The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-11
WICKEDNESSES,

At Marshull, ILL.,, j. NJ GOoch, q merchant,
and William Roseberry a saloonkeeper, en-
gagged in a shooting ARRAY. Gooch will die
and Roseburry is seriously wounded.
Albert 81. Smith, the forger and member of
the firm of Mills, Robson & Smith of New
York, has been sentenced to seven teen years
in the penitentiary.
satchel containing several thousand dol
lars belonging to the United States Express
company was stolen at GAINESVILLE, Ohio
There is no clue to the thieves
At Louisville, Ky, the m oney set aside to
pay 225 men at Lithgow's foundry was stol-
en-. The amount of the loss is 50. 4SO. There
is no clew to the thief.
William Sinnot, thief, was murdered in
Chicago by IL fellow thief in quarrel over
the division of money which they had just
taken from drunken man.
Near Sewell, ". Va, robbers bound and
gagged q widow named Carey and robbed
her of $1,000. The robbers ESCAPED after
killing man named Mason.
At Jersey City, N. j., four more OF the bal
lot box suffers, Frank Whalen, John J.
Miller, John Green and Patrick ]. Kennedy.
have been found guilty.
William Lyttleton Long, under Indictment
IN New York for forgerics amounting to
nearly $4,000 has Disappeared He was
released on his own recognizance whe n it
was thought that his forgeries am GUN ted
to only lew hundreds.
In Chicago, Joseph Mesik fatally shot his
brother-in-law, James Hogan, and then at
tempted suicide. Mesk will probably die.
The cause of the shooting was the continu ed
abuse by Mesik of his wife, who is Hopar's
sister.
NJ. S. Wharton, the broker recently arrest
Cd in Philadelphia, was arraigned in a police
court in Chicago, charged with forgery. 1t
If charged that he forged notes to the am cunt
Of S52, 900. The hearing was continued to
Dec. g.
The fire in the Jefferson barracks stables,
st. Louis, burned sixty-six horses and mules
and all the provender. The sentry who was
on guard at the time of the origin of the fire
was placed under arrest. The fire is SUD-
posed to be the work of an incendiary.
fight occurred recently at village near
Bistritz, in Pennsylvania, in which several
persons we're killed. A new pastor was ap.
pointed to the village church and the wom-
en- ct the place opposed his inst allation on
the ground OF personal ugline IS. A riot
arose, with the result stated
At Chicago some fiend fastened from the
outside the door to Herman Fatzey's shoe
shop, poured kerosene under the door and
lighted two pop bottles filed with kerosene in
the doorway. The flames were making ran
ID progress, when an Off, discovered them.
burst open the door and succeeded in e1tin'
gushing them. Fatzey, his wife and six
children were sleeping up stairs The back
door was also discovered to be fastened
Litchfcld, MIMI, was shocked at the su-
eide of its mayor, H. S. Branham. He was
sick, and had been confined to his room onlv
few days, but his illness was considered
quite serious, having assumed the form Of O
dellrlous fever. Mr.. Branham bein alone
lot lew moments, IN some manner seized O.
pistol and inflicted on himself a death wonnd
Although only thirty five years of ace Mr.
Branham was widely known in business aud
financial circles as one OF the ablest md
brig htcst men in Minnesota.
u. A. Miles, OF Colon, Mich. brutallv foo.
ged thirteen-year-ol girl for having eaten
onions, and, as he said, made her presence
IN the school offensive. This act made his
presence in the town offensive and the In .
Their complained of him tor assault. and a
local justice fined him $12. After the fine
mad been paid committee OF citizens whit
ed upon Mr.. Miles and told him that ho
would be thrashed within on inch Of bi s
lie l. he was found in the town after two
hours, or IL he ever came back. He left mt
once. ~
Mrs. Martha Losee, aged eighteen, at-
tempted suicide Mt New York, by shooting
herself in the lett breast. The wound is con.
sidered dangerous. but the doctors have
hopes OF her recovery. For long time she
refused to give her name, but finally gave
her name rs above, and said she WIS tired NJ
life because she had married man who
proved to be criminal and who had desert.
Ell her. BY strange coincidence her hus
band. Charles Losee was ut the hospital 10
which she had been taken. under treatment
for IN abcess. He was much affected when
he recognized the bleeding girl as his wife.
In broad daylight at Chicago, Jose rh
n Asher, cashier of the Allerton Pack.