New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-13
Crimes and Criminals,

Fannie Moore, aged II, was stopped on the
street in New York Jan. "a, while going
home from school, by well dressed man,
who insulted her and declared that he was
Jack the Ripper" The child was terribly
frightened, and on seeing the effect of his
words the man fed Fannie was delirious
when she reached home, and brain fever set
in, from which she died The police are en-
deavoring to find the stranger
Word has been received from Eufala, Ind.
t., that Belle Starr was killed. Belle was the
wife OF Cole Younger, and Jim Starr, her sec
ond husband, was shot down by the side of
Belle less than two years ago. Belle Starr
figured on the borders. She married Cole
Younger directly after the war, but left him
and Joined a band of outlaws that operated
IN the Indian Territory. She had been arrest
ed for murder and robbery a score of times
but always managed to escape.
Oscar L. Wiley, the mailman who muir
dered Francis Valentine, at Baltimore while
confined in his cell made a furious attack on
Capt Farnan, trying to choke and bite him,
his own head. Wileyzwas finally overpowered
and placed in irons The unfortunate man
belongs to good family in Gloucester coun-
ty, Virginia. He graduated with honor last
year at the university of Virginia. He be-
came infatuated with a young lady, and
when his advances were rejected lost his
mind. His father died recently leaving him
comfortable Inheritance.
A1arge crowd of strikers and their sympa-
thizers attacked a car of the Forty second
street line in New York. There are few
builders in the neighborhood, and no police
men were in sight to aid the solitary officer
on the car, Thomas K. Schneider There was
but one passenger-an old lady. She got out
when the car stopped, and escaped unhurt.
In A.
shattered, and a shower of stones was falling
upon the officer, driver and conductor AS
tho rioters advanced Schneider aimed at the
leaders, and fired three times in quick sue
cession. The driver and conductor also
fred The mob wavered, and then fed in all
direction. One wounded man was left on the
spot, and two less seriously injured were
helped away by frien DIS.
The investigation into the Riverside peni-
tertiary management at Pittsburg, Pa, is
going on. The penitentiary officials, state
board OF charities, visiting committee of the
| state board of charities and the prison board
OF inspectors were present. Prisoner James
McPhilany, who preferred the charges
against the hospital Steward, DR.. Maharnek,
called several witnesses. The testimony lisclos-
ed startling state of affairs in theinsti tuition
and in the main substantiated the allegations
Several witnesses testified to havingtbeen the
victims of cruelty and extortion while sick in
the hospital. Insane prisoners had been
placed in the straight-jacket and electric
currents applied to their heads until the
blood ran from theirnoses. Others had been
whipped with leather straps with a heavy
buckle attached. An insane prisoner had
been ducked in cold water and scrubbed with
! q broom until the flesh was torn from his
body.
Gunder Johnson, farmer living near Cas-
tleWood, OAK, discovered a man walking
along the railroad track acting curiously,
and on investigation found the man had tax
en- poison. He had bottle of strychnine in
his pocket He gave his name as Gustaf
Johnson, and said he came from Blunt, hav-
ing farm near that place. DR.. Staley was
just returning from a trip in the country
when a man was brought in, and he placed q
very small amount of the contents of the
bottle on the end of his finger to taste it to
be sure what it was In a very short time he
too was suffering agony from the effects OF
the poison. Emetics were at once employed,
but both of the men are in critical condi-
ton. DR.. Hess of Esteline has been summon
ed, as there is no other doctor in the place.
Johnson says he is from Sweden, but has not
q friend or relative in the world To some he
said his name was Wiley. He also said that
he wanted to die, and that aneighbor bought
the strychnine for him at drug store in
| Blunt.