The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-07-20
CRIME AND CASUALTY.

Oscar F. Hill. cashier oi the CONNER
sIal National Bank at ogden. Utah. is a
defaultcr In the sum Il s54. 600 Deposit
ors will be paid IN full, but the bank Will
be closed.
Hamburger. the murderer Of the kret-
der family at Cando, y. d. escaped lynch
Iny The Sheriff havn- him ia charge
successfully eluced three different III Us
and landed him safely IN jail at Devils
Lake.
-Twenty-fve families were poisoned bv
eating bad cheese at Mansfield. Ohio. and
twelve persons may die.
What may prove to be a sensational
murder has been brought 10 ligh, By the
finding OF the body OF an unknown man In
a wheat field on the farm OF Peter Engel.
near Lebanon. Pa The mac had been shot
twice ia the head and also stabbed in t"o
places Tic body had been dragged about
100 fee; 10 20 the field. and had on only
shirt and pair OF pantaloonS The victim
l. supposed to be drummer who. after
being ~ayiaid on the read and robbed. was
murdered and the tody hastily concealed
in the field. There /. no clue to the muir
dercr.
An explosion OF fredamp took place in
mine No ! 0: the West Virginia Central
Railroad property. near Cumberland, Nd.
Ninety miners we're at work In the various
drifts at the time. The mine vas soon
flied with flames and smoke. The men
made IL Wild dash for the shaft, and ali
succeeded in escaping but two. The latter
we're imprisoned In an isolated drift and
are supposed to have been burned TO death.
Albert White. Il negro boy. confessed
that he was hired by two men to shoot his
employer, jose PHI Warren. OF Hannibal. Mo
The bridge over the Valley Railway
tracks, at the foot Of South Water street.
Cleveland. fell, carrying with it four men
and three horses and wagons Two cf the
men were seriously injured Two horses
were killed and the others were more or
less injured. The bridge was "a city >truc-
turc and has been considered unsafe for
years.
AT Columbia. Pa Detective Witticl> ar
rested Charles Birker. Birker Is wanted III
Findlay, Ohio Tor the murder OF Annie
Sails about three weeks ago. Chief OF Pc
lice Howard, OF Findlay, identified the
man.
Hamburger. the Cando, y. D., mur
derer. was In danger OF burning by a moi
and the sheriff spirited him away.
Princeton, Ind, was nearly destroy ed
by fire. One life was lost he loss " i'll
reach fully s:5O.OoO. Maxwell. Colo, was
nearly destroyed by an incendiary fire
The loss Is estimated at 500, 600; insured
for ono third.
The body of an unidentified man was
found by Park Policeman James Harring-
| ton in the lake at Lincoln Park. Chicago
near the power-housc shortly after mid
| night Thursday. A bullet wound In the
head showed that he had taken his own
| life, and the remain we're removed to Sig
mund's morsuc at No l92 West Chicago
! avenue In one Of the pockets OF
| his coat was the following lie r:
| Whatever money may be found on me i,
| intended To be left to the fund for rhe Lake
Sanitarium for babies God bless the ba-
| bies.n Around tho mans waist was q
! leather belt. containing 80 ~. and on the
shore. near by. Il revolver He had shot
himself In the right temple here was
nothing to identify him. He was tetweer
IS and 40 years OF age.
AT Washington. Pa. William Cox. aged
II, his sister NATL la, aged ~. and Geor-
| gia Ward, aged IL. found a pint and
| quart bottle under u tree at tho roadside
They threw several stones a. the bottles
| When one OF the bottles was struck an cA-
|
| away. large hole was blown in the
earth. trees and fences were thrown dow
and the children hurled many Feet away
! The bottles contained nitro-Gly cerine
| Willie Cox was fatally hurt The girl
were badly injured and are In a critica
| condition,
| Three hiEhwaymcn rode into Noun,
| Valley, Kan. bound the cashier of a banl
| and secured 5000 In money.
| Anna Wagner. the Iadianapoli, servan
| If the koe>ters. has been indicted Tor poi
soninS five OF the family.
| Hattie silvia. a l6-ycar-ol girl Of Ca
yuga. Ind disappointed in love. commit
ted suicide by swallowing morphine.
A terrible accident occurred at New
| hurs ~ V. Thursday. The weSthoun
West Shore train ran into an open ewitc
| bali mile south o: the depot A larG
number of badly blurred were taken to I.
hospital and it Is said there are from eigh
to ten killed.
| Near Fort Gibson. l. T. George Nc
Daniels. United states Solicitor. was sho
aud killed ty John Fields and George San
ders The cause of the shooting is TN
known. A posse is in pursuit OF the muir
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