The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-21
poINos OF THE WICKED.

Z At Hamilton. Ohio, Miss Lottie Longneck-
er refused to marry Charles Loomis. Meet
ing her OH tho street Loomis shot ut her
twice, but failed to hit her. He then shot
himself i'll the temple, dying instantly.
6Edmund Noonan, late clerk of the city
court of Alton, ILL.,: Frederick Nalbracht, late
deputy sheriff, and j. T. Thornton, late dep
uty sheriff. and J. B. Thornton, late deputy
clerk of the same court, were arrested i'll Al
ton for Illegally issuing naturalization pa,
pers.
Ar unknown woman registered at the Union
Hotel ut st. Cloud, Niinn., and obtained lodg-
ing. Next morning she had disappeared, ,lcav-
her baby. nboutI $ weeks old. behind. She
had concealed 1t under the bed covers, and
when fountl the little one was almost sutfo-
Gated.
An intoxicated man entered tie Methodist
church at Iudson. Wis. during services, and
passing urt the pulpit offered the pastor,
took the bottle auL Hicd i. away for future
reference, while the ;ntru,c. was run of TO
the calaboosc. Tie episode created quite u
sensation i'll the Eonse OF Worship.
When :re CTS. against tie iaen indicted for
attempting to briLe .he Cronin jury was
called at Chicago. before Judge Waterman,
the four remaining .st;,Laats pleaded guilty.
The court ca:ie.i :l.c1: up and told them
what they woe liall lc TO in case he enforced
thu full penalty :1G law. but shat he would
hear cvdcnt. to et"rinac what mitigating
or asgravatinv c ,iunst n nces there were.
:! 4 Larkins, alias 3. Sampson. who last May
.swindled the SONY City Savings bank out of
$2.500. was scnt-n..,: 10 tho pcnitentiary
for five years III Il plea o: guilty. Larkins
stated to the court hat he hal tried to live
81 christian Ii e. wi :hs, domestic troubles,
a mad dog bite l., years 90, and sunstroke
five years ago la.l nd, .i:n subject to tenn
pornry fits y; insanity de ing which his en-
riOts among uanks Tad been executed.
F.C. Cartwright, young man engaged as
manager of plbose Il Ierry's collection
agency ut Helena, Mon, .n:niaitd suicide in
his Office hy blowing his brains out with n re.
yolvcr. He mad been drinking and gambling
heavily OF late and had ertlrawn his bank
account $500 beside lcing il debt. 1ecame
from Portland about four months ago. IIo
leaves a young wife. who salmost distracted
with grief The debts which worried him in.
to taking his life scarcely amounted to $500
all told. ana II Ecw hours Hft"r the tragedy
letter was found in the postofiicc for the !e.
ceased stating that ranch he owned in Ore.
money would 5e forwarded ut once.
a revolving crime waa committed ut Bur-
lington, . quiet mining village three miles
vest of Butte, Montana. Mrs. Bryant kept
a boarding house for miners and, being mn
industrious wolnai,. had saved about $500.
which she kepc il, trunk in her bed room.
She had thice children, the eldest boy,
Thomas Bryant, aged about sixteen. His
father about II year ago went to Australia.
and Mrs. Bryant was 10 have Joined him this
BnrlnY, ThOIn1N frruNpntlT QIlnrreeu with
his mother and had n quarrel with her that
morning. Shortly after she found him in her
bed room iIfling her trunk and q stormy
scene cnsuet. Tho only witness TO what fol-
lowed is tho two-ycor-old daughter Of Mrs.
Bryant, who says that her mother and Tom
had struggle, and tint Tom drew Il pistol
and shot his mother. The boy was arrested.
A terrible double tragedy occurred at
Miami. Manitoba, john Morton and
his wife. nsed respectively fity-two and
1iftr.four years Icing shot in cold blood by
residing Ti'h them. John Morton was nb.
sent from his home, ard daring his absence
the old man rnl Mrs Morton had some nm.
cry words. w:cl, ended by Morton striking
his daugh:ssin-law Will, Il piece of wood.
On The sons return lie rpbul:Gd tho old man
sor his actions, wl'erenpon the tnther said:
'.Do you see :l,at rife: ] want You to take
it down and shoot NC or ] will shoot YOU"
The soh paid no attention TO this remark,
going into another rooic. The old man
then took down the rifle. went outside and
fired through tha window, instantly killing
his son, the bullet entering the henrt. The
hir.d maa ran tn a ncishbor for assistance,
aud during his absence Mrs. Morton was
shot in the ublomcn by Morton. She only
lived for an hour. The old man does not
deny the crime aud says fe did it intention
ally.