The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-05
The World OF Criminals.

James M. Newbaker was assassinated as
he was entering his house as Satartia, Miss.
He was riddled with bullets. Newbaker was
q prominent politician and a candidate for
the legislative nomination at. the last county
convention. An attempt was made abouta
year ago to assassinate him.
A deputy United States marshal at St.
Joseph, Mo-, arrested a farmer named Rob.
inson for ~disposing OF counterfeit money. To
the deputy marshal he confessed that he was
one Of q gang of the agents for the counter
letters whose den was recently raided near
counterfeit $40 bills had been distributed
around st. Joe.
A bold case of kidnapping occurred at Chi
cage on South Water street, one of the bust
est ~thoroughfares in the city. Henry Rosen.
berg, o peddler of vegetables, drove into the
street named and went into q market to buy
his supplies, leaving in his wagon his two
sons, aged ten and Ave years. While he was
rome an unknown man appeared and, lifting
the younger boy from the wagon, ran rapid
~ away with him. No trace ofthe child has
yet been secured.
BENJAMIN Adams was arrested at Kansas
City on a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. It is allegeded that he sold
the agency in four Missouri townships for q
patent form implement to four different Mis-
souri, farmers for $500 each, and failed to de-
liver the goods to any one of them. He was
committed to jail. 1t is believed that Adams
is the individual who has been victimizing
Kansas farmers IN q similar manner.
Judge Mcconnell at Chicago decided that
all the defendants in the Cronin trial must
be tried together, with the exception of
Frank Woodruff. He said that in view of
Woodruf's confession it would be mi nifestly
unfair to allow him to go on trial with t he
others. All the defendants took exceptions
to the ruling of the court. refusing them sep
arate trials, ant the Judge granted twenty
days in which to file bills of exception. The
att orneys for the various defendants then
ex pressed themselves as ready to proceed
with the trial.
A desperate attempt was made at Chicago
to assassinate Gus Klahre, the tinsmith, who
identified Martin Burke as the man for whom
he soldered together a tin box, May 6, which,
it is supposed contained the clothing of DR..
Cronin. He IA walking eastward to his
home on Ohio street. When with within q
block of his home he was assaulted by ten
or a dozen young men. They knocked him
down, beat him about the head with some
blunt instrument and threw him over q low
fence t O the ground below, q distance OF IL
feet. He struggled to his feet, calling for
help, and ran toward home. His brother
and the servant girl heard his screams and
they ran out toward him. His assailante
sprang over the fence after him and pursued
him almostto the door.
A great sensation has been unearthed at
the state prison, at Jackson, Miss. The mat.
ricide, Irving Latimer, whose crime and trial
attracted widespread attention, has been
detected in . plot to blow up the prison, and
a quantity of explosive has been found with.
in the prison walls. "A "lumper' or chore
man was detected In getting q package near
the north wall which had been thrown over
by outsiders during the night. A Waterman
got the package, having traced it to Lati.
mer. It contained a package. Of Hercules
powder one of the most powerful explosives.
From other, but reliable, sourcesit il learned
that old prisoners have made use of Latin
er's money and secured outside influence to
execute the scheme, which would, il entirely
successful, have destroyed the prison and let
800 convicts loose. This scheme has been
contemplated for the past year and did not
originate with Latimer.
There il q great excitement at San Juan
Capistrino, CAL, over the kidnapping OF
Marie Hobona, aged seventeen, by the noted
bandit Sylvester Morales. Morales was seen
carrying her away IN horseback and a Wig
orous pursuit wal organized. The bandits
horse gave out and he entered the stable Of
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