Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-15

bank thieves, sail for the United States !
in custody. They are said to have re-
yealed the whereabouts of the stolen !
At Galveston, Tex. Henry Schenk,
alias Sleugo Schiller, has been arrest
ed on the charge of being connected
with recent fires in Chicago, Duluth
and other places.
Harvey Pate and Frank Stires will
be hanged at Danyille, Ill. December
$, for highway robbery and murder,
Governor Altgeld having refused to
commute their sentence to life impri-
sonnent.
AT Denver, Joseph Van Gratta, who
is under arrest for passing spurious
checks at Salt Lake City, is said by his
Wife to be a messenger carrying dis
patches from President Dole, of
Hawaii, to President Cleveland.
At rerre Haute, Ind, foul play or
suicide is believed to have overtaken
Maurice Maxwell, of Cleveland, O.,
formerly superintendent of construc-
ton on the Big Four line. He has not
been seen nor heard from since Oct
A. His wife is dying in Cleveland.
W. H. SchrumaI, an ex-banker of
Normal, ILL.,, who pleaded guilty to re-
ceivins deposits in % cases after he
knew his bank to be inSolvent, was
sentenced to year in prison and to
pay a fine double in amount of the
deposits received.
At Hillsboro, n. D., with the peni-
Tertiary staring him in the face. Will
lam Forthnay, of Bathgate, decided to
leave Miss Nellie Raycraft, with whom
he had eloped, and to return home to
his spouse. Miss Raycraft was follow
ed here by a number of badly smitten
SWANS.
At Milford, Conn. Michael Hennes-
sey forced his wife into a fire place,
causing her to be terribly burned. He
refused to go for doctor and remain
cd in the house drunk for a week,
when the neighbors learned of the
condition of things. The woman will
die, gangrene having set in where she
was burned. Hennessey is in Jail.
The case of Prendergast, the murder
er of Mayor Harrison, was yesterday
placed on Judge Brentano'S call for
Monday. Both sides are ready, and
the matter of getting a jury was be-
gun Monday morning. 1t is expected
| that ten days or two weeks will be
consumed in securing the jury.
At Atlanta, Ga, Rev. Charles Johns
| ton 1vac hapCpH at SwainShnrO lSm9n n
uel county, yesterday, for the murder
| Of Rev. William Shields. They were
negro eXhorters, and the murder grew
out Of jealousy over a girl, who
! thought more of Shields than of Johns
ton. Johnston preached his own
| funeral sermon.
! At Miles City, Mont, Jim Ppm struck
Alfred Tilton and Tilton shot him
dead. Ppm was 46 years old. He
wore on his breast a medal Of honor
voted to him by congress for bravery
| in Clusters fight at Little Big Horn,
! at which time he was a member of
| Company B, Seventh cavalry.
! The true story of the reported as
sault on Gov. Reynolds at Wilmington,
f, Del, has been discovered. Joseph
: Hephorn, who lives just outside the
| city, is said to have thrown stones
| through the window of the governors
! private office, and it is alleged that he
did it because he thought his wife
was in there He and his wife are not
living together, and Mrs. Hepborn is
/ trying to make a living by selling
books. Neither the governor nor Mrs.
| Hepborn was in the Office at the time,
nor was there any reason to warrant
/ Hepborn's action.
! At Helena the United States grand
! jury has made a return vigorously scor-
! ing the methods of doing business fol-
lowed by certain bank officers, who
We're at the same time indicted and
held for trial. They are II. F. Bachel-
| lor, president; @. J.. Merrill. assistant
cashier, and G. r. Middleto n, director
of the Stock Growers National bank
of Miles City; George F. Carey, cash
! Ter, Alan Machonochie, assistant cash
Ter of the Livingston National bank,
and Will Hanks, president of the
| Merchants National of Great Falls.