The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-12
Petty Wickednesse,.

Edward Bates and John Uller, cab drivers,
were arrested at st. Louis on SUSPICION of
being connected with the murder OF Anna
Weiss.
FRANK Faulkner, an engineer on the Illinois
Central, was shot aud fatally wounded ly
Ernest Smith, negro brakeman, at Grcn-
nde, Miss.
Mnrtin Holgens, the town marshal ut
Unlontown, Ky, cut Ills throat with IL razor
on the street in the presence of crowd of
friends.
At Angoln, Ind. Thnd Van Pelt shot and
instantly killed Wiliam Stone Mrs. Van
Felt had left her husband and was living
with Stone.
While attempting to escape arrest after
committing a robbery Archie Anderson. a.
well known Chicago thief, was fatally shot
by an officer.
At Clifton, Tex, H. d. Olson nn old man.
drove hin family out of the house. set the
building on fire, lenped into the flames and
was burned to death.
The whereabouts FINLEY Mathews of Or
ark, No, the fugitive Bald Knobber under
sentence of death, is now known and lis can.
ture will he attempted
Capt. William Pierce, for several years
commander of the continental guards in the
confederate army, committed suicide by
shooting, in New Orleans.
During fight in Chicago in which several
men participated, Thomas Bean, Il Young
roOfer, was stabbed to the heart and w. O.
SpraEue was seriously hurt.
At Naples private named Borrelli. in n
fit of madness. fired upon His comrades. kill
ing the major of the regiment and wounGing
n captain nnd others. The mailman was
finally killed with IL revolver.
The jury in the Mellow ease at Charleston,
$. C., after celebrating for two hours, re-
turned verdict Of not guilty. Mellow
murdered Capt. I. W. Dawson. the editor,
but the evidence showed the crime to have
been committed in selt.dc!cnsc
Willinm Bruce, who lives in the country
near Bear creek, Wis. and is well ACQUAINTED
with Holzhey, the train and stnge 1obl,rr,
but did not know his identity with the rob.
bsr, saw him few days ut New London june
tion Wis, buy ticket 10 St. Paul. lie usk-
ell folzhey whore he was going. and Ii. re.
piled that this country was getting too hot
for him. Inquiry shows that such II ticket
WIS sold at New London junction on that
date to n young man.
A riot between two rural fuctions. number
ing about twenty persons, occurred in the
.strsets OF Glasgow, West Va, The diff.
ficulty was the outgrowth of local feu.l
John Patton saw Louis Watts on the street
md commenced throwing stones ut him.
finally rushing ut lin with an open knife.
Watts drew IL revolver aud opened fire
Friends Of the men rushed in and the fight
aRcame general. Aaron johnson and Louis
Watts received mortal wounds. and John
Patton was shot dead. Six other persons
were injured.
c. Paxson. prominent and wealthy stock
broker of Kansas City, was arrested at the
instance OF J $. Halpin. a brother of Marin
Halpin. Halpin accused Paxson oflaving
been criminally intimate with the formers
wife. The case came to trial before Judge
Boland, and no less than four witnesses CAV,
very eliminating testimony, Judge Roland
however. announced that no case had beer
made and dismissed the case. That youI
decision, is it," cried the cnragetl Hulrjn
"TheH this IL mine, and with heuvy walk
ing stick he struck Puxson IL blow on tic
head that rendered him unconscious Before
another blow could be inflicted Hnpin wa.
arrested by an officer. Puxson is in u criti
col condition.
JOIN Kunze, who was indicted by thu
grand iur~ at Chicago, together with ii,
Others for con olicity in the murder of Dr.
Cronin, is in the l..'ands of the police and ha,
been for several days. IT is stated further
that Kunze is the impor.> ISN'T Witness whose
testimony before the gran Jury hastelsd t. ,.
the indictments and final repo't; It ~ nn
derstood that kunze has told the police al
be knows about the affair, and COME. .>cd fi,ai
he drove detective Goughlin to the Ca .-lsOl
cottage on the night of May i. thehorse u.,d
wagon used being the property of T. o. Sulli-
van, the indicted ice man. What further in
formation the authorities obtained from
kunze is not yet known.
vagrant Indian nude his appearance in
the town OF Gravity, Iowa, but was soon or.
'dered from town. He next went to the resi-.
'dence of q young German named Frank
Glassman and attempted to assault Mrs,
Glassman. who was alone in the house. She
broke away from his grasp and ran toward
her husband. who WAS blowing in the field
screaming for help. The Indnn. meanwhile
made his escape Later on the Indian was
captured about one mile from town and
lodged in Jail. Early in the morning ~ mol
appeared at the Jail and demanded the key.
from the sheriff, but he refused to give tilem
up. The mob then battered down the dc ors
and took the lndain ont and hanged him ia
u tree in the courtyard.
On Nov. 13. 1861, Wigginbothnm. tif.
teen ycar-od boy, was riding along theron,l
near Mt Vernon, Ky., shouting for Jeff
Duvis when he was killed by J. Logan Sig
man, who fled and was never heard offor
twenty-five years. He was finally located in
Missouri and brought back for trial. The
case resulted ina hung jury. and sigman
was released on bond. The trial has been
postponed from time to time until it was
called recently. with Judge Morton. Of the
Lexington. district. OH the bench. The jury
held ont for two days, eleven for acQuital
and one for conviction. ana finally agreed
on n verdict OF not guilty. This il the ease
in which the Grand Army Of the Republic
took such prominent part when Sigman
vas arrested.
The police of Lacrosse have been unsuc,
csssiul in their effort to establish the identi.