New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-06-19
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Ross Schoonover, a wealthy farmer living
near Kewanee, Ill.,, was swindled out of 3d.
900 by an old-fashioned bunko game.
5 An attempt was made to wreck the Wa
bash, St. Louis & Pacific vestibule train at a
point sixty five miles south of Chicago.
Asher Brown, at Hobbs, Ind, on being
attacked by Eli Harter with knife, struck
the latter with a brick, instantly killing
him.
Sheriff Shelly of Rio Grande City, Tex, ar
rested Bonafacio Martinez, one of the most
notorious desperadoes who ever infested the
frontier country
J. B. wellington, a travelling man. was
fatally shot at Clay Center, Kas., by DR.. J..
P. Stewart. The trouble grew out OF pre-
vious alteration. &
Alphonso Webb, q well known citizen of
Memphis, Tenn, became intoxicated and
while being taken home by policeman shot
and killed the good-natured officer.
Thomas Fortier, one of the gang arrested
for the murder in Boston Of Charles F Gift
fard, confessed that he was the one who fred
tho fatal shot. He claims it was done in
selfde!ense.
State Senator Samuel E. Fields of Atlanta,
Ca, threatened to whip his adopted son,
Dennis Taylor, aged twenty The boy pl To-
Cured q g1n and shot Field. killing him m
stantly.
At Toulouse, France, farm laborer
named Roquet, employed by one Serbs, in
revenge for being dismissed, Killed Serbs,
his wife and daughter and two other per-
sons.
At San Francisco Joseph Rose shot his
step daughter, Mrs. A schweitzer, and then
cut his own throat from ear to ear. Rose
will die, but Mrs. Schweitzer's wound not
thought to be fatal.
William Atkinson, wealthy citizen OF
1ronwood, Mich committed suicide by jump
ing into the shaft of an Ashland (Wis) mine.
His mangled body was found at the bottom
,, Of the 40Q-foot pit,
Rube Polk, Jr., and George Audrey, two
young men Of ST. Augustine, Tex, fought a
duel with bowie knives. Polk was killed and
I Audrey probably fatally wounded. There
was woman in the case.
James Devyne and Charles Tennyson, who
attempted to rob the residence of James
| Lemay, and while thus engaged shot and
! seriously wounded a niece of Mr.. Lemay
| were taken from the Jail atCorydon Ind, and
| lynched.
Frank Templeman of New York, recently
convicted of felony in accusing Inspector
Byrnes and District Attorney Fellows of de.
| fraudlng the city treasury, has been SEN
fenced to state prison TOR three years and
nine months.
| Gustave Hangstadt, an honest and hard
working mill employee, awoke at Eau Glare,
Wis, to find that his wife had fed in the
night. taking with her all his saved-up earn.
/ ings and leaving to his care his two little
i babies, which he found under o wash tub in
the cellar, where the mother had left them
with q baby on each arm he came to the
authorities to ask for :swarrant for his wife's
arrest, but she cannot be found.
Mrs. Kate Shehan, formerly Miss cCarthy
.committed suicidein acabin in South Helena
Mont, by taking carbolic acid. She lived
with her two uncles, who are miners. She
left note saying thatshe was tired of life
Deceased was widow about twenty -thre,
years old, and leaves girl child three-yeart
old. Circumstances attending her death
were so suspicious that the corners jury wal
Eimpaneled, but no evidence of foul play wal
4 developed and verdict Of suicide was rem
4 dered.
"A requisiticn was presented to Gov. Hill
of New York from Gov. Fier, of Illinois. 70
the surrender of John j. Ma roney AM
Charles Mcdonald, charged with the murde
4 of DR.. Cronin. The governor denied the ap
pllcatlon without prejudice to a renewal o
the same, simply upon the grounds. First
That the application was not accompanies
with an Indictment. second-that no proc
whatever was presented showing that tn
accused are guilty of the crime charged
them as required by law of this and al
other states The application was baset
solely upon an a davit made upon informa
i ton and belief
j A sleek swindIer, representing himself as
land agent from Goodhue county, and go
4 ing by the name Of Glausen, alias Anderson
4 has bean operating in Ortonyille, Mimi, am
4 stherea lSouts- He bought many "a ltlabl.
\ farms Ind Made aft on ii He'd WING BaIlI