The Washington critic., 1889-03-22
EARLY MORNING NEWS.
Mrs. Lebhuohner Was Crazy.

! The ury In the murder trial of Mrs.
Lobkuchner, charged with the poisoning OF
! her three little children In New York ex-
| actlY year ago, yesterday found q verdict
OF not guilty. The defense was insanity.
Bishop Kcane Goes TO Germany.
Bishop Keanc, the president of the new
Catholic University AZ Washington, has
left Rome for Germany, where he will visit
the principal seats Of learning, ufterward
visiting the universities Of Belgium aud
France.
An Assassin's Act.
Frank SIefert, farmer living six miles
cast Of MI. Clements, Mich, was shot by
Charles Gunst, his wifes brother, Wcdncs-
day night. Ginst has been In New Mexico
for three years, and the first warning of his
appearance here was his entering the back
door Of Siefert's house with a pistol In
each hand. With the words "I've come TO
kin both Of you," he begun firing. T~o
bullets passed through Siefert's body below
the kidneys. lie is still alive, but cannot
recover Four shots were fired, but Mrs.
Siefert was not hurt. Guust Immediately
disappeared and has not been captured.
a win o. the Wisp.
Officers are at Chic, CAL, from Sac"a-
mento with n private detective from San
Francisco. They have made several secret
excursions to the large vineyards Of Scna-
tor Stanford at vina. A week ago %
stranger applied for work there, which was
given him. II ia rumored among the men
that the stranger was Tascott, the murderer
Of Millionaire Smell. The description of
the stranger and that Of Tascott Tailed in
many particulars. One Of the men at the
vineyard informed the supposed Tascott
that officers were looking for him, and he
dienppenrp1 nm Wpdnpa1ay and Ia pra-
sumed to he hiding In the mountains.
Officers are conducting a thorough search.
The Cruel Captains.
! The jury in the United States Court at
Baltimore could not determine whether
Captain g. T. Bcauchamp Of the oyster
boat Il. f.. Beauchamp had been guilty o. tho
cruelties charged against him by the men ctr-
| ployed on the vessel, and were dismissed by
| Judge Morris after he had exhausted every
| effort to induce them to agree upon q YER
! diet. The taking OF testimony In the Col
7 burn Brothers, case commenced yesterday.
/ The indictment charges them with brutal
treatment of five boys. Jacob Friedburg
was the first witness called, and III this
story is substantiated the defendants treat
ment of the boys was brutal in the ex-
| trcme.
A Baby in u SatcheI.
| Trainmcn going through the train lust
| arrived from New Haven at the Grand Cen
tral depot at New York, at 2;15 y. m. yes-
terday, found queer-looking black cnam-
| elled satchel under seat. II WAS taken 10
| the superintendent's Office, where IL was
opened There was q baby In II, boy not
over month old, In long white slip and
| flannel skirts packed about its feet. The
| old valise had been lined with cotton, and
in the snug nest the baby slept contentedly
| ,rh - So a. -, 49, fS',,., a. - ha,s
an, ane sccre. i' oi i.s sleep was IouhI in u ni.i
goric.' The waif was turned over to the
police.
A story Of Complications.
practical joke played In Nova Scotia
has turned up in Chicago Divorce Court.
| Not long ago a Mr. and Mrs Brown ap-
peared in New Glasoow. N 8. An artist
is,,,,aa NJ. p.o,,.,,s ,,.r.-.,, 49,, ,,,.a, q,
p'in'.u ",s DIV" anu p''eeu ~
IN store WINDOW A. NJ frazer, the town
clerk, ID a spirit OF fun, saw IL ana toid tne
proprietor IL was the por'rai. Oh an aoah-
uoheu "onan' whereuPon .ne proprie'or
.nlsw S ~ =. " pn nne se a o s '.va ua.e .i ous,
cbaracter and got indgment n s,,hse-
auently developed that she was not married
to Brown, who had n wife living In New
Jersey. The latter was brought and Mr..
and Mrs. Brown No. Q decamped. Brown
later opposed, through his counsel, a
motion to set aside the Judgment against
Frazer for damages, on the ground that he
was divorced from his first wife in 1859, in
Chicago, and telegram signed by Lawyer
NJ tha decres nss ~ ON 0, ths o ,n"v ,yas Ivpy my
duced. investigator in Chicago showed
the decree referred to another Brown, and
further investigation Will be made. Lawyer
Haynes claims Innocence OF any guilty
intent ,
oo"n -, ''aIe' 'no 'o"", ~,
s,asa " ous oi eu9
uiseases anu ahniniiaeng WITCHES received