New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-10-09
The World OF Criminals.

A starving man named Barrosa of Villa
de zapaheu, Mex, was beaten to death by
the proprietor of meat market while he was
helping himself to raw beet.
George B. Lawton was Jailed at Newark, N.
j., charged with embezzling the estate OF
Jane Null, who died in 1879, leaving $193,-
900.
John Devlin, deck hand, was murdered
at Erie, Pa, in a debauch in which about
thirty seamen participated. Nine :ot them
are under arrest.
Mrs Macrae, wife of a Presbyterian minis
ter at St. Johns, N. B., has been poisoned by
strychnine, which was in candy that had been
sent to her husband by mail.
Mrs. Mary O'Brien stopped at a
cheap hotel in Chicago while on her way from
Waltham, Mass, to Elgin, ILL.,, and was rob-
bed of $4,000, representing her saving Tor
years.
Three children named Walton obtained &c
Cess to a powder house at Cayuga, Ont+, and
ignited a quantity of powder One OF the
children was blown to pieces and the others
| fatally injured.
Mrs. Fannie B. Moore, widow of the late
insurance commissioner, Charles H. Moore.
was arrested in Columbus, Ohio, on an at
tachment issued by the probate Judge for
failing to file her account as administratix
OF the estate of the deceased.
Charles S. Pratt, confidential bookkeeper,
secretary and cashier of the Fl. Wales Lines
company at Meriden, Conn, has confessed
| to embezzling $4,000. Pratt was an Off
Ter in several local organizations, treasurer
of the First Congregational society and q
city alderman.
Maj. Carter, of the United States secret
service, made big haul of counterfeiter at
indianapolis. For six weeks detective has
lived with two gangs which have for months
| operated in Orange county. The officers
made raid and at noon seven out Of fifteen
were in irons, and Others are being holly
pursued.
The report of the grand jury in the case o,
Deputy United States Marshal Maggie at
Stocton, Cal, says that the facts show that
Judge Terry's killing was Intentional and
deliberate. The report further condemns
the action of the United States authorities
in removing thecase from the jurisdiction OF
| the state courts.
| John Eisenberger, thirty five years of age,
man OF slender built, was convicted at
Baltimore, Of brutal wife beating. Judge
| Phelps sentenced him to fifteen lashes and
thirty days in jail The sentence took the
prisoners breath, for it is most unusual to
infict punishment by the lash, but his treat
! ment of q frail wife was more than inhuman.
| Eisenberger is the fourth man sentenced to
the lash for wife beating since the enactment
of the law in 1883.
At Moss Point, Miss, during prayer meet
| ing services ut the Presbyterian church, some
one fired a shot into the congregation
| through the front door OF the building and
instantly killed Dan R. McInnis and mortal.
| ~ wounded his little daughter, Miss Nellie.
| Henry Blumer was also seriously wounded.
receiving five buck shot in his left breast and
shoulder. There is no clue to the perpetra-
/ tor of the horrible act, and no one knows
| what promoted the deed. The whole com
munity is greatly excited.
Charles Stevenson and William Johns, who
roomed together were found dead in Their
beds, at Ogena, Wis. 1t is not known that
| they had quarreled and the motive of tbs
| crime cannot be surmised, as they had been,
\ SOOu lIaSuus iie appearances lnGlmate
! that Stevenson, in whose right hand revol
| yer was found had shot Johns who probab
| " died without struggle. The murderer
| had then placed the revolver to his own head
! and blown out his brains.
George and Henry Manypenny, brothers,
who belong to the Bad River tribe of Chippa
was, quarreled in 8 camp about i've miles
from Ashland, Wis, over some land matter.
Both were intoxicated. They drove out the
other inhabitants of the camp. and in the
fight which ensued Henry drew knife end
cut his brothers throa t from ear to ear, after