The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-30
Crimes and Criminals.

"A negro burglar belonging 60 q gang that
nave been robbing residences around Colum.
bia, La, was captured and while being takers
to jail was captured by a mob and lynched.
He confessed his guilt.
Martin Harvey, a sixty-year-old Jail pris-
oner, threw himself from the platform sur
rounding the upper tier of cells, at Lincoln,
III, and was dashed to death on the floor be-
meath. Harvey was an Old-time criminal.
The motion for q new trial in the Bryson
case was argued at Helena, Mon, by S. A..
Ballet, the defendants attorney, and Will
liam Wallace, Jr., prosecuting attorney.
The plea for granting q new trial was very
weak, and Judge Blake promptly overruled
the motion. Bryson is sentenced to hang
Aug. Z.
Martin Lundstine, twenty-three years of
age, living on q farm between Kindred and
Norman, in Dakota, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head. He had been
living with o. Trytins, q farmer, for the past
two years and had been sick for some time,
but it is supposed that financial troubles
drove him to take his " life.
About eight miles from Fordyce in Dallas
county, Ark, Jim Allen was shot from Am
bush while at work by George Fix Allen s
wife, who was in the field with him at the
time he a killed, stated that q few days
before she reported to her husband that Fike
had insulted her and that he had given Fike
until Friday night to leave the country or
be killed. Fike is ut large.
J. F. Ownby a lawyer, and Richard Moore,
a young man, fought a duel at short range
in Ownby's Office at Paris, Texas, without
doing much damage. Moore was arrested,
and while going to court for preliminary ex-
animation Was shot and killed by Ownby.
The murder was of a cowardly character.
Ownby stationed himself at the court room
window, and when Moore appeared in charge
of officers he riddled his body with buckshot.
Moore's brothers threaten to kill Ownby on
sight.
Matilda Christianelli became crazy on O
train in Michigan, and in resisting arrest hit
the city marshal on the head with some hard
substance tied in a handkerchief. Upon in
vestigation the handkerchief was found to
contain Sc, 1000, and q belt around her waist
held twice as much more cash. She was on
her way to relatives in Vulcan, Mich. Herin-
sanity was due to excessive drink and loss of
sleep on the trip. her anxiety to watch her
wealth causing her to travel from Washing.
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The romance of a poor young artist came
to a bloody end ut st. Louis. His name
was Louis Gabrillot, and he courted q young
music teacher, Marie Requet. He called at
the Chestnut street home of his sweetheart
and asked her to marry. She refused and
the artist lover grew frantic. "If you don't
marry me l will kill myself!' he said. She
was obdurate, and the artist stepped out to
the sidewalk, and, presenting a pistol at his
head, killed himself before the eyes of the
woman who had rejected him. Then there
was q shrek, IN unconscious woman and an
inquest.
Mrs. Mary Jenkins of New York is the
wife of George Jenkins. O colored porter on
q Pullman palace car, running from Jersey
City to Chicago. She employees Annie Dale,
. white girl, az a servant. Her husband is
away from home nearly all the time. Re-
Gently Mr.. James was in Chicago, and
James Scott, O brothe: porter, called on
Mrs. Jenkins, who sent out for some bottles
i of beer. They drank beer until about mid
night, when Annie Dale told her mistress
| that she was going to bed. Mrs. jenkins,
asked her to do something for her and the serv.
ant refused. Mrs. jenkins took q revolver
from the bed in the room, and pointing at the
| girl she fred -four shots in rapid succession at
her. They all struck the door. None hit
the girl. who screamed and ran. Patrolmen
Reddy and Manning and Detective Hottie
soon arrived.
The old story OF Van r. MacVeagh, the
| ST. Paul salesman, and Annie Rosch, ID
again on the tongues of the gossips, who
have it that, in spite of all that transpired