The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-12-20
Petty ~Criminalities.

A robbery of $240, 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.
A brace Of foot pads slugged q man named
j. E. Lin on the bridge over the Sioux river
in Sioux Falls, Oak. One of-the robbers
struck him on the head with q slugshot 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 circnl ate II petition asking for Glenn
ency for Webb, the wife murderer, under
sentence to hang Dec. 20, but met with little
success. The prisoner takes the matter cool
ly, and appears resigned to his fate.
The case OF the state of Iowa, vs. Mrs.
Julia Billings, growing out of sensational
Kingsley Billings murder case at Waverly
last winter, has been transferred to the Wa
terloo ~(Blaekhawk) district, in answer to an
application for q change OF venue on the
ground of popular prejudice.
The striking miners at Bevier, Mo-, are
growing ugly and further trouble is expected.
A striker named Atkins asserts that they
will build q stockade and defy the militia.
There are only As of the state troops on the
ground, and the threats of the strikers create
considerable uneasiness. r.
In O cheap restaurant in ~Bermondsey
street in London, o man made an unpro-
voked attack upon the landlords daughter
not expected to recover. The affair has
created great excitement in the neighbour
hood as the criminal is supposed to be ''Jack
the Ripper" 'E.
Frank Knoblock a pro minent German and
the treasurer. of the International Brewing
company, of Buffalo. N. Y, is found to be
$3.50 short in his accounts. knobloch's
..~Is all Ia 4H11oI ~1 f@~ %1N nr~ -, ~
the shortage. The brewing company says it
does not desire to prosecute Knoblock, and
it 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 q hunting
expedition. Word hos been received that the
whole party has been captured near Camp
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
t~wenty-four hours it would be burned to the
ground. Casey did not heed the Xsraiss-
e 9ee{5ces ut several other SAL
~ at Casey's treatment
az Xa6f New York, received q
Rating that Gerald r.
EHGmsof, alas William A. Bush, had been ar.
rested in Santiago for embezzling money
from the firm of Butler. Stillman & Hubbard.
committed ten years ago, and the amount
stolen is said to be $4,000. Reputation
papers will be forwarded to Chilli and the
prisoner brought to New York.
John Martin, an engineer of Chicago mar
ried. fell desperately in love with Mrs. W. 8.
Merrill, his landlady, and knowing that his
love was unreqnitted, shot her and then
have kept the boarding house for several
years. Among their boarders was Martin,
| and ever since his arrival in the house, over
o year ago, he has protested the greatest
love for Mrs. Merrill. His opportunities at
last became UNDESIRABLE, and 80 she adj
not to send him away, and finding her de.
termined he shot her and then himself. Mrs.
Merrill died in the afternoon.
David Il. FOtherineham, the Adams Elk,
press messenger, who was robbed Of $780,
600 by Frederick Witrock, in October, 1856
and who wus arrested for completely in
the affair, settled with the express com.
berry Fotheringliam Nas held a prisoner at
the Southern hotel for three weeks, and snb-
~sequentIy indicted and placed in jnil. The
/: trial OF Witrock established the messengers
innocence. He sued for 100000 and received
d judgement for 100000. This WAS cnt
press company showed an inclination to
fight farther, but finally compromised on
De, 300, which was paid to Fotheringham.
IN the trial Of John ii. Bauereisen, chief 81
the alleged Burlington dynamite conspira-
tors, the jury panel was completed at Gene
va, I'LL. John Alexander BoWIes, who 1T il
saidy was s~conspirator and one q the