The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-11-01
Mars Wicked DOings.

David Sellers and wife, living about six
miles east of Mount Gilead, Ohio, were muir.
dered and the house fred to hide the evi.
dences of the crime. Sellers was wealthysund
known to carry large sums Of mo1fey on his
person. There is no clue-
louis ,sFaith; o coiored man, who lately
ann to Washington from Minneapolis to
act as coachman for Mrs. Bean, is under ar
rest for alleged burglary. He is said to have
broken into the house of O. maj named
Cowie, and was caught by two young ladies,
the daughters of the family.
The mai pouch that left Boston recently
and arrived in Chicago next day over the
Michigan Southern railroad was robbed OF
oil the first class mail matter it contained.
The stolen package consisted of registered
letters, and the supposition is that q large
amount OF money was secured by the thief.
Mrs. T. J. Lynch, a young and wealthy
lady, threw herself from the window of her
room in the Hotel Bristol, New York, and
was instantly killed. Mr.. and Mrs. Lynch
had just returned from Europe, where Mrs.
Lynch had gone for the benefit of her health.
typhoid fever for several days. .
Two members of the city police force were
arrested at Fargo, no complaint of Joseph
kuehl OF Sargent county, charging them with
having robbed him of $500 while c~omingfrom
Moorhead together in a carriage. Kuehl him.
self was arrested on the charge ofhaving rob-
bed another party of $25.
Two beautiful daughters of a game keeper
have been found murdered in a forest near
Leakan, Moravia. The breasts of one of the
girls were severed while the other was pinned
to the ground with a spike driven through
the abdomen. The motive for the crime is
supposed to nave been jealousy.
George Purdy, young man, was riddled
with bullets and killed one mile northeast of
Lebanon, Ind, and persons who witnessed
the shooting from a little distance say that
it was a political murder. Purdy was shout
ing for Harrison, and some unknown men
their revolvers at him.
Benjamin Carter was hanged at Rawlins,
Wyoming, for the murder of John Jeffreys.
a boy. At his request, newspaper reporters
were not present at the execution. Carter
walked to the scaffold unsupported. His
last words were: II am going to leave you;
but l will see you again. Goodbye" His
neck was broken by the fall and death wa
instantaneous. The crime for which Carter
night he entered the tent where Jeffrey and
several other cowboys were sleeping. He Or
dered Jeffrey to get up, and when he did so
Carter shot him through the head. He was
captured the following day and narrowly es-
capped %lynching.
A sensation was created at Racine. Wis.,,
by the announcement that w. A. Booth,
secretary and bookkeeeper of the Fish
Brothers Wagon company, had suddenly
disappeared, and was short. on his accounts
from 81, 200 to $1,000. Booth left the of
fee with a lot of drafts, which he was to have
deposited with the bank, but failed to do so.
Instead, he eashed a certificate of deposit on
his own name for 5000 and made q futile
effort to cash the company's note in his
favor for % $500. The first intimation of
any crookedness was received upon investi-
cation of the books where entries were made
which Mr.. Booth could not explain. 1t is
believed his shortage viii reach anywhere
from $4,000 to $1,000.
Ex~-Postmaster Mcnamara, of Minot, Oak,
was brought before Justice Sullivan, and in
view of the recent developments in the case,
his bonds were reduced to $500, which were
readily produced. The case has attracted
considerable attention, as the postmaster
was in jail on a warrant charging him with
the ENLIGHTENMENT of pa, 500. The examina-
tion of the books was evidently made in o
very careless manner, and it. Is doubtful if,
utter his books lave been correctly audited,
the shortage will not mount to very much,
if anything. The postofice inspector who
examines the books was said to nave been
considerably under the influence of election
fluid while at Minot, and this is probably the
reason the case was handled In this way.