The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-29
WAYS oErHE WICKED

The wife and daughter of W. +. Horton
are drowned in St. Paul, and Horton is ar
rested on nsuspicion of having murdered them.
Phelps Perrin, the Hurley Wis, bank rob-
Der, is sentenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary.
The accused Minneapolis cnnmc ntors are
arrested in st. Paul on the charge Of con-
spirncy and are bound over to the gran ju.
ry which will meet in Septem Der.
Bud Harris made two attempts to hang
Nellie Taylor, un inmate of IL Chicago house
ofiii fame She will probably die from the
shock to her nervous sy stem.
Numerous burglarics were committed in
Mason City Iowa, Sl5O being stolen of G.. o.
Brngcr aad several gold watches and purses
were taken. No clue to the thief
In NeM York Charles Webster. an actor who
Travelled last year with n White Slave" COM
pany, Slot and instantly killed an engineer
named Robert McNcil whom he suspected of
intimacy with Mrs. Webster.
George liadcn. n live stock dealer of Tar
kio. knn., was knocked down md robbed in
the middle o: the day in the he art fist. .Io.
serl Mo-, by Two negroes. whom he engaged
to help him unload his stock.
Charles Oswoid, u brakeman who had tax
en- the place oi striker was found dead on
his train when it reached New York the
other night. There was IL mark on the head
that had been IN ade by brick or other
missile.
Several white men working in the mines ut
Johns, Ala. engaged in IL general quarrel. A
number of them escaped to the entrance of
tile mine and as soon us miner appeared
at the opening he was promptly $ truck down.
-Four o. he men will die from iacturci skulls.
An excursion train on the Baltimore l.
Ohio was thrown from the track by wleckers
near Pitishurg. Engineers Sullivan aud
Daniel Goodwin and IL tramp were killed :.
The Passengers escaped with slight bruises.
No clue To the perpetrators
The court martiul which has been tryin z
the persons implicated in the riot at the Ar
menian church at koomkall. Turkey, las
condemned the ring leaders to denti, and
sentenced the Others to terms of mprison-
ment ranging rom six to fifteen years,
In Japan young man was jealous Of his
wife. became ut oXicated. and alter murder
ing her ran amuck through lie street. and
before he was overpowercd killed eight per-
sons, fatally wounded four and seriously i'll
jurel four. He finally fell deul, covered with
spear and knife wounds.
Two burglars and prisoner namel Dris-
coll, held for stabbiny n lumhegma an, at
tempted to escape from the Jail at Florence
Wis Deputy Sheriff Keys was knocked
down and the keys taken from him. Keys
recovered and killed Driscoll with one shot
The other two succeeded in esca ping
At Lake Side Park, n summer resort ne ar
Goshen. Ind William Taylor killed William
Barrier, said to be Chicago business man,
with an ax. The two men were paying ut
tention to the same lady and the murder
was committed while Barber was walking
with her.
In the trial in Louisville Of Peter McCrary.
who shot and seriously wounded Annie Stalk
en- some time ago. the latter cvnded the
questions asked her when OH the stand,
and Mc'rary will probably 70 frse. 1t is un-
derstOOG TINT before the shooting Miss StnE-
en- tried in every way to break the Inarrings
engagement bet ween them. but that now she
has decided TO marry her would be murderer.
Mark Holston, prominent electrician in
Des Moinos. Iowa. was arrested by Fred n.
Wehher, special pension examiner. He is
charged with forging the nameD 0fPortland,
Ore, people to pension papers and securing
several thousand dollars frauduIently from
the government. United States officials
have t'een on his track i"r the past year.
HoIston has eight wives living-two in Iowa.,
two in Illinois. Two in Missouri and two in
Oregon-und has been divorced from none of
them.