The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-13
Criminal DOings.

Conrad Fuchs, .Jr., secretary of the .Adam
Schultz Brcwingcompany ofCincinnati. com
mitted suicide by shooting. Cause nnkn'*h'
l.. L. Clawson, IL real estate dealer III
Wichita, Kan, was found dead with four
bullet wounds in his body Foul play IL
suspected.
A. :. Perry of Jacksonville. Fla, after Mt
tempting to poison his six ihgitimate chill
dren by u negro woman, drank pois oned
whisky and died.
During q riot over n woman between Il.
number of Hungnriuns near Grecnshnrg,
Pa. one of the men was beaten 80 badly
that lie died two hour lntcrS.
The burglars who killed John Lawrence
at tMontevallo, Ala, while robbng his store
were captured. One of them has made II
confession. They were found hiding MP in a
tree within fifty feet ofwhcrc the mur, ,ter was
committed.
Near Monticello, Ky, nj negro who out
ragged twelve-year-old girl WIS caught and
tied to n stake, A rail pen was then built
around him, coal oil wos then pored ovcrhinr
and upon the rails, a match was applied and
the negro burned to death.
al Shepard, n farmer aged fifty-fve living
five miles east of Rock Rapids, Iowa, com
mitted suicide. He left the house osterpsibly
to shoot prairie chickens. did shoot two.
He then placed the gun to his forehead and
blew the topo: his head completely off. FL
nancial troubles and grief over the death of
his wife are assigned as the causes.
A discovery has been made at Racine,
Wis, which may explain why Patrick Cooney,
"the Fox,' cnnnot be found A bottle close
ly sealed was picked upin he lake, which when
opened was found to contain the following
note: IL Patrick Cooney, to clear MI others
of the crOnn murder, say killed him for q
personal grudge. My body you will find III
the lake" The note was placed in the huuds
OF the police
4 Among the passengers from the north to
Huron, s. d., was "Ordway" johnson, OF
Aberdeen. When the train reached the plat
form, he walked directly to c. Boyd Barrett.
editor Of the Aberdeen Republican, and
knocked him down, then kicked him while
falling, cutting ugly gasps OIL his head
johnson was mad because of an article in
Barrett's paper rejecting upon him. An i'm
nlense crowd saw the assault and dcnounce
Johnson severely.
yer, became jealous of his sweetheart. Jennie
shrock, because of her attentions to Charles
Wood. johnson and the girl met in the
yard in the rear Of her fathers house and
quurreled, he accusing her Ol ln!aithfulness.
The girl ordered hlm away from The house.
johnson pulled his revolver. and ns the girl
ran towards he house he fired. The ball ell
tered her back and passed through her heart.
The murderer than ran to his room and fired
o ball through his heart and another
through his head.
News wns received from Franklin, La. in
the Third district, statnsth that
Deputy Sheriff. jacobs, Republican. has been
shot. Jacobs had been troublesome and
oficious at the poll. Neither the commits
sionerssnor bystandcrs knew he was alnruty
sheriff. No announcement to that effect had
been made, when he left the court muttcring
threats. He drew his pistol and made
murderous assault and WIS shot down be-
fore he could fire. The wound is not nec-
essarily fatal. No disturbance whatever
followed.
William kemblc Lentc, prominent rail
road man. committed suicide at Seville, Pa.
He first slashed his forearm with n razor.
then took n large dose OF morphine. and
ended by discharging q bullet into his brain
Lente was thirty yenrs old and the son OF
the late DR.. Frederick D. !.ente Of New York,
from whom lie had inherited prinrey for
tune. 1t is sald that nearly all Of his inhcri-
tance has been either lost or tied UP in such
manner that it was unremunerntive, and
that fear that Il" had involved Others in
his reverses drove him to desperation and
suicide.
The private bank of L. S. Brooks at Len.
nox, Iowa. has been closed by the she riff
owing it's depositors from $4,000 70 S:'O,.
OOO. For some weeks the rumors of its n
sound condition have been current, but the
proprietor and his cashier have constantly
denied these reports, and, it is stated, re-
ceived $13, ,OOOlate Saturday afternoon 81 st
lust, since which time the doors have not
been opened. Writs Of nttarhment we're
sued out by Rilgeway and Worth, creditors
Oft bank, and when the sheriff went to
make an inventory he found Just three two.
cent stamps in the vault. The town is OK.
cited over the event, as many Of the dc.
positors are poor people or tradesmen who
cannot lose their deposits and continue their
business. Brooks and his cashier. Bester,
ere both under arrest, and there is great in.
dignation against them. Many threats OF
violence have been made. but they are very
securely guarded by the sheriff.
0ddA odIoOSoH, oHc vi tle CleScrcSG OF
European sharpers, was arrested mt Chicago
for extensive emLezzlemcnts OH the Fidelity
and Casualty company OF that city. During
the racing season the company learned by
accident that Jacobson was risking large
sums in the pools. After that the youn.
man was closely watched. GIaring ginaccura-
cies were soon discovered in his hooks, and n
systematic Investigation was begun and
Jacobson was proved to be II iorscr and con.
1idsnce man well known in Europe. and to
have been released only n year after serving
-four years at Joliet for forgery. jacobson
vas arrested just us he was stepping on q