New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-01
Grimes and Criminals.

Martin A. Goldsmith, agent for the Stand
ard Oil company, who lett Hancock Mich for
Canada a month ago, leaving a large short
age I'm his accounts, astonished the employees
OF the office by walking in as though nothing
had happened. The matter has been com
promised and there will be no prosecution.
Miss JOSEPHINE Hancock, an estimable
young lady employed in the postoffice at
Cloquet, Mimi, committed suicide in her
room by shooting herself through the head
With a revolver, during temporary aberra-
ton. Death was instan taneous: Her parents
live at Elgin, III.
Frank Miller, ofWest Union, Iowa was con
victed in the United States court, of using
the mails for fraudulent purposes. His
method was to write letters to parties offer
ing green goods at discount and after OBJ
tanning the money giving blank paper in re-
turn. There We're three counts and he was
convicted on ALL He will get several years
in the pen.
Charles Rowland, one of the most prom
inent contractors of St. Joseph, Mo-, shot
Louis Jackson (colored) four times in the
Office of the chief OF police. Jackson was I'M
der police protection, on u charge made by
Rowland that Jackson carried notes to his
daughter from an objectiona BILE sutton Jack
son refused to tell who gave him the note.
, and Nowland shot.
Reports offatal encounters between Okla
homa boomers come thick and fast. A man
named Grant reports that his friend, Cross
man, who came from Tennessee, was murder
ed by a stranger as he was about to stake a
claim in the rich tim Der land near the Santa
! Fe road. The stranger hurled a hatchet at
Crossman. The blade struck him full in the
| forehead and he fell dead in his tracks.
Grant shot the murderer, but he managed to
get away.
E. L. Totten was found dead in his room
| at Mitchell. He had been missed by. his
friends since Sunday night. His Oak
companions became alarmed at his nonap
pearance and breaking into his room found
him lying on his bed dead with revolver in
| his right hand and a bullet wound in his fore
| head. He had evidently shot himself Sunday
night. Totten was about % years old and
came from Grand Forks about three years
ago. He had been engaged in the saloon
/ business during his residence at Mitchell
James Hogan. sixty two years old, boarded
at the Spain house, in Chicago. He grew
violently insane, went to the roof of tn.
| four-story hotel climbed to the cornice anc
chung with one hand over the edge. Rescuer.
on the roof dared not approach as the ole
man threatened to drop if they came near
! Firemen was summoned. One ran up tn,
fire escape and had just reached the roo
when Hogan fell to the walk. His body was
horribly mangled, and bones were scattered
ten yards away. Several women tainted al
the awful sight.
5 The ninety days imprisonment in the case
of Thomas Brown convicted of murder al
Moorhead, Mimi, has expired, and Gov
Merriam was called upon toissue his warrant
for the hanging. It will be the first execu
ton under the provisions of the new law re
quiring that hanging shall occur before sun
rise and in the presence of d limited number
/ of persons, and that any newspaper publish
ing any details of the affair shall be guilty o
misdemeanor. The date for the execution
4 will be the morning of Friday June z
Brown. it will be remembered shot and killed
a policeman at Moorhcad while resisting ar
j rest. The crime was witnessed by severa
persons and there was no question as te
Browns guilt.
most important item of evidence to con
Wet two men OF an atrocions murder com