The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-10
WAYS OF THE WICKED.

Attorney George r. Kessler of Cl,;cago hos
been acquitted Of the murder of his brother
iniaw. Aired Rinker, whom lie killed q few
nights ago.
The Redding and Celarville stage was held
up by two masked men about twenty-five
miles from Redding, Cal. The Wells Fargo
express box md the government way pouch
were robbed Of about $500.
Al Hoover and Alex Lane renewed an old
quarrel on the streets of .Joletville, Ind,
over 5000 that Lime had of Hoover'a money.
After blows had been exchanged Lune drew
revolver and fatally shot Hoover.
L. n. Mattaine, Kansas City jeweler,
was shot and seriously wounded and robbed
of$3O and a watch by two men who decoyed
him into a room on the plea that friend
was very sick.
Stockholders OF the Star Fire Insurance
company OF New York have authorized crimi-
nal proceedings brought against the officers
o. the company on account of the missing
assets Of $537, 900.
George Martin, bookkeeper and cashier
and Jnmes Dunn, collector of the Santa
Fe railroad Mt Los Angeles CAL, have dis
appeared. They robbed the company of
about ~, 900. Both nre young men and
unmarried and moved in good society.
National Bank o. Columbus. Ind, who, on
Nov. 2S, 1888, stole about 5000, 900 in cash
and securities from the vaults Of tho hank
and fled to Canada. visited Detroit, Mich,
md was arrested.
The body Of William Grubbs, q boy, has
been found near Petersburg, Md &, with bull
let hole in the skull. Hiram Grnbbs. uncle
OF the boy, hos been arrested. The boy was
the only witness to q fight in which the un-
ele had engaged.
At East st. Louis. ILL.,. William W. DnmseI,
son OF Supt. Damsel, of the Adnms Express
company, was shot through the right lung
by an unknown negro. The wound is fil.
tai one Damsel was baggagemaster on the
Cairo Short Line, and found the negro steal.
ing a ride.
The police OF the whiteclapel district in
London have received n warning from "Jack
the Ripper" that he il about to kill nnot her
woman. The handwriting OF the letter il
Identical with tllnt of the other letters which
has been the custom Of the murderer to send
to the police prior to til" murder aud mutil-
alton OF some poor creaturein Whtechapel.
w. W. Whitney, vile md their daughter,
Mrs. j. c. Sprigg oil Of San Diego, Cal, ar.
rived in Tacoma. Whitney is IL prominent
banker aud real estate owner, aud his tlnug gli-
ter is the wife oi San Diego's lending insur-
ance and renl estnte agent. They claim to
have been robbed o. $2,OOO worth %! ,iia-
m0nds. The chnmbe. mail ut the hotel was
arrested and searched, but no trace disco ser.
ed
William Carroll. aged nineteen. twitted
Louis Griggs, uged twenty one both men of
Albany Ind, about being cripple. Tie lat.
ter drew n barlow kniic and stabbed Carroll
twice, leaving the kni sticking in CAROLS
body. In q moment Carroll arose. ran
across the street after Grggs, and drawing the
kni from the wound plunged it into Griggs'
abdomen and Immediately afterward fell
dead. Griggs also died IN a few minutes.
A trio Of counterteiters, who have been
flooding Lansing. Mich, and vicinity with
bogus silver dollars of the date ot1s79, have
been captured. Charles Wesley Hastings,
pany G. Seventy second Ohio infantry. and
has been engaged in business in small way
at st. Johns. His accomplices are Silas and
Ben Hulitt. The gang were surprised in
their room in the very act Of running the
bnse coin.
Sensational reports have been received
from Mulln. Idaho, that settlers within o
radius of fifty miles had organized for the
purpose of wiping out of exist tance the Nez
Perce Indians, who for months past hav e
amused themselves by burning towns. scalp
ing the innocent and outraging defense iess
women. The settlers in Camp Prairie North
Idaho, where in 1877 the great dppreda tions
were committed, fearing TINT another up
rising might occur, have now organized nd
the first unfayorable report that reaches
them will put IN end to any further depre.
dations on the part Of the Indians.