The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-07
SINFUL SETTINGS.


Thomas Thornton by blow with his fist
Dick Halves, who will be hanged at Birm-
ingham, Ala, has made q third confession,
saying that he alone is guilty of the murder
OF his wife and two children.
Mrs. Ida Walker, wife of the we'll known
English bicyclst, committed suicide while
coming to America and was buried at sea.
Domestic troubles.
Walter c. Howes of De Witt, Iowa, in a fit
of dependency shot himself through the head,
dying few hours later. His wife had refused
to live with him on account of his dissipated
habits Both were highly connected.
In the Jail enclosure at Osceola, Ark, John
King was hanged for the murder of Mrs. War
rem and her child. The murder was commit
ted year ago, and King was convicted on
the evidence OF q nine-year-old child.
John Wylie, who was arrested on the charge
of killing Mrs. Emma Halves and little Irene
at Birmingham, Ala, was dismissed for lack
OF evidence. His arrest was based on Halves
so called confession.
At Ceredo, W. Va, Wade Thompson, des-
perado. attempted to kill Samuel Pratt, one
of the best known men in the state. Thomp-
son waylaid Pratt, and the latter, with one
blow of o club, felled him to the ground q
corpse.
8 Thomas 81. McKinnon, q prominent bust
ness man of Atlantis Ca, has disappeared.
and is short several thousand dollars in his
accounts 1t is said that McKinnon left with
woman with whom he has been intimate
aving his wife and family behind.
The president of Cornell's freshman class
was kidnapped by a party OF sophomores one
evening, and his present whereabouts have
not been discovered by his classmates. 1t
was done to prevent the freshmen from giving
a banquet
Andrew Torgerson, a farmer living in High
Forest, Mimi, committed suicide in Jail by
hanging with a handkerchief He came to
Rochester and about dark started for home,
but having little too much alcoholic slim
ulant on board he fell off his wagon and
Marshal Kalb locked him up for the night
He leaves widow and six or seven children.
The coroners inquest in the Dietzen muir
der case was completed ut Hastings, and
the jury, after being out forty FIVE minutes,
found the deceased, Mary Dietzen, came to
her death "by pistol wounds inflicted by
Louis Sommers; said Louis Sommers then
and there discharging a pistol with feloni-
GUS intent then and there to kill and muir.
der said Mary Dietzen."
In 1886 an attempt was made to murder
Mayor Oscar of Racine, Wis. by placing a
bomb in front OF his residence, which he was
likely to drive over on his return home late
at night. John Jambor was convicted of the
crime on cIrcumstantial evidence and SEN
fenced to ten years imprisonment. An ap-
peal was taken to the supreme court, which
affirmed the decision of the lower court.
E. g. Brooks and F. W. Grimmett, young
EnGlishmen who have been doing Winni-
peg for the last six months, presented check
for $3.50 at Alloway & Champion bank and
secured the cash. Next day they took the
train for st. Paul, but were arrested on ar.
rival at Grand Forks. They were brought
back to Winnipeg by Chief Of Police Hennes-
sey OF Grand Forks. They both claim to
have wealthy relatives in England who. it
ls said, will square the matter with the bank
William SeeIey Hopkins was hanged ut
Baltimore for the murder of his wife and
mother-in-law. When the drop fell the rope
broke and the condemned man was again
fastened up. The drop fell successfully the
second time. In 1887 Hopkins married Mag
gle Migamen: For year they lived happily,
but Hopkins became Jealous and finally left
his wife. who returned to her home Sunday
Sept. ~, 1889. he went to the Wigamen
house and deliberately shot both his wife and
her m other dead.
The Misses Carney, two Of the three young
lady students of the normal school of Wis
consin who have been missing Tor the past
week, arrived at Oshkosh accompanid by
their father. They, with Miss Byron, the
third missing young lady, walked across the
lake, distance of fourteen miles. to their
homes in Calumet Miss Byron, il at home
still i'll from the effects of the tramp. The
Misses Carney cay they did not disclose their
purpose, because they feared that they would
not be permitted to carry it out
Thomas Jandra shot Christina Washa
at Montgomery, MIMI. because she would
not marry him, it is supposed The murder
er then fired shot at John Mack, the ball
passing through Macak's right lung. Then
Jandra turned the pistol and shot himself
twice through the heart. dying by the side OF
his victim, Christina. Theshooting occurred
about five miles south Of the village. at the
home of the girls mother. A physician has