Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-01-11

HUMAN NATURES DARK SIDE.
JANUARY.
10. Henry p Marshall, late cashier OF the Sea-
mans Savings bank. New York. shert In his
a. Joseph Moore agent In Indianapolis Of the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance company
defaulted in $4,000
% John N. Clayton assassinsted at Piummerville,
Ark.
81. Burglars stole SIS, 900 worth Of texelry from
the secretary of the American legation.
Henry White, in London
YEBxUARY.
g. Henry Dieckmann, president of the Maunteli-
Bergen Mining company defaulted
l2 Capt. F. W. Dawson, of Charleston, S. c.,
shot to death by DR.. T. B. Mellow. who
gave himself up.
l6 Edgar Swan, teller Of City National bank.
Lynn, Moss. confessed to embexziement Of
$4,000
o. President Mofat, OF First National bank os
Denver. Colo, bulldozed out Of Ssi. 900.
APRIL.
O. Cashier of Bank of Anoka, MINI. disappeared
6 Numerous arrests of men in Piummerviile.
Ark, charged with completely in the muir.
der of J. w. Clayton.
10 Three Bald Knobber murderers hanged at
Ozark, Mo.
t. Guard of United States Psymaster whAm
shot down by robbers in Arizona: $4,000
stolen.
~ Discovery Of the body Of Dr. Cronin, Irish
agitator, in q catch basin In Chicago in such
away as to indicate murder.
The Leslie Carter divorce case In Chicago de-
cided against Mrs Carter
Is Defacations reported in the Merchants Ma.
tional bank. New Haven, Conn
JUNE
IS Mrs. Sarah Jane whiteiing hanged Tn Phils-
delphia for the murder Of her husband and
two children
q. DR.. mellow acquitted Of the murder Of CApt.
JULY.
% Five alleged murderezs of DR.. Cronin A.
ragned IN court
30 Martin Burke. Cronin suspect. extradted OF
Winnipeg. Man.
AUGUST
2 J. F. Cullom, Of Minneapolis, MINI. arrested
for forgeries in $4,000
2. Mrs. Maybrick found guilty Of numbering her
husband; sentenced to be hanged on the
o Sheriff FIack Of New York resigned a. grand
sachem OF Tammany hall because Of tho
scandal Of his fraudulent divorce from his
wife
IS F1ack divorce in New York annulIed
H. Judge D. S. Terry, Of California, shot by Dep
uty United States Marshal Neagle at La
throp, Cal, while assaulting Justice Field,
of the United States supreme court.
16 Justice Field arrested for completely in the
Terry killing; released shortly after.
Eben S. Allen, railroad president in New York,
sentenced TO IA years imprisonment for
overissue Of stock.
o. Mrs. Maybrick's sentence commuted from
hanging to penal servitude for life.
% Mrs. Robert R1y Hamilton stabbed her nurse,
Mary Donnelly, who frustrated her attempt
to kill her husband.
% Decided that the Cronin suspects all except
Woodruff. shall be tried together.
80 Beginning of the Cronin trial
a. Reinhoid Holzhay "Black Bart" (highway-
mani. of Wisconsin. captured as Republic,
WIS SEPTEMBER
Douglass Ak Co.. of Boston. Mass. robbed By
its treasurer.
IL Firm Of Duncan, Campbell Son, OF Montreal,
wrecked by forgeries Of the junior partner,
who fed
49, Deputy Marshal Neagle released In his own
10 Eva Hamilton found guilty of assault and SEN
fenced to New Jersey state prison, at Tren-
ton. for two years.
81 $4,000 belonging to the United States Express
company stolen in q package at Hurley, Wis
q. Indictments ordered against Sheriff Fiack, OF
New York and his son willie" Civn JUS
tice Mcneil and Referee Meeks, for perjury,
ana MRS. Raymond Tor SuDOrnaIlOu OF per
jury In fraudulent divorce case.
Is. Ten jurymen In the II. s. Ives case. New York.
stood for conviction, two for acquittal. Jury
was discharged
T,HS Clifford, a Chicago head bookkeeper,
embezzed $500 from his employers.
Is Maj E. A Burke, ex-treasurer Of louisiana,
charged with and indicted for misappropri-
ating state funds to the extent Of 81, 800 900
and upwards, announced his intention OF re-
turning to America and clearing his repu-
tatiou.
2. Maj E. A. Burke, who had started for Amer
lea from London was Obliged to leave tho
Teutonic at Queenstown and return TO Eng
81 Frank ]. Bowman shot and killed by d. NJ
Chambers, ex-publisher Of the St Louis
Times near St. Louis, Mo-
q. Cronin jury completed
81 w. H. Cresson cashier of the Conshohocken
Pa. National bank, defaulter in $4,000.
NOVEMBER
e Dr. Cronin's missing clothes and Instruments
found in q sewer at Chicago.
Col A. II. Swope and Col W. c. Goodioe
killed each other in ARRAY at the post
Office, Lexington, KY.
% HRS Hannah b. Southworth shot Stephen Pet
tus, well known Brooklyn man, five times
and killed him
%. Mortgage forgeries in 81, 900 Of the Great
Western Land Fund unearttsed In Chicago.
DECEMBER
g. Craven Z. Silcott, cashier to the sergeant-at-
arms Of the United States house Of repre-
sentatives, defaulted In $82,0 600.
g. John Greenwald was hanged In Brooklyn for
the murder OF Lyman S. Weeks.
I6 Verdict rendered in the Cronin case: Coughlin,
O'Sullivan and Burke found guilty Of murder
and sentenced to life Imprisonment; Kunze
guilty Of manslaughter and sentenced 70
three years, and Beggs acquitted