New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-01-30


in OF around about Mechaniesyflfe suficien
to, for an instant, strike terror to my heart
Furthermore, allow me to suggest that in
your nurderous attempt that you make no
mistakes, and that your calculations be
carried out with mathematical precision,
as halt and delays may prove dangerous.
otherwise o White Caps wife may be made a
widow
At Garden City, Mimi, 6. F. Furndal alias
Fred Hickmott. alias Frank Hickman was
arrested on charge of murder committed
in Illinois this winter He is young m an of
English birth and about % years old. The
arrest came about from a letter received by
Postmaster Murphy. of Garden City, from
the detectives of Illinois. He is we'll edu-
Gated young Englishman, who, about nine
months ago. came from England, to Albion,
ILL.,, ostensibly to visit his uncle, a highly re-
spected farmer, Detective j. H. Williston
says the crime with which Hickmott is
charged is the murder of Henry j.. Percev;al,
his wife and infant child, Hugh Moir and H.
A. Bard of Vance county, Neb., Sept. 20,
1884. The murderer of those persons is de-
seribed as man 5 feet 8 inches high, while
Hlckmott is fully feet inch high.
Residents of Omaha were startled by two
shots fired in rapid succession. An investi-
cation showed an attempted highway rob-
DC4y Lie VlCIlu WCa - COlG, OF UQS urm
of Patton & Cole, who was on his way home
at the time. While passing south on Six
teenth street, between Howard and Jackson.
two robbers suddenly jumped out of an alley
and, thrusting a couple of revolvers in his
lace, told him to throw up his hands Mean
while his trusty dog, huge mastiff, sized up
matters about right and planted his teeth in
the neither part of one Of the highwaymen.
The fellow roared with pain, and the other
robber, taking fright, fed. While highway
man No. was busy with the dog Cole jerked
out his revolver and attempted to kill the
would-be plunderers, but the two shots fred
failed to take effect. The reports of the re-
volyer caused the dog to release his hold and
the highwayman fed precipitately.
A man giving his name as William Brown
attempted suicide at Aitkin, Mimi,
in a most novel way. He as
cended pair ofstairs leading to the fat
roof of Know & DeLaittre's office, VIII ere he
managed to crawl over the edge and hung
by his feet or toes to the top of the building,
while he let his body down Of course first,
and then let himself drop to the ground in
the hope to break his neck He did not hurt
himself the first time and tried the expert
ment the second time. This time he was
knocked senseless by the fall and broke his
shoulder. Sheriff Markham took him to jail
While the sheriff was bringing wood in the
office the man tore up his over shirt, tied the
then strangled himself to death. The sheriff
says he was not away from the cell more
than twenty minutes. Markham cut the
man down at once and found that the heart
still futtered, but he was unable to bring the
man to life.
The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
company of Hartford has issued acircular in
forming the policy holders that Joseph A.
Moore, for sixteen years financial correspond
ent OF the company at Indianapolis, is a de-
taulter to the amount of about 100000,
He devised narrowing tales, and kept the
company minutely advised OF the progress OF
individual alleged cases, and thus prevented
foreclosure proceedings. Occasionally he
would really settle up one ofthcse cases, great
~ to the satisfaction of the company, and
to the apparent vindication of his Judgment
Meanwhile he was constantly remittiE,s large
sums an genuine investments in q perfectly
correct manner. He was regarded as safe,
successful business man, and his influential
standing was not questioned by any one IN
the city. lie is prominent member and
vestryman of st. Paul's Episcopal church,
aud his personal ha bits are unexceptionable.
Reporters have SO far failed to locate Moore,
but it is not thought that he has left In dian
apolis.
Charles Lumsdaller, a Scandinavian, who
arrived at Port Townsend, w. r., few days
ago with his wife and seven children was ar
rested for the murder of his first wife in Fer
gus Falls, Mimi, last March, A. Branden-
burg, the sheriff OF Fergus Falls, came west
in search of 0. L. Leary. an embezzler, and
learned that Lumsdaller and his family were
in Port Townsend, Mr.. Bradenburg in COM
pany with Duffield, a deputy sheriff of Taco
ma, come to Port Townsend and arrested
Lumsdaller at his house in the northern sub
urbs. 1t was learned thatLumsdaler was WELL
TODD farmer residing q few miles from Fergus
Falls. Employed in the family was q pretty
servant girl and Lumsdaller's intimacy with
her became the talk of the neighborhood
Last March Mrs, Lumsdaler died suddenly,
The funeral was hurried through and FIVE
months after Mrs. Lumsdaller died the family
and servant girl went to Fergus Falls, where
the husband and his mistress were married
Lumsdaller, accompanied by his wife and six
children OF his former wife, came West. The
body Of the deceased wife was exhumed and a
medical examination rev called the fact of her
having been poisoned. The second Mrs
Lumsdaler is scarcely 10 years old and
speaks very little English, LumsdalIer is a
powerful built man and his only answer was
they could not produce evidence which would
convict him.