The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-09-13
Sinful Siftings.

James Kent and Geo. Mccormack. each
about % years old, while joking q bartender
in New York, made a feint of assaulting him.
The bartender took a monster revolver from
the shelf and said laughingly that he was
prepared, Mccormack struck the revolver
with his cone. 1t went off killing Kent in.
stantly. . 80 4
George Johns, living on Worthington
creek, seven miles from Parkersburg, w. Va,
was shot and instantly killed by Sam, Hare,
of the same place. John Willis was fatally
wounded at the same time by Hare. The
parties are all young men and were on their
way home from church. In old feud which
has existed for a good while was stirred up
by O discussion of politics, and 100 IL shots
were fred.
Information has been received at Philadel-
phia of the murder near Rock Springs, Wyo.,
offs Morris VAIN, and Charles Livingston
Strong, of New York. Both were wealthy
young men and fast friends. The bodies
were found by a party of hunters on the
about five days ago. The bodies were
stripped of money and %valuables of every
kind, and the impression prevailed that they
were murdered while asleep.
Manly M. Walker, q farmer living near
Parena. Mich, was arrested, having in his
possession several letter blocks, which he,
mailed to postmasters throughout the state,
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cratic campaign. Two letters, registered,
containing money, are in the possession OF
Postmaster Bennett. Walker says he was
hired to issue the circulars and receive the
mail by q man in Washington, who claimed
to be in the postal service, IT,
A most distressing tragedy was discovered
at Delhi, q few miles down the river from Gin
cinnati. 1t was discovered by Mr.. Steinle,
of Delhi, that his wife and two children, WHO
had been missing. had been drowned, and the
shock was the more intense because it is be-
lieved that the mother, in O fit of insanity,
had dragged the children into the river with
her. The children were n girl and q boy, 8
covered and identified. Mrs. Steinlehad been
demented, but no one feared insanity. So.
A horrible affair is reported from the neigh
borhood of Guide Rock, O small town just
over the Nebraska line from Kausa, John
Baker, while feeding O thrashing machine on
the farm of q man named Weeks, was accident.
ally cut on the hand by the band cutter, a
boy. In q rage he grasped the boy and de-
liberately fed him into the machine, feet first.
The boys screams attracted the attention of
the other hands, but before they could inter.
fere the boys body had half disappeared in
the machine. TIL enraged men seized Baker
and hung him to the straw carrier.
Sam Seaman called OF the house of his
brotherin-law in Louisville, KY, where his
wife .was staying. AS he opened the door he
said to his wife: II want YOU" AS he utter
ed these words he drew q revolver from his
pocket, and, before she was able to give any
response, he fired; the ball entering her stom-
ach. Before she could turn to make her ca.
cape he shot twice more. One of the bullets
entered her back, going through the body,
the other through her left arm. He then
placed the pistol in his mouth and fred, the
bullet coming out above the left ear. Both
are mortally wounded.
J. s. Greene, alias Wessler, alias Stewart,
will soon be in custody charged with bigamy,
He is the man who was elected from the
Grand Pacific hotel at Chicago, and who,
it is said, has five wives. Mrs. Margaret
Gilbert, who married him August 30 in St.
Cloud, Mimi, accompanied by q son of one
of his wives, who was formerly Mrs. E. G..
Brittin. vent before Justice Scully. and got
out O warrant for the arrest of her husband
on q charge of bigamy. Officer Tyrell ar-
rested Rev. Greene, at the residence of his
sister-inlaw, and he was locked up at the
Desplaine street police station.
The people Of Winona, Mimi, were
shocked recently at the report that Ben. V.
Simpson, city engineer and water commits
sioner, had committed suicide by ~drowning.
For some time Mr.. Simpson has been d.
spondent over imaginary business troubles.
He accosted !. citizen and asked him to.
drive him to the eastern. pprss Of the city,
where the Southwestern railway graders
are at work, On ttetway he met an ace
Grat-o lLss.s 10 he gave his watch md
Keys, asking thar they he given 10 his.
father, as5 they belonged tD him. Arriving
satathe riverMr.s Simpsonescrfbbled O few lines
in Ms note book laying that his partner
had do connection with the troubles which
had 5made him Respondent, then ran and
1eaped over the high bank. Finding the
water shallow he waded out to where it
was deeper, and wa drowned.
A.special from Paladora, in the public land
strip on tho border of Kansas. says that the
farmer rand lerdsmen of that section who
had lost many horses and cattle recently
suspected a band of campers who claimed to
be catching wild horses, and, finding evidence
!, of guilt, forty armed ;~vigilantes surrounded
the camp and sent in q committee of six men
to demand the. surrender ofthe thieves The
reply Of the desperadoes was q Yolley which
wounded one man and two horses. This en-
ragged the vigilantes and firing was at once
begun and the outlaws shot down at mercy.
They fought desperately and no quarter was
asked or given. In twelve minutes the firing
ceased and seventeen outlaws were found to
to be killed. The vigilantes had three men
killed and nine wounded. Two horses were
also killed and mine wounded. Sixteen stolen
horses were recovered. Not one outlaw es-
capped alive. &=