The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-01-10
SINFUL SETTINGS,

At Cohoes, N Y, Cerelas Villa, an axe
maker, shot and fatally wounded his wife
while walking along the street. She had re-
fused to live with him.
The fat against gamblers and gambling
has gone forth from official quarters. and
open gambling in Chicago has ceased-for the
present at last.
William w. Wilson, a prominent and pros
porous citizen of Spottsylvania county. Va,
and for many years justice of the peace, COM
mited suicide by shooting himselfin the heart.
He was sixtyfve years OF age.
Miss Alice Jackman, the Dung heiress of St.
Louis who was abducted few weeks ago,
but who was subsequently recovered by her
guardian, DR.. John G. Taylor, has been again
abducted in much the same manner as on the
first occasion.
Willis Gaylord, for years heavy manipu-
1ator of railroad securities, and organizer of
railroad corporations, committed suicide in
Jail in Philadelphia. He was arrested in No.
vember on the charge of fraud in stock trans
ations.
Stetson Leach of Denver, general manager
of the River and Rail Electric company, has
been arrested, charged by Secretary Reed, of
the company. with forgery and the appro-
priation of So 900 of the concerns funds to
his own use.
In the town of Leon N. Y, live John E.
Ward and Miss Georgia seeley. They were
in love with each other, but Georgia's pa
rents were not in love with John. They kept
the twain apart as much as possible. One
day the young man secured writ
requiring the parents to show cause why thew
should not release their daughter from the
restraints they had placed upon her. While
the hearing was in progress the two managed
to slip out OF court unobserved and were
quickly made one. The legal proceedings
were abruptly terminated.
A whiskey riot occurred at Elkadori Iowa.
A search has been made under the prohbi-
ton law, and the officers were about leaving
town when they were fred upon by crowd
of drunken hoodlums, who had followed them
with wagon. Several shots were returned
by the constable, but as far us known no one
was injured. The instigators of the riot
urged that any penalty inflicted by the court
upon the rioters where personal violence was
done by them will be pardoned by the gov
ernor, Mr.. Boies, when he assumes the duties
of the Office.
Nathan Faster, the former negro coachman
of Miss Fanny Keener, of Jacksonville Ill.
a white girl, returned from Iowa, and finding
y
a revolver and opened fire, first on Bancroft,
who was twice wounded, and then on Miss
Keener, who promptly returned the fire. both
being wounded. Miss keener, it is thought
fatally Miss Keener's brother and a colOred
boy dubbed Faster until he was dlsarmed.
The affairs of Miss Keener and Faster have
long been the talk of the town, and she sent
him large amount of valuable property
while he was in Iowa.
The reports of the horrible treatment of in
sane women in the Du Page county aims
house are declared in an official statement to
Gov. Fifnr of Illinois to be we'll founded.
The statement is signed by Dr. F. H. Wines
and Rev C. G. Truesdall. both members OF
the state board of charities. The women
were covered with filth, naked and ate off the
reeking floor. When bathed at all is was by
male attendants, and at night the women 8
cells were left unlocked. exposing them to the
danger of criminal assault from men about
the place. The two women thus treated
were incorrigible, and to this fact and the ig-
norance and carelessness of the keeper the re-
port attributes the disgrace. Both women
have been removed to the state asylum and
the report recommends legislation to give
the state board Of corrections and charities
jurisdiction over the county authorities in
such cases.