The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-28
Crimes and Criminals,

Aman named Cobberty stabbed, another
named Cooper in the abdomen at Bogemen,
MINI. in o quarrel about a woman. The
wound is not serious. Cobberty is in custody:
s.. F. Higens. the a%bsconder from Beving-
ton, Iowa, was arrested at Towards, Cal.
Higens was agent for the United States. Ex-
press company at Bevington, and or Jan
10 disappeared, $4,000 short in his nts
1t is rumored in Memphis that the arrest
of the persons who planned and aided in the
assassination of Hon. John NJ. Clayton at
Plummerville, Ark. will soon be accomplished.
One of the suspected parties belongs to q
family whose reputation extends beyond the
limits of Arkansas, being well known through
out the country, and it is due to his promi-
hence that officials de er making an arrest
while endeay oringst to establish to ~ certainty
what. up to the present time, Isl only q well
grounded suspicion OF guilt.
James Elliston, q prominent cattle man
| and proprietor of the Gmmaron ranch, one
of the largest in Western Kansas. became in
volved in aquarrel with c. L. Badly was on
familiar terms with his wife and accused him
of 1T. They we're parted by friends, but later
the quarrel was renewed, and Badly, who in
the meantime had armed himself with a re-
volver, shot Elliston three times, death re.
sulting almost instantly. The ceiling against
the murderer is very bitter. He claims that
he acted in self.de!ense. @s c4s e.
A well-dressed man called at the money
brokerage Office Of James Walsh & Son, at
s Wall street, n desired to exchange some
Italian bank.notes for American money, but
on Mr.. Walsh's scrutinizing the notes and
intimating a doubt as to their genuineness
the man dashed out Of the Office and fled. He
was pursued, but succeeded in escaping in the
crowd on Broadway. He left behind asatchel
full ofthe notes which proved to be clever
~counterfeits. Detectives have been put on
the case.
Keya-Paha, one of the frontier counties
COMMITTEES said to number 500 men. They
have q man named c. N. Clay and several
others suspected of running off horses and
cattle, and it Is feared they will he lynched
before the committee can be brought under
control. A man named Stewart mysterious
" disappeared and it is suspected he fell q
victim to the vigilantes. The governor re-
fused to send militia to enforce q writ of ha-
beas corpus issued by the judge ofa neigh
boring county. -. 49, ..
Apeculiar suit, with singular incidents at
tached, was instituted i in theEast st. Louis city
court. Frederick, Harris, of Chicago, and
Miss Margaret Byrne, of St Louis, entered
into Tin engagement to marry; and Mr..
Harris presented his finance with costly
iswelry. Henry Wilkins: an uncle Of Miss
Byrne, discovered that Harris was q divorced
man, and succ eeded in annufing the engage
ment. Harris now sues to recover the
jewelry given Miss Byrne, and the Wilkins
family claim it's value will not offset the royal
entertainment Harris has been accorded OF
the Wilkins residence while visiting Miss
Byrne. yvssss J. s@% x- $40 go =. =
In q camp near High Bridge, eighteen
miles from Ashland. Wis, on the Central
railroad, o man namedT homasM ontgomery
was assaulted and terribly mangled With an
AK by Louis Burke, who inflicted half q
dozen wounds on his head, shoulders and
other parts Of the body. The cutting occur.
red while the victim was, asleep. No other
parties weresengaged in the melee. Burke
wasjealous ofhis. Wife. tits believed he In
tended to kill her. but did d dare to as
sleeping inmates--employes of Burke be-
coming conscious Of what was going OH in
their presence interfered, and Burke lett the
camp and gave himself up to an officer in
Mealen, eontessing his crime. The injured
man was alive at last accounts, but his re.
~covery is doubtful. Burke is in Jail. |g"
Mr.. Oliye Z. Friend. the Towards and the
Halsteads are still IN jail at Ann Harbor,
| Mich. Aswrit o~fhabens corpl a was obtained
for Mrs. Friend, and was returnable. but was
adjourned to give the sugar co mpany time
to make answer to the writ. Detectives Ku-
purpose OF taking the entireparty East. "A
str ong legal fRhtwiils be made to test the
validity n the .rapsrs beforS they win be al.
10 wed togo. b habeass corpus was only
issued III Mrs. Friend's case. hut writs will be
obtained in all the cases. Thegwho!e party
seem to take. the arrest quietly, and claim
that they are not afraid OF being convicted
Of any of the charges.
Dr.. Carey, county physician, went to the
county poorhouse at Darlington Wis, and
amputated the frozen feet Of q tramp who