San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-01-24
TILE WORLDS wIcXEDNess.

o. Nv n REYNOLDS, cashier Citizens punh, i,'...
,rone L T., was murdered by DalA rVo"osn
ono OF whom was shot by th9 PcoPe, 80
was hanged and tho rest tHrheu o'e' W ''''
authorities r, N,,,.,o
rborlcs o'Drien, cashier, and Elmer p. Morse
hookkeeper OF tho Auburn, n. Y, First SF
,IonoI hank. disappear Defalcaton, ssO1OoO'
u Investigation OF the Central hehS c'p'o, ~
ronto. shows deliberate bank BREAKING moa'
NJ tbe oflclals have come 10 tho United states
FEBRUARY.
g. White Caps logged and left man III uyn's
condition In Indiana .,,,,,, .,
/, Ev.wnyor Means, OF Cincinnati, president OF
tho Metropolitan National BANK arieS'eu 'o'
instrumentation. Bank closed.
a Henry Reece, cashier Continental hotel fhi'i
deIphla, defaulter In $4,000.
Amos J. Smell, Chicago millionaire, murdered
by burglar. CThis Is the celebrated iasco''
casey c...,,,,.,, po-
clio train, near Tucson, ~ T. kepor'eu
heavy loss, ,,,o,,
% Express train robbery on tho st. LOUIS, Arken'
saS and Texas railroad, at kingslahd' ArA'ah'
sTs.
a. Discovery Of graveyard insurance SCHEME
Charleston, s. O. r..,.,.,
a Frastus j. Jones, ex.treasurcr OF Dauphln
county, Pa. defaulter In S6l,Oll
% state Treasurer Tate, OF Kentucky repoFtea
defaultor In Sgo0,0oo -.
p. state National bank Of Raleigh, n. o. ciosea
lis doorA Charles +. Close, president, ana
Samuel G. White cashier defaulters In s'o'oOo'
APRIL
4 First Whitechapel murder reported
II Trial of Dave Walker, Bald Knobber cher, IN
progress In Ozark, Miss. He was convicted,
and with other Bald Knobbers sentenced to
hang Dec. % -,.,-
"a. Happy Bob Van Brlnt formerly Salvation
Army leader, hanged ut Warsaw, N. Y, FOR
the murder Of viii Roy.
%. Passenger train on the InterOceanlc railway
In Mexico robbed by highwaymen.
MAY
1. Assistant Cashier De Baum, OF the Park Na
tiopal bank, New York, defaulter In $4,000.
O. The supreme court of Illinois confirmed the
sentence Of the Chicago boodlers, and they
were sent TO Joliet penitentiary
IL Masked robbers board train on the sonora
railroad, at Aguazarca, A T., and then robbed
the fireman, killed tho expressnan anu tata!iy
hurt tho conductor. Ono passenger fatally
hurt.
1. Mrs. Rawson whose divorce suit against her
husband was tho talk Of Chicago, shot MAJ.
Whitney, her husbands attorney In open
court.
g. White Caps Of Spencer county Ind, com
manded newspapers TO publish their proclama'
ton under penalty OF cbaEt!sement
G. NJ L. IicAtunsten, Wilmington, Del, Do
faulter In S33,250
II Eight masked robbers went through train
near Junction City, n. r., securing $l,4n
% p A. Huber, Adams Express agent at sun
bury, Pa, arrested for stealing an express
package containing $4,000, in transit from
Philadelphia, In August 1888.
a D,,,l A Ipnrinrn hrrrl1rg- held
London for extradition to Zurich, where they
arc charged with stealing Se50GCO worth OF
property.
o. Charles A. Pitcher teller Of Union bank OF
Providence, r. l., is fugitive and defauiter
Ia large amounts.
8. John R. Van Loan, Of the Second National
bank of Jersey City, dcfaultcr $4,000
10. The stealings Of M L. Lchtenstein, defaultins
treasurer Of Wilmington, Del, loan asSoclS'
lions, aggregate $100OO0.
15 More stories Of opium smuggling on the eN.
tremc northwest and the New York and
frontier. Later many arrests were made and
in November Frank Gardner was convicted
and sentenced for being concerned therein.
Three bohemian Anarchists llronek ChapeR
Chebouth arrested in Chicago for conspiracy
to murder Judges Gerry and Grnnell and
Inspector Bonfield, and burn down the city.
ar between Gltlt-lcll N4SNpy tANsA'-%' IL
Pike county, KY. and Logan county, W. Va,
broke out afresh.
Of Governor Hill committed death sentence OF
Chara Cignarale to imprisonment for itfc.
30 White Caps in Perry county, md, log TWO
Mormon missionaries.
90. = K Dedarick, OF Albany, robbed Of S40,OOl
by an expert thief.
AUGUST.
T. Blinlly Morgan hanged in Columbus, o.
z Second Whtechapel murder.
TO- HUGH H. Brooks, alias Maxwell, hanged at ST
Louis for the murder OF Prellcr.
a. Two men In Chicago arrested for systematic
mail robbery, having taken more than SlUU,
900 from the mails.
81 Cant. N. Kinney, Bald Knobber chief, Missouri
shot and killed at Ozark, by Bill Niles, an anti
Bald Knobbcr.
q. Charles w. Waldron, Of HillsdGle, Mich, alb
seconded to Canada with several thousand dol
lars.
81. Third Whtechapel murder.
SEPTEMBER.
G. Attorney General Kitchener, Of Indiana, 70
ported a terrible state OF affairs owing to the
dcpredations Of White Caps in the southern
part Of the state.
Z. Fourth Whitechapel murder
80 Seventeen outlaws shot dead in q battle Will
vigilantcs near Poladora, No Mans Land
Three vigiautes were killed and nine wounded
81. Fifth Whltechapcl murder.
o. Mrs I.zzio Hoy, Of Bandero county, Tex, shot
and killed "Tho Lone Highway1nan."
IS. James Brown, said to have been married thirty
three times, convicted Of bigamy in Detroit.
q. ". R. Foster, trustee OF tho gratuty fund Of
the New York Produce Exchange declared g
defaulter in sl6s,OOO
90 Sixth Whtechapcl murder.
80. Seventh Whtechapel murder.
30 Cashier Chaplin, of Fall River reported o de-
faulter in Sl0S,O0o
OCTOBER.
Q. Eighth Whitechapel murder
IL Antonio Flacconio murdered IN New York
This was the noted MAZDA murder.
ta T. S. Briggs safe manufacturer at Rochester
n Y, absconded; S1LOOOshort In his accounts
10 Paymaster J. 3. Mcclure aud stable boss Hugh
Flanagan, employed by Contractor McFad
den, of Wilkesbaue, Pa robbed Of S12,0O(
and murdered
Train robbers went through a train at Peru,
Ind, and stole many thousand dollars, watches
and jewelry.
%. Thomas AxworthY, treasurer. Of Cleveland
disappeared leaving deficit of about $500. 0O0
NOVEMBER.
4. Daring stage coach robbery near Santa Bar.
bara, Cal
II. Henry w. King, Jr, shot and killed at Omaha,
Neb, by Libblo Beichler with whom be had
PREVIOUSLY lNGtL
q J. z. BedeIl, New York forger, sentenced to
twenty-five years Imprisonment
IS. Mrs, WHEELING, Philadelphia, polsOner, con
victed Of murder in the first degree.
90 Treasurer Charles G. Winchell, Of SPHINX
county, d. T., disappeared, defaulter for
Sl0O,0Ol
DECEMBER
3. PHI DAILY, the long Branch gambler, was shot
In New York den. where he had been en-.
ticed by n woman's note, with view to rob
berry. The wound was not serious one.
8 frank r. Bates, On etnpl1ye Of ''Old Hutch, "
adefaulrer in Chicago in S2Oo00
Nine prominent citizens Of Crawford county,
Iud. arrested In connection with tho White
Cop outraEsS
o \ mob attacked the fan at BIRMINGHAM Ala,
IN IN attempt 10 lynch v uli,Il HAYES, the
uIurjcrar The sheriff az q his party fred on
them. killing nine ami voIriins thirty.
Ninth Wtitecharel mU0ler.
~ NhitS Cap oI.rac-s IN Texas
Il Z l. Harper. who stole the funds Of the -
dslifV hank Of tT--fr-r-E a rlgfr- maniac