New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-22
Crimes and Criminals.

1t is thought that Redden, the missing
chief of police of Rat Portage, who is wanted
for fur stealing, is now in St. Paul or Mime
apolis. Search has been given up.
: James Bebee Smith, local editor Of the Re-
publican ofSpringfeld, Mass, was shot and
instantly killed by his brother-in-law, Royal
3. Sturtevant. He was mistaken for burg
lar.
1t was discovered at Abilene, Kansas, that
G. c. Bessey, a prominent business man, is
an embezzler to the extent of from SIS. 900
to $4,000. Several people in the city were
victimized, the treasurer of the Baptist
church losing $4,000. Bessey is supposed
to be in Mexico.
News was received at Reading, Pa that
Dr. j: M. Brause, aged thirty three, aleading
physician of Shartlesville, Berks county, who
left some time ago for Oklahoma to locate
had been murdered in that territory. His
body was found rifed s., 900 in money and
valuables.
At Jackson, Mich, R. Irving Latimer was
sentenced to state prison for life for the MUIR
der of his mother in January. Mrs. Latimer
was found lying dead on the floor of her bed
room with two bullet holes in her head The
crime has never been paralleled in brutality
except by the Crouch murders.
Paul Ross, employed on the farm of Ar
thur Trip in the town OF Campbell, Wis,
entered the house where Mrs. Trlpp was at
work while her husband was in the city,
knocked her down with club. Mrs Tripp
was not rendered insensible, and, being a
powerful woman, made a fight and escaped.
Koss was arrested and bail fixed Fat 81, 500.
He is the son of well-to-do farmer in the
county.
George Ward, aged %, employed as engi-
neer at the Memphis gas works, shot and
killed his young wife, a. ed Is, and then kill
ed himself. The cause was jealousy. The
murdered woman was first cousin to her hus-
band, and the murderer, Ward, courted his
wife for six years but never could gam the
consent of her mother to the union which
resulted four months ago in a runaway mar
rage. $b &$E III
Another attempt at house breaking was
made at Marshfeld, Wis, and with better
success than the one at Elvis' iewelry store
d few nights ago. This time Editor Thomas
5. Norton's office was visited, the door lock
bored mechanically out, and one of the in
side drawers in the safe opened in the same
manner. The safe was left unlocked, $50 that
no luruner damage was done.
A terrible crime Ii was committed in
the town of Osceola, Wis. George Loomis,
q farmer forty-fve years old, cut his wifc's
throat and killed himself LOOMS has been
ofunsound mind for some time at times be
ing very wild in his actions, but has never be
fore been considered dangerous. In the fore
noon he sent his little daughter to neigh.
| boris on some errand. When the child re.
Eturned she found her mother and father ".
ing on the floor of the dwelling, their throats
cut, and a blood-stained knife in the hands
OF the man, explaining who committed the
crime.
The supreme court of Iowa reversed the
Judgment of the lower court in the case 81
The State VS.. NJ. E. Billings The defendant
was tried for the killing of County Attorney
w. S. Kingsley of Waverly, convicted OF mur
der in the second degree and sentenced forlife
He appealed upon several grounds, the chic
| one being that the court and county were un
duly prejudiced against him; that his m otior
for change of venue was refused, and as {
result he was deprived. of, a fair trial. The
/ supreme court sustains this view, reverses the
/ Judgment and remands the case for q new
trial. Billings is now serving out his sen
| tence
| An entirely new and unique confidence
game was played upon a farmer named Johr
Warehouse Of Alma, Kan, at the union de
pot at Kansas City. A man with brass but
tons on his coat represented to Waterhous,
/ that he was a conductor of afreight train OF
the Union Pacific railroad; that he was tiree
of the business and would sell his position
| for $40. Waterhouse gave up the $40. ant
received an order from the stranger to run
| the train. He was then taken down in the
yards and placed upon the caboose of {
freight train already made up. When tht