Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-05-10
WISCONSIN NEWS

liz - l." NHNNNs VINO Win - vile
was arrested in Baltimore for coin
Sweating" and WHO was convicted
and sentenced to four years in the
, penitcntiary. is said to be the man
who has been vainly sought by officers
for completely in the King diamond
robbery at Villa Clara, near Delavan
last August. when masked men en-.
, tered the villa and compelled Mrs
King to give up $1,000 worth of dia-
! mondS
William Il. Jones, GAINESVILLE car
riage trimmer. was assaulted by two
footpads near GAINESVILLE and relieved
Fof n roll of bills amounting to >l10.
/ After rendering Mr.. Jones inSeuSible
/ the robbers threw him off a bridge into
creek, but the water was not deep
enough to drown him. He revived al
most as soon as he touched the water
and managed to crawl to the shore.
He was on his way 10 accept a position
at Freeport, III. Mr. Jones was held
mp by footpads in Minneapolis about
five months ago. No trace Of the
robbers has been found
The town of Pelican Lake i'm Forest
county is confronted with a legal ques-
ton At the annual town meeting in
April the vote for chairman resulted
in a tie between Fred Miner and John
Rice and the board of inspectors neg
lected to have lots east as required 10y
law, but some days afterward reas-
sembled and had lots east in the man
ner provided by law and John Rice
was declared elected The town board
of the members elected at the same
meeting which resulted in a tie on
chairman, acting IN the theory that
there was a vacancy i'm the office of
chairman, met and with the town
clerk proceeded to fill the vacancy
in the manner provided by law for fill
ing vacancies and appointed Fred
Miner chairman aud Mr. Miner IS
acting with the board in town mat
ters. The county board meets on the
10Th inst and it is not known which
one will be recognized by that body
A railroad crossing war between the
Northwestern Coal Railway is in prog
ress at West Superior. The South
Shore is seeking to connect its tracks
with the Chicago, Minneapolis. st.
Paul & Omaha Railway, and it's grade
is eighteen inches higher than hat
of the Coal Railway. The South Shore
put a gang of men at work to grade it's
road over the Coal company's road
Railroad iron was placed on the Coal
Railway track at the point of the
South Shore proposed to cross. War
rants We're sworn out and the foreman
and half a dozen OF the South Shore
crew were arrested. Both crews Of
men are very bitter against each other
and touble is feared before the matter
is settled.
Waterford Wis, May 4-For some
time the friends Of Mrs. Edwards,
wife of De Witt Edwards a wcll-to-
do farmer in the village Of Honey
Creek, this township, have suspected
that she was losing her mind, but as
she did not appear violent or dan
gerous IL was not thought necessary
to place any restraint upon her. They /
evidently misiudged her condition, for /
Friday afternoon she administered In I
a cup of chocolate enough arsenic TO /
cause the death Of her 1O-year-old (
daughter at $ O'Clock in the evening .
Mr. Edwards had gone to Racine in /
the morning, and did not return until /
night when he found the wife and /
daughter suffering great agony Mrs |
Edwards had also drank Of the /
poisoned chocolate. and both victims .
were writing in pain upon the floor
Mr. Edwards summoned DR. H. b, /
Newell of this place and Or. Fulton |
Of Burlington, but before they reached |
the farm, the daughter had died. They I
managed to save Mrs Edwards how /
ever, and she is said to be out of I
danger tonight and in possession Of /
nC' mind. She has confessed to Off |
GERS who visited the house that she I
administered the poison, saying that /
she did it because she was becoming |
demented and she preferred to die /
and take her daughter with her. to
being sent to an insane asylum.