The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-12
Criminal DOings.

s Conrad Fuchs, Jr., secretary of the Adam
Schultz Brewing company ofCincinnati, COM
mitted suicide by shooting. Cause unknown.
A.. s. Perry of Jacksonville, Fla, after at
tempting to poison his six illigitimate chill
dren by negro woman, drank pois oned
whisky and died. ' .g
M. D. Carney was shot and killed by some
unknown parties in ambush near Monroe,
La. 1t is supposed to be the result OF an old
feud.
The burglars who killed John Lawrence
at Montevallo, Ala. while robbing his store
were captured. One of them has made a
confession. They were found hiding up in q
tree within fifty feet ofwhere the murder was
committed.
2 Near Monticello, KY, a negro who out
ragged a twelve-year-old girl wal caught and
tied to a stake, A rail pen was then built
around him, coal oil was then pored over him
and upon the rails, q match was applied and
the negro burned to death. a {
Al Shepard, a farmer aged Afty-fve, living
Eve miles east of Rock Rapids, Iowa, com.
mitted suicide. He left the house ostensibly
to shoot prairie chickens, and did shoot two.
ne lNcu pIdCtu tu0 Suu " Nl0 lOICNCdu uuu
blew the top OF his head completely of. Fl
nancial troubles and grief over the death OF
his wife are assigned as the causes.
A discovery has been nude at Racine,
Wis, which may explain why Patrick Cooney,
"the Fox" cannot be found. A bottle close.
~ sealed was picked upin thelake, which when
opened was found to contain the following
note: II Patrick Cooney, to clear all Others
of the Cronin murder, say l killed him for. q
personal grudge. Ny body you will find in
the lake" The note was placed in the hands
Of the police.
Among the passengers from the north to
Huron, s. D., was "Ordway" johnson, OF
Aberdeen. When the train reached the plat
form, he walked directly toe. Boyd Barrett,
editor OF the Aberdeen Republican, and
knocked him down, then kicked him while
falling, cutting ugly. gashes on his head.
Barrett's paper rejecting upon him. An i'm.
mense crowd saw the assault and denounce
j ohnson severely. -
billy johnson, aged twenty-three of Den
yer, became jealous Of his sweetheart, Jennie
Shroek, because Of her attentio MS to Charles
Wood. johnson and the girl met in the
yard in the rear of her fathers house and
quarreled, he accusing her OF unfaithfulness.
The girl ordered hmm away from the house.
johnson pulled his revolver, nj as the girl
ran towards the house he fired. The ball en-
tered her back and passed through her heart
The murderer than ran to his room and fired
o ball through his heart and another
through his head.
News was received from Franklin, La, in
the Thirdsscongressiona district, stating that
Deputy Sheriff Jacobs, RepubIican,ha been
shot. Jacobs had been troublesome and
sioner NOR ~bystanders knew he was q deputy
sheriff, No announcement to that effect had
been made, when he left the court muttering
thre ats. He drew his pistol and made
muir erOus assault and was shot down be-
fore he could fire. The wound is no nee
essarily fatal. No disturbance whatever
followed.
William kembls Lsnte, = prominent rail-.
road man. committed suicide at Seville, Pa,
He frst slashed his forearm with a razor.
then took q large dose Of morphine, and
ended 81 discharging q bullet into his brain
Lente wns thirty years old and the son 81
thu late DE. Frederick. ID. Lente 81 New York.
from whom he had inherited q princely for.
tune. 1T II said that nearly all OF his inheri-
tanceshas been aither lost or tied mp III such
d d that it was unreamunerative, and
that a fear that he had involved Others ii
bis reverses drove him to dsspsfation and
suicide. 1890
The priva1e ofL. 4. Brooks ii Len,
nox, Iors ~ closed ~ the sheriff.