The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-01-17
Petty ~Criminalities.

LII UoIH vi ID dIulc III III LEI, lNcU.,
named John Craig was burned, and forty
three horses, seven Of which were Kentucky
thoroughbreds, seventy cattle, twenty hogs
and a large amount of farm machinery, hay
and grain were consumed. The circumstances
point to Craig's hired man, who disappeared,
as the author of the holocaust. He had
Quarreled with Craig's brother and is suppos.
ed to have fired the barn out of spite.
II. II. Scott, ex-mayor of Hinckly, Mimi,
has been found guilty OF murder in the second
degree and sentenced to serve q life term in the
prison at Saltwater. When Judge Crosby
asked him if he had anything to say he re-
piled: 81 would rather have a rope around
my neck than speak q word to disgrace my
family" He killed D. X. Kirwin on the 22nd
man he slew with q crime against the chastity
of his home. Scott was taken to Still
water.
". r. Fay, president and general manager
of the Denver Gas company, and, individual
ly, one of Denver's wealthy citizens, has been
arrested on q grand jury Indictment charg.
ing him with manslaughter. Fay was super
intending the work done by the laborers who
were killed by the cave-in of the cable road a
week ago. After the accident a verdict of
criminal carelessness' was returned against
Fay, and his indictment followed. Thomas
and O'Hara, his two foremen, were also in
dicted.
An attempt to poison an entire family was
discovered at Ashland, Wis. After eating the
morning meal two of the members were taken
suddenly i'll. On the meat aud some cabbage
was founda white powder which had been
sprinkled over them, nearly a teasp onful.
TIL particles were gathered and taken to a
druggist, who declared it to be arsenic.
There were no fatal results. A barrel of
drinking water was also im~pregnated. Chief
of Police Montgomery is investigating the
affair.
Helena, Montana, was shocked by the an
nouncement that j ulius E. Hart q wellknown
citizen of Helena, had committed suicide. He
had placed a thirty-eight CALDER revolver in
his mouth and blown his brains out. No
one heard the shot, Tor the unfortunate had
covered his head with the bedclothes to
| deadeh the report. His wife went into the
BEDROOM to arouse him for breakfast and
found him ying in a pool Of blood with a
smoking pistol clutched in his hand. Hart
was about thirty-nine years old and had
been in Montana twelve years.
A double stage robbery occurred in Color
ado. The down stage from Mendocino City
was stopped near Philo by masked highway
men, who demanded the treasure box. and
holding O revolver in one hand took the box
from the driver with the other. He thanked
the driver and ordered him to drive on. He
then remarked, GOOD night. gentlemen"
The stage had only gone q few hundred yards
when it met the up stage from Cloverdale,
been robbed, but gave no details. The ex-
press boxes were all that were taken.
C. Allendale,a suspicious-looking character,
was arrested at Greenwood, Mimi, ON com
plant OF q New Orleans detective, who charg-
es that he was implicated i'll the recent Duck
Hill train robbery. Among the articles
foundo on his person were several cards offer
ing a reward of s., 900 for the arrest and
detention of the same train robbers, who re-
Gently robbed q jewelry store in Dallas, Tex.
Z. Allendale is named in the circular rs an &C.
complete, and in his description the circular
states that his name is written in India ink
OF his right arm. The prisoners name is
tatooed on his right arm. 1t is said he for
merly belonged to tho James gang.
Mauric Z. Gaffney, whose term of Office as
clerk Of the county ofAshland, Mimi, expired,
recently shot himself. Gafney's wife was
aroused by the shots and arose in time to see
was short in his accounts about 30, 900, and
the board of supervisors served All order up
on him to turn over the money. Gaffney did
not have the funds to make up his defalcation
and worried over this fact, together with sew
ere illness, he became Respondent. Gaffney
was two years g elected clerk by ~thelargest
majority ofany IMAM onthe Democratic ticket.
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eide WAS scarcely given credence. His wife is
nearly crazed with grief and his friends are
appalled.
There has been considerable excitement in
Vicksburg over expected trouble at Arcola,
Washington county, Miss. Several negroes
wore arrested there some days ago, charged.
with burning Col. Paxton's residence. Il
was also stated by one Of the negroes that
the plot of the programme was to also MUIR
der the family. The latter part OF the pro-
gramme was notcarried out. The prisoners,
It II sold, succeeded in making their escape.
The cause of the excitement is that the ne.
groes in that vicinity have assembled in con
About fifty Winchester rifles were sent from
Vicksbnrg to Arcola. Atrain has been held
III readiness all day, and on thu receipt of the
frst-news 81 danger the. 6outhrohs, nndsr
commAnd 3 fCapt. 6sR.s Earit,edvn Lars for
that point.