The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-12-26
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tral National bank of Rome, N. Y, has
been discovered to be a defaulter in
the sum of $27, Bielby admits his
guilt and says the money was lost in
speculation. The bank is amply Sc
cured by Bielby's bond for $50, 900 and
securities he owns in New York to the
amount of $4,000.
New YORK parties arrived at Yank-
ton, 5. d., on the 18th with $40, 600
worth of the fraudulent school bonds
that had been sold by +. T. Pierce, of
Yankton, and S125, 900 worth of fraudu-
lent tax sale certificates bearing the
guarantee Of the American State bank,
OF Yankton. These we're Endorsed by
Pierce. A number of the bonds bear
date of 1887, and interest has beeH paid
on these up to December.
RICHARD R. NEWELL, chief engineer
of the Midland Terminal railroad, was
shot and instantly killed at Cripple
Creek, Col, on the 10th, by a man
named Van Houghton. The trouble
grew out of a right of way matter
which Mr.. Newell was investigating.
Van Houghton had cabin located upon
the line of survey where the railroad is
being extended.
On the 10th at Janesville, Wis, a
heavy scaffolding at the new high
school building fell and injured five
men, two of them probably fatally.
On the night of the 18th John Collins
was robbed of $4,4OO in gold in his
house at Sloan, Ia, by two masked
men, who evidently had received infor-
nation that the money had been con-
cealed there. The robbers also took
two horses and escaped, abandoning
the horses few miles away.
On the night of the 10th Carl Kieast,
owner of brewery, was found dead at
New Castle, Pa He had been brooding
over financial trouble and committed
suicide,
ANDREW SAUER, cashier of the De-
fiance (o) savings bank, who was ac
cused 'of perjury in connection with
banking troubles last summer, was
found guilty on the 10th.
.THReDoRE Huston, United States
consul at Juarez, Mex, is dead at the
American consulate in that city.
KID NADDELL, noted bunco sharp,
was lodged in the county Jail at Fonda,
N. Y, on the 10th, charged with being
one of the men who swindled M. Well
don, a wealthy farmer, out of $4,000
last August. Waddell is SO years old
and is wanted in several states. He is
under Indictment for swindling various
persons ont of amounts aggregating
100000.
WILL j. HoBAN, q prominent young
man of Waverly, n Y, son of John w.
Hoban, one of the wealthiest citizens of
that place, on the goth attempted to
kill his father and then fatally shot
himself a
AT Chicago on the Goth the grand jury
voted to indict thirteen persons for vio-
lation of the election law on election
day. Three Of the number are police
men.
LII NJ AhfftlA VI liiC AAtOob uldllRu1nL
type is raging to such an extent at
Summitville, ten miles north of Ell
wood, Ind, that thepublic schools have
been compelled to close.
A MORTGAGE for 81, 900, ,OoO,' given by
the Ohio & Pennsylvania Pipe Line
Company and the Natural Gas Com
pany to the Central Trust Company, of
New York, was fled at Lima, O.. on
the Goth. This pipe line supplies Day
ton, Lima, Piqua, Wapal1oneta and
other Ohio towns bringing gas from
the Indiana fields.
The grand jury inquiry into frauds
at the recent election bore fruit at st,
Louis, Mo-, on the 10Th. Policemen
Clifford, Mahon, Cronin and Murphy,
John Hagerty, democratic member Of
the house of delegates, and eight pri-
vate citizens were indicted for various
grades Of crime at the polls