The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-08-02
Crimes and Criminals.


houses: being destroyed, and only the coal
companys Office and the depot remaining.
About fifteen hundred people are homeless
A. V. Bragg, ex-sheriff of Onachita county,
Arkansas, and brother of Walter L. Bragg,
OF the Interstate commerce commission, was
shot and killed at Camden, Ark, by S. G.
SEWER. The row came up over political mat
ters.
Martin Dunn, formerly of Faribauit, now
of Kenyon, while acting as umpire of a game
of ball at Fairbault. Minn received the ball
on his jaw bone and suffered severe fracture
of the jaw. The wound may result in serious
trouble.
Jessie Mckinney, a married woman, shot
and fatally injured J. +. Sullivan, d resident
of Forest City, Iowa. Sullivan and two 9TH
er men were prowling around her cottage and
upon refusing to leave, Sullivan received q
pistol wound. Mrs. Mckinney is in custody.
At Blackfoot, Idaho, Frank Williams was
hung for the murder of Charles Reed and
Capt. VIM near. Caribou, Dec. II, 1886. He
was Indifferent about his fate, and when the
time came for the drop he called out "All
ready
c. c. Nelson, absconding banker from At
lanta, Ga, is in the Bellevie Jail in Canada.
He has been remanded for a week. He has
been held for bringing stolen money into
Canada. He has no fear of being extradited.
Nelson is q Canadian. He brought here
S23 200 and much jewelry. His defalcation
was much larger.
\ highway robbery occurred in Ortonville,
Mimi \ farm laborcr named p. Il. Hiistad
was slugged and robbed of quite q sum of
money. One Of tine alleged robbers was ar
rested. He was armed with a heavy revol-
ver big knife and razor. He was given a
preliminary examination and bound over.
He gave the name Of John O'Connor.
r. W. Henry, one of the most brilliant
young lawyers in Western Kentucky, shot
himself at Hopkinsvillc, dying instantly.
He was u nominee for Cleveland and Thur
mentioned for the Democratic nomination
for congress. He was only thirty years old.
The cause of the suicide is a mystery.
party of seven persons were boatriding
| at Quincy, ILL.,, when the skif was capsized
| and Sam Steel and Miss Jessie Kay were
drowned. Steels body was recovered. with
bullet hole in the temple, and he is now
thought to have been murdered and the boat
| upset to remove suspicion regarding his
death. Miss kay's body has not yet been
found. The police are working on the case.
in Canada, unexpectedly surrendered himself
in Judge Schroeder's New y ork city to answer
TN Indictment gainst Observation-Disclosures.
| ment from Cincinnati, Hamilton L Dayton
railroad. George Stainor, x-president OF the
Cincinnati, Dayton railroad also surrend.
cred, and he and Ives gave $4,000 bond
each, with Albere Meter and George H. Spea
! as bondsmen.
The adultery case against Henry W
Moore was called at Topeka and his bond OF
$500 was forfeited. Mrs. Norton's case was
| continued for two weeks. Their lawyers gave
no intimation of their present whereabouts
but the same day Il dispatch from Idaho
| Springs said: editor Moore and Mrs. Nor.
! ton, Of St. Louis elopement fame, arrived
here I. few days ago and are living at one
! hotel as man and wife. Efforts to interview
Moore proved fruitless."
Officers have arrested Pedro Yamcs, the
! 15-yearold boy, who murdered Station Agent
Stevenson at Glamis, COL, some time ago
Stevenson was lying on cot III the sta ton
when Pedro came in-took the officers re-
volver from its 1esting-place and shot Steven.
son through the body, killing him instantly
Pedro then took $75 from the drawer and be-
gan to spend it in saloons. When Steven
sons death was discovered the boy tried tc
run away, but was captured. He first said
the agent had killed himself, but afterward
| confessed.
Jack Allen was hung in the court house al
Monticello, N. Y, for the murder of Ulsura
Ulrich at Jafferso nvile last October. Allen had
an iron nerve, and sang and prayed under thu
| gallows in q strong, clear voice. He asked
for glass of whisky, which was refused him
said: LET her go Gallagher" The sheriff
then pulled the lever and Aliens body swung
in the air. He was cut down after hanging
! fourteen and IL half minutes. He was al
Enslishman, 81 years of age, and came tt
this country two years ago.
Two OF the three anarchists arrested at Chi
cago for conspiring to assassinate Bondfeld
Gray.and Grinncl are out ofjail Chleboun an,
Chapel< furnished the required bonds O
| So, 600 each last evening and have been re
leased. Hronek, the arch-conspirator, is still
in confinement. and will doubtless so remain
| Inspector BOndfeld says the case is complet.
| with the three arrest already made. One OF
two Others may have known of the plot, but
not to theextent that they could be convicted
Any further arrests will be tor thu
purpose of holding witnesses.
W. L. Reynolds, alias Frank Williams, was
hangsd at Blackfoot, Idaho, for the murder
of Charles Reed and Captain Vim, near Car
J ibou, on December 18th, 1886. His stor,
about this affair, which lie made on the wit
ness stand, is that he went to the cabin o
Reed and VIM and was sitting down talking
with them, when Reed asked to see his gun
When Reed handed it back the hammer
ing through Recds head. Vim, seein;
started for Williams, who With ono piec
knocked Winn down. VIM jumped an(
reached for the gun hanging on the rafter!
of the cabin, but Williams caught the axe
and killed him with it.
Ben Dutton went to the house. of John La
mont ct Ithaca, N. y, and attempted to xii
Lamont ah.. Miss Roat, a young woman EN-
one bullet at Lamont, which took effect in tn
face, and four ut the girl, oil of which tool
effect. Her most serious injury'is bulle
wound iG the back of the head, and her re
covery is doubtful. Dutton escaped to tn
woods. Next morning his dead body wa
found with a bullet hole through his heart
A paper was also found at the dead man.
side marked strychnine. button had beef
paying attention to the Roat girl, and OF
Lamont's advice she rejected his suit. Dut
| ton swOre to get even with Lamont for inter
fering, and it was in fll6llment Of his oatl
thnt the crime was committed. The wounde,
man is a cousin OF Daniel S. Lamont.
Travelling Auditor Townsend, of the Gul
road, arrived at Springfield, Mo-, from tn
negro county officials had been iynched by
mob of white men at Marion, Ark, whicl
place is under guard of armed men. A gener
q state Of excitement prevails. Neithe
cOurisfa nor messengers are allowed in o
out, and the telegraph operator is confne'
| TO sendlnS on train i3fi:ers MIR. IOWnaen'
states that the victim was ous Of the ban
ished eighteen. The mob seized him while h
was ehdeavoring to enter the court house
dragged him to the woods at the edge of tn
town. and after desperate struggle strun
linn up. 1t is claimed that Gov. Hughes q
Little Rock has been called upon for pre-
lection, and that an armed force of whit
men have gone from Walnut Ridge to Mario
to aid the whites, who look for serious ur
rising among the negroes
Edward ". Manning, according to aN ~
ports, is q professional land swindler. Will
one of his victims, +. NJ. Dean of St. Louis
encountered him on the street and recoe
n;zed him. Dean claims that Mannin
swindled him by selling him 800 acre
of worthless land in Arkansas Mannin
was taken to the central station and wa
recognized by Lieut.. Elliott as perso
wanted in Fyscport. ILL., Sheriff Tins c
Freeport was notified, eh49 came with a wal
rant for the prisoner, charging him wit
forgery and obtaining money ty false n.
lenses. The victim in this case is Solomon
Best. The latter's com plant is that Mannn
claimed to have tract of land in Minnesota
He producsd az abstract title. and the prof.