The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-04-26
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Aspecial telegramfrom st. Louis says that
William r. Cowan has been released. In an.
swer to theinquiries mailed with photographs
Of the prisoner to the st. Paul officials atslo.
gran, was received by agent Collins, one the
Guarantee company, stating Cownn could
not be identified as Walter b. Smith, the alb
scondlng teller II the Second National bank.
IL was thought that u case could lie made
OUT aga,nst him for fraud in having in his
bnt an no person had been victimzed and the
Eastern banks did not care to 60 to the ex-
pense OF Q prosecution there was nothing to
DO but to release the man. It is generally
believed BY the Four Courts officers that four
years of time, combined with tho uniayorable
circumstance under which the photographs
thnt the st. Paul officials did not recognize
him. cossn @ lsis for Chicago,
A fearful tragedy was enacted ut Buffalo,
N. Y: by Thomas Dominguez, a spaniard
aged about thirty.three, his wife Clnrinu and
their two little children. Dominguex had
been out all night. On his return lie nt.
tackled his wife with razor. She must have
fought desperately, for her head, arms and
face were cut and slashed in many places,
but he finally obtained the mastery and al.
most cut her head from her body. He then
dragged her down stairs and threw her out
upon the pavement in the court, where she
died He then went back into the front he'd
room from where ho could zee his wife lying
below, almost swimming in her blood. and
with the same razor cut his throat, leaving
a hole into which man could eusily pusll
both hands: He must have died almost in
stantiy. The murderer left letter
written in Spanish, in which he accused his
vii Of infidelity and said he had made up hs
mind to kill her. - ''N
After being out nearly fourteen hours the
jury in the Flaherty murder case ON trial al
Huron, ,Dak., returned q verdict of guilty ,nad
fixed the penalty ut hard Labor in peniteut.
iary for life. The epeople would have betterbeen
satisfied with n verdict for hanging. The de.
Tense is considering the advisablty of asking
for new trial, but the sentiment
Of the people is so strong against Flahcrty
that it would jeoprdize his neck to make suci
move. Elaherty continues Indifferent to
his fate. The jury on the first ballot was
awo Nv! ior imprisonment nnd ten for hanging.
fnil to agree the ten concluded to Sign n YER.
diet for life imprisonment md save the coun.
try the expense OF another trial. Mnch in.
dignntion is expressed expressed toward the
two obstinate jurors Everybody believed
that the murder Of Hattie Wilson on tle
2!th OF last August was foul and premeditat.
ed. and committedby Flaherty while in Ills
right mind.
An nntamcd Colorado cowboy on spiri,e,l
horse dashed down Cleveland avenue mt Gro.
yer, Cal., until opposite the Commercial bank.
Here lie dismounted, entered the establish.
ment and walked directly to the window o
CashierC. c, Smith. Pulling out n six -sho ooter,
he swept the inclosure inside the desks and
politely asked the cashier to hand out nii the
cash onhand. There was 1900 on thccounter.
Smith counted out $500 in gold and bills
which he handed the cowboy, who was pro.
fuse in Thanks: Seeing n Winchester rifle ur,-
der the bookkeeper's desk, the robbrr dc.
manded 1t and the weapon was handed out
butt first ns he ordered. Then tile cowboy
backed to the door and, leaning the Winchcs.
ter against the outer wall, placed hix revol.
yer in its holster, leapetl into his saddle. nntl
was OF. Smith reached the walk as soon ns
possihi", and. sra.pins tho Winchcs+cr. ronl.
menced III firing ut the rapidly moving horse
every one ofthe ten shots. A posse Of twelve
men started in pursuit Of the fugitive. The
chase was exciting. but no one was injured.
though twenty shots were fired.
Mrs. Carolina Bruckncr was found ,lcad in
Chicago in a partially finished and unoccu.
pied building. by her side upon the floor
was her eleven-year-old daughter, Alma, who
was in IN almost dying condition. The
child, though suffering excruciating tortures
said that she and her mother rode west m n
Lake street car 10 the end of the track,
When in little strip of woods her
mother took from her pocket
bottle of Rough on Rats, gave the child
some and took some herself. Then they
wandered about in great agony and finally
went into the house and lay down, where
they were found. The mot her died in rreut
agony, ms was shown by the dist ortcd feat.
urcs and the finger nails pressed deep into the
palms of the hands A physician who was
calle,l said that the child could not recover.
Charles Bruckner. the husband, SAYS that he
had dispute with his wife as TO the disposi.
tion to be made of the child, who was very
wild, and thinks this may have been the
cause Of the uta deed