The Worthington advance., 1888-08-02
Tho Murder at Fond du Lac.

The sheriff and coroner return cd from
Fond du Lac to Duluth, bring with them
James Reney, the murderer, who killed Ben.
| lam'n Clark of Duluth, known Us Slim"
There had been quarrel between the two
men In q box car, which was sidc-tracked at
Fond du Lac. and after they got out Reney
cut Clark with razor III the throat, the
slash being from the left ear around to the
right side Of the windpipe and going in to
the bone Kency is u rather
'nice,:]ooking man 3!' and does not
or a murderer. In an interview he said he
was an 1rishman, twcnty-ninc years old, and
had lived at Buffalo, where he was married
seven months ago. He is Il grain shOveler
by trade, and n member of the grain trim.
mers union of that city. lie came to Duluth
three days ago en- the steamer Nynck, look.
ing for work, but failed to get it. Aftcrwarl
he met a German here by the name of Grnpp,
They boarded q box ' coal "car car on '1'e the
St. Paul 4 Duluth railroad, intending
to go to ST. Paul in that. In the car We're
three other men, one of them the man Clark,
whom he had met the day before. Several
Of them were supplied with bottles Of whisky
| and they drank around two or three times,
| though Keney says they were not drunk
After awhile Grupp went to sleep and Clark
| told Rcney that he (Grupp) had some money,
$3.50, and he intended to go through him.
Rcncy objected to his doing so and the result
was that they had a aquarrel over it. AtFond
du Lac the car they were in was switched off
on Il side track just above the village, and
| the rest of the train went on. All got out of
| the car, and Reney says he said to Grupp
| they had better go on or they would have q
| fuss, and they started ahead on the track
Before they had gone far Clark called to them
to stop. Looking back they saw him
running towards them. They stopped,
Reney by the shoulder. Then, he
says. he drew out his razor and cut kim.
Clark dropped, and he and Grupp started on
q run for the woods, but he did not know he
had killed the man ut the time In a few
moments q dozen or more men were around
| the body and chasing them, one not far be-
heard one say, "He's dead" He then
stopped and decided to give himself up.
Grupp is detained as witness
Gen. Boulanger rode. out in carriage
for the first time since his duel with Floouet,
He drove through the Bois lie Bouloguc, fol-
lowed by sixteen carriages filled with news
paper reporters and admirers who shouted
"A has Floquet," "a bas Ferry" and "Vive
Boulanger" until they were hoarsc The gem
erals carriage was escorted back to Paris by
Tho officers of the Northern Pacific railway
were in consultation for many hours at New
York with Premier Grceuway and Attorney
General Martin of Manitoba. The general
understanding among outsiders was that
they We're endeavoring to effect some plan for
cooperation between the Northern Pacific
! and the Red River Valley railroad Premier
Greenway, when seen at the Fitch Avenue
hotel late tonight, said that IN agreement
had hpon plntos1 hx4 ho nto%
the Manitoba government and the Northern
Pacific Officials but that it would no doubt
require Legislative endorsement nnd ratifca-
| ton by the Northern Pacific.
There IL n possibility, if no moro. that the
Chicago prosecution of the Bohemian dyna-
| mite conspirators may result in the capture
and punishment gilmore importantc criminals.
Appearances point to Johann Most rs the
nrch-conspirator. His trail shows ut inter-
walls all through the plot. States Attorney
Longnecker and Inspector Bontield arc con.
vinced that Most belongs in the dock with
the four BOhemians, and no stone will he left
nnturncd to PUT him there. Considerable in.
| formation, which, from the nature of things,
cannot be made public, is already in the in
every turn that the missing links may be
picked up.
just before the St. Paul train loft the
Union depot at Sioux City, Iowa. Mrs.
George Martin entered the rcer car and
drawing q rawhide whip attacked her hus.
band, who was sitting in a seat with lady
who lives ut 14emars. Mrs. Martin struck
her husband 10 or - blows in the fnce and
drove him out OF the car, when an officer in
terfered. The nffair created quite a scene
The wife loudly upbraided her husband for
unfaithfulness. The parties are wealthy and
highly connected.
Miss Jennie Gould is school teacher and
farmer of Lyndeboro, N. II. She is forty
years old, fair and highly educated. Her
farm is said to be worth $4,000. Last May
Joseph Hombell came to town to put engines
into the factory Of $. D. Chandler & Co. He
! was forty-five, handsome and widower.
The Wedding was fixed. Every thing Was in
readiness, but the groom failed to appear.
Finally he came and explained that his wife,
whom he thought dead. was still living. He
went to New York with his wife, and Miss
Gould has engaged her school for another
term.