The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-07-04
WAYS OF THE WICKED.


The body OF n man supposed to have been
murdered and robbed is found in the river ut
Eau Claire.
Near Brandcnburg. Ky. Henry Watts at-
tempted To commit IN assault on twelve
yeal>old girl, for which lie was lynched.
The 81. Paul citizens committee will lay
the alleged Minneapolis census frauds before
Attorney General Miller.
The superintendent of the Minnea polls
police uphold the men who figured in the ar.
rest Ot the census cnumerutOrs.
-Four Idaho Monmons were received ut the
penitentiary ut Sioux Falls. sent up for ndu.
terry. Their sentences range from fifteen
months to one year.
Tile safe of Lewis N. Blilcr, bookmaker ut
knnsns City. was cracked by burglars. who
secured $4,000 in cnsh, $500 worth of din.
monds and about $500 in notes.
Mrs. Henry Harvey OF Constantine, Mich,
shot and killed her husband while he was
asleep. Their domestic lie had been very
unhappy.
6ght betwecne whites and blncks occur
red in Barnwrll county, South Carolina, in
which eight whites were injured, none serious.
~. More tronhle is expected.
Lucian W. Spcrry, one OF he most promi.
nent citizens of New Haven, Conn. commit
tel suicide To escape arrest. lie was under
ut least $50. 900 criminal iu,lctcdness
During n quarrel between ]. T. Cook and
Albert Bnkcney, well known farmers ncnr
Danvile, ILL.,, Blakcney struck Cook. The
Inter drew II knie and plunged it into
Blakeney, intlcting fatal woun is.
The court at I'antry. Ireland. has sentcn-
'ced Father Crowlry to one months & imprison-
ment. and siNmonths additional in default
of bail for good behavior for intimidating u
Protestant clergyman at Schulz
During the progress of magisteriaI elec.
tion at kalocsa, Hungary. mob made an
attack upon voting station. but. were re.
pulsed Ivy gendarmes. Three OF the attack
ing party were killed.
Prof Burstall, aged seventy one years, who
was teacher ofGermnn and French in the
high school of Milwaukee several years ago,
shot himself on the lake front. Letters left
by the old man show that he contemplated
the fatal step for over year.
:. A warrant was sworn out at West Supe-
rior, for the arrest of George Fifer, book
keeper and confidential clerk for Porter Bros.
of Duluth. on charge of forging their en-.
dorsement to checks icr n large amount.
lie lost the money in IL gambling house in
Duluth. Filter has fed.
John ]. Hockcn o! Mramichi, N. B.. cut
his throat from enr to ear in the Tecumseh
house ut Winnipeg. Horlcn came to find
employment Il few weeks ago and being un-
successful. became despondent. He was for
meriy cashier in IL leading wholesale house
in the East.
David n. Moore travelling man represent
ing the Scott Lumber Company of Merrill,
Wis. was 'lecoyed to Allen Park at Ottawa,
ILL.,, by Mrs. George Ford and man named
Gary and brutaily beaten to death with n
coupling pin. Mrs. Ford made Il confession
which resulted in her arrest. and the arrest
ofher husband and Carey nn hour later
Clarence Clark. station agent for the Chi.
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul ut Welcome.
Mimi. was arrested at the instance of the
American Surety company of New York, un-
der whose bond his indemnity was ruaran-
teed. The prisoner confessed to having en-.
lezzled about $500 belonging to the railroad
company. He was held to await the action
of the grand jury.
James D. Fish, deputy sheriff of Silver
Bow county, Mont, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart. Hehad
been suffering severely with cancer of the
stomach for years past, the pain of which
became SO intense he could not endure it.
He came from New York about five years
ago. and wns in his fifty-sixth yenr. He was
we'll connected in this country, and leaves
widow and two children.
While the station agent at Viele, Iowa. q
lonely station on the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy railroad, was reporting u night
train. he was confronted by two masked
men with drawn revolvers. They compelled
him to turn over two valuable express pack
ages and considerable sum of money be-
longing to the company. The agents wife
appeared OH the scene ut this juncture and
the robbers decampcd with their booty
Mexican revolutionists under Ruiz Sandov-
al attempted to cross the Rio Grande from
the United States to Mexico, six miles west
of Laredo, but were driven back by Mexican
forces under command of Col. Seron, when
Sandoval md six men were captured by the
chic! OF police in Laredo, Tex. The Mexican
troops. however, succeeded in capturing one
prisoner and several horses.
Harry Ballard, Parker Harris and Ed.
ward Carr, oil colored. and Frank Brennish.
white. were hanged at Memphis. Tenn, for
murder. Hnrris, Carr and Ballard we're ex.
ecutetl at 11:25 and Brennish. who objected
to being hanged with the negroes was swung
off alone an hour later. The three colored
men all confessed their crimes, and showed
no signs of fear on the gallows. Brennist
was under the influence of liquor when led on
to the scaffoid.
Arguments in the Baker case were finished
at Ashland, Wis, and the case given to the
jury, which returned in q little over IN hour
with verdict Of guilty. One of the most
interested spectators was Phelps Perrin.
Baker never moved q muscle Lennon, his
attorney, moved for n new trial. Baker
was charged with the larceny of $40 900
from the Iron Exchange Bank OF Hurley.
Sept. 20, 1850. The verdict was q surprise
us disagreement was looked for.
Amob Of forty persons gathered at the
house Of Watt squires, about twelve miles
northwest of Cameron, Mo-, to tar and
feather his son Bud, who, it is claimed. ruined
q ayoung lady Of the neighborhood. About
forty shots were exchanged. Old man
Iquirss was shot in the stomach but not
fatally wounded. VIII Noland, In the crowd