The Bottineau pioneer., 1889-03-07
The Ways of the Wicked:

Hans p. Berg, a jeweler residing at Kenyon,
Mimi, committed suicide by hanging himself
in his room with q piece of twine. Despon-
dency over the loss OF his wife and child, who
died recently. is said to have been the cause.
He was about forty-fye years of age, and in
moderate circumstances. =. -s
Thomas Ryan, Brooklyn, N. Y, found a
man in his rooms with Mrs Ryan. and in a
rage seized the woman and threw her out of
the second-story window. She fell on the
pavement and her skull was fractured. She
will die. Ryan was drunk and had beaten his
wife before throwing har out of the window.
Curley Bedford was shot at Tower, Mimi,
by Billy Wilcott in the stomach. !. The par
ties got into fight and Wilcott pulahg O
ley ran at him and Wilcott fred, Curley fall
ing at once. Bad blood had existed between
the men, and BY all appearance, will result
fatally at Bedford. ~,
Edward Colburn,. a travelling salesman,
twenty-three years of age, shot and killed
his wife Lizzie at their home in Roxbury,
Mass. He then made an attempt, which will
probably prove successful, to take his own
life. He shot himself twice in the face, and
can live but a few hours at the most. The
motive is not known. The couple had been
married about a year. ~'-T:
The Times Bonfield- Shack criminal libel
cases were to be Investigated by the grand
Jury at Chicago, in spite of the protest OF
Messers. Bontield and Schaack, who claim
they have some enemies On the present
gr and jury. There are six cases altogether,
two against j. J. West, two against J. r.
Dunlop, and two against Jens Christensen,
teditor of the Arbeiter Zeitung. Bailiffs were
sent out to compel the attendance. oi
Setback and Bon6eld, but they could not be
found. 'T "s
A seri Gus stabbing affair occurred at East
Grand Forks, Mimi. Henry Kesser, a brew.
cry employe there, stabbed Chrappill Gravel,
a farmer, in the region of the clavicle, tie
knife penetrating through a coon coat, III
side coat, vest and three shirts, and scrap
ing the bone. Gravel was also wounded in
the hand. The quarrel ensued from q dis
puted right OF way on Uncommon thorough
fare. Kesser, after committing the deed,
skipped across to his side of the Ruby and is
still at large. The wounded man is in O dan
gerous condition. W.
The house of Herman Umberger, an aged
farmer living near Jennerst own, Somerset
| county, Pa, was entered by two masked
men claiming they had a search warrant for
jewelry that had been stolen fromsa peddler
| in the neighborhood short time ago. Mr..
Umberger innocently accompanied them
through the house, and when he was forced
to open a trunk, containing $4,000, he
placed the money in his pocket. Then they
Oemanueu 1lm, dU UHe pOlnIb VI tug FeVOlVefe
to hand it over. This he strenu6uSly OBJ
jected to, when a. regular battle -snsued, in
which they fred five shots into his body
killing him almost instantly. They took the
| money and fed. The aged wife witnessed
the murder, but was too old and feeble to be
| of any assistance to her husband. The mur
d6rers are supposed to live in the community
| Edward Artise shot Kittie Palmer on the
public streets and within few rods of hel
home at Aurora, ILL.,, inficting q fatal wound
Artisea was aprejected lover and had been re
peatedly requested to refrain from paying
| attention to Mise Palmer, but he persisted
in his addresses and the matter, culminateG
| in the shooting. Artise fled Immediately
after firing the shot, pursued by officers
after a three, mile chase b tho msrderer wal
sighted, but he continued running and wher
his pursuers were but ten rods behind him
shot himself through the heart dropping
dead in his tracks. Bothparties are colored
| Miss Palmeris the only coiored graduate %
the high school and occupies q prominent
! social positions The murderer was about
twenty years of age and had been a ,restau
rant waiter. The mother Of the murderer
and suicide has become temporarily insan'
over the affair. ssses b w ff4.S ~ hi
on the Gath two menswith two young girl
arrived In St. Cloud, Mimi, and registered o.
the ST.. Charles hotel as j. G. Bell and William
Bleiter, Mary Bell and Kate Bleiter Of Brain
erd. The man Bleiter said the girls were sis
ters Of his and Bells; that he was cheesl
factory agent and had some collections II
make here. The party were Of the hotel 81