The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-31
Criminal DOings.

noDerO DeFFleF, u young WhICe ANdn WIZ
murdered his motber-in-law at Lexington, N.
C., was taken from jail and lynehed.
Stephen F. Sherman and E.. C.. Loveridge,
implicated in the Buffalo wheat steal, have
pleaded not guilty to the indictments and
were released in $12,500 bail each. 7
Harvey Hodge murdered his wife by cut.
ting her throat at Cambridge, N. Y. Hodge
then threatened to cut his own throat, but
was too cowardly to infict more than q
slight wound. y.g .,,4 T.. t.r
The trial of Father McFadden and the 9th
er persons charged with having participated
in the murder of Police Inspector Martin at
Gweedore in February last began at Mary
borough, Ireland. Trouble is feared owning
to the policy of the crown in refusing TO &C
cept Catholic jurors.
70 A young man named Miles came to Black
River Falls to visit his parents, He claims
that while..atT omah,on his way home, he vas
drugged and relieved of his entire summer
earnings, which amounted to $135, he being
left with only a few cents in small change
that was overlooked.
Two men entered the railroad station at
Mallory, six miles east of Grand Forks, N. D.,
and demanded of the station agent, who was
there alone, certain papers. He refused to
deliver them and the men then drew revolvers
and undoubtedly have shot him but for the
timely appearance ola section boss. The af-
fair is shrouded in mystery.
A package was recently received at the
postofice at Milwaukee addressed to W. B.
Neeves, a we'll known milling man from
Grand Rapids, Wis, and was found to con-
tain an Internal machine of cunning con.
struction, loaded and cooked pistol, item dyna-
mite cartridges and about two quarts of
powder. 1t is deemed q miracle that the
package was opened in such q way as not to
fire it off. The police have taken charge OF
the machine, but no clue to the matter.
Henry Smith, a defendant on a charge of
threatening his wife's life, turned upon the
latter in Justice Judkin's court at Indian
apolis and plunged a large knife Into her
throat within q quarter of an inch Of the
jugular vein. Mrs. Smith fell to the floor
insensible from fright, and the justice and
constable struggled with the desperate hus-
band to prevent him from striking another
disarmed, but begged for the knife that he
might cut his own throat. He declared he
had no regret for what he had done, except
that the blow was not fatal.
The body of q man, evidently murdered,
has been found on the bank of Whisky
creek, seven miles north of Moorhead, MINI.
An inquest washed, and the bodyindentifed
SO that of Hans Hogens, a man from Brain
erd, who has been working with a threshing
crew near McCauleyville. About three weeks
ago he, with another member of the crew,
left for Breckenridge, expecting to take cars
for Brainerd. This was the last seen OF HIM
till his body was ound. His skull was
broken in, and he was. cut with a knife in
several places.
Bailiff Mark L. Salmonson of the alleged
jury bribers, was released from jail at Chica-
90 on $1O,O bail. His face, which had
been unshavon since his arrest, was drawn
and thin and showed the severe mental SUI
fering he has gone through. In reply TO q
question, Salmonson said: 81 don't think I
shall stand trial" This admission is probably
proofpositive. that the erring bailiffhas made
O complete confession and will not make any
defense when he comes to trial, but throw
himself upon the mercy of the court. Fred
secure bail, but his expected bondsmen did
not appear, He refused to be interviewed,
but his lawyer ously denied that Smith
had confessed, or has anything to confess.
The farmers allianne of Henry county,
Alabama, had established a ware house OF
Dothen, and the. town authorities sought
to colledt license fees from the drays which
they employed, as they have been doing from
the drays employedby other business houses.
To test the law. George NJ. Stringer, ana
ger of the warehouse. undertook to drive O
dray himself when he was arrested. The
alliance men attended the trial in force, and
B. Stringer, a relative of the man TO be tried,
fonrished a knife in the marshaPs face. A
fusilade ofshous too place, during which
George N. Stringer and jeff Walker, of the
alliance force fell dead and Peter 1'ew, Green
.Stringer ~and B. Stringer were
seriously, wounded Marshal J. L.
Dominges and Deputy Marshal Park
Powell and a town man named w. B. Grad
dock were mortally wounded. The terror
which reigned the remainder of the day was
indescribable. A renewal OF the attsck
was, looked. for during the night. The
formers claim that the town people treated
them ~wrongfully, and that the riot was in
evitable under the p~rovocation given.