The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-30
Criminal Doings.

Annie Void, young Norwegian girl living
with her parents in Chicago, jumped from n
thiid-stcry window and was killed. She was
u monomnniuc on tho subject of religion.
: War is being waged against the gamblers
Mt Saratoga. and it looks as though every
form Of gambling had to go. Many arrests
have been made.
Fred Schoenberger prisoner ut Whitewa-
ter, Wfs., feignsd sickness and was allowed
to sit Oh the back steps 0fthe jail, from which
he made his escape into the darkness.
Herr Lachmann, editor Of the Londoner
Journal, weekly newspaper printed in Ger
man shot his vile and child and then COM
.mitted suicide.
Several Mormon elders near Warrenton,
Ga, who have been making muny converts
were whipped by party OF well known citi-
zcns and ordered to leave tho country.
The moil pouch containing 100000,
thought to have been stolen from q Pcnnsyi
vnnin train near Terre 1Iaute. Ind, was
iclnd by the side Of the tYack unopened.
Mrs. G. V. Woodward was foun,l in an un.
conscious state at her home in Oshkosh, Wis.
Wounds in her skull and flce gave evidence
sfattempted murder.
The town Of Hampton, Iowa, was thrown
into quite a state of ofexcitement, by the dis.
covery that the widow kosanko had com
c,itted suicide by hanging over q screen
!d0,3r with her feet resting upon the floor.
The enusc, as yet, is unknown.
Forty eonvicf. located at the brick yard
on the outskistz of Little Rock, entered into
nconspracy to make their escape. Only
three OF ete number were Dervy enough to
successfully carry out their plea. amt two of
them were cnught with the aid OF blood
hounds.
Patsy Kiley, the rsll known news agent on
the Wisconsin Central, running from
Chippewa Falls to st. Pnul and Asiland, was
seatenoed TO one year ut Waupun for steal
inp from patrons ut the River side house.
His thetts OK tend over G long period and he
was finally caught with marked coin.
Guite sensation was caused at Milwaukee
NV tho filing of suit for $4,000 damages
for breach of promise against George Hiles,
n millionaire lumberman of that city, by
Miss Elizabeth Carter. The plaintiff alleges
that under promise Of mu.riage she had lived
with Mr.. Hles. who il o married man with u
large family, for several years and TINT he
had failed to keep good his agreement.
Frank Donahue will soon be released fror.s
the Illinois pcnitentiary after serving two
wears sentence for larceny. It has been
learned that fa was the innocent victi1s OF Il
s,onspiraey. He haAi. while going his rounds
MS a newspaper carrier. LScomc acquainted
with the young daughter of a certain mill
iopaire. The father, learning Of ise in,i-
macy. had him arrested on charge OF i:i:'
reny. and bribcd his lawyer to advise him
to plead guilty.
AnAa who gave his name as Henry scllsf-
def. from Aloka. Mimi, attempted to rob a
stranper ut Moerhcad, MINI. He drew u
knife and demanded money. When about
accomplishing bis purpose g team came UP
md the higawnymnn fed. The two men in
the wagon pursued and overlook him. III
drew his knife and would not DC arrested n;s
Chief Sullivan pursued abd arrested him
We IL said to be the same party who robbed
n .-,an in Fargo Of 500.
Mat Nelson and friend named Miller
were s+on -ed by q highwayman three miles
sontb Of Rol,.. .~in. Wis. They we're driving
in buggy when .>te robber sPrang from the
side of lie road. ,'aught the horse by the
head and ordered u ha,.. one of the men in
the buggy had q Winchee Ter rins ~nlsh ne
had just bought. but it was n1t ioaded. ana
while he was trying to loan tne gun the
other deult the robber blow across the
face with the whip. About that TIME ne
caught sight of the rifle and fled, after ..irlng
n shot ut the men in the buggy.
The wife of Attorney W. II. Tupper OF
Fresno, knocked ut the docr of her servant
girl, Elizabeth Werner, to ASK her to bring in
breakfast. Resolving no response, she opened
the door and saw on the bed the girl and
her lover, Andrus Olsen, clasped in each
others arms. The girl was dead and Olsen
died in few minutes. On the table near was
found ON empty hottie that had contained
poison. The most plausible reason for the
supposed suicide seem to be that the couple
were interfered with by another party who was
constant visitor to the house.
A bold attempt to assassinate Deputy
limited States Marshal Sam Hughes tool
place ut wh,tewill, Tenn. The deputy mar
,sbnl had arrested John Upton for moon
shining, aud had left him with un accompany
ling officer, And had gone further down til.
mountain to arrest some OF his colleagues
when he suddenly ran upon two men witf
saotguns. They told the officer to skip, ant
vI,oa his refusing to do SO, one OF them. join
i, ,ts. fired at him at q space Of thirty yards
elgn., Nis Ecyolver as the would-be assassir
pulea Sut az it refused to work he coult
ran on, . u was not fatally wounded.
poo,.>N Of Note.
1oscnh Lauortc has .>een nominated as in
finn at - NM