The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-08-29
Criminal DOings.

Annie WOld,a young norwegian 8lrI living
with her parents in Chicago, jumped from a
third-story window and was killed. She was
a monomaniac OF the subject of religion.
Fred schoenberger a prisoner at Whitewa-
ter, Wis.,, feignsd sickness and was allowed
to sit on the pack steps ofthej jail, from which
he made his escape into the darkness.
Herr Lachmann, editor Of the Londoner
Journal, a weekly newspaper printed in Ger
man shot his vile and child and then COM
mitted suicide.
Several Mormon elders near Warrenton,
Ca, who have been making many converts,
were whipped by O party Of we'll known citi-
Gems and ordered to leave the country.
The mail pouch containing 100000,
thought to have been stolen from a Pennsyl-
vania train near Terre Haute, Ind, was
found by the side of the track unopened.
Forty convicts, located ut the brick yard
on the outskirts of Little Rock, entered into
q conspiracy to make their escape. Only
three of the number were nervy enough to
successfully carry out their plan, and two Of
them were caught with the aid of blood
hounds.
Quite q sensation was caused at Milwaukee
by the fling OF o suit for $4,000 damages
for breach of promise against George Hiles,
q millionaire lumberIaan of that city, by
Miss Elizabeth Carter. The plaintiff alleges
that under promise of marriage she q lived
with Mr.. Hiles, who IL q married man with q
large family, Tor several years, and that he
had failed to keep good his agreement.
Frank Donahue will soon be released from
the Illinois penitentiary after serving a two
years. sentence for larceny, 1t has been
learned that he was the innocent victim OF a
conspiracy. He had, while going his rounds
as q Newspaper carrier, become acquainted
with the young daughter of q certain mill
ionaire. The father, learning of the init
macy, had him arrested ON q charge of lar
ceny, and bribed his lawyer to advise him
to plead guilty.
man who gave his name as Henry Schef.
fer, from Anoka, Mimi, attempted to rob q
stranger at Moorhead, MINI. He drew a
knife and demanded money. When about
accomplishing his purpose q team came UP
and the highwayman fed. The two men in
the wagon pursued and overlook him. He
Chief Sullivan pursued and arrested him
He is said to be the same party who robbed
o man in Fargo of 500.
Mat Nelson and q friend named Miller
were stopped by q highwayman three miles
south of Baldwin, Wis. They we're driving
in a buggy when the robber spra ng from the
side Of the road, caught the horse by the
head and ordered o halt. One of the men in
the buggy had q Winchester rife which he
had just bought, but it was not oaded, and
while he was trying to load the gun the
other dealt the robber q blow across the
face with the whip. About that time he
caught sight of the rifle and fed, after firing
a.shot at the men in the buggy. !
The wife of Attorney W. Fl. Upper Of
Fresno, knocked at the door of her servant
girl, Elizabeth Werner, to ask her to bring in
breakfast. Receiving no response she opened
the door and saw on the bed the girl and
her lover, Andrus Olsen, clasped in each
others arms. The girl was dead and Olsen
died in q few minutes. On the table near wae
found an empty hottie. that had contained
poison. The most plausible reason for the
supposed suicide seem to be that the couple
| were intsrfered with by another party who was
q constant visitor to the house.
A bold attempt to assassinate Deputy
United States Marshal Sam Hughes took
place at Whitewill, Tenn. The deputy. mar
shall had arrested John Upton for moon
shining, and had left him with an accompany
ing officer, and had gone further down the
mountain to arrest some Of his colleagues
when he suddenly ran upon two men will
s~hotguns. They told the officer to skip, and
upon his refusing to do SO, one of them, John
| Hobs, fred at him at a space of thirty yards
eight buckshot taking effect. The officer
pulled his revolver as the would-be ASSASSIN
ran of, but as it refused to work he coulG
| not shoot. He was not fatally wounded.