Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-05
Queer Doings Of Nelson Q. Green
in Financial Transactions
Poles Fight.
Terrific Battle While Drunk Fa-
tally Iujured-Triple Killing in
Ohio-War Murder.
RiotOus Italian Quarrymen-zeph Davis
to be Hanged-Escape of Prisoners
in Arkansas.

money under false pretenses. His state
ment was that Green, representing him
| self to be wealthy capitalist and retired
lawyer, representing a syndicate OF well
| known business men, offered to the Vande-
poee Company, OF Chicago, to secure
moneys and purchases Of stock to the value
| Of g, $40, 600; that Green went to Chicago
! and persuaded William Clarke and Gen.
eral Stiles, president of the Vandepoele
Company, to retain his services. as broker
in the transaction, his fee TO be Sl,OOO,-
0o0 in stock and $3.50, 900 in cash; that
Green went to Brooklyn and represented
himself TO E. w. Bliss, well known CAPT
talist, as agent of the Vandepoele Electric
Light Company and February 10 obtained
from Bliss agreement to do certain work
for the Vandepoele Company and tried TO
| induce him 10 purchase stock to large
amount; that Bliss started for Chicago In
company with Cyrus Clark, William Clark
and Green; that while in Chicago, Green
borrowed 500 for expenses; that on the
way to Chicago Green and Cyrus Clark had
| a quarrel; that Green proposed TO William
Clarke, the Vandepoele man, plan by
which they were to swindle General Stiles
out of a large amount of money; that
the proposition was Indignantly rejected,
and that Green then refused 10 carry out
his agreement with the other members OF
the party, alleging that the Vandepoele
Company was insolvent. He returned to
this city and brought suit for 81, 800, 900.
Colonel George Bliss will argue for the de-
tense tomorrow.
FOREIGNERS FIGHT.
WILKINSON, Pa, April "a terrible riot
took place in the Polish-HunRarian quar-
tiers Of the town Sunday night. The
foreigners celebrated Easter by drinking
immense quantities OF beer and whisky.
Towards night they got to lighting among
themselves and big riot ensued. Stones,
clubs and pistols were used in the melee.
Women and children took part, and
at midnight nearly one hundred per-
sons lay on the battlefield, all
more or less injured. The police were sum-
moned but were not strong enough in num-
bers and were routed by the rioters. Of
hcer Nolan was probably fatally injured in
the scufae. He was struck on the head
with stone and has skull fractured. The
whole police force was called to the scene,
and, after a hard struggle, succeeded In
subduing the rioGers and arresting about
forty of them. The battle between the
Poles and Hung arlans lasted from seven in
the evening until eight o'clock
next morning. Five persons were
taken to the hospital with
their heads crushed and bullet holes in
their bodies. -Four of the number will GER
tainly die. Their names are Stanibars,
Vnoyencnl, s Schwerts, Krockie and
Michael Ellorish. The brewer who fur
nished the riot ers with two wagon loads Of
beer is Co be arrested. More than fifty OF
the Poles and Hungarians were picked up
out of the roaGiways yesterday morning and
taken to their respective homes. The scene
where the rdoting took place resembled a
battlefield. all covered with blood.
TRIPLE MURDER
LIMA, O., April 3.-Last evening Patrick
Hughes, Dave Gallagher and James
Stockey were stabbed to death in fight
with Dave Crowder and William Coins,
colored. Crowder and Coins were passing
Manning's saloon on Main street, when
quarrel nsued Hughes heart was cut in
two with racer. The most intense excite
ment was caused by the murder and the
police were unable to keep the streets
clear. A mob formed and the various po-
lice stations and the county Jail were Wis
listed, but the Tnurderers were not found.
1t was learned late at night that the au-
thorlties had arrested them soon after the
murder and had them in hiding, fearing
mob violence.
MURDER IN WAR TIMES.
STLoUIs, April 3-The sheriff of Galloway
County rived here last night with Robert
CLAYTON, who killed three men in this
State in October, 1852 Clawton and his
brother were living on a farm near the
little town of Portland, in Galloway
County The brothers had been troubled
by incursions made by bushwackers, whose
visits were credited by him to the malice of a
neighbor named Leu Coates, and the two
killed Coates. Jerome and Dick Maddox
ran out into the street. towards the Claw
tons, who turned and Killed both. Robert
Clawton fed the country and has not been
heard Of until recently when he was ar
rested in Wood County, Texas, on the
charge of killing man n AIMED Frazier. He
admits the triple killing, but claims it was
done in self defense.
ITALIANS OBJ ECT.
NEW CASTLE, Pa, April Sat the lime
stone Quarries at Carbon, the employees, who
are mainly Italians, were notified week
ago of a reduction in wag es. The sheriff
IN response to telegram fpom John A
Logan, Jr., son of the late fSeL' ator Logan,
who is superintendent Of the qtlarries sent
posse 10 the scene this morning in antic-
ipation OF trouble. A con fiict occurred
this afternoon in which several s:hots were
exchanged, and a man named Angelo
Nocero received bullet wound in the knee.
About one hundred Italians are eng aged in
the strike.
zEPH DAVIS TO BE HANGED.
CHICAGO, April 3.-The jury in the .Zeph
Davis trial returned a verdict of guilty Of
murder as charged, and decided that he
should suffer the penalty of death. Dav is
is the young negro who killed little Maggi1
Gaughan in the boot heel factory Of Greene
Bros. in this city about a month ago be.
cause, as he said, "she sassed him. The
murder was one of the most atrocious ever
known in this city.
BORED h HOLE.
TExARKANA- Ark, April 3-Saturday
night eight Of the eighteen prisoners CON
fined in the Miller County jail with an auger
bored a hole in the wall and made good
their escape Bloodhounds are on the trail
Jim Doles, negro, and forger of school |
warrants, and a man giving the name Of
Dave Dixon, fer burglary, are among the
number who escaped.
Indications.
COLUMBUS, O., April 3.-The latest re-