The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-14
Crimes and Criminals.

Word has been received from Eufala, Ind.
T., that Belle Starr was killed. Belle WIS the
wife OF Cole Younger, and Jim Starr. her Sec
ond husband, was shot Down by the side of
Belle less than two years go. Belle Starr
was the most desperate woman that ever
figured on the borders. She married Cole
Younger directly after the war, but lett him
and joined q band of outlaws that operated
in the Indian Territory. She had been arrest
ed for murder and robbery a score Of times,
but always managed to escape.
Oscar l.. Wiley, the mailman who muir
dered Francis Valentine. at Baltimore, while
confined in his cell made a furious attack on
Capt. Farnan, trying to choke and bite him,
and tore the bandages from the wounds on
his own head. Wiley was finally overpowered
and placed in irons. The unfortunate man
belongs to n good family in Gloucester coun.
ty, Virginia. He graduated with honor last
year at the university Of Virginia. He be-
came infatuated with a young lady, and
when his advances were rejected lost his
mind. His father died recently leaving him
a comfortable inheritance.
A large crowd of strikers and their sympa-
thizers attacked q car of the Forty-second
builders in the neighborhood, and no police
men were in sight to aid the solitary officer
on the car, Thomas X. Schneider. There was
but one p~assenger-an old lady. She got out
when the car stopped, and escaped unhurt.
In a moment the windows OF the car were
shattered, and q shower of stones was falling
upon the officer, driver and conductor. As
tho rioters advanced Schneider aimed at the
leaders, and fred three times in quick sue
cession. The driver and conductor also
fired. The mob wavered, n then fed in all
direction. One wounded man WAS left on the
spot, and two less seriously injured were
helped away by frien Dis.
The investigation into the Riverside peni-
Tertiary management at Pittsburg, Pa, is
going on. The penitentiary officials, state
board of charities, visiting committee of the
of inspectors were present. Prisoner James
McPhilany, who preferred the charges
against the hospital Steward, DR.. Maharnek,
called several witnesses. The testimony 1isclos-
ed n startling state ofaffairs in the institution,
and in the main substantiated the allegations.
Several witnesses testified to having been the
victims of cruelty and extortion while sick in
the hospital. Insane prisoners had been
placed in the straightjacket and electric
currents applied to their heads until the
blood ran from their noses. Others had been
whipped with leather straps with a heavy
buckle attached. An insane prisoner had
been ducked in cold water and scrubhed with
q broom until the flesh was torn from his
body.
uunueF JOHubOH, Il IdFIueF living HeuF N'db-
tlewoOd, OAK, discovered a man walking
along the railroad track acting curiously,
and on investigation found the man had TAX
en- poison. He had n bottle of strychnine in
his pocket. He gave his name rs Gustaf
Johnson, and said he came from Blunt, hav-
ing a farm near that place. DR.. Staley was
just returning from a trip in the country
when a man was brought in, md he placed a
very small amount Of the contents of the
bottle on the end of his finger to taste it to
be sure what it was. In a very short time he
too was suffering agony from the effects OF
the poison. Emetics were at once employed,
but both Of the men are in @ critical condi-
ton. DR.. Hess OF Esteline has been summon
ed. as there is no other doctor in the place.
johnson says he is from Sweden, but has not
a friend or relative in the world. To some he
said his name was Wiley. He also said that
he wanted to die, and that aneighbor bought
the strychnine for him at a drug store in
Blunt.