New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-03-12
SINFUL SETTINGS


Solomon Barnett, wealthy New York
tally wounded by two burglars whom he
caught in his store.
An opinium den in New York was raided by
the police The proprietor and five females
and eight male pipe hitters were arrested and
locked up.
At Buffalo, N. Y, Judge Daniels denied the
Post libel case on the ground that theverdict
OF the jury was warranted by the evidence.
Burglars entered the jewelry store of Rob-
ert ]. Dunning at Kansas City, Kan, and di-
rectly under the full glare of an electric light
broke the safe open with a ten-pound sledge
hammer and secured $4,OO0worth ofjewelry.
AT Detroit, Mich, Patrolman Ed Shoe
maker was shot twice by two men whom he
was endeavoring to arrest Shoemaker can
not live. The men escaped. Over twenty
suspects are under arrest.
A twelve-year-olds son of Abram Patterson,
at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, threw a stone at
boy named Porter. The missile missed its
mark, hitting and killing child who was
standing near.
Gov. Merriam has issued his warrant to
the sheriff of Redwood county, Mimi, for the
execution of William Rose, under sentence to
fixing date on Friday, April IL.
Brown Washington, the negro who was ar
rested for criminally assaulting and murder
ing a little nine-yea old niece of Alfred Hor-
ton, near Madison, Ga, confessed his crime
when taken before the coronor's jury. After
his return to Jail he was taken by mob and
hanged to a telegraph pole, his body being
riddled by bullets.
Constable Skinner, Des Moines Iowa
searcher, shot "Dude" Henderson, negro
tough. The officer had searched Render-
sons place for liquor, and the latter resisted.
The result was that Henderson was badly
bruised, and in n few hours started after the
officer. Meeting him on the public street,
both began firing, and three shots entered
Henderson's body. one passing through his
stomach. Thenegro's wounds will provefatal
Last October Enoch Crosley,a prominent
| young business man, was shot down in cold
blood one night on the street in Tacoma. In
the preliminary exa;nin Ton of the three sus-
poets, Richard Murray, Frederick Hoyt and
] George Stowe, the latter confessed that Hoyt
shot Crosley. No motive is known for the
deed, as the corpse was not robbed. The
| confession caused great indignation, and the
| guard over the prisoner has been doubled.
Thomas B. McKearney, one of the most
prominent attorneys of Cleveland, O.. has fed,
leaving behind large number of forged
notes. The discovery was made, when Wicks
/ bank, which held note Endorsed by Father
Mcmahon, of st. Bridget parish, notified the
Mcmahon replied that he had not Endorsed
any note, and investigation proved that the
Endorsement was forged. Other notes were
| then found.
/ At Pittsburg, Pa, two workmen attempt
| ed to thaw out several sticks of frozen dyna-
| mite and the usual result followed. A terri
i BILE explosion that wrecked the blacksmith
shop which they were in and Instantly killed
4 one man named David Hayes and another
named William Snoddy, had his arm and leg
broken and will die, as he is badly injured in
ternally. The heighborhood was badly
shaken up, as the explosion occurred in a
4 fashionable suburb, where some deep trench
4 blasting was being done.
Ayoung man who gave his name as Ro bert
Mullen was detected while trying to pass a
forged check at Fort Dodge, Iowa. The check
| was for $3.50. The signature was a perfect
imitation of that Of p. D. Butler. leading
4 stock buyer, save in one partlcular-the mi
i tai 'sD' was omitted This omission caused
which proved to be a forgery. The police are
4 now on the track Of Mullen, who is thought
TO be professional forger who has operated
s. several other towns.
q John Godas. the Indian murderer serving
life sentence in the state penitentIary al
Deer Lodge, died Godas was convicted OF
murder in the first degree, and was sentenced
to be hanged. He broke Jail with three 9th
ers, and made his way afoot through the
Il Rocky mountains, from one Indian agency
: to another. reaching the Canadian North
west territory, where he was recognized ane
arrested by the mounted police. After many
i delays he was returned to Helena, but sen
tence was commuted by Gov. Leslie to i'm
prisonment for life. No doubt existed ut an.
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