The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-04-28

A bold attempt tOsUindle lie insurance
companies Of . large amount Of money
has recently been brought to light at Sc
attic. One day last week William Rad
lois house, north Of the city. was
burned 70 the ground and in the ruins
were found human remains which were
supposed to be those Of the owner. II
was shortly developed that Radlof had
but brief time previous taken ont sew
eral life insurance policies, aggregAting
t55, 900. This started the Detectives to
work. Radlof vas married TO q young
woman whom rumor said was very init
mate with q man named KostFauch.
Mrs. Radlof was In Seattle at the time
II the fire, and after some Investigation
KOstranch was arrested under the belief
that he had committed murder to obtain
Mrs. Radlof and the insurance money,
she being the beneficiary named 10 the
policies. Close confinement brought out
q confession from Kostrauch, who said
that plot had been entered into by him
self and Mr.. and Mrs. Radloff, and that
the remains found had been obtained by
robbing a. grave, and that RadlOf was
alive and had started for Australia where
he expected bis wife to join him after
collecting the insurance money. The
empty grave and other details were veri.
6ed. and now all parties, except Radlof.
are under arrest on the charge Of arson
the most serious one that can be brought.
Several years ago N. q. Wills bad
trouble At Peudleton with . man named
Frank Connolly, and later on, while Mr.
Wills was . warden Of the Oregon peni-
Tertiary, ConOlIy Vas . prisoner there un-
der two years sentence. Recently this
sentence expired, and Connolly appeared
1t Yakima with the ayowed intention Of
''dolng up" Mr.. Wills and then proceed
Ing 20 Pendleton and getting even with
ex-SheFiR HouseF, who had been in
strumeatal In putting him In the pen.
Mr.. Wills was posted as to Conolly's
threats. and Monday night when the lat
ter put in an appearance at his saloon, he
watched him closely. and as Connolly was
moving upon him with slungsbot in hand
be flashed pistol In his face and drove
him into the. street. Later the police
tDok Connolly in, and after permitting
him to lie In jail over night made him
take the tie-Dath down the road.
Spectators, town boomers and tramps
are making rush for wenatchee in an
endeavor 70 get in on the ground floor;
but much q the pr66SFsy Is held at t2.O
an acre, and sales are not numerous ii
these figures. While the bridge crossing
will be some nine miles below the town,
the road IL bound to pass through We
natchee u II has been adopted as IL
claimed. Il 10 believed that Wenatchee
will make . town Of several thousand
people.
Thursday Marshal Cock arrested .
Chinaman, against whom complaint had
been made for exposing his person TO
school girls and women. That night .
mob Of 1--we or six surrounded Oaicer
steigleT, took the jail keys away FROM
him, pounded up the face Of the leCherOus
Celestial and fret him out Of town at q
lively gait. The action Of course was I'M
awful bot u ever sneh course was just
Unable This was the one.
Yakima enjoyed two very good enter
tuinments this week in the Ole Olson
performance and the Symphony con,ert.
W snlOi'una;o iOr 'ne lAtseI, nom !
uIAnelA. point o. vlsw' IhaI oC'n en,eL.
The audi,lor. il roth ipstapeas IN well
repaid iOr their attendance.