New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-12-04
DoINGs OF THE WICKED.


Harvey Hodge was convicted of wife muir
der at Sandy Hill, N. T., and sentenced to
DEATH
A shortage of many thousand dollars has
been discovered in the provincial crown lands
office at Charlottetown, P. E. l.
Henry R. Stowel's store in Athol, Mass,
was entered by burglary, who broke open a
safe and obtained between 81 co. and s., 900
in cash and securities.
Metcalf, the murderer of Isabella Everson
at Edgerton, Wis, pleaded guilty to murder
in the second degree. but the sentence was
not passed.
At the poor house in Concord n H., Mary
Bennett, an insane woman, threw Sarah
Wood into bath tub, and turning on the
water, held her down until she was drowned.
The robbers who held up the Santa Fetrain
in the Indian Territory recently secured
about $4,000. One of the robbers is thought
to have been mortaly wounded.
Granville K. Young, assistant postmaster
at Rugby: Tenn, was arrested and taken to
Chattanooga for trial on q charge OF rifing
letters passing through his office.
J. C. Gilliland, cashier ofthe Citizens State
bank at Selden, Kan, was placed under ar
rest charged with forging mortgages and
thus obtaining money from Eastern loan
companies.
Madame Louise, well known New York
milliner has been fined 81 900 Tor violating
the contract labor law in bringing French
demoiselle to the United States to work in
her millinery establishment.
John G. Hanna of Pottstown, Pa, recently
cursed his Creator, and is said to have fell
over paralyzed and stricken dumb. Thus he
has lain, until he was found dead with strap
about his neck, suicidally placed. it is believ-
ed.
Poison instead of medicine was given to,
number of inmates of the Belem hospital in
the City of Mexico. Four persons have died
and several are not expected to recover. The
nurse and two students in charge of the ward
have been arrested.
Lewis W. ShallcrOss, one of the members
of the great iron firm OF Morris, Tasker & Co.
and a millionaire resident of Frankfort, Pa,
beat his wife almost to death and was CON-
mitted to the Kirkbrides insane asylum.
The assault was committed willie he was on
drunken SPREE
Ed Millner, son of Mrs. Millner, of the
Windsor house. and Myrtle Bates, for short
time guest at the hotel, were married at
Willmar, MINI. The groom obtained q IL
cense upon statement that he was twenty
one years old and that his parents consented
thereto. 1t now transpires that the groom
is but nineteen years of age, and that his
parents knew nothing of the contemplated
marriage.
Marcellus Whitman, the oldest son of n
Whitman, of Fargo, N. D., has been absent
since Sunday the oath inst, and 1nvestiga-
tion disclosed that some twenty merchants
are losers by his absence, Saturday he drew
about $500 out of one of the banks Then
he went to the various merchants and bought
goods for small amounts; presenting checks
for larger amount and asking for the differ
ence that ne might pay hired man. In
this way he obtained from IS to $40 from
each, making some $500 all told.
A man supposed to be .sJack the Ripper
was set upon by q crowd of women in the
poorer quarter OF Madrid, while he was in the
custody of officers who were removing him
from the Jail to the court room where he was
to be arraigned on the charge OF having
committed a murder under circumstances re-
semblipg those of the Whitechapel murders
in London. The crowd increased in number
until it reached upwards OF 500, mostly wom-
en-, and it was only through the utmost ex-
ertions OF the Governor OF Madrid and a
strong force of gen d armes. who were sum-
moned. that the prisoners life was saved.
AS it was, he was SO severely beaten that the
services of a physician were necessary to re-
store him to q condition rendering the legal
proceedings in his case possible.
Gov. Foraker has granted a pardon
to William Carroll, who was serving life
sentence in the Ohio penitentiary. Carol,
was convicted twenty two years ago OF the
murder of Adam Cose, Waterman of the
Brown county court house. The crime was
committed in an attemptto rob the treasury
vaults of that county. The history OF Car
roll is one of the most dramatic and intensely
interesting chapters in the criminal annals of
this country. he escaped the detectives
after arrest, went West, married a daughter
of Maj. Armstrong, OF the United States army,
and became resident of Illinois. In that
state he was captured after he had served in
the War ofthe Rebellion. Since his incarcera-
ton in the Ohio Penitentiary he murdered a
fellow prisoner in a burst of passion. There
has always been much doubt to the iden-
tity of the noted prisoner, as he was con