The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-16
THE CRIMINAL RECORD.

The Grand Rapids. Mich, Police De-
partmcnt is being investigated by the Po-
lice commissioners Detective ]. G. John
son has been dismissed. Detective Joseph
\. Smith is accused Of obtaining money
under false pretcnses Detective Charles
Gates is charged with cowardicc upon Scv
eral occasions. Sergeant Webb is charged
with helping himself 10 money found In the
pockets of the prisoners lodged over night
at the station.
At Alexandria. Va, while attempting
to land on the wharf from an excursion
steamer. Miss Eleanor Dove slipped from
the narrow walk in the darkness. fell into
the river. and drowned, Her mother
81 seriously affected by her daughters
death that she went into conyulsinuS and
died.
The pres .-mill Of the Mo1stc Powder
Company at Jcrmyn. Pa, exploded. killing
John Lutey and Philip Forkel. employees.
-Wallery Walter and Martin Mart~ell,
clerks In Dr. Sigmund Grccnl crg's phar-
macy. New York were arrested charged
with yitrIol throwing. man had Lccn
taken i'll on the street Of course all the
children of the ncighborhood were there
Walter and Martscl went to the door and
dashed the contents of II bottle of ritriol
among the children to drive them away.
| charles II. Burton, Secretary Of the
| Burton & Cory Cider and Vinegar Manu-
| featuring Company, OF Albany. n. ", has
| comics ei to being dcfaultcr to the
| amount OF $4,000. and it Is feared the
| amount may reach $4,000
| Carey J. Warburton, who destroyed
| Bougurreau's painting, "Tnc Return OF
| Spr' n.y." at Omaha, by throwing a chair
through it, was released from custody after
| an imprisonment of three months.
A mob Of negroes attempted to lynch Il
| fellow negro. James Davis, ut BelicId, Va,
| but were prevented by white citizens,
| Davis is in ail on a charge OF numbering Il
| negro
| "A courier arrived at Bakers ld, Cal,
reports that the possed which pursued u
| band of six Indians VIII, killed Deputy
| sheriff Powers ard his companion, Mccoy,
| has killed one OF the band and taken a son
| of Chief kiowa prisoner. kiowa and an
| other son were slain In the fight with Pow
| ers There are about COO Indians in the
| vincinty. but they are apparently indiffcr-
| ent to the fate Of kfowa's band. The Cor
| oner's jury found that the cause OF the dis
turbance was the sale Of liquor II Indians.
| who afterwards fred haystacks, fer h;ch
| Powers sought to arrest them.
and killed George Weisshrolt. WeiSsbrodt
had acted as peacemaker in "a quarrel.
and Machine objected to his interference.
| AT Eagle Pass, Texas. Il. II. Dune an,
who was convi, ted of the atrocious murder
| of the entire Williamson family-threc
| women and a man-eighteen months ago.
has been sentenced to be hanged on
sept L.
| AT New York. DIR. Fuller, who recently
sued his young wife for divorce. charging
ex-Judye Leicester Holmes, as correspond
| ent, met the latter in the ladies' cab n OF a
ferry boat, BACKED both his eyes. spat upon
him, and denounced him. amid great ex-
element. as a scoundrel and a coward. DIR,
Fuller then apolosized to the ladies in the
cabin.
The large crop of wheat belonging tC
Bowers & Sons near Otwell. Ind, was
burned In the stacks by incendiaries. The
. town OF Orwell has been noted in years