Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-29
CRIME

Ole soldiers are being swindled by claim
sharks IN Washington.
MARTIN PIERCE has been arrested at
Kalamazoo, Mich, for train-wrecking.
GEORGE FoLGER, a member of the
senior class 40 Knox college, committed
suicide at Galesburg, Sunday.
MAYOR LAMBERT of durango. Col, is a
defauljer to the extent of $4,000 and a
fugitive from justice.
Wiley 2. WILLIAMS the assistant post
master at Demianco, N. c.. has been ar
rested for ritiing registered letters.
RuDoLPH SCHMPF, a wealthy German
of Peoria, H., drowned hinl eli in foun.
tain Tuesday.
GEORGE Il. MELCHER committed sui
eide at the Oakland hotel, Chicago, Tues.
day He was at one time agent for the
Northern Steamship company
h, g PREsToN, lumber merchant Of
North Ottawa, Kas., shot and killed his
wife Sunday, and attempted to commit
suicide,
MIDI DELGITT, aged II, was shot by an
unknown man al New York, Tuesday
morning and died before reaching the
hospital.
WARDEN CAKES and other officials Of
the Vermont state prison have identified
Amy as George H. Abbott a highway
man, who escaped that institution SIX
years ago.
KIrTE WooD went walking with
George Wilkinson at Flint, Mich, last
Wednesday evening and has not since
been seen Wilkinson has been arrested
HENRY G. VANNATTA a we'll known
real estate man of Philadelphia, has
absconded leaving debts behind him ag-
gregating $50 600 or more,
A NEGRO cut the throat Of a toy named
Henry Par at rianton, Ala, Friday. The
murderer was captured and lyncaed 10y "a
mob
john J. S. WILSON, a commercial
traveller. whose residence is Bloomington,
Il., committed suicide az his father
home in Chicago, Monday.
HIRAM J. BAKER. a New York travel
ing man who was sent 10 Jail at Qumcy,
ul.. because Of his inability to pay a 500
board bill, committed suicide 10y cutting
his throat
,tAr New Auburn, Mimi, Mrs. Dickin-
son tied her fourteenyear-O daughter TO
herself and then jumped into the lake.
Both were drowned Mrs Dickinson lived
unhappily with her husband.
CHARLES LAWRENCE, ey-assistant cash
Ter Of the keystone National bank of Pml-
adclphia, who pleaded guilty to false en-
tries in the books, was sentenced Tuesday
to seven years imprisonment and hue Of
500 and cots.
Ar Ashland Pa, acrowd of Hungarians
al a christening got into a row among
themselves. -Four deaths will probably re-
suit.
NEAR San Matco. Gail, Avon Taylor, q
farmer, white drunk beat his wife and m
SON over the head with "a
nick haudls Mrs TAYLOR cannot recover.
POLICEMAN THURsroN, while protect
ing the foreman of a brick yard from I'm
attack by four Italians AZ Exeter, \. H.,
bad his skull fractured. lae
Italians nad % the woods and are being
pursued ley citizens and police
. SorouoN KAUFMAN. who disappeared
frau Inns home in Saflcyvi,le. Ind. one
week ago. was found dead behind ms barn
sunday. with bullet in his head and
revolver in his hand
FRANK JOHNSON. of New York, sun
iav night shot himself in ms room IN ne
house, Philadelphia, with 81
,ahh,r revolver. lie was taken to toa
Jefferson hospital and is not expected "
recover.
Tow FRENcH was arrested in St Louis
Mo. Monday, for burglary After col
Letting the booty ia The house visited uy
him be addressed and entered the 6ed a
capied TN the laoy Ell the house ohr TIT
sisted hi0, escaped. and ran lhie tUe
streets alluast naked
Ii has been found. after elaborate expe
riutsuts that sewage can be more etneienl
n filtered through open sand than throug
sand covered with soil.