New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-04-24

i ne MT her again she would shoot him. He
| then struck her in the face, when she fred the
revolver inticting fatal wound. Before DIV.
ing, Fields made sworn statement exoner.
! atIng his wife, in which he stated that she
had shot in self-defence. When Mrs Fields
appeared at the coroner's inquest her face
was mashed almost beyond recognition,
She is still at liberty
An important decision was rendered at
Marshalltown, in the case of MerrilIvs. Pack
er. The suit wa fon one of the famous Bohe-
mlan oats notes. The de'endant, alleged
that the notes and contract were part of a
gambhng transaction and consequently void.
After being out all night the jury returned a
verdict for the defendant holding that the
note was void The case will be appealed.
/ Inc bohemian oats scheme was worked in
some sections of Iowa quite extensively
Inc purchasers gave notes for $40 a bushel
Tor all the oats, the sellers contracting to
procure other purchasers for all the buyers
could raise at the some price, The last legis-
lature passed law prohibiting such trans
actions, and after the bill had passed both
houses an unsuccessful attempt was made
by the clerk Of the executive council to steal
John d. Swift. twenty-four years of age,
was hanged at Hartford, Conn. for the
murder of his wife July z. 1887. Swift was
MARI when only nineteen years old to a
woman two years older than he but his idle
and dlssipated habits soon forced the wife to
leaVe MIN. While in a saloon, where he had
oeen employed as piano player, he ex-
pressed an Intention of killing his wife, and
displayed revolver A few hours later, he
met her returning from the shop where she
worked, and asked her to live with him. and.
upon her refusing and turning to run away,
Tired the fatal shot. She lived only long
enough to make a brief antemortem state.
ment.
81 Paso, Texas, is temporarily in the hands
of usurpers, and ariot is imminent. The city
election contest, which has been going on
several days, terminated by the arbitrary
conduct OF the mayor, who declared his in
tentlon to act on his own responsibility He
count in the officers ostensbly elected This
the council refused to do, and a motion to
adjourn was carried. Themayor then called
IN new clerk, and the favored parties were
sworn in. They at once appointed police
and took possession of the city government.
The fight is between Democrats and Re-
publIcans nominaly, but is really contest
waged by the better class of citizens and
those who desire to do business on both sides
OF the river and smuggle without molestation
Bloodshed, and much of it, is feared.
Laura GRAMS a seventeen -year-old girl,
went to Binghampton, N. Y, and secured
employment in factory. She was bright
and attractive and soon had several suitors
John B. Smith, several years her senior, sue
ceeded in winning her affections and married
her. The girls father became suspicious Of
his son-in-law, and an investigation showed
that Smith had been twice before married,
and that both his former wives were living
GRAMS ordered Smith to leave the house
and never attempt to see Laura again.
That night Smith found Laura alone, and
pointing a revolver at her head compelled
her to leave her home with him. The couple
walked the entire distance of twenty-tour
miles from Ninevah to Binghampton, when
She was at once taken to a house in the
outskirts, where she was kept concealed for
three days. There she was found by a de-
tective and restored to her father She is
completely Frustrated by her terrible expert.
ence Smith cannot be found