New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-07-25
Crimes and Criminals.

The steamship Erin, from London, came in
TO New York with a murderer in irons. Pat
rick Kelly, seaman, had stabbed to death
Sailors John Parry and John Chapman.
Kelly was taken ashore under arrest.
John Gibbs, who robbed the depot at Madi-
son Lake Mimi, was taken to Mankota and
lodged in jail. The money was notrecoyered.
Gibbs is printer, and was implicated in a
theft in Kasota last summer. He will have
to appear before the grand jury in December.
W. NJ. Hall, agent of the Minneapolis Eleya-
tor company at Ogden Iowa, has absconded
with 81. 300 belonging to the company, and
left local merchants for about $500 more.
Every effort is being made to find him but SO
far without success.
D. Webb assaulted c. A. Smith at Blue
Earth City, Mimi, with an AK dealing him a
blow on the leg which will probably lame him
for life. Webb was abusing. his family, whom
he had driven into the street in their night
cloths. Smith, trying to protect them, met
the above fate. Webb is under arrest.
Henry Conrad Ebert was hanged in the
county jail at Jersey City. When the trap
was sprung the knot slipped around under
the jaw and disarranged the cap SO that
Ebert's face was exposed to view as heslowly
strangled to death. When the body was cut
down it was turned over to his brother, and
afterwards taken to Mount Olive and Gre
mated The crime for which Ebert was
hanged was the brutal murder of his wife.
The body of Nels Anderson was found lying
near the Milwaukee main line track near Red
wing. The head was badly mangled and the
throat cut. In the pockets were found an
empty purse, some keys and knife. Hehad
been Respondent, and had told parties here
that if he went away he would never return.
The wound in his throat was probably self
inflicted, but it can hardly be believed shat
the fracture of the skull resulted from con-
tact with an engine.
Judge Reddick of Arkansas delivered a
charge to the grand jury, in which he urged
them to make a full investigation Of the race
troubles that have recently made Crittenden
county an armed camp. The court first
calls attention to the letterreceived by prom
lnent white citizens ordering them to leave
the county on pain of death for non-com-
phance, and instructed the jury to indict for
conspiracy every person found to have been
concerned in sending the letters.
A daring daylight robbery was attempted
between Marquette, Mich. and the new states
prison building. J.F. Grip, one of the con-
tractors started from the bank to the prison,
and when near the prison was set upon by
four strange men. He was struck upon the
head with club and badly beaten. The
robbers, knowing it was pay. day, demanded
the satchel containing the money But Mr.
Grip had decided to pay off next day. But
for this postponement the robbers would
have got several thousand dollars.
Some light is thrown upon the mysterious
suicide of G. II. Spencer, who ended his life
June 10 at a hotel at Marquette, Mich, by
taking carbolic acid. Copies of the two let
tiers which he left for his wife and which the
coroner refused to open have been received
In them he begged forgiveness for the trouble
he had made har and said hic hrain pa q
turned, and that he killed himself to keep out
of the mad house. 1t is understood that
there was a woman in the case who has al
ways borne an unspotted reputation. She is
well and favorably known, highly connected,
and her identity is withheld because there is
no proof of her completely in the circum-
stances leading up to the tragedy.