The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-20
Criminal pOings,

Ira Cobb shot nnd killed Alexander Nag
goner, Jr.. at Silvcrvillc, Ind. 1t waE an old
quarrel renewed. This is Cobb's second man.
Louis Superior, u tailor of Terre Haute,
Ind, hanged himself because his vie would
not give him 10 cents
A race riot occurred at Newcastle, DEL, be-
tween Irishme,i, Poles and Savacks, in which
q Hungarian was killed.
Two negroes were killed at Granville, Miss,
by another negro yhose sister they had insult
Mrs. Margaret A. Di:iard, in jait at Easter,
Pa., has confessed that her paramour, W. n.
Bartholomew, murdered her husband ut q
signal from herself
Orson Snow. n son of 1srastus Snow. one of
tine twelve apostles Of the Mormon church,
has been convicted at Beaver, Utah, of in
decent assault on an eleven ,enr-o)d daughter
OF Bishop Fotheringham.
It's charged in st. Louis that Charles Z
Meade, Mayor Noonan'e private secretary
was guilty of forgery in signing the mayors
name to official documents, and that he was
engaged in the burter and sale of he yor'a
influence without the mayors knowledge.
f4 York county. S. C., W. b., Boyd, IL white
,aaa. shos his wife and thon killed himself
Mrs. Boyd lived on,5 aa i,ogr nfter being
shot. She was the second wife Gs Doya IT,:
left several years ago with his first wife for
Arkansas. ti6 returned without her, claiming
to have been divorced The fate of the sec-
ond vile suggests that he may have murder
ed his first wife.
Arthur Redmond, suspected of numbering
a.,
has since been confined in jailat Huron, Ont
He dug out and skipped. A good reward is
offered for his apprehension. He is five feet
eleven inches high with light hair, gray eyes
and Q SMOOTH face, wore black coat, black
striped pants, dark brown hat and has no
money There Is no traek Of the direction
he took.
1t has been discovered by an Indian that
the horse thieves who broke jail at Chamber
faip. s D., crossed to the Sioux reservation
where they are sac fram pursuit as far us
the officers are concerned, us white men cau-
not go upon the reservation. A band of
Sioux are said to BIS close upon the trail of
the thieves, and will surely overhaul them
BhSnll they do 80 q fight will occur, as the
thieves are determined that they will not be
Isenptured.
Monroe Gray, 6 well known school teacher
at East Carondelet, seven miles down the
river from St. Louis, committed suicide by
shooting himself with q revolver. He had
been attempting to shoot himself almost
every night for several weeks, but was un-
successful. He left letter to his children,
q daughter aged nineteen and son of six
teen, describing his attempts. Gray's reason
for desiring death was melancholy over q
tragic breaking up of his domestic relations,
about two years ago. At that time, while
living in Columbia. Monroe county, ILL.,. lie
shot and killed William Dilsch. wealthy
farmer, together with his own wife, having
surprised them in IL compromising situation
in his own home. Gray was convicted of
granddaughter nnd sentenced to the psnitpn-
tiery for one year, but was pardoncd by
Gov. Oglesby after serving one month"; The
tragedy was one oi the most noted in that
section of the state.
The romance of poor young woman was
disclosed ut Pierce City. Mo-, when Marshul
Chappcl arrested Mrs. Josephine Cox, alias
Joseph Cox, n first cousin of Frank and Jesse
James, for mnsqnernding in male attire. She
is the mother Of two small children and her
home is in Clay county, Mo. Under the
mime of Joseph Cox she worked on a farm 1t
Aurora, No., several months until her sex