The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-21
Crimes and Criminals.

Seth Murray, Il tenant on IL fnrm near Vim
ccnnes. Ind. shot and killed his wife. after
wards ending his own existence with Prussie
ncid.
Frank Crausc. aged eighteen, is locked up
Mt the urmory. Chicago, charged with max
ing two attempts to wreck trains on the
Chicago & Alton road.
: Tho body of Thomas Kinney was found in
the streets Of Indianapolis recently, the
neck broken and skull crushed. The police
are excited over this murder mystery.
Cole Younger. Il notorious Wyoming out.
law. has been drowned in that territory while
fDrling river. His pal. Ernest Williams.
has Lern arrested pending IL search Tor
ioun9ers body.
The Chicago News claims I o have infOrna
tion of gigantic conspiracy to rob the city
of uf*225.O0O in taxes. This. it is cuime.l,
WAS to ln done through the assessors offices
81 the West and South sides.
Anton Suurzwal.lcr, well known as the in
vent or of a wheat cleaner. and resident of
Hc,evr. H.. hns leen arrested ON Il charge
OF hgamy. the complainant being Miss
Stack, whom he married iOr her fortune
Louis Burke who butollerci Alexander
Montgomery with an ax at EIighbriIge Wis.
last February for alienating his wi.e's af
Ections. must be tried again for murder
After l,cinr out an hour and Il half the jury
decided tia, at the time Of the murder
Burke w:ls not insane-ths defense having
leen put in. As II result another trial must
De had
4 middleaged man named Boarg was
found hanging by the neck in the rear of
In al I N Wiz
He had used a strap to do the deed. the
LurkI. serving as u knot The suicide had
been working two Of three months past tor
Slime Burner. II few miles from the city, und
was paid $40. 1t believet that he was
robbed of most OF this while drunk, and that
this was the cause of the suicide.
The cattle thieves near Chamberlain, S. D..
are daily becoming more bold and aggres-
sire. and with the present feellu.. of the far
mer toward them, no mercy will be shown
any OF the r;,scals that may I've caught At
Grow Creek agency the other day two strung
ers, white men. mounted on strong, 1arxs
horses, were discovered by some Indians in
an attempt to rln oil cattle belonging to the
government Wleu first observed the Neil
were in he midst of the herd endeavOring to
seperate some of them from, the balance OF
the herd. Finding out that they were dis
covered they quickly turned their horses and
male for the bluff along the Missouri and
escafsd.
Word was brought to Kimball, OAK, Of
che elopement of George Warn and the wife
ofCharley Booth. both of Plainfell town.
ship. Warn il only about 20, while Mrs.
Booth is Int 1s. rather handsome, and has
been married about two years They took
two mortgageu horses, which they rode bare
buck. Officers have been dispatched after
the horses and riders. They were afterwards
arrested ut Yankton and lodged in the coun.
ty JUL. G. II. Morrill,, of the White Lake
Times who IL an intimate friend OF both,
was instrumental In etlecting their capture
The runaHays will he taken back and Warn
will have to answer to tbs charge of horse
stealing.
Rube Polk Jr. and George Andry, two
young men of st. Augustine, Texas, fought
n duel to the death with bovie knives, for q
woman. The men attended u party and left
together. apparently the best of friends
While on the way home they quarreiad over
one of the girls, md they dismounte'l and
drawing their knives. fought it out on the
He was stabbed to the heart md his jugulnr
the side and one in the leg. He was carried
friends to inform the sheriff that he wah
ready to give himself up.
W. $. Richmonj, prominent real estate
dealer Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is in jail