The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-05
Crimes and Criminals.

John +. Bcggs, the Clsn-na Gnsl man, has
finally been arrested.
The police of Chicago have entered upon a
vigorous war against tile gamblers of TINT
city, and about fifty men have been arrested.
Alf Grizzard,a gambler, was lynched at
Milan. Tenn. by negroes from which he had
won all their money.
A. u. Russell. IL fugitive Alabama murder.
er, while resisting arrest, accidentally killed
his accomp lice, Pink rye, and was himself
shot to death by the officers.
Mamie Stewart was stabbed sixteen times
at Kansas City by Mrs. Hannah Pickett,
wife Of n local missionary, and will die. Both
are cOlOreu.
William 7. Harley, tried in Minneapolis
for completely in the great wheat steal,
pIcnds guilty OF petit larceny and is fined
$lOO. Holcomb gets yenr IN state prison.
q. W. Norwood Of birmingham, Ala, IL
contractor on railroad in Kentucky, was
murdered by two Italiuns. The murderers
were tlken from the officials and shot to
death.
DR.. Eugene Thayer, a well known organist
OF New York City, committed suicide Mt Bur
lington. VT, by placing he muzzle of n re-.
volver in his mouth and blowing the top of
his head off.
George McCann, who was awaiting tria
for the murder of his wife, Saturday, June
IL. by crushing her skull with q hatchet
while she lny asleep in bed, hanged himself in
his cell At Philadelphia.
The divorced wife of j. Thatcher entered
thelInyessrhoolin in Chicago. forcibly dragged
her little daughter Hettie from her books,
then choroforned her and carried her away
ina cab. She took this means to obtuin
custody of her child.
Henry Geirnup was waiting in jail on o
charge of burglary until the fall term of
court. He was given much liberty, and used
to drive the cow to pasture. He desired to
plead guilty to theft and receive his sentence
but was not allowed to do 70. Thenhe went
to the pasture with the cow and is probably
going yet, rs he has failed to return.
1t is reported ut Spokane Folls that John
McNeilly, nwell known citizen OF Cheney, was
returning from the railroad mems picnic at
Medical lnkehe got Oh u private car occupied
by road officials with a friend. 4 negro port
er ordered them oil. using very insulting
language. When the car stopped Mt the
platform at Cheney MrNeilly got off, The
porter followed him. and, it is said. hit him
on with the porter before IN arrest could be
made. McNe'lly will die.
About two weeks ago a peculiar religious
bnnd o. preachers, calling themselves tile
Pentecost band; supposed to be Mormon mis-.
eionaries, were driven out of Hinesboro,
Illinois. and their meetings broken up. They
returned, at the close of servic"s, twenty
masked men entered the hall where the meet
ings had been held and stoned and severely
handled the alleged Mormons, tore down the
doors and demolished the windows. Mrs.
Yeimes, n convert, has been lying in u trance,
aud her friends are becoming anxious for her
recovery.
W. H. Irwin, a dementcd freight brakeman,
took possession Of an Oregon Railway &
Navigation engine at Wallula, threw open
the throttle and ran her furiousy townrd
Wella Walla. When he run out of steam
there he was overtaken by pushing engine
was sent to the insane asylum. Elijah Smith
and other prominent officials Of the Oregon
Railway and Union Pacific were at Wnlla
Walla ut the time, but were detained. Thil
saved them from certain death, as they
would have been run into il they had gone
at the time as intended.
The lawyers and police OF St. Paul or,
busy unearthing scheme of fraud of as yer
unknown proportions and which would hav,
approached the gigantic ii it had not bee,
discovered at an curly stage. The .schem
consisted in borrowing money on fraudulen
titles to real estate. In the one case, the par
ticulars of which are known, it was foun,
that a piece of real estate in st. Paul belong
ing to A. Uih!ein of Milwaukee had be4I
iraudulcntly conveyed by somebody person
ating him to Mr.. Stensgaard. who. arme'
with this apparently clear title to the prop
erty and policy Of little Insurance, mort
raged it to secure loan of large amour
oiuoney from the local agents of n Penn
sv,va,,ta capitalist. How many swindles g
tIs kind have been perpetrated is not ye
known.