Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-09-27
Sinful Strings.

Several places of business in Fargo were
entered by burglars. but no large amounts
were stolen. In C.. j. Chalmers grocery store
they attempted to blow open the safe with
powder, but succeeded only in tearing away
the outer portion Of one side of the cafe.
No arrests have been made.
Burglars entered the jeweiry house Of Shell
don, Swope 4 20. Mt Terra Haute, Ind, and
attempted TO ~overpower Edward Patterson,
him TO give them the combinatioato the safe.
In the scuffie young Patterson was cut IT
times. The burglars escaped.
Mrs. Shell, the widow Of the millioraire
who was murdered in his own home at Chr
eago, by a burglar. doubtless the ycnng
scepe-graee Tascott, offered double the
amount of the original reward for the capture
of the fugitive. Ii is not known that any
definite cine to Taseott's whereabouts has
caused this action.
James Z. Bedell, who swigiled clients of
the law firm of Shipman, Barlow, Larocque
4 hoa of New York out of nearly $780,
000, was rensanded for examination. Philip
Goss aud Joseph Emerson, the proprietors
OF the policy shop at $50 Broadway, where
Bedell say he lost <120,00 and who were
arrested, were arraigncd and remanded in the
custody of the police.
John n. Wogan, aged about sixty, the
most notorious desperadoin SoutlernIllinois.
who for ten years has figured in the criminal
courts at Wabash county, shot and killed
by Constable Hall, Of Belmont. Hall HAD ar
rested Wogan on the charge ofattempting to
kill his own son and daughter, and he was
taking him TO his boarding house to get his
clothes. In a dark place Wogan turned
sharply, and Hall, fearing violence, drew his
revolver and fred.
After a yesr's search the police Of Iowa
city and the Chicago. Rock Island 4 Pacific
railway secret detective have arrested the
man VINO tried to wreck a passenger train on
the above named railway near that city a
year ago The man is William 0rcutt, aged
twenty. He has made a confession, saying
that his motive IN trying TO wreck the train
was robbery OF the passengers He has been
bound over to await the action of the grand
jury.
The sioux Falls, Oak, saloon keepers are
much exercised over the action of Judge Car
land in sentencing two Union county saloon
keepers 20 the penitentiary for three and four
months respectively for violating the local
option law. Their names ore William Gillen
and John Teller. All the saloon keepers are
under bonds 10 answer for from two or three
To 10 or 20 violations each of the local OPP
y law, but W. been expecting fines only,
which would be equivalent to paying license.
but penitentiary terms now stare them inthe
face and they are getting ervou
2. Brown, an old resident of Godfrey, was
swindled out Of Sa.50p. An Illinois man
calling himself DR.. Williams, claiming to be
rom New Jersey, had ingratiated himself in
to the confidence ofbfr. Brown, p~retendingto
want to buy his farm, and offered Mr.. Brown
a large sum for the farm, which Was accepted.
Mr. Brown was induced TO put up $4,000 as
a forfeit if he did not keep his bargain. They
drove into town together, and Brown drew
the money at the bank. Williams put the
into a box, or appeared to, and then
handed the box back 70 Brown, telling him
he could keep IL. Williams made some ex-
cnse and vent away. Soon Brown opened
the box n the money was gone. Williams
has not been found.
Four days and nights of continuous search
In the woods of Newton, MINI, finally result
ed in the capture OF Robert Aroia, the young
t1niander who Is accused Of shooting his
iafher. He was taken to New York Mills.
he met bis brothers and sisters. and
quite an eGecting scene was enacted. Young
Aroln says he o nothing about the
murder of his father, and maintains n stolid
ndlirrence, although he broke down a little
when the sheriff started for Fergus Falls.
His sister Mary accompanied him. She was
an eye witness and ii in she who must send
her brother to the gallows. She is a very
bright girl and seemed 20 fully realize the
dreadful position in which she was placed.
W. G. Harley, a wen know commission
dealer and member of the firm of Peterson 4
Harley. was arrested at Minneapolis, on a war
charging him with stealing Is, 900 bush
els of wheat from the onion elevator. This
arrest comes as the sequel Of a great deal OF
suppressed excitement among certain we'll
wheat inen. The arrest of Harley is
probably but the beginning OF a series OF ar
rests. and the local wheat trade it likely to
soIne intensely interesting subjects for
gossip. The stealing was lone by overload
ing carr. The cars leaving the elevators were
to have contained SOC bushels each. 1t Is
now positively known that they were over
loaded, and that to the extent Of 80, 100 and
15e beshels.
At Carthange, Tenn. as John Smith. a
stone contractor of Nashville and Knoxville,
and his bookkeeper, Mr.. Shreiner, were be-
tween G~ordonyil:e m Lancaster, on their way
to pay dd the hands, they were stopped By two
men who demanded the 81 900 which they
had ~ a grip-sack. They fred at the robbers
but Smith was struck on the head n rem
tered insensible and Shreiner fed. The rob
bers escaped with the money, but were soon
o~yertaken in the woods by a party ofrailroad
men sho Ind been notified by Smith as soon
rs he recovered consciousness. One of the
pursuers named Johnson MORALLY wounded
one of the robbers and shot the other so sew.
erely that he may die. The money was re-
covered and the robbers taken into custody.
They were former employees of the k3ad n
knew when the payee would pass and the
amount he would have with him.