Omaha daily bee., 1892-02-13
FROM H4NQgEr BOARD TO swIuP.
Strange Experience of II Chicago Man which
Nearly Ended Fatally.

NeaIiy EutHIys
CHICAGO BUREAU or The BEE, |
CHICAGO. ILl., Feb. IL. !
Archer G. Cracraft, superintendent of tho
Fidelity and Casualty company, attired in
evening dress, a night or two ago sat down
with party of friends to a sumptuous re'
past An hour before midnight a beated
pedestrian walking along the Nickel Plate
railroad ties in that gloomy waste of Thirty
third ward territory south of Eighteenth
street, heard cry of 'hep'' coming from q
swamp to the eastward of the track. Tha
unfortunate party in the morass was found
TO be Cracraft, who had sunk so deep that
only his head and arms remained above the
yielding earth 1t took three policemen and
two citizens to get him out, How ne got
there Cracraft says he does not know.
Saved from an Awful Fate.
While the pody of Mrs j. Wilson. who re-
sided near Warsaw, H., was being lifted into
a coffin, she threw both arms around the neck
Of neighbor who WAS assisting ut the
funeral arrangements. Restoratives were
applied, and in u few hours Mrs. Wilson was
able 10 talk. She was conscious OF every
thing that happened while in the trance and
the agonies she suffered while preparations
were being made for her burial were awful.
1t was with an utmost superhuman effort
that she was enabled to MAKE the movement
just In time to prevent her being buried
alive.
Bold Work of Thieves.
Three thieves assaulted ana robbed Mr..
and Mrs. John II. Hcnleon OF ~ " West
Congress street at Green and Congress-
After securing Mrs. Henleon's purse, tho
robbers knocked down her husband, who at
tempted to defend his wife, and beat and
kicked him auout the head. Mrs. Henleon
caught one of the thieves by the coat-tail and
held him until the arrival OF the police.
Six youthful thieves were arrested while
quarreling over the division of their booty at
2l0 North Desplaines street. One of them
made a confession which clears up umber
of robberles that have lnystiiied the police.
A 12-year-old burglar calling himself
Johnny Glenner was caught prying open the
money drawer in Frank Kane's bakery. 47s
Center avenue. In his pockets were found
several false keys and all the implements
necessary to open any ordinary lock.
Odds and Ends.
The representativ of the wrapping paper
combine, after secret conference at the
Auditorium are congratulating themselves
on the fact that they gathered In three more
factories two In Ohio and one In Indiana.
There are fifty eight mills in thc United
States engaged in manufacturing coarse
wrapper paper and OF these twenty-six are
In the trust, which has its headquarters in
Chicago
Carl Peterson, a young travelling man now
In the city, claims TO have evidence which
will save from death Carlisle w. Harris, the
young student recently convicted In New
York of the murder of mis- pretty young
wife, He says he knew Mrs Harris through
a mutual friend TO whom he was engaged,
and that she told him she used morphine
constaDtly for her complexion.
Nearly 81, 600 will be forwarded TO Colonel
John A. McCaull as the result OF the benefit
given at the Chicago opera house.
Western People In Chicago.
The following western people are IN the
city:
At the Grand Paciffic--Gcor e. Pritchett,'
Frank Murphy, NJ l.. Fell. j. d. Reid, Mr..
and Mrs. N. B. Falconer, Omaha.
AT the Palmer-E. Is. Woods, York; Mrs.
and Miss Brown, Sioux City, Ia. w. A.
Brady, l.. M. keene, l.. ID. Richards, Fre-
mont; Julius Adler, Seward; L. j. Wilson,
Cedar Rapids, la. o. Il. Wiltner, Iowa City,
Ia ID. ii. Johnston, Council Bluffs.
At the Wellington-George Lawrence,
Omaha; M. Barr Anamosa, la.
At the Leland-A. Barnett, O'Neill.
Hon w. +. Cody Of North Platte is In tho
city, on his way 10 Nebraska. +. a.
Willard President of the Edison Company.
NEW YoBE, Feb. l2.--1he trustees OF the
Edison General Electricity company today
elected Henry Willard president