The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-19
WAYS OF THE WICKED.

Philadelphia police made Wholesale raid
or the Chinese gambling houses on Race
street and captured 225 players Of ian tau.
Dr.. r. F. Everhart and Edward Flynn of
Clin1on. Iowa, charged with causing the
death Of Mrs Auna Waugh, have been exon.
Grated by the coroner's jury.
While witnessing wedding cermony Mt the
fair grounds ut Janesville. Wi... Mira. Z Eel.
ber's pocket was picked of promissory notes
and other securities valu"d at So, 800.
At Lnurens. s. C., Bob Shelton was hanged
for the murder of William Ray Ford. The
rope slipped on tho first drop and second
effort had to be made.
John Brown, who received wound in the
head ut Reading. Pa., whj'ccxc,aneingsl shots
with John Arbegns in n quarrel over n white
girl named Kate kunkle, has died. Arbegus
and the girl are both in custody.
Miss Nellie Mcmahon, twenty three ye ars
old, committed suicide by jumping in the
lake at Chicago because her mother scolded
her for being half an hour In te in returning
home.
Mrs. Eva N. Reyes has been arrested Mt
Cincinnati on a warrant charging her with
completely in the murder of Billy Fee. whose
dead body vas found in the river at Lawrence.
burg, Ind, few days ago. Mrs. kcyes is
only seventeen years old.
At Toronto, Ont, William ]. Mcleod, sen.
fenced to forty lashes. to be given in two in.
stallments, and two years imprisonment for
criminally nssulting n little girl has received
the first instnllment of the cat" He yelled
Tor mercy Mt every stroke.
The body of John Riley was found in the
rear of q house in Chicago Death was
caused by q knife wound. The police are
looking for William Driscoll, who is supposed
to have killed Riley in u quarrel about O
woman.
William Stewart of Canton. Ohio, and n
man named Reeves, while steaing II ride ON
u train near Londonvie, Ohio were robbed
and thrown from the train by trnmps.
Stewart is terribly injured, and Reeves is
missing and is believed to have been killed.
At Sea Clin, n. V, J. II. Worth, canal
merchant. waa assaulted nnd probably NOR.
tally wounded in his Office by man known
as "William," who formerly worked for Mr..
Worth. The man crept into the office aud
struck Mr.. Worth OIL the bnck OF the head
with an iron wrench.
Alvin Irwin, young man in the employ of
the World. Herald. ut Lincoln. Neb, com.
mitted suicide by shooting himself through,
the heart. 1t is believed that his real name
was Matthew Hawkins. and that he was said
10 have killed a man ut Bloomington, III.
At Warrenton, Ga, Tom Adams, (coIorrti)
was killed i'll difficulty by j. Norris,
twhite.) Adams was luarrc!ins with another
negro, when Norris who had retired. got up
and requested them to move on. ns they
we're disturbing his guest. Adams resented
this md u difficulty ensued. III which lie was
fatally shot.
At Pittsburg, while qunrreling over the
StoneShiras contestin the Twenty third con-
gressional district, John Thompson stabbed
James Ford six times in the back and once
in the leg. Ford. tits feared, will die About
three years ago Thompson shot and killed
Jimmy Weedeil, noted light weight prize
fighter.
Eugene Goodrich. m angry husband OF
Barron county, Wis, is looking for his wife
in Chippewa Falls. She let home three
weeks ago to visit the southern part OF the
state. but it was learned later that she had
elpped With D. B. Clark. taking her little
ehild. They stopped at hotel several days
but have disappeared again.
ln the supreme court at Buffalo, n. Y,
Judge Lewis affirmed the order for the i'm.
prisonment Of Emma X. Tourgee, for con-
tempt OF court in failing to appear before q
reeree in Jamestown to answer to the fnan-
cial relations existing between her husband,
A. W. Tourgee. and herself, Thus disoheying
the order Of Judge Butts Of Chantuaaua
county. Mrs.. Tourgee was sentenced to
pay $35 nne and spend thirty five days in
DIN. Wprthington,a q young man WHO has
been in the employ Of c. Stevens, near
Rochester, Ainn., committed suicide by
hanging himself to beam in the barn. He
left 8 notc snying: "TelI no one to cry. I
20 happy and casy. You will find me On the
hay" II seems that Worthin2ton hnd in
yited lady to accompany him to the fair.
but she did NOT accept his invitation, md
went out With another gentleman. This 10
said to have prompted the suicide.
John Parker and A. D. Wells. young
farmers living In the vicinity, of Pleasant
Hill, No. Made application !or admission
into disreputnbls house. They were de-.
nisd and went of suying they would return
later on and IL they were denied admission
they would ''shoot the house full Of lioles." !"
They did return, forced their way into the
house and became engaged in n quarrel
with seven other men there. During the
quarrel revolvers were drawn. Parker was
shot in the neck md mortally wounded.
Wells and six inmates OF tho house were mr..
rested.
The mysterious death occurred at the
Fitch hospital at Buffalo New York, Of
Chafiss Kelly, who hes rscsntly hgursd a. an
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