New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
Petty Crim1naIities.

A robbery of S24O, 900 has been discovered
in the government deposit bank at Madrid,
Spain. The robbers are unknown. and the
time of the robbery cannot as yet be definite
| ly fixed.
brace of foot pads slugged man named
}. f. Lind on the bridge over the Sioux river
| in Sioux Falls, Oak One of the robbers
struck him on the head with sugshot while
the other seized him by the throat, but he
succeeded in shaking them off and crying for
help when the Williams left without any DO oty
An attempt was made in Brandon, Mani
| toba to circulate a petition asking for elem
| ency for Webb, the wife murderer under
sentence to hang Dec. 80 but met with little
| success. The prisoner takes the matter cool
~, and appears resigned to his fate.
| The case OF the state of Iowa. VS. Mrs
yula billings, growing out OF sensational
kingsley Billings murder case at Waverly
last winter, has been transferred to the Wa
terloo (Blackhawk) district, in answer to an
application for change of venue on the
! ground of popular prejudice.
| In cheap restaurant in Bermondsey
| street IN London, a man made an unpro-
! voked attack upon the landlords daughter
| and cut her throat SO seriously that she is
not expected to recover. The affair has
created great excitement In the neighbour
hood as the criminal is supposed to be ''Jack
the Ripper"
| Frank Knoblock pro minent German and
the treasurer of the Intern ational Brewing
company, of Buffalo. NJ Y, is found to be
$3,250 short in his accounts. knobloch's
sureties will be called on for the amount OF
the shortage. The brewing company says it
does not desire to prosecute Knoblock and
1t is likely that the matter will be dropped.
About two weeks ago 20 Of the leading
| business men of Coldwater, Kansas, went
down into the Indian territory on a hunting
expedition Word has been received that the
whole party has been captured near Camp
Supply and are now awaiting transportation
to Wichita. where they will be held to answer
the charge of trespassing in the Indian terri
tory
! A White Cap notice was left at Thomas
Casey's saloon at Lima, Ohio notifying him
that unless he vacated the building within
twentyfour hours it would be burned to the
ground Casey did not heed the warning,
and one night the building was burned The
White Caps left notices ut several other sa-
looms to take warning at Casey's treatment
and leave the town. h
Inspector Byrnes of New York, received a
dispatch from Chill, stating that Gerald F.
Hanson, alias William A. Bush had been ar
rested in Santiago for embezzling money
from the firm Of Butler, Stiman& Hubbard
lawyers at 81 Wall street. The crime was
committed ten years ago. and the amount
stolen is said to be $35, 000 Requisition
papers will be forwarded to Chill and the
prisoner brought to New York.
John Martin, an engineer of Chicago mar
ried, fell desperately in love with Mrs w s.
Merrill, his landlady, and knowing that his
love was unrequitted, shot her and then
!, killed himself B. W. Merrill and his wife
have kept the boarding house for several
years. Among their boarders was Martin,
and ever since his arrival in the house, over
a year ago, he has protested the greatest
love for Mrs. Merrill His opportunities at
| last became unbearable, and SO she ad.
slsed him to leave. After pleading with he1
not TO send him away, ana finding her de
termined he shot her and then himself. Mrs
Merrill died in the afternoon.
David T.. Fothering ham, the Adams Elk
press messenger, who was robbed of $35,
o00 by Frederick Witrock, in October, 1885.
and who was arrested for completely il
the affair, settled with the express com
pany at st. Louis for $780, Afterth rob
: berry Fotheringham was held prisoner al
the Southern hotel for three weeks, and sub
sequently indicted and placed in Jail. The
trial OF Witrock established the messenger
innocence. He sued for $50, 900 and received
/ 9 judgement for $4,000. This was cut