The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-31
Sinful Siftin.s.

james Ryley, II wealthy ard eccentric old
man, took rough ON rats ut Ishpeming
Michigan and di,sl. He proposed to q young
Iady ana was refused, and in his chugrin
committed suicide
Will Sliuman stabbed and instantly Killed
Lincoln lieaton ut Brimiicld, Illinois. The
two men were rival butchers and there was n
feuti Of long stnmlinS between them. The
stnbhng WIS done Will, butcher knife.
Albert llcrrington and George Thomson.
fnrmeis, living nine miles southwest OF Mt.
Pleasant, Mich: qunrrclcl over some trivial
aii'ir and q fight e',s,icl. Harrington was
struck ON tho head by II fence ruil and died
about midnight Thompson was arrested.
Benjamin Josephson, who with his wife
were cye-witnrsscs to the murder of Rev.
GcorgrC flml.urk aud who were ON the wit.
ness stand in the last trial. was arrested mt
Sioux City, Iowa for bru,ally bcntingl son.
Officers attempted Ills arrest, but he barri.
c.'rd himself in the house and Threatened
violence to any one WHO came in.
rest at bloomington. Ill., of William Allen, n
well known Blo"mingtnn horse buyer, on
complaint of Albert Hill. u horse dealer of
minneapolis. Hill charges TINT Allen, who
had been acting as buyer for him there, en-
bezzle'i $3.50 of his money. Allen claims TINT
He threatens tn s,ie Hill for damages
At Eagle Greek church Kentucky. Consto.
Bile Vcstal. with two brothers naIncd War
innii acting ns deputies, attempted to arrest
JACK lialEiin, who was charged with the lp-
trayal ola sister of the W;irmnn brothers.
Hamlin, assisted by his brother Tom, resisted
arrest, and fired upon the officers. Both of
the Warman brothers were Killed aud Vcstni
received two very dangerous wounds. Both
Of the Hnmlins mn,ie their escape, but nrp
being pursued by officers of the law.
James lsc,lcy, the Fond lu Lac murderer,
was brought before Judge Martin, of Duluth
and bound over to tl'csr'nd Jury nt the next
term of the district court. The only new
evidence, in addition to that given before the
coropcr, WIS tn" testimony ofO. W. Sanders,
for whom the murdered man worked lust
spring md who identified the lnnly at the
morgnr: John Downing nlso testified TINT
he identified tho body as that of Mike Burk,
The prisoner behaved with the utmost nun-
Chalance.
The Rev; NJ. Wislauer, pastor of St. Mary's
catholic church, Of burlington, Wis. was
bound aud gagged l'y four robbers. He was
awakened by the burglars. and gr;,sprd u
revolver and tried 10 shoot, hut the revolver
could not lm discharged. The burglars beat
him about the head and face, put gug in
ms mouth secured his hands behind his
buck and hid him Oh the bed aud tied his
feet and arms To the bed posts, where he Ibid
for hours. The Iobt,ers lett not the slightest
clue. Rev: Mr. Wisl,auer is cighty.fiye years
OLD. and hns lfcn robbed ut le,st twenty
times in the past ten years.
Tho state has concluded its evidence in tho
brown investigation mt MasOn City, Iowa
The defense has vet submrnusI no witness.
nnd i liz g.,,ernlly believed thut they vii,
submit the cure OH the states evidenced
Hiram r.. Brown, husband of the accused
testified to improper and imprulcnt conduct.
brtwctn his wifi, and Jim Anderson, which
led to Andrrson's discharge. The actions Of
Hiram Il. Brown aud his wife nre extremely
disgusting. Notwithstanding the fact that
the wife before the roroner's jury tried to
swenr the g'iit on the husband. and in turn
the husband hiring u detective to hunt down
his wife. they are together most of the time,
living mt the snme house and acting as II
nothing had happened. They are the sub
ject of severe criticism.
A tragedy at Utirn. Mississippi, wns fol.
lowed by nlynrlIing. +. b. Robertson, accom-.
panirl by. II young lady. was walking to
church, when they encountered six negroes
@ on the sidewalk, who. instead Of yielding the
sidewalk to the lady, pushed her in Il very
rude manner. Robertson demonstrated and
was cursed by the negroes, who said they
would get him" on his return from church
Robertson was Joined by three or four of his
friends and was telling thcfl Of the conduct
OF tie negroes, when llls party was rushed
upon ny the SIX Iirgrocs. who b"gnn firing on
the whites, the hitter Icing unarmed. DR. L.
w: Holiday was shot through the head and
will die, Armand White received n serious
wound through the thigh, and Frank Wal.
luce was shot in the arm. All the negroes
escaped except Bob Broom, the ringlentler,
who, it is known, shot Holiday. He was
taken out OF the cnlaboosc in the evening l,y
mob and strung up to u tree near the Gene
terry. Ike Broom, brother of the negro who
was lynlied, AMI Sam Harris were captured
0nd carried to the Raymond iui