New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-01
SINFUL uSIFTINGS.

SINFUL SIFTINGS.
spiritualist preacher famed Jonas STRAIN
bic, formerly we'll known ministerin Indian
apois, committed suicide in Wichita, Kan,
While suffering from emotional insanity
In prize fight in a sporting resort near
East New York between Joe Murphy of
Gravesend and Dick Carroll of New York,
carroll had hisjaw brokenin the third round.
In Franklin, KY, William White took
dull knife and cut Andy Parker's ear off,
He was arrested and put in Jail. He had
Andy's ear in his pocket when arrested
10th parties are colored.
Fred Williams, a powerful bully, amused
himself at ASHORE, Ind, by repeatedly
striking Robert Thresher, his brother-in-law
After warning him to desist, Thresher shot
Williams dead.
Maj. E. A. Burke, ex-treasurer ofLouisiana,
under indictment Tor the recent bond swindles,
has arrived at Tegucigalpa. Honduras, from
London. He is said to have 100000 in
cash with him.
Leo Corners, aged twenty, belonging to
one OF the wealthiest families in Paris Tex,
was shot and killed by Chris Holt, the weapon
used being Winchester rife. Connors, who
was drinking freely, was the aggressor.
W. L. Cooley, the absconding cashier of
the Omaha road at Sioux Falls, S D., is still
missing. His accounts are $500 short. Wine
and women are said to have caused his down
fall.
Roe L. Hendrick a Buffalo newspaper cor
respondent, pleaded guilty to the charge of
attempting to blackmail the family of Judge
Lewis, of the supreme court, and was senten-
ced to the penitentiary for one year.
new Indictment for conspiracy to bride
Cronin jurors has been returned by the grand
jury against John E. Graham, A. L. Hanks,
Fred W. Smith. Mark Solomon, Jeremiah
O'Donnell, Thomas Kavanaugh and Joseph
Kohn.
James A. Parker, q real estate agent of
Kansas City, committed suicide at Washing
ton by jumping from the wharf.-the the river.
1t is inferred that financial difficulties caused
him to commit suicide.
The bodies of q white woman and a negro
have been taken by resurrectionists in Wash
ington, and DR.. A. c. Adams. demonstra-
tor in a medical college there, will be brought
into court i'll connection with the affair.
Apackage containg upward of $50, 900 in
notes. checks and other securities, represent
ing the mo ney left by the absconding cashier,
Silcott, was turned over to the United States
treasurer pursuant to O resolution of the
house. .'--. e- ~.
William Eubanks, a widower living at Los
Gatos, CAL, becoming incensed at his sixteen
year-old daughters refusal to hand him her
wages, shot and killed her. He then cut his
throat with q razor, inficting a serious but
not fatal wound.
News rea ched Pierre S. D., by priv ate
parties from Fort Sully that there is trouble
with the Indians at that place. The"parties
say that the Indians are dissatisfied with the
treaty opening the reservation, and claim
that they are not promised sufficient remun-
Grafton for their ponies; also that they have
killed several settlers near the fort.
job anna St. Clair was fatally stabbed
by her husband, Christopher St. Clair in
New York, and died at hospital soon af-
terward. Immediately after the stabbing
the husband gave himself up to the police
He is said to have been jealous of his wife,
who, however, bore an excellent reputation
among her neighbors.
W. L. Cooley, cashier of the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railwayin Sioux
Falls, S. D., is reported missing. His ac-
counts arc said to be in bad condition and
while the amount of his shortage has not
been made public. it cannot be much less than
$1,000 Cooley has held the position for
some time and his reputation has always
been first-class. His relatives live at Heron
lake, MINI.
An awful tragedy took place at Larch-
rood, Iowa, a station on the Burlington,
Cedar Rapi DIS & Northern, sixteen miles from
Sioux Falls. The particulars as stated by
the operator at hardwood are: Dr.. Munroe
of that place shot his wife through the lungs,
INJECTING what is thought to be a fatal
wound The doctor then cut his WI throat,
from the effect Of which he died. The doctor
was lnsanely jealous of his wife and imagined
she had received attention from other men.
Medical aid for the injured woman was sent
at once.
riot occurred at Jesup, fifty-seven miles
south OF Savannah, Ga. Two white men
were killed, two others seriously wounded
and srveral negroes are reported killed. The
Georgia Huzzars troop OF the First regiment OF
Georgia cavalry sent two detachments of men
to Jesup, and more trouble is apprthended.
A riot also took place at Baresville. Three
negroes were killed. The cause of the trouble
was not stated, and it is difficult TO get fur
Their Information. The militia of Macon were
awaiting orders to repair to the scene of the
trouble.
On Christmas, at Memphis, Tenn, the dead
body of negro supposed to be Ben Haw-
kins, was found under the bayou bridge with
a bullet wound in the head. His pockets
were turned wrong side out, and it was evil
IDENTIFY case of murder and robbery. G.
Emmett Pinkston, driver of main street
car was stabbed to the heart by an unknown
negro and Instantly killed. The negro es-
capped, aud up to a late hour had not been
captured. The only passengers in the car at
the time were two small boys, and the
Identification OF the negro wifi be extremely
difficult
a burglar was captured an Cokato, Mimi,