The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11
SINFUL SETTINGS,

Eugene Cornell, aged eighteen was shot and
killed at Henderson,, KY, by James Wells,
aged sixteen. Trouble over a young lady
was the cause.
Theodore Wilcox, superintendent Of the
Brooklyn hospital. has been sentenced to four
years imprisonment for swindling the county
by charging for the care ofmythical patients.
1t is rumored that the dedication of W.. S.
Darling, partner in the dry goods firm of
John F. Plummer of New York, will amount
to several hundred thousand dollars. Darl-
ing is in Canada.
Fritz Cinnamon ofNew York killed q Hudson
river pilot, William Abernethy. with a blow
which broke his skull. The murderis believed
to have been melted by u steamboat engineer.
who hated the dead man.
The hotel room of the American consul at
Plauen was entered anight or two ago by bur-
glars and a jewel casket valued at SIS, 900
was stolen. The casket has since been found.
but the contents had been distracted.
Edward Sylvester, Charley McCran and
Harry Williams, three of the most expert
counterfeiters in the United States, we're ar.
rested at Buffalo, N. Y, while at work turn
ing out counterfeit coin.
While two Italians were settling O quarrel
with fists On the West Shore railroad track
at Newburg, N. Y, a train struck them, kill
ing one instantly and fatally injuring the
other.
John B. Porter, bookkeeper for Hall &
Willis, wholesale hardware merchants of
Kansas City, is a defaulter OF between ST.
o and $4,000, and has lett for parts un-
known
Ramey Alderman shot Mrs. Hess, landlady
of the National hotel. at Bushnell, Ill.,, and
AIan Soc - Ill sA- L. -
ing instant death. Mrs. Hess will recover.
The deed is supposed to have been commit
ted during q fit of jealousy.
All Of the Wyoming sherifs ore at full cry
on the trail of a desperate gang of wholesale
horse thieves. The ~freebooters, finding them
selves closely pursued, cut the telegraph wires.
The thieves have by this time reached Mon
tana with 200 head of Wyoming horses.
At Chambers station, near Mount Sterling,
Ky, Will Barnes and Kelly Day were killed
by Albin Barnes and George Stephens. Tho
Barnes were cousins and the shooting grew
out Of an old feud. Day was a by-stander
without any share in the quarrel. Albin
Barnes is thought to be fatally wounded.
During a quarrel in New York, caused by
some of the occupants of q tenement refusing
to contribute money for "the growler,'' which
was being rushed by two notorious charac.
SAc 0AAO " NIAS PClSOu6 NGIc6 I'd "
bed, and one, John Sloan, an old longshorse-
man will probably die from his injuries.
The Curtins were captured.
The body of Joseph Jacobs, Jr., son of a
wealthy citizen, was found at Hamilton,
Ohio in the hydraulic reservoir. He has
been missing since March Is. His skull was
crushed in and his face was disfgured. Every
evidence exists offoul play. TIL ere is much
excitement on account o. the prominence of
his family Thia IL f1A <hsrI ono> ~ Al
kind in that city within the last month.
Robert Mccoy and William Hicks (colored)
were hanged at Humersville, Ca, for the
murder of William Hughes and his wife last
November. Both of the culprits made q con-
fession on the gallows duplicating Dave Reg
lister, q white man, who they said paid them
$35 to murder the old coupe. Robert Sax
ton, who was also implicated, tried to escape
before being brought to trial. but was shot
and killed by a deputy sheriff while trying to
escape.
Frank E. Lewis, a young man employed
as q school teacher in the government school
at the Pine Ridge agency, was shot and in.
stantly killed while on his way home from
school, by Eagle Horse, a young Indian,
who then shot himself and died in O few mo
mente. To some Indians whom he met i'm.
mediately after the murder Eagle Horse said
he felt that he was going to die. and wanted
the school teacher to go with him. He is
supposed to have been crazy.
+. W. Chivvis, a member of the late dry
goods firm of Conkling & Chivvis, New York,
was mysteriously shot early ono morning.
Mr.. Chivvis, who had been out to a late din
ner party, says he was mistaken for q burg.
lar while attempting to enter ahouse adjoin.
ing his W residence by mistake. One bull.