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also admitted he murdered George Morris q
| year ago. ~ av,- ~~. - a.~~.x
Byron j. Charles and Frank Work at.
tempted to drive W. T. Callen from his min.
ing claim near Prescott, Ariz., and were shot
dead by Callen.
Serious charges have beenpreferred against
Postmaster Blair at Grand Rapids, Mich,
chief clerk Of the railway mail service.
D. J. Creighton of San Francisco, ex-state
senator, who wa convicted of jury bribing
nearly two years ago and escaped before
sentence was pronounced, has returned and
surrendered.
Robert Dalton, q deputy United States
marshal in Oklahoma, was killed by Lee
West, q notorious criminal whom he at
tempted to arrest. West was mortally
wounded. :,
The rooms at the Old Orchard house occu-
pied by Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Winchester
were entered during their absence by I'M
known persons. and robbed of jewely vaaued
at $4,000.
Herbert Oliver of Chicago, q confidential
agent of the firm of Alfred III. Smith & Co.,
diamond brokers of New York and London;
is missing together with 5 $500 worth of
diamonds given him by the firm to dispose of
or commission.
Two brothers named Heller, doing business
as foreign bankers and steamship agents at
St. Louis, are missing, and it is charged that
ron $4,000 to $4,000, deposited chiefly
by poor Russians and Scandinavians for trans
mission to relatives abroad went with them.
The papers in the Burke extradition mat
ter have been received at the department of
justice from Winnipeg. = Alapsc oftime being
provided for by law, an order for extradi-
ton cannot issue until the 10th inst, and; in
the meantime the minister ofjustice will nave
an opportunity of considering the merits of
the case. o..
+ Twenty women visitedathe gambling house
aof John Lewis at Eyanston, w. Tgand gave
Lewis a thrashing with whips as a punish
ment for his habitual beating his wife. Some
from the women, and the male friends Of the
latter also took q hand in the affair. In the
shooting which followed two men were severe
~ wounded.
- a stfanger named CASTOR committed sui
ScideAs BrswfoaJy Az sthrowihnHg himself
under, q circplarRaw in 2 saw mill. He was
Killed Instantly Irom aapsts found upon
hisperon it was learned that his home was
disappointment ii i6ve, as he had a letter
stating that the engagement with Miss
Smith of Des Moines had been broken. as
Patrick +Mahoney, a laborer on the Cham
bsrs' farm, Ave milessouth d Fasgos~N: D.
accidentally shot and killed ahimser. He was
trying tosdetach arpsty tube from the bar
rel Of o gun which he had separated from the
stock, and had placed the breech end of the
barrel ihathe stoyaWith the muzzle pointing
directly at his breast. The heat caused the
his hea n, killing him almostsinstanty.
L. J. Newald of Chippewa Falls, Wis. who
disappeared recently and is charged with
swindling to the@extent of 500, GOO, was
seen at Helena, Mont, o few days ago by
r. I. Trawley. %Newald conversed freely with
Trawley, and betrayed no anxiety md said
nothing about hisstroubles.. He answered IN
Esreply to O. question what he was doing away
out there, that he wis after a party who
had cheated MIN out of 81 ,OO0ain a. horse
James Reeves, n particularly requested
Trawley to call him by that name.
United States secret service men captured
y$21, OUUin counterfeit money at Dayton
Ohio, and had u pistol duel with James
Guyon q counterfeiter, resulting in. Guyon's
escape and Detective Datieli reaceiivinea wound
in the head. Nelson briggs keeps the United
States hotel a roa house near the soldiers
| home. About ffteen year ago. briggs and
Guyon were members OF a gang of counter
| letters in Illinois. briggs was arrested and
| served eleven year at Joliet; Guyon escaped,
carrying with him counterfeit plates and
$40, 900 in bogus ~greenbacks. i
Israel Lands, .eightysyears Of agesand one
Of the most wealthy citizens of st. Joseph,
No., wa snitdisdscuts Of a5,000Fby bunco
men. The old man MaS inets0n tho street BY
two men. They entieedL sandis ipto u room,
where he was persuadod to buy lottery tick
cts. He was told. thar he had won 81 $1,000,
but must show that HI hadThat much OF his
own before he could havastl,S winning.
Lands wantEto n bank and drew TINT
| AMOUNT, submitted ID to- the young mon To
| CONT, Hken they told him 10 meet them at
| the bank ut 4 O'Clock andEgst his money.
Lands swaa at the rendezvous alone, and
then realissd thathe had boon sviRdled,
Postmaster Gray. ot Gail, Lamar County
4abans va shot ppd Killed = man who
escapsd.Gra lived anhoars md gaYsths
following seeount 81 the affair: fsw days
40 Z packess cams to che ONCE addressed