The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-12

"A For the third time sentence OF death has
been passed on William Kemmler, the mur.
dsrsr. Kemmler was brought from Auburn
TO Buffalo the other day and taken into
4 the court OF oyer and terminer, and Judge
Childs ordered that his previous sentence
\ be carried into effect at Auburn prison,
during the week OF Aug. 4.
r.. III. Passmore cashier OF the Security
Bank OF Tacoma, Wash, committed sui.
eide by cutting his throat and stabbipg
himself In the heart with q small penkniie
with blade not over two inches long.
Passmore had resided in Tacoma about q
year. having come from Milwaukee TO take
charge Of the Security bank OF which he
was one OF the incorporators.
Daniel j. Mullen, As years old. died at
Chicago on the 3oth ult. from the effects
Of q beating he received in Lake Front
park from crowd OF toughs, who, after
assaultiDg him, robbed him Of q gold
watch and S25 In money. The descrip'
tion OF Mullen's assailants could not be
obtained, but the police are OF the belief
that the assault was ommitted by some
OF tho attaches OF Barnum's circus.
A bold daylight burglary was perpetrat
cd In West Fort Dodge this week. The
mouse OF Ole Oleson was broken into In the
middle OF the day and all its contents, in
Guiding furniture, beds, bedding. and even
the cook stove taken. There is no clue to
the burglars, but it is supposed to have
been the work OF emigrants who have been
passing through town. The strangest
part OF the affair is that none oil the neigh
boN noticed ything suspicious In that
vicinity during the day.
Willie Maybe, q fifteen y ear-old boy oi
Upper eandusky, went to Columbus, Ohio,
TO speud the Fourth, and was stopping
with his uncle, Charles Snyder. During the
evening he had fuss with a neighborine
boy named Willie Fuchs, Who called him a
name whsreuIon Maybe threw stone at
Fuchs, which missed him and hit his sis.
Ter. q little girl but did not hurt her seri
ously. Some one told Mayle the police
VIE going TO arrest him as ne nearly killed
M girl, and he ran into the houes, got his
uucie's revolver, placed IL to his head and
! blew ont his brains.
Charles Decker died at Morris, ILL.,, on
\ the 30th ult., without regaininR conscious
ness sufficiently to give any account OF the
attack upon him and his mother the day
before. At one time there was lucid In.
terval In which he was asked II hs could
identity the murderers, and he answered
yes, but Immediately passed into an un
conscious condition. The missing boz
has been found near the railroad track, 1,
having been taken with papers from the
house. The mother In still In q critica
condition. The object OF the murder re
mains az much q mystery as ever.
2News reached San Antonio, Texas, or
the 80thuIt Of bloody battle on the
Mexican side Of the Rio Grands on tn,
26th ult. Col Nicano Valdez started irou
his headquarters at San Juan Sabinas
with two troops Of cavalry to intercept Q
band OF filibusters who were making foI
the Interior oi Mexico from the Rio Grande
He came upon the bandits In ambush q
lev miles west OF PoIaiox. In the 6gh:
which ensued Col. Valdez troops were put
90 rout alter losing seven men killed anC
number wounded. The iilibusters 90
raped TO the other side Of the river with
no loss.