The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-04
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United States Commissioner Simeon W.
King was horsewl,ipped in Chicago by Mrs.
Ernnk Kent, a widow who claims King had
defrauded and calumniatcd her.
9 An examination of the accounts of L. II.
Nelson. manager Of the Hall lumber yard ut
Nuscolnh, Kun, reveals u shortage of about
t2,4OO.
8Anti.prohibitionist at Colorado Springs,
Col., burned the variety theater and hotel.
Two men have been arrested.
Near Wichita. Kan. boys started prairie
fire which destroyed all the buildings belong
ing to ten farmers. The loss is S150,O00 to
At Joliet, ILL.,, Tommy Wineman twelve
years old, shot and killed BERTHE Poihamus
eleven years old. The boys quarreled over
game Of marbles.
At Ocnln, Fla, ]. H. Burcltield attempted
to shoot his wife, when Burchfelds fifteen
ar.old son drew pistol and shot his father
dead.
G. W. Harrison of Walker county, Ala,
has been arrested for pension swindling. 1t
is alleged that Harrison has defraudcd the
government out of 600.
In West Chester, Pa, n young woman mnde
desperate attempt to escape from a con.
vent, jumping from second story window in
her night clothes After running hundred
yards she was captured and taken buck.
8 At Pensacola, Ln., Simon Simpson, who es-
rsped from the pcnitentiary where he was
serving a life sentence for murder and killed
r farmer, was taken from jail and shot to
death.
Charles Cowleshaw, n Boston furniture
salesman, who was recently discharged for
drunkenness, killed his wife Elizabeth by cut
ting her throat with u razor. lie refuses to
give any reason for the act.
At Redlands.. CaL,,P. c: MeConkey, pro-
pristor of the Windsor hotel, and Charles.
Gresham, an employ ofthe Celiograph (news-
paper,) killed each other. jealousy is sup
posed to be the cause.
The batch Of deputy sheriffs and ex-War-
den Keating of Ludlow street Jail, New York,
indicted by the grand jury for malfeasance in
Office, were arraigned and euch entered aplea
Of not guilty.
Stauislaus Bortekiewitcii, the bogus Rus
sian nobleman who was arrested for stealing
diamonds belonging to Mrs. Louis Payne at
the Buckingham hotel, New York. has been
convicted OF grand larceny and sentenced to
i've years in prison.
old, at Rockville, Nd. put arsenic on the
little children. In explanation she said that
she had never seen q dead person, and that
she was anxious to witness funeral.
In Springfield, ILL.,, John Rupps, young
man Of twenty five, killed his mistress, cy.
prian known as Stella Howe. The woman
had followed him to snloon, and, while en-
deavoring to get him to return with her,
Rapps struck her on the neck, telling her to
the AooE death following almost instantly.
Chat.cs Cowlishaw. who cut the throat of
his wife Elizabeth, was arraigned at Boston
= end committed without bail. The woman'a
father created a scene in court by trying to
get at the prisoner and screaming that he
you'd give 900 to put bullet through
Alex T. Wotzka is lying in jail ut Long
Prairie, Ainn., awaiting the arrival Of tile
sheriff Of Ramsey county, who holds two
warrants Mr.. Wotzka has been professedly
running real estate Office. but has been
charged with swindling those with whom he
had deaiings; The charge for which he is to
be taken to st. Paul il swindling by drawing
checks on the Bank Of Long Prairie when he
had no money on deposit
Suicides have been quite numerous in the
west n..d northwest portions of Chicago Of
late, NO less than nine epersons have taken their
own lives during single week. Samuel r.
eimons, an upholsterer, 35 years old, shot
himself through the heart at G35 West Mad.
tson street. Simons was O consumptive and
for the last three months hns been confined
to bis room. Oflate he has become convinc.
ed that he would not recover and grew dss.
pondent.
A few Days since the house otGus Carl, near
Lancing. MIMI, was burned. and the remains
ofCarl and his wife were found in the ruins.
It was then thought that tile couple had lost
their lives by accident. but it has since been
discovered that Carl had written latter to
adauEhter. who lived ut distance, that
anything happened to her parents she would
1nd considerable money concealed IN Ger.
tain place. Search hns been mnde and the
cash found. 1t 10 now thought the old man
sst hre to the house and then killed himself
and wife.
h. W. Eames was attacked by W. F. Rey
noldsr an insane patient whom he was watch.
ing, at Milton, Mas. md narrowly escaped
being killed. The lunatic first struck Eames
9th . brick and then grappled with him.
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