The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-28
poINos OF THE WICKED.

DOINGS OF THE WICKED.
Ellison Mounts was hanged ut Pikeville,
Ky, for participating in the murder of Miss
Alafnir Mccoy and her brother.
W. II. Pray, aged twenty.three. who mur-
tlered Werner Fisher, n child, ut Weymouth,
Mass., liecause lie wanted to go to u funeral,
has been declared insane
Editor N. Carson, of the Hasting, Neb.,
Volksfreund. has let town ater swipdling
various people out of between $4,000 and
$1,000.
During prayer meeting at the house of
Edward Randall, near Lebanon, Ind, some
unknown person fired through the window,
mortally wounding Mrs. Randall.
A Amnsked man entered the house of D. Nc
Ginnis ut Wausnw, Wis, and cruelty pounded
Mrs MeGinnis with club. No one was ut
home but the mother and children. The man
escaped. She was found insensihle.
Fifteen prominent citizens of Sharon, Ca,
were arrested and taken. to Augusta by
United States deputy marshnls, charged with
conspiracy and intimidation against tllenew-
ly appointed postmaster Of sharon.
Bishop Randolph Dubs, of the Evangelical
association, an order having many churches
in the Northwest, is on trial at Salem, Ohio,
a.
Christian. but nothing criminal is alleged.
The village of Aurora, ten miles northeast
OF Independence Iowa. was almost entirely
wiped out by fire. The postofice, fivestores.
a blacksmith shop, butcher shop and nu-
mer0ue dwellings, were consumed. Loss not
estimated insurance light.
The grand jury ut New York handed in in
dictments against Pell, Simmons and Wal.
To- IL, r.. n.,.,o 4 T..
taking Sal 900 worth Of bonds from the
Lenox Hili hank. Late in the afternoon
AWallacks mother went his bond. and Pcll
and Simmons were taken to police headquur.
ers
John Mcdonald was convicted of the muir
Ter of Mollie Beveridge at Marquette, Mich.
hnd nt once sentenced for life. He displayed
no emotion. His crime was the attempted kill
ing Of five persons near Mntchwood. Ontonn-
gon county in December last. Mrs. Bcveridge
was killed, Mrs, Redputh badly wounded and
Dunk Beverdge slightly hurt.
The remains OF handsome young woman.
apparently eighteen years old, were found
near the Lake Shore railway track near Mil
waukee. The body was cut to pieces. From
an unsigned note found on her person, he-
ginning Dear William it is evident that
she was n school teacher and that she took
ller own lie, having thrown herself under IL
train. The body was not identified.
Detective Thomas of Chicngo made an i'm
portnnt unrest at St. Louis. The prisoner
gave the name OF ]. B Kelly, and admitted
he was n man for whom the Chicago author.
tiles have been looking but denied that lie
was Smith, who was believed to have driven
the buggy in which Cronin was conveyed
from his home. He further denied com plicjty
in the murder. Thomas saws his prisoner is
known in Chicngo az j. i. Kelly, but is sup
posed to be the man known rs Smith.
) A special from st. Charles, No., says Mr..
George Slattery appeared before Prosecut-
iny Attorney o. j. Mudl and swore out n
warrant charging Charles Vail, Of st. LOUIS,
with the murder OF his wife, Fannie Vail The
body Of Mrs. Vail will be exhumetl, us it is un.
tlerstood that the relatives of the lady have
withdrawn their objections to the exluma.
tion. The position of the pistol hall wound
from which she died, will then he determined
accurately, and it will be determined whether
she could have been accidentally shot by u pis-
tol in Wallis pocket us he clnimei. 1t will ba
very easy to determine from the course of the
bullet the position or direction the bullet
was fired.
Mrs. John Leininger who lives OH farm
three miles south of Madison, Wis. was ar.
band. She is middle-aged woman and I.ein-
niger found her in the poorliousc, from which
he took hertz be his bride. She is IL veritable
tigrcss, and created much trouble in the
poorhouse by her passionate outbursts.
Neighbors complained to the sheriff that the
woman's husband had died at home and
asked the officers to come and care for lin.
The corpse had been violently spurned by
the woman. They also limited Mt the use Of
poison by the wife. The sheriff visited the
place and wns compelled to force an entra
As soon as he showed himself inside the WON.
on assaulted him with club, but he quickly
qui, ted her. She is in q wild rage continually.
Daniel Downey, wellknown Chicago hack
driver, was shot and probably fatally wounded
by Harry Murphy, the hookmaker, Murphy
who is from Tennessee on q visit, came out OF
Hogan's saloon. With him were Joe Cllman
and Charley Thomas, the wealthy Chicago
bookmaker. All three were more or less ull.
der the influence OF liquor. The three men
were on their wny to a carriage that was
waiting for them. when Downey not noticing
the cnrriage in waiting, asked them il they
did not want q carriage. Get away from
me-" Murphy is alleged to havesa with an
oath, and without further proyocation he
drew revolver and shot Downey in the clleek,
and MS the unfortunate man fell fired nnoth.
er shot. which took effect in Dowuey's let
side. The three men entered their carriage
and were driven rapidly away. Downey was
taken to the hospital, where the physician sx-
pressed the opinion that he cannot live.
Murphy and his two friends were arrested.
Mrs. Charles ONO was brought to Butte,
Montana. by deputy sheriff for shooting
Ed Smith when the particulars OF n most
justifable homicide were CLEANED from her
own lips. Her husband is u woodchopper,
md their cabin is lonely one in canyon,
twelve miles south of Butte. Mrs.
One is q stout, good.looking young woman
of twenty-five and has been married
three years. Her husband was Mt work u
mile and a half from home and she was lying
on q lounge during the afternoon when Smith
entered the cabin unannounced and tried to
der the pillow, which she renched for and
threatened to kill him if he did not leave the
house. Still he persisted, when aho fired n
couple shots, neither of which hit him. He
ran out then and she also started fora neigh.
bor's house. He caught sight of her again in
tire middle Of the rond, where a lie and death
struggle took place between them. resulting
in his death. She fired four shots in all, one
Of which went through his breast and two
more took effect in his head She IL now ut
the jail in charge of the sheriff, but will Ger.
tainIy he acquitted by the coroner's jury.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
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