The Wahpeton times., 1889-08-08
Criminal Doings.

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During riot among Italian laborers near
Pittsburg, one man was killed, anothermo
ally wounded and several severely hurt.
At Wakefield, Mich, FIVE loborers grew
quarrelsome over a keg Of beer when one of
the party, name unknown, had his neck
broken by blow from car pin.
An unknown man hired boat at Chicago,
and after rowing out into the lake q short
distance, stood up in the boat and shot him
aelf, the body falling into the water.
Col. John Atkins, editor of the Rocky
Mountains News at Denver, was assaulted
by q gangof roughs against whom the pa
per had been waging vigorous war.
William L. Ross, note teller in the Nevada
bank at San Francisco. who embezsled $685.
600 in promissory notes, has been captured
at Victoria, B. G.
Andrew c. Drumm. who has full charge of
the cattle commission business of A. Drumm
4 Co., at Kansas City, has disappeared, and
$15 900 with him.
Abraham Finkbone, aged twenty.six years,
accused Of setting fire to the Reading Lum.
Der company's property four times, causing
48o, 900 damage, hanged himselfin jail at
Reading, Pa.
Mrs. Isabella Everson. an old Norwegian
woman, living alone, was found dead in her
bed at Everson, Wis, with her neck broken.
There is evidence of foul play. A chest con.
tanning her money was found pried open and
the contents scattered.
A stone mason named Mcdonald came
home to supper in Ashland, Wis, and went
to the kitchen, got the family butcher knife
and deliberately cut his throat with it.
There is little hope that he will survive. The
cause for the act ia unknown.
Fred O'Hara, q laborer who killed one Of
his mates at Wakefield, Wis, with acoupling
pin, was captured ut Thomastown, q small
station on the Duluth, south Shore & At.
Inntic. He claims that he did not intend to
knowledge that he had caused his death.
The FIVE men accused Of completely in the
murder of DR.. Cronin-Coughlin, Beggs,
Woodruff, O'sullivan and Kunse-were ar
raigned In Judge Horizons court at
Chicago. All pleaded not guilty. In the
cases Of Beggs, Coughlin, Woodruff and
kunze q motion to quash the indictments
was made and entered. O. Sullivan's attor-
ney made motion for q change Of venue
from Judge Horizons court.
As the limited train on the 500 was pulling
out of the depot ut Barron, Wis. j. Hors.
man, with C. w. Hackett Hardware comma.
ny, and T. ]. Burke, with Allen, Moon & Co..
St. Paul, had O very narrow escape, some
evil disposed individual firing shot OF heavy
caliber through the window by the seat oc-
cupied by Hoerman, barely grazing his head.
At the same time large stone was hurled
through the window where Burke sat, miss.
ing his head about O foot. What object
there could have been in this dastardly act
cannot be imagined. The Sheriff has been
unable to get any trace of the perpetrators
asyet.
When NJ. E. Billings, the alleged murderer
Of Attorney Kingsley at Waverly, charged
Lawyer Monaghan with larceny at GARY. g.
y; the latter charged Billings with perjury.
The sheriff arrested Billings on the Burning.
ton train and brought him back, and tie
justice adjourned the case until next morn
ing: That night Billings eluded the sheriff
and again sailed out. He was seen one
night walking toward the creek. and az he
had been acting very strangely the past few
days, it was thought by some he had com.
mitted suicide and the creek and the woods
is probably that some one assisted him over 81
the state line into Minnesota.
james W. Smith, the man who attempted
to kill himself in Judge McConne,l's court
room ut Chicago when he was found pniltv
ofa criminal assault upon q little eirl and
sentenced to nine years in the penitentiarv.
will be q free man when he is able to Leave
h hSn hal In $HA Al
Connell has been investigating the rumors
that there was conspiracy to send Smith to
prison. He sent for the prisoners wife and
had o long and earnest interview with her In
his private chamber in the criminal court
building. Mrs. Smith, it is said. desired a
divorce, and testified against her husband in
or:er that his conviction might give her
grounds ior the annulment Of the marriage
contract. Stricken with remorse at his al.
tempted suicide, she now confesses her perfiiy
to Judge Mcconnell, and the latter Will nj
aside the verdict on the grounds Of con-
spiracy.
Magnus johnson, who hos resided in
Anoka, Minn., thirteen years and for the
past three years boarded with Frank Fink.
mysterously disappeared recently. His
body was discovered floating in Rum river,
q quarter ofa mile above the railroad bridge.
johnson was sober industrious bnchelor.
with no known enemies. about th,rty.fiye
yenrs OLD. He held a mortgage Of s400 on
Flink's house, had money in the bunk and
considerable on his person the day he disap.
penred. The face was mashed with o club
aud bullet hole wns in the side of the head.
The coroner held an inquest and examined a
number Of witnesses. Among them was
Petsy Swonson. She loved Magnus, hut he
didn't seem to reciprocate. although ehe
said he told her they wonld he marrad
soon. Her :ather determined to help thu
match out. The jury rcn Tered verdict
that Johnson cnms T., his death by bullet
tirrd from 9 revolver by soms psrson un'
knorn.