The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-22
po,Ncs OF THE WICKED.

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Ransom Floyd, whose wife was killed by
burglars some weeks ago and who was Sc
verely beaten by them at the same time, has
died OF his injuries at Westport, N. Y.
At Ocala, Fla, J.. H. Burch6eld attempted
to shoot his wife, when Burehfeld's fifteen:
year-old son drew a pistol and shot his father
dead.
Ex-Assemblyman Daniel W. Talmadge o.
Brooklyn has obtained a verdict of 100000
damages against the New York World fol
libel.
Arthur Henry, the station agent and tele
graph operator at Harrisburg, Ohio, on thu
Nickel Plate road, was murdered by a burg
lar.
At Cleveland, Ohio, Charles Ettinger, a
jaweler, was robbed by Louis Goldsoll, his
nineteen.year-old brother-inlaw, of "a, OOC
worth of diamonds. .
Birchall, remanded for the murder Of Ben
we'll, was taken from Niagara Falls to Wood
stock, Ont, and placed in Jail to await hie
trial.
|: The young Hebrew woman found murdered
in q basement in New York has been identi
fed as one of the numerous wives OF Isaac
jacobs, who recently committed suicide.
A verdict Of murder in the first degree has
been found against Base Ball Player James
J. Slocum. who murdered his wife in New
York on New Years eve.
Andrew A. Holt, Andrew A. Anderson, q
noted smuggler and pirat on Puget sound
for many years, was fatally shot on his sloop
near Seattle. while resisting arrest at the
hands of United States officers. ~
At Pleasant Hill, Mo-, Eli Stahlnecker,
aged seventy.two, drove his wife and chill.
dren from home, dangerously wounded Con
stable Prater, who attempted to arrest him,
and then committed suicide.
Deputy Sheriff David McGonigle' and War
den James 7. Heating, ofLudlow street jail,
New York, were indicted by the grand jury on
charges of bribery. They were placed under
$4,000 bail each. >',-
"Buck" Murray, who shot and killed a De.
'troit ( Mich police officer, having been sur.
prised by the officer while engaged in drill.
ing O safe in q wholesale grocery store, has been
arrested at Cleveland, Ohio.
1t is rumored that an extensive d%efalcation
has been discovered in the Newark, N. j.,
a~queduct board. The name of q son of one
of the commissioners is mentioned as the
guilty person.
Philip Sellers of Londonville, Ohio, has con-
fessed that he was an accomplice Of George
M. Daviney, the burglar who was shot and
killed by Farmer Justin F. Frengle nea
Crestline, Feb. 16.
Another tramp was captured and strung
up until he was nearly dead ut Greenwood,
Mo-, on suspicion of being the, assailant Of
Miss Atkinson. Several tramps have been
treated in q like manner, but the right one
has not been caught.
A gang OF diamond thieves supposed to
consist OF two men and n woman, in the
last few days have robbed different Chicago
wholesale jewelers. of about 81, 900 worth o.
fine stones. The police have descriptions o
the thieves, but so far have been unable to
locate them. 81 |;.T
At the Perrin trial at Ashland Wis, Maj
Alfred Quaife and William r. Williams, OF
the treasury department at Washington
identified the roll of money found upon Dak
or AZ a part Of the identical Sc, 900 of new
IS silver certificates which were sent out by
the treasury department to the Merchants
Exchange Bank of Milwaukee, by them sen,
to the First National Bank OF Ashland. and
from there deposited in the Iron Exchange
bank at Hurley. This constitutes one of the
most managing pieces OF evidence that has
yet been produced against Baker and Perrin
Michael McDonough left his home in New
York City alter dinner. and started for hil
ofice. He was found near midnight by +,
policeman in a hallway adjoining Brown
saloon on Third avenue unconscious. Hi
face was terribly mutilated, no less thar
nine wounds having been made. The muir
derer evidently used a blunt instrument
Whom he left McDonough had $500 in hi
pocket. This, together with q gold watcl
and chain and other jewelry,, were takel
from him. M~cDonougli was senior partnc