New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-01-08
DOINGS OF THE WICKED.

Robert Roberts, employed as janitor and
porter in Kansas City lodging house, was
shot fatally by William Loston, the colored
engineer Of the building The shooting was
the outcome of q long-standing quarrel.
Charles E. Hill has been arrested at Orting,
WASH He was convicted at Albany, Mo-,
of embezzlement and sentenced to two Years
In the pen!tentiary. He was released pend
ing new trial, and skipped his bondsmen.
Red Lendall and Choctaw Pete took posses
sion of Tishwawa, Ind IT, and, after nearly
killing the marshal, were shot dead by a
stranger, supposed to be Winchester Frank,
the crack shot and renowned scout.
Aid. W. 81. Porter and Constables Shep-
pard, Parke and Carney were convicted in
Pittsburg of conspiracy to defraud -Four
other aldermen are serving terms in the
workhouse for the same offense
thirteen-year- old boy, brother to a wit
ness who testified in the case Of a man named
DAILY, who Was tried at Castle Island, Ireland,
for murder, has been strangled to death at
that place, for which man named Conner
has been arrested. a
Bruno Eberling and Mrs. Mantwill of Chi
aago, arrested on the charge of numbering
Max Mantwill, were released on bonds of$1,-
900 each, they being their own sureties. but
this was doLe simply to hold them as wit
nesses. 3D.. ......
Mrs. Margaret Edwards, who, with her hus-
band, was maltreated by mob near Edo
RADIO, Kan, on suspicion of having murdered
little Sadie Boomer, has brought suit
against D. B. Tilton, the leader of the mob,
and forty five of his followers for $25, OOO
NJ. G. Patterson of Decatur, ILL.,, who had
the $44, 500 contract for the brick work OF
the new building at the soldiers orphans
home in Bloomington, is mysterously miss
ing. 1t is believed that he has been robbed
and murdered.
A terrible tragedy took place in Mitchell
county, N. c., twelve miles from Bakusville,
the county seat, In drunken row Christ
mas day three men were killed. Friday Mon
roe Garland, a brother of one of the murder
ed men, rode up to a crowd in the place and
fired into the crowd, killing three and wound
ing twelve
Information has been received at Helena
Ark, that the murderers of John W. Tate
have been apprehended in Monroe county,
They were two colored men, names unknown.
One Of them was killed while resisting arrest
and the other was lodged in jail. About
$500 ofTate's money was found on their
persons
Lewis Hilztr, aged fifteen employed on the
Orange Judd Farmer, a Chicago paper was
arrested in the act of opening twenty letters
which came in the early mail. When ar
rested he confessed that he had been robbing
the company for two months Just how
much he has stolen will probably never be
known, but the sum is quitelarge.
Duke W. Simpson ex-treasurer ofNebraska
City, has been arrested charged with embez-
cling the funds of the counts. Simpson had
just completed q four years sentence on q
similar charge, his term expiring the day be-
fore, when he was arrested on two other
counts. The total amount of Simpsons em-
bazzlement will never be known, but short
age of over SIS, 900 was found.
Charles Bitter, a baker aged forty-fve, be-
came crazy in New York as the result of too
much liquor re5reshment, and while calling
on two young women drew knife and
badly cut them both ard then ran amuck
through the tenement house creating q
small panic. He was finally captured and
the two girls taken to the hospital. One of
them, Kitty Farrell, is likely to die from her
injuries