-12
Crimes and Criminals.

the agencies civilian and an army officer.
Crimes and Criminals.
James O'Rrien was shot at Neche, D. T., by
G.. Nartz with whom he had Quarreled.
O'Brien cannot recover.
A man named J. D. Jackson, formerly Of
Davenport, Iowa, was found near Winnipeg
with his throat cut from ear to ear. No clue
to the murderer.
Steven Oleson, a wealthy farmer near Alex
andra, Mimi, committed suicide by hanging
while under the influence of liquor. He has
been member Of a Wisconsin regiment.
John H. Van Loan, the past ten years en-
ploycd at the Second National bank of Jersey
City went to the Catskills A shortage of at
least SIS, 400 has been discovered in his &C
counts.
The Carlboo british Columbia) stage was
held up by masked and armed robbers, who
went through it. 1t is not known how much
plumber they secured, but it ia not thought
that much gold dust was being brought down.
owing to the earliness of the season. Tho
government and stage company are offering
large reward for tie capture Of the robbers.
A stage running between Madeira and Hill
dreth, California, was stopped by masked
men. They jumped from behind rocks and
compelled the express messenger to throw
them his gun, and then compelled him and
the driver TO hand the express box contain
ing $4,000 in silver bullion. Tho robbers
escaped.
Tho mystery concerning the death Of Mat
thias SchrieEer, who was burned to death at
Chicago has been cleared up. His vito Mary
Magdelene Schrener, has confessed to the
police that she poured kerosene oil over her
husbands clothing and deliberately set fire
to it. She says he was chronic drunkard,
and that for six months past she quarreled
with him every day.
Abraham Scwiky n farmer was found near
the railroad track three miles from Marsh
field, Wis, unconscious and nearly dead,
Medical! aid was summoned, but he died in q
few hours. He had Il deep fracture on his
head that caused his death. 1t is not known
whether death resulted from being struck by
q freight truin or whether he was murdered
but all circumst n,'cas point to foul play.
Deceased always carried considerable money
and was we-to-dO.
Z. A. Dgckworth Of Mount Vernon. Indi-
ana who is connected with the Duckworth-
a. Sparks, postmaster and editor of the
Mount Vernon Democrat, and struck him
three blows over the hend with dray pin,
infiicting serious, ii not fatal injuries. Duck.
worth charges that Sparks sent his connec-
ton with the affair broadcast to outside pa
pers. Sparks is in a critical condition and Of
ticers ere after Duckworth, who has alluded
arrest.
George Melee, Il railroad fireman, entered
Wis, and bought IL glass OF beer: He then
told Horn he owed him stuG.,e: pulled Q ro-
volver and fired. The ball entered Horu'a
breast and passed downward gear the heart.
McGee fired two more shots. The DOCTOR
sta2e but slight hopes of Horn, but he de-
clares ne s:;!ll live. There had teen a little
dispute a few 1eeks before. McGee was
drunk and pleads isnorance Of his act. He is
under arrest.
In tearing down an old buildingin VINO
ma, Mimi, an ingeniously contrived trap door
was discovered opening into a vault beneath
in which were found bones and remnants Of
old shoes and clothing Tho house was used
as a gambling house by George Raymond
who bult5t in 1863. but left Ave years after
as unpleasant rumors began to circulate
about him. The existence of the trap door
and vault was unknown to any of the old set
tiers, and it IS believed that they may account
for tae sudden and unpleasant disap pearance
OF more tia2 one man who frequented his
place in those days. twenty-five years ago.
At an early hour the other morning bur-
glars cnterei the Office Of the Armour Cold
Storage and Packing company at Birming-
ham, Ala. and, sliiiing up behind e. Az
books sandbagged him into unco,sdio BUSINESS,
took the safe key from his pocket, ransaskei
the drawers of accounts and valuables said
to aggregate 100000, and put the books
and papets on tho floor and set them on fire.
The flames att.;::ct"d tho attention of be-
lated passersby who reocuzI! Avery and saved
the building. Avery will recs..f, His as
sailants were black-faced white men o. ..e-
groes-
4 ms N i;1Ss j.1 ~. to- hot ~
the champion biSamist now occupies cell at
the Harrison street station in Chica 20. He
says his nano is j. Is. Aldrich. He has been
living under the name ofJ. B. Wellington
with wife No %. At least the police officer
from Detroit who was III Chicay0 & fey days
ago looking for Aldrich said that the latter
had twenty-one wives living in different parts
of the country besides the one in Detroit and
the one with whom Allrich was supposed to
be living in Chicago. He is known in Detroit
as J. B. Brown, anl is supposed to have q
wife living in Baltimore, NJ.
James Collins, plastereg; Killed Lyman
Moore at Mimic, Dakota by stabtinx him 10
the heart with case-knfe. Moore and ses sr.
al other companions went into black smith
shop to drink a keg of beer. While drinking
Collins ent"rod, but was Immediately ordered
out: Upon refusing to go row occurred,
Collins drawing knife aud atabbng Moore
and almost severing the hand If ~aother
The feeling against Collins ran high al MIMIC,
and threats OF lyheh!ng wero made. Moore
was sober. Industrious t,atl and the only
support Of his widowed mother Collins js D
married: man living here and peaceable when
not in his cups.
fcers and tw1 notorious desperadoes took
place at a green corn da3ac near Eufaula In
dian Territory: United Stn4rv Marshall
Phillips and McGloughlin attended tie daAes
with the expectation of arresting some es-
cnped outlaws. nnerstipg themselves near
tho dancing grounds they h~a;ted their OPP
portunity. About O'Clock tw9 OF tie men
Barnett, appeared. Tho officers commanded
them to surrender, when the tWO brothers
drew their pistols and commenced firing,
Phillips was killed almost instantly. Nc.
Gloush,i:. .51tiaued firing at the desperadoes
until he was riad;slf with bullets. Before he
died he fatally ,njas.9 Waite Barnett.
Messrs. Mcintosh and voga II New York,
with l,eunas Bros, of the Cascade Tunnel
route for IL :as1eliae to Walkerville, had
their rooms invaded ~ the st. Nicholas ho-
tel at Butte by burglars. 1n4 eff the burg
lars fred on Mcintosh, and the b,,ta.t srazeq
his abdomen and pierced the muscle of ia,s
arna, making fearful flesh wound. McIn-
tosh and yt'sel grappled with the burglar
burglar ran, and %as on thy point of escap-
ing, when Mcintosh hamnletel Dim 4yer the
head with the gun until he was uncohseao4x
when he was H4t,.,red and turned over to Of,
fcers. An nccolnpliee who had stood ip the
hall, sneaked off to bed, and was captured
there.
Last winter DR.. A. NJ. Alexander and Mrs.
IAA Johnson. wife OF a well-to-do dealer in ag-
! lieil,.aral i'm plements at Indian apolis eloped.
Johnson se.spi.l divorce, and Alexander
and Mrs. Johusc1, t;4 learning of this fact,
state that they had 4 I.la4sttrga ceremony
performed. Alexander returned to fh4:anap-
oils in company with Mrs. johnson. JONI:
!: son showed on more than one occasion that
no was laboring under strong excitement:
One night he say his fnjthless wife in front OF
the Brunswick hotel, Aud drawing revolver,
fired three shots at her. Ons Of tho balls
took effect near the base of the spinal columa
! inhicting a wound that will likely prove fatal
He then turned the weapon upoa himself and
| sent ball through his breast which pener
trated the lungs and will probably cause hia
| death.
The Record Of Casualties.