The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-11-07
WAYS OF THE WICKED,

1t has been discovered that the $500, 900
fire MT East Pepperel. Mass, was caused by
incendaries, but there is no clue to the nor.
petrators.
William Bluncy, who has been on trial in
Baltimore for the past four days Tor murder.
ing his grand-mothe her aud lis aunt. has been
udjudgod guilty ot murlcrin the first degree.
The police have information that three OF
the supposed Italians implicated in the ns.
Rassination of Chief lcnnessy in New Orleons
are in st. Louis.
w: d. Highcrs. who cut his wiic's throat,
near Lebanon, Tenn. killing her, has 20 m.
mitted suicide by hanging himself in the Leb.
anon jail.
At Luczallza. Austria, a wealthy grain
dealer named Bleier, his vie. two children
and II maid servant were murdered and rob.
bed by brigands.
Albert W. Oxnarl. treasurer of the Johns.
town, Pa, umbcrcompany, has ,lisapp cared.
An examination of the hooks show u large
discrepancy. The shortage will reach ut
least $50, 900.
Three men robbed the conductor, porter
and passengers on Pullman car on the
Santa Fe near Sororro, N Mex. securing
about 81 800, and escaped. No shots wera
fired
AT Montgomery, Ala. Margaret Parker
hns been sentenced to the ppnnitentiary tor
life and Ann Patterson and Stepney Ford Ia
be hanged for tile murder o: Ann Patterson 8
husband. Ann wanted to marry Ford.
Further examination of the books of Fred
Z. Nellie. the cmbezz!ng book keeper of st.
Louis. develops the fact that his shortage is
over 10000, with probability that the
6efnlcatiun will reacli even more formidable
iS . ~ :.,t
Frank Eer2strom. n ma tive of Sweden nnd
an expert iorgcr. who has been wanted by
the Chicago police more than two m onths,
has been arrested He succeeded in passing
about sixty checks uni securing about
$4,000.
Scott Smith and Wilson Mccall, at
Lowndasborro Ala, qunrreed over % cents
and cameto hot words and blows. Tlny then
drew pistols and opened fire on each other
When the smoke cleared away Mccall was
dead and Smith mortnly wounded.
At Sullivan, Ind, Edward Houk went
home drunk and began to abuse his wi e, who
was i'll in bed, and threatened to kill her with
hatchet Four masked men entered the
room, took lin out anl with tho same
hatchet beat his head into jelly Houk
has since died.
robbery was attempted on the IIutcin-
son county treasury ut Olivet. S. y. Tie e.
forts Of the burglars to open the safe were
without avail, and they wcrc evidently
driven AWAY by the approach a. daylight.
In small wooden drawer was S;i27 in clsi
and $4,000 in warrants. which were taken.
The burglars have not been captured.
W. V. Preston was found dead in his bod
at the Union hotel ut Pueblo Colorado
disappointment in love caused him 10 drin k
quite heavily of late, but he seama to be
in his usual health and the doctors think it
is q case of suicide by pure alcohol. He told
his room mate that he would not bother
him much longer A paper was found in his
pocket stating that he had IL brother ut
Finton, Iowa.
Fritz Flack, n middle-aged farmer living
near Black River Falls, Wis. had been in the
habit OF locking himselfin his bed room aud
playing suicide by firing a revolver to bring
his wi lie to terms after quarrel, SO the wi G
and five children paid no special attention
when he did it the last time. After three
hours they broke in and found him lying I'm
conscious with Il bullet hole in his chest.
lie is dying
Otto Eberlard, who claims to be Austrian
vice consul. was arrested ut Brooklyn, while
intoxicated. for interfering with police.
court next morning he declared his identity,
denied the jurisdiction of the police iustire,
and denounced his arrest us an Outrage He
refused to plead to the charge against him,
and demanded his liberty. He wus COM
mitted in default of 5000 bail for exumina.
tion.
At Rome City, Indiana. Columbus Kane,
John Platt and Jim Platt, three toughs, be.
came involved in n quarrel in n snloon.
Joln Platt caught Kane about the waist,
clutchirg the mans aims in u vice-lke grip.
and while thus ut the mercy OF his foes Jim
platt whipped out knife and thustinc
it into kunea mouth he pulled first to tile
right and then to the let. splitting the mans
cheeks from ear to ear. He then cut kane's
nose off and inflicted several body wounds
kane vii Idle.
Ex-Ald. William r. Whclnn was fatally
shot in Chicago by Faro Dealer Hathaway.
Whelan snt down to an early breakfast
with Mat Hogan in the latter's restaurant
and saloon on state street. They had just
begun to eat when q gambler named George
H. Hathaway came stalking through the
room aud stopped Immediately in front o
the table at which WIielan and Hogan were
seated. Hathaway, who was intoxcat ,i,
made some remark apparently offensive,
when Whelnn spranE TO his 'eet and nd
vanced. Hathaway Ut once pulled II heavy
revolver nnd Tired, the bail gong through
Whenn's left groin ont Mt his back and i'm
bedding itself in the wall. Whrlan wns TAX
en- to the Michael Rees hospital, where h,
died. Hathaway was arrested.
The jackson, Mich, letter. signed 9TH,
Colonel" is regarded in Canada as the clum
siest fabrication Birchall has yet put firth
An examination Of the handwriting, ant
comparison Of it with samples OF Birchalls
.ho~. n rav,, s,Snara1 ro.on, III nco hot - woov
the two, and in some cases o very striking
likeness. A friend of Birchall's said to-day