Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-03-14
MILWAUKEE MOB.
Chinese Assaulted and Laundry
Windows Smashed.
The Notorious Matt Zimmerman Under AR
rest In Utah--IIow Texan Escaped the
scanoId--The Honney ISldnap.
ping Case.

MuwAu-ER, Wis, March 70 "A mob OF
about 1900 people gathered in front Of the
city hall yesterday morning 70 await the
arrival Of Sam Yip ia and Dab Ding, the
two Cinnamon charged with invelgling
little girls into their laundries for immoral
purposes. They were disappointed, how
ever, as the officers anticipated the DEM
onstration and took the prisoners TO the
court room at very early hour The
crowd was very noisy but no unlawful
demonstration was maGe.
The preliminary examination began at
eleven a. m. and continued until 1850
when recess was taken until two p. m.
There was no new developments. The
crowd had nearly disappeared and every
thing in the vicinity Of the court room was
quiet and orderly.
About three o'clock in the afternoon a
crowd went 10 the West side where, after
smashing In the doors and windows of a
number Of Chinese laundries, they dis
persed quietly. The feeling against the
Chinese is growing in bitterness as the
enormty Of their crimes is being revealed
by the testimony In court
The streets in the vicinity Of the Chinese
laundries were thronged with crowds Of
men and boys last night and the doors and
windows Of half a dozen laundries were
smashed in with rocks before police could
arrive aud disperse the crowds. At one
point an unlGcky celestial fell into tho
hands OF the mob who began yelling for a
rope TO string him up, aud he would have
Jared badly but for the courage OF =
policeman who protected him until assist
anco arrived.
MATT ZIMMERMAN CAPTURED.
OMAHA, Neb, March i2-Sunday. Octo.
Der 10, 1882, four men, one OF whom was
Matt Zimmerman, arrived IN Minden, a
frontier town, with twenty-five ponies
which they advertised for sale Two Of
the men left In the afternoon. while
some twenty guests, ipslnding several
ladies' were at tho hotel supper table,
z.mmorman and his mate facing the door,
JACK Woods, the sheriff Of Hutchinson
County, entered and ordered the two to
throw up their hands. There were two
sharp reports In quick succession, and the
officer fell dead In the doorway. One Of
the guests who shouted to his wife TO run
was fatally shot The desperadoes then
rushed into the bar room where they mort
ally shot n mail carrier named Collins,
and then mounting their mustangs gall
loped out OF town firing at everybody they
met Zimmerman was subser oltly capt
ured and his companion killed. He was
tried and sentenced 10 death three times,
and shortly after the third trial he made
his escape four years ago Yesterday in
formation reached here that be had been
captured in Utah aud was now on his way
TO this State In charge Of three deputy
sherins.
ESCAPED THE scAFFoLD.
BoNBAM, Tex, March l2-The cell
ebrated Scarlett murder case was called
In the district court yesterday and was
dismissed by the state without the exam
inaticn OF single witness. This is the
case in which Jim Scarlett was charged
with numbering Andy Lace0eld in 1855
aud throwing the body into the Red river.
He was tried two years ago and found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged, but
owing TO technicality got new hearing,
but bct0re the new trial came on Lace
held was found living in the south ,rn
part of the county. Scarlet can scarcely
realize the accd fortune Of again being
free after 50 narrowly missing death on
the scaffold.
FIRED on by wHITEcAPs.
JACKSON, Mich, March 12-Some weeks
ago William Cahoon, landlord Of small
tavern seven miles west OF here received
a warning from Whitecaps, but paid no
attention. Last night, while sitting in
his room reading, a load OF buckshot
crashed through the window and buried
itself in one OF his legs. J. S. Price, a
noighbor who had quarreled with Cahoon,
has been arrested.
HENNEY AND WIFE HELD.
CHICAGO, March 12.-George Henney
and his wife, charged with being fugitivos
from justice, were brought before Justice
Wood yesterday morning and the cases
against them were continued, awaiting
the arrival Of the Kansas City humane
officers. They were not required to deny
or affirm their guilt as alleged abduetors
Of Lucy Spellman.