New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-11-06
The World OF Criminals.

Louis Peterson, proprietor of the Grand
Pacific hotel at Bismarck, went up into his
hay NOV and shot himself through the head.
He had been dead two hours before found
The cause of suicide was sickness.
Lee Birch killed Richard Mintscher at
Springdale. Miss, by sta bling him in the
heart Birch paid Mtnscher one dollar too
much in a settlement, and trying to recover
the money the difficulty resulted. -.
Thomas Shea, whose throat was cut by
Thomas J. Kelly in u Boston barber shop,
because Shea had been abusing John L. Sui
Ivan, is said to be dying. Kelly is out on
bail.
A gang of young men belonging to some of
the leading families took possession of ST..
Andrews, N. B. Beside beating several peo-
pie in q shameful manner, the murder of
William Sharkey, an inoffensive old man, is
laid at their door.
The trial of Reimund Holzhay was resumed
at Bessemer, Mich. The attorney for the de-
tense made application for o continuance,
which was denied, and the case was adjourn
ed until Nov. 4. The defense subml tied an
affidavit signed by the defendants attorney.
H. j. Gerpheide, stating that to the best OF
his knowege the prisoner was insane,
At Detroit Mich, ex-Father Kolasinski,
the communicated Catholic priest, who de-
Ties the papal bull of accommodation and
all the powers of the air and sky, was ar
rested, charged with assault and battery up
on Joseph Shuperski editor of the Gwiazda
DetrOlcka. The depOsed ecclesiastic made q
most unseemly spectacle of himself during
the row in the public street.
The police at Des Moines arrested woman
named Lou Sardine, for horse stealing. She
had been living a few days with family of
hard characters near the city, and the fact
that she was seen with good horses and a
buoy aroused suspicious just after she
was arrested and confessed the whoela larceny,
the owner OF the team from Rock Island ILL.,,
came to Des Moines, having. traced the wo-
man all the way.
K. K. Tvete general store merchant OF
Battle Lake, Mimi, had his store burglarized
recently, and thoughthe had secured evidence
proving the guilt of 0. C, Olson, fellow mer-
chant, whose store adjoins his own. He got
a search warrant, and deputy sheriff from
Fergus Falls went through Olson's store and
premises with great thoroughness, but none
| of Tvete's goods were found. Olson is now
preparing to bring suit for libel, defamation
of character, SANDER and what not. He is
simply furious, and the entire village of Bat
tie Lake is torn up over the matter.
| The famous Smell murder in Chicago was
almost duplicated at McCausland, twenty
miles from Davenport, Iowa, the victim being
Thomas McCaus! and who gave the place his
name. McCausland, who is wealthy mer-
chant, was aroused by his daughter, who
| told him that burglars were in the house. He
at once arose, and, taking a revolver, went
out on the stairway. There he saw an in
truder, who turned and fired three shots.
The first struck the merchant in the shoulder.
the bullet ploughing through the flesh until
it Embedded itself in the region of the heart.
McCausland, though desperately wounded.
returned the fire. but without effect. The
murderer fed with companion in crime but
left his Shoes and this led to his arrest. He
made a clean confession. giving his name as
John Webb. He admitted the burglary and
shooting and implicated an accomplice, who
has not yet been captured.