The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-02-22
Crimes and Criminals.

A suicide occurred ON board the steamer
Premier while en- route from the dry dock at
E.sqnimalt to Victoria, b. G.. The victim was
il. d. O'Loughli,l. ii saloon night watchmail
deceased left aletteraddrcssedt to j. G. Brown,
Bay City, Mich.
Harvey Gurley and ha wife. who Kidnapped
and dreadfully mnltreatei little Annie Red-
mond. We're held to the criminal court Mt
chicago for trial in $4,000 bonds each. Mrs.
Parsons, Gurley's mother, will l,e further cx-
amined in the police court and her husband
was discharged.
In the case of George d. Raymorc, con.
rete! of the seduction Of young girl nnder
promise Of marriage, Judge Mcdonnell of
Fargo overrlletl the motion for n new trial
md sentenced the prisoners to three years in
the pe1iitsasctiury. The case will be taken to
the supreme c'aurt on q writ Of error, and
pending the hearinE>HHnymore will remain in
the custody OF tho sheriff
Mrs. George Luddington Of Mandan, Dak,
has given notice that ON March she will
apply to Gov. Church for pardon for =
husband, now serving a term in the peniteir-
tiary at Sioux Falls. Luddinston was con-
victed in October, 1897. Of stealing goods
from q car at Elkton, belongieu to n furmer
named Mede. In connection with this case
ex-Sherif Balgord is decndant in suit
brought against him in Moody county on u
charge Of neglect of official duty
Rosa Anderson. a chamber mud employed
in the family OF Edward Maurer, who keeps u
charge OF robbing her employer. 1t is
thought her spcculntions will reach $4,000.
One night Maurer marked his greenbncks,
and next day with the aid Of an officer dis
covered 81 10 of the bills in Rosa's room.
There was 1915 more there which she I'D
mitted having stolen. and it was found she
had %, 900 deposited in bank.
Io0,y, R;oho,3. Sr.,,%o wa, ,rl:,,
drypk, stabbed his son-in.law, John Mooney.
SO badly that he ia not expected to recover
Mooney has a cash over his right eye, an
other on his right arm and third penetrat-
ing his right lung, which are likely to cause
death. MONEYS wife has several cuts, and
q very hard chnIacter. and hns frequently
iuarrelsd with his family before. Mooney's
statement has been taken by magistrate,
md Richards is in Jail in default of - 900
bail.
Dougherty, the last Of the four men con.
ceriied in the attempt to rob the Honest axe,
pny car in October, passed through Rapid
bound for Dpudwood, where lie will be- tried
He says he was betrayed to the sheriff at
Douglas by n man whom hc trusted. He
was wounded in the fnce hv buckshot in
attempt ut robbery, and the bullet is still
lodged agaiiisthis aw bone. The 81 000reward
sOs hio capture VIII Dt hlluicu w tHehUeTlH
Converse county, Wyo., and two deputies
Ofhs pals. SickeIson and Teltord are in the
Sioux Foils penitentiary under fifteen years
sentence, and WiLson in the Deadwood jail.
Not guilty. Was the verdict returned in
the Brown poisoning case at Mason City,
Iowa, and when the announcement was made
the defendant betrayed no emotions what
ever Not even a sign ofioy could he depict.
ed on her countcnance. At the result her
husband rushed frantically forward and,
throwing his arms about his wife, kissed her
several times. They received tliecongratula-
tions OF her father. relations. counsel and a
number of the jurymen. On the first ballot
they stood two for conviction. The bnllot
WINS long anticipated and gives general sntis.
fiction. 1t ia now probable that the defend.
aIt will apply for divorce and the custody
of her remaining child, Henry.
A terrible tragedy w,is enacted at Memphis,
Tenn., which resulted in the killing of Father
Ashtield, u Catholic priest connected with st.
Peters cathedral in that city. Several
months ago A. Reeves. a well known young
man about town, was confined in Jail on ac-
count Of mental troubles. Father Ashfeld
visited him in jail and was instrumental in
having him ielensef aftern short confinement.
Reeves rang the hell of the priests house,
and when the door was opened H. pushed the
porter inside and went direct to Father Ash.
tleid's room. The porter thought lin
drunk aud ran to the station house, which
is only a square distant, for police officer.
Wbsa the two rsturnsd they found Reeves