New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-09-04
The World of Criminals.

s Garlitz, who murderedhis wife, was hanged
at Cumberland, NJ. D. Death was instantan-
eous. He made no statement and died game
John Donavan died at Keaney; Neb., from
the effects Of blow on the head with q
shovel in the hands fafellow laborer named
George Vaneil. The men quarreled about
some trivial matter. Vaneil isunder arrest.
James M. Newbaker was assassinated as
he was entering his house as Satartia, Miss.
a prominent politician and candidate for
the Legislative nomination tt the last county
convention An attempt was made abouta
year ago to assassinate him.
deputy United States marshal at ST.
Joseph, Mo-, arrested farmer named Rob
inson for disposing of counterfeit money To
the deputy marshal he confessed that he was
one of gang of the agents for the counter
letters whose den was recently raided near
Dayton Ohio. He stated that $4,000 in
counterfeit $40 bills had been distributed
around ST. Joe.
William j. Fry, young man sent to the
county Jail at Pittsburg for drunkenness,
committed suicide in his cell by stabbing
himself in the heart with a lead pencil. When
discovered the young man was dead. On
the left breast, just over the heart, four or
five holes were discovered, and in his pocket
a leadpencil was found, broken and covered
with blood, showing that it was by it that
the wounds were made.
A bold case of kidnapping occurred at Chi
cago on South Water street, one of the bust
est thoroughfares in the city. Henry Rosen-
horo Of o+oI =
street named and went into market to buy
his supplies, leaving in his wagon his two
sons, aged ten and five years. While he was
gone an unknown man appeared and lifting
the younger boy from the wagon, ran rapid
ly away with him. No trace ofthe child has
yet been secured.
benjamin. Adams was arrested at Kansas
City on a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. 1t is allegeded that he sold
the agency in four Missouri townships for
patent farm implement to four different Mis-
souri, farmers for $500 each, and failed to de-
liver the goods to any one of them. He was
committed to Jail. 1t is believed thatAdams
is the individual who has been victimizing
Kansas farmers in similar manner
Judge Mcconnell at Chicago decided that
all the defendants in the Cronin trial must
be tried together, with the exception of
Frank Woodruff. He said that in view of
Woodruffss confession it would be manifestly
unfair to allow him to go on trial with the
others. All the defendants took exceptions
to the ruling of the court refusing them sep
arate trials, and the Judge granted twenty
days in which to file bills of exception The
att orneys for the various defendants then
ex pressed themselves as ready to proceed
with the trial.
Enos Girard, a convict in the state prison
at Jackson, Mich, who was sent up on a.
teen years sentence from Pontiac, dropped
dead at the supper table, his death resulting
from knife wounds inflicted by Convict Isaac
Clark on the 10th of August Grad, Plat
ner, Clark and Graham we're arrested for the
celebrated Norris murder in Wayne county,
the former furnished the testimony on which
Clark got life sentence. Platner was made
a cripple for lie by an attack from Clark q
year ago. Clark, who was in his cell when
he heard OF Girard's death, laughed about it,
saying ''Now, must finish Platner''
Robert Armstrong, colored, was at the
Republican headquarters in New Orleans and
made a sta ement in the presence of Con-
gressmen Burrows, Coleman and Rowell
He claims TO be a school teacher, and stat
ed that he was recently appointed Repub-
lican supervisor. One night he says eight
masked men called at his house. on Mr.
Pughes plantation, near Napoleonville, As
sumption parish. They made him lie down
and whipped him. He was then ordered to
leave the parish, which lie did. After max
ing his statement, the negro was requested
to strip, which he did showing few white
marks across his arms and body Some
one suggested that the marks looked as if
they might have been put there months
ago.
There is a great excitement at San Juan
Capistrino, Cal, over the kidnapping of
Marie Hobona, aged seventeen, by the noted
bandit Sylvester Morales. Morales was seen
carrying her away on horseback and a Wig
orous pursuit was organized. The bandits