The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-04-19
this procedure Is not believed to be in vio!n.
tion. OF the statutes, It will go far toward
making tho creditors more anxious,

After one Of the most bitter legislative
struggles in tho history Of the state Of Con.
necticut, it was decided that John H, Swift
must hang April 1S for the murder Of his
vile. In 1884 swift married Katie MrCann,
the former being nineteen years of agp, the
latter twenty. They frequently met but ncv.
er lived together, and why they were mn' ri i
was a mystery. July !, 1887, as Kntic wus
returning from her work with two female com.
after refusing to live with him. Swi pleaded
insanity. caused BY drink, hut he wns con-
demned to death, and the higher court up-
held the decision.
A plan to wreck q passenger train was in.
cluded in the programme arranged by the
four men. John O'Brien, John Williams,
Jacob Wilburth and Earnest Seefuth, who
were arrested at Milwaukee for robhing Chi.
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul freight cars
When they were arrested the matter was un-
der consideration, and they had not got to
the point point Of fixing upon any particular train,
timber upon the rails in II curve south of the
city, and in the confusion following the de-
railment to get away with az much piundcr
as possible. Whether they were really equal
to the execution Of such \ dialoIicni piece
Of business or not, they will probably remain
W. nVhso 9aAe Wueie tney can 90 no hnrm
IA they have confesaed to having robbed
ears on the Chicago & Mort western rs we'll
as on the st. Paul road, and have likewise
Implicated another man, James Cooper,
who is also under arrest. - Cooper was re.
leased several months ago from the peniten.
tlary- at Saltwater, Man, where be ssrved
r term Tor burglary.
Another attempt to wreck tn e west bound
limited vestibule express on the Ft. Wayne
railroad, which passes through Canton Ohio,
about midnight, WIS nude near Louisville,
at the same place that the attempt to wreck
the same train was made one other night.
An cmploye of the road, who lives in Louis
vile, discovered the dustardly design just in
time to Illustrate it. Upon investigating, lie
found that several rairoad ties were securely
strapped ncrossthc rails Knowing that the
limited was almost due and that he would be
unable to remove the ties before the train
arrived he ran eastward along the track to.
ward the approaching train. The man had
scarcely started when he heard the rumble
IN the distance. For moment he was nj n
loss for u signal. hut luckily found n news
paper In his pocket, which he ignite,l with n
match and waved the blazing page about
his hend. The engineer saw the signal al
fre and applied the brakes. but tho train
did not come to IL stundstilI until it struck
hnd been considerably slowed up, however,
and did not jump the track. although tho
cars were given n good shaking up.
sorosia S. Alexander. II spinstcr Of Brat
tleboro, VT, obtained Judgment for $780,
S47 agninst her deceased brothers estate
for breach of agreement. Miss Alexander
taught music in Massachusetts twenty yenls
ago. Her brother, wishing her to take euro
OF their aged parents in Brattleboro, offered
to pny hers1 900 per year for no doing, and
she accepted. About three or four years be.
fore the death Of her brother Miss Alexander
was about to bc married, when he wrote to
her urging her not to marry and leave her
parents. He agreed to pay her an nddit-
onnl $4,000 il she would remain with her
parents as long as they lived. With this
premise premise n, she I%rlipped % her lover and the
remained an old maid md cared for hcr
fnther and mother in their declining years.
The old people ontived their son. and are
both still alive and enjoying good health
Up to his death Alexander did not even keep
MS promise to pay his sister the $1,000 a
year. She received nothing Alexander
made no provision in his will for the pay.
ment Of the 1000 IL year or of the slO,O6O
conditional upon her staying with her pnr.
nts as long us they lived. 4 jury gave her
f41.sO0 but Judge Clifford has decided, that
the plaintiff was hot entitled to recover he
$4,000 until the death of her parents, ahl
entered judgement against L. $. Alexandcr's
estate for the balance.
In the latter part July, 1888, Jacob Il
Reif, u retired wealthy farmer ut Center
Square, Pa, was Aeeccd out of $4,000
worth OF bonds by pair OF bunco shnrpers.
who had been negotiating with him for IL
week before, ostenslbly with view to pur-
chasing farm in the neishborhood. Tie
securities we're principally certificates of the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, and were
worth less than their face value. Every e..
fort was made to gain clue to the swindlers,
but without success. About eight weeks
ago tnrmer Reitf received Il call from q wei
dressed stranger, who, after exncting every
promise Of secrecy, represented to l.eiff that
he was New York detective and could re-
store the bonds. He said broker of his
acquaintance had bought them of the sharp
ers and was afraid to sell them. lest he lie
arrested for the swinde. The prize asked for
the return of tile stolen bonds was "a, 900.
MIR Reif declined to pny such sum az this.
Several consultations were held during the
next lew weeks. and finally it was decided
that il the farmer would pny $4,000. nsk no
questions and promise to make no effort 10
sec'lrr the arrest of the persons who had
swindled him, the bonds would be restored.
Mr.. Reefs counsel went to New York recent
lywlth $4,000 of furmer RicH's money in his
I'0rket, sighed the agreement of secrecy TO-
fcrret to and returned with the bonds,
which are now safe in lteitf~s possession.