The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-14
Criminal DOlngS.

Near Columbus, Ind, james Ford, a.
farmer, while suffering from dcliriunl caused
by fever, sprung from his bed and made an
attack upon his wife nnd two children. He
seized a cllnir nnd killed the youngest child,
babe. and fatally injured his wife, nnd his
ten-year-old son wns no badly injured TINT he
will die. 1t required eight men to manacle
the delriOus man.
Mr.. Chester, son of n prominent citizen of
Antwerp, o.. went to Fort Wayne. Wis.,
nnd drew 1900 in cash from hnnk
While returning home he was wnylaid md
robbed. The rohlters knocked him senaelcss
an. laid him ON the track Of the Wnbasha
railroad in such ~ position that the next
train would run over him. Fortunately he
was discovered in time.
f. 4. Gardner, accused of opium SNUG
Cling, has turned over 10 thcgovernmcnt 12O
pounds of opium through, his attorney. Capt.
Black at Chicngo. This is part Of tho .:,O
pounds stolen from the Ogiensl,urg custom
house during the on rly part of July by Gnr'i-
ner md his alleged nccOmplices, j. W. Stone,
Nathaniel II Lyttle md William Comminsky.
The other 100 pounds WAS eizcd Mt the time
of Gardncr's arrest.
John Brady n wealthy fnrmer living seven
miles north of Mont goncry in Davloss cOuri-
~. Indiana while playing a gnmc of cards ut
home with his neighbor, Mr.. Carpenter, was
shot in the head an instantly killed by some
unknown person or persons who fired
through the open window. Mr.. Carpenter
was also shot, tho bullet knocking out his
front teeth nni coming out below the ear.
The people in that locality are searching for
the nssasains, and, if found they will he
lynchsi.
man giving the name of Mnj. Gen. IIovcy
OF Washington, d. T., was arrested Mt kncine,
Wis. ON the charge of l+ing a pension shark.
He represented himself ms u pension ex-
amincr; nnd attempted to prevail upon Mrs.
iottl,chun, W. z. Jones' and Others to allow
him to collect their pcnsons at the same
time asking heavy fee and claiming that he
had authority from the government to col
!ect pensions. After being arrested he con-
fesssrd that he was n fraud. He wns taken
to Milwaukee t,y United States marshal.
j. Rocks, m ex-patient employed mt the
insane hospital at st. Peter, Mimi. commit
ted suicide by jumping into the Minnesota
hoslitnl hy one of the employees. Mr.. Rocks
had been patient in the asylum for twelve
years prior to the last two, when he was dis.
charged. lie Inns been employed there for
severnl years, and was considered good
and faithful servant. No calH. is given for
his strnnge action, unless it be q recurrence
ofinsnnity.
David Niblock and seven others, including
one woman, were arrested ut Pittsburg for
robhing wholesale grocery stores on Liberty
street. The robbery has been system n tirnl!y
carried on for nearly n year. and it is csti
mated that goods amounting to ut least
$4,000 have hccn taken. The plan WIS for
one Of the thieves TO SECURE employment IN
watchmun in the Htnrr. and after dark the
goods would he carried of and sold to regu-
lar customers. Six arrests for receiving st olen
goods are yet to he made.
The little town of RoseIand. n suburb of
Chicago. Whose population is chiefly COM
posed Of II llollnn.lera, is in II state Of excite
the savings bank OF The village. The president
Of the hunk, William Swnrt, its teller, l.. II.
johnson. md the business solicitor. Elijnl
Becklcr, hnve left town, taking with them the
entire assets Of the bank, amounting tn bn-
tween $25.OOO and f3O,OOO. I'll. vault
when opened was found to contain only sl.lG
The depositors nre mostly email trn,lesn,en
and farmers Of the vicinity. Swart had been
speculating.