The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21
DoINGS oF.THE WICKED.

Joseph. Kracko, a Bohemian carpenter OF
New York. became suddenly crazy and at.
tempted to kill his family.
julius Hopper was shot near Bakersville
Mo-, by Louisa Epperson, whom he had been
twitting about her numerous admirers.
A Michigan man kills another's mans wife
because she wonld not elope with him, and
then kills himself.
George Marker, O prominent miller oil
Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sandbagged and
robbed Of jewelry valued at $500 aand 4
number of checks. Sassa:
William Marquis. q seventeen-year-old boy,
was arrested near Wabash, Ind, for causing
q fatal wreck on the Wabash road Oct. "a.
He tried to obtain q ticket for q silk handker.
chief, and failing, broke the switch lock.
George s. Gunther of st. Louis was struck
on the head with q club in the hands of his
t~wenty-year-old son during u quarrel. The
fathers skull was fractured. and he died
shortly afterward.
Lsvarin Primeaux. of Vermillion parish,
La, whose brother was whipped by agang o
regulators, met the captain of the band,
named Bourgne, n gave him a terrible
horsewhipping.
Frank Hargy, a Chicago travelling man,
was fatally rounded at Mount Sterling, KY,
by j. NJ. Robinson, q travelling man ofLonis-
vile. The shooting was caused by Robinson
making a flippant remark to Hargy's wife,
Half a dozen farmers, who were returning
to their homes from Dallas. Tex, utter sell
ing their cotton, were robbed by highwaymen
on the road near White Rock. Two Of the
h~ighwaymen were captured and hanged by
the enraged farmers
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discovered in a gulch half a mile above Phil.
ipsburg, Mont. The sight was a horrible
one, the left foot and ears being entirely eat.
en- offaby animals. 1t was afterwards identi.
fed as James D. Frasier, q former empIoye
of the Bi.Metallic company. He had acted
for some time as if demented, and is sup
posed to have died in commissions.
Reports have been received of au ARRAY at
G~eelyburg, Vernon county. Wis, that will
probably result in murder. Two young men
named Granger and Rockwell quarreIed
about something. Rockwell had q sharp ak,
with which he struck Granger in the side,
burying the blade in the flesh and making q
wound that, it is believed, will result in dee tn
in q short time. Rockwell fled and at last
accounts had not been captured, though
officers are after him.
j. Randall Brown, the mind reader, has
been retained as a witness for Perrin, who ia
implicated in the Hurley, Wis, bank robbery.
The principal evidence against him is the fact
that he possessed the combination and was q
friend of Bakers. The theory of the defense
is that any mind reader could secure the
combination from Perrin or the bank presi
dent, without either of them being aware oil
the fact. The proceeding is considered one Of
the most novel in the history of American
Jurisprudence.
Two boys picked J. H.. McVicker's poe ket
of O wallet containing $4,000 at Chicago.
The veteran theatrical proprietor was on q
crowded Indiana avenue car and was jostled
by two natiily dressed youths who dropped
off the cal at Hubbard court and disappeared.
Mr.. McVicker felt for his pocketbook, missed
it, and made unsuccessful pursuit. Most ot
the %, 900 was in notes and checks, and evi,
IDENTIFY could not be disposed OF, as when
McVieker reached the theater he found thu
book and papers awaiting him at the boz
Office. @@ So. ~@ =: -
Five menewearing brakeman cotton jack
cts entered the express Office at Brentwood
Texas. just after o west-bound passenger
train had pulled out for San Angelo and ask
Cd II an express package for John johnson