New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-11-07
Mans Wicked DOings.

John Hillfoyle, a letter carrier, was killed
by Patrick Pedar, a bar tender, in d saloon
in Halstead street, Chicago. They had quar-
relied In another saloon.
Louis Helm Sonaker, cashier ofSioux City,
Iowa, for the Chicago & Northwestern rail
way, was arrested at Toronto, Canada,
charged with forgery. He decamped recently
with "a, 900 of the companys funds
At an Indian dance in Adonah, Wis, two
made by a married woman, Mrs White Bird,
turned upon her and gave her a terrible
beating. The woman,who was enceinte, died
of her injuries. Jealousy was the cause of
the tragedy.
A small pale-faced boy Of Is years was
on trial for murder at New York. His name
is Harry Rodgers. Some time ago he stabbed
William L. Dunn in the heart. His counsel
wishes him to plead guilty 'of manslaughter
The district attorney held that the plea must
be at least murder in the second degree.
The examination of E. P. Searles and G.
II. Anderson and wife at Billings Montana,
on the charge of the murder Of Lewis Sweet
resulted in the acquittal of the parties. The
hearing occupied three days and was made
as thorough as possible. No new information
as to the real perpetrator has been Cleaned.
Reports illegal registration In New York,
Justice Welde held William q. Coulter. car
driver, in $4,000 bail for registering twice
Michael Duane waB held on the
same charge. Ne had only lived nine
days in the place from which he registered.
A warrant for the ,ttsErfest of A. L. Knight Of
Bath, Dakota, ON Tie charge of attempted
rape, was issued by City Justice Ackley of
ried woman living at Bath, who charged
Knight with assault while taking her to a
farm in the country where her husband was
at work.
Senator j. N. Castle and Capt w G. Bron-
son, of Saltwater, Mimi. the former brother
inlaw of David B. Staples, under sentence of
one year for shooting Charles F. Winship,
sultation with j. A. Grain, who was also
counsel i'll the trial, in the interest of Staples.
AS a result Staples was taken to Joliet. 1t
was a matter OF great surprise as it was
thought a desperate effort was going to be
made to save the defendant from going to
the penitentiary.
t'Red Nose Mike" was arrested at Wilkes
barre, Pa, for completely in the murder of
Mcclure and Flanagan, and gave bail.
Pinkerton's detective refused to have any
thing to do with the arres st, saying that
Mike is not tht right party. The coal and
iron police, however, say they have i'm
portland evidence which will make the prisoner
out to be the real murderer, and that he did
the work single-handed.
johnson and Buckley, former members OF
the police at Fargo. Oak, who were arrested
afew days ago on the charge of robbery, had
their preliminary trial before Judge Barnett.
A great many witnesses we're examined, but
apart from the complaining witness own
testimony there was nothing brought out on
which a grand jury could have found an in
dictment, and the defendants were dis.
charged.
Benjamin Bryan, a prominent grain and
stock broker of Chicago, has been brought
TO Atlanta, Ga, upon a requisition of Gov.
Gordon, charged with larceny after trust
The charge grows out of the transactions Of
a branch house of Bryan & Louisdel which
failed some time since, the losers charging
some crookedness in the firms transactions.
Bryan claims this grew out of transactions
of alocal man in charge, for which the firm
was not responsible.
Two of the striking switchmen at the
Northern Pacific yards at Brainerd, Mimi,
arrested for alleged interference with the