The great West., 1890-04-25
SINFUL SlFTINCS,

Nathan Doll, German shoemaker of Chi
eago, is under arrest for nearly beating bis
eleven-yearold boy to death.
Joseph A. Allen, reporter on the New
York Evening Telegram, committed suicide
by inhaling chloroform. He has been mar
tyr to rheumatism.
F. H. H. Pope, teller of the City National
bank of Louisville, KY, who absconded With
$4,000 of the banks funds, has been ar
rested at Lamy, N. Mex,
DR.. A. J. Reid ofDavenport, Iown, has been
indicted by the grand jury for murder in the
second degree He is charged with perform
ing an operation upon a young woman, from
the effects of which she died.
John K. Owens, cashier and bookkeeper for
the wholesale hardware firm of Gibbs & Co.,
San Francisco, has disappeared, and it is
stated there has been found a shortage in his
accounts of $4,000 or over.
Three convicts attempted to escape from q
stockads at Palarin, Ark, and two of them,
Dan Sneed and Tom Oxford, both desperate
characters, were shot and killed by guards
The third escaped.
L. Godkin, the managing editor of the
New York Evening Post, has been arrested
on warrant charging him with criminal
libel on the complaint of Peter Mitchell, a
lawyer. Godkin was released on bail.
Albert L. Leopold Buonapart, claiming to
be a descendent of the great Corsican and
hailing from Philadelphia, without provoca-
tion shot a policeman at Montreal and was
arrested. The police m an will recover
c. C. Smith is reported to be 81 800 short
in his accounts as treasurer in the town of
Lyndon, Wis. Smith was reelected at the
late spring election, and the shortage was
made public when he was unable to secure
new bondsmen.
Capt. John Richardson and his wife were
murdered at their residence, eight miles from
Madisonville, Texas. Robbery is believed to
have been the motive. The supposition is
that they were muir 1ered by strangers who
had accepted their hospitality for the night
J.V. Hildreth and Tony Cooper, Arkansas
farmers while rebuilding fence fell out about
the ownership of some rails and knives were
resOrted to. Cooper was stabbed to death
on the spot and Hildreth received fatal
wounds.
Near Jackson, Miss, the stable of Jerry
Bass, colored, was set on fire by unknown
parties, and when Bass and his son Charles
came out TO distinguish the fames they were
fred on in the darkness. The boy was killed
and Bass badly wounded. Their dwelling
house was then burned.
A special from Catletrsburg, KY, reports
the killing in West Virginia near Pigeon
creek of Smith Baisden, John Baisden and
William Baisden, three brothers. noted des-
peradoes James Brewer. deputy sheriff, and
posse attempted to arrest them. were fred
upon, a battle ensued and the desperadoes
were killed or mortally wounded and cap
tured.
A dispatch from Culbertson, which 10 100
miles east of Glasgow, Mimi. says that Nor
bert Viench was shot dead on his claim by
his partner, A Zirys. Zyris borrowed gun
from Viench' Q house. On returning to the
house he said he had killed Viench accident
ally while they were target shooting. His
story was disbelieved and he was taken to
Glendive under arrest. Viench was formerely
section foreman of the Great Northern at
Big Sandy.
The pretty sixteen-year-old Mary Stewart
of McKeesport is under arrest on the charge
of poisoning. The girl cooked soup for din
ner. All the family but herself partook, and
were Immediately seized with violent pains.
Physicians pronounce the cases arsenical
poisoning. four-year-old boy died, and
three Others of the family are in q serious
condition. The girl evades all questions, and