The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-17
WAYS OF THE WICKED.

City Collector George Fertcr of Tucson.
Ariz., is reported missing. Some Of his
friends express the belief that he has com.
mittrd suicide. shortage is reported.
The jury in the ease of DR.. McGonigal OF
New York. charged with causing the death
0t Annie Goodwin by malpractice, has rem.
Irred Il verdict ofmansluugllter OF in the first
degree.
John st. John. II Chicago shoemaker, was
shot and killed by Marshal Do Mars, a 50.
!oonkteper st. John. the snloonkeepcr md
his wife an'l Mrs Benson. the snloonieeper's
sister, were drunk and quarreled.
mail transfer wagon on the way from
the postoffice to the Louisville and Nash.
vile depot in Louisville was robbed. the
pouch continuing 1875 registered packages
being secured by the thieves. No clew.
i NJ Renjamin. n boot and shoe dealer. is
said to have decamped from Chicago, leaving
IN Indebtedness of about 100000. Before
leaving the city lie sold what goods he had
Oh hand to various dealers in the city.
At Normandaie, Ca, j. {. Forsythe, secre.
tary and Treasurer o. the Norman,lnle I.um.
Der company. and ono OF tho hest known
men IN Georgia, was shot nn.i killed l,y an
unknown nssnssin. Forsythe wns n witness
IN II perjury case
At Wcland, Ont. the jury in the cnse Of
Arthur Hoyt Day, for tile murder of his wife
by pushing her over II prtcipice of the Ninrn.
RI river. has rendered u verdict of guilty,
The indge sentenced Day to he hanged on
Nov. IL.
Dahiei Zemer, secretary o. American Coun-
cil No. z, Order OF Chosen Friends, mt San
francisco, llns been missing since September
lst.. and it is stated that he has taken
$o,ooO which was due benefciaries of tile
order.
Miss Kate Rol,rer. daughter Of u large mill
owner ut Clintonvile, Wis, left home md
walked down to the mill pond, where she de.
hberatelJ drowned herself in a few feet OF
water. Miss Rohrer was lately attacked BY
consumption. which ia hereditary in the
i9m'!y; She i,ecame very despondent, and
tllis led to suicide.
A. Wannamaker, n cousin OF the post.
master general, committed suicide in st.
Louis, ina room ut the Edorado house.
Two papers OF morphine were found beside
his body. A small piece Of crumyled paper
was found in the room: My life is nothing
to me any more" He had been drinking
freely and brooding over his trials.
Ernest RinlI who was arrested in New
York on telegram from Omnila, Neb,
stating that lie was wanted there or embez.
cling $1S, 900 frou: Ki,hariJ. StraiSht by bo.
gus lard transactions, Was discharged. Mr..
Straight stated That lie had no desire to
prosecute Riall md that lie had made mis-.
take in causing his arrest. na lie could not
tear the expense of having ltiali taken back
to Omaha for trial.
Mrs. Plummer, the wife OF prominent
physician of Muscotah, Knnsns, created a
sensation by filing DR.. J. E. Martin, drug.
gtst, full of shot 'or selling her husband
whisky She was afterwards stoned and
otherwise punished by Martins clerk. She
was arrested, but her husband went her bail
Martin tried to shoot in seli:de .ensp, but vas
too excited to use his weapon. The extent
oi his injuries is not known.
Telegrnms announce the capture of Rube
burrows the notorious train robber, near
Myrtle. He was captured by q farmer nam.
ed John McDutee, who succeeded in leading
him into trap and the great outlaw was
secured without struggle. He 10 now in
jail Mt Linden, Ain. The rewards offered l,y
the government. states. railroads and OK.
press companies or the capture of Burrows
aggregate $500
Alexander Frazier, noted colored preach
er. was in the police court ut Little Rock,
Ark, charged with drunkenness. The testi.
mony gave sensa ti0nnl color to the cass
~ otiuE sHoWh TINT Frnzierk wife had recent
~ died III childbirth, and TINT he had sold
the body. Tho purchasers, who are presum-
ably medical students, went to Erazier'a
house and dissected the body of the woman.
leaving pieces Of the remains scatt Mi
over the room. Warrants have been issned
for all parties implicated.
The capital fight between Guthrie and
Oklahoma City hes become very serious.
Three Oklahomn City representatives were
roughly handled on the streets by Guthrie
men. When this becnme known in Oklaboma
City body o armed men came from there
and entered the house OF representatives.
Fully twice as many friends OF the Guthrie
measure, equally strongly armed. were also
present. Their presence cnused intense feel.
ing, and it would have taken but the slight
est outbreak to have caused serious trouble,
=. There Is intense excitement ut Palmyra
Nsb., over tho mysterious death OF young
girl named Dolly Leserve james Rudge,
the girls brotlier.inlaw. saw I,er enter tho
place Of business Of E. Rcttmnn and followed.
When he arrived the girl hnd disappeared.
and hoffman said siie had asked psrmssior,
to pass through the building to escape some
young men on the street. DOlly's two sisters.
who sleep with her at their home in the
country, noticed that something ..as wrong
with her. Dolly was in convulsions and died
tn i've minutes. Between spasms she q.
q knowlsdged that che had takss poison.
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