Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-26

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Pacific train and secured between $500
and 5000, the exact, amount not yet
being known.
The grand jury IN NeW York City
returned indictments against ex-Police
Captain Michael Doherty, his former
wardmcn, John Hook and Bernard
Mehan, and ex-Sergeants of Police
George c. Liebers, High Clark, Felix
4 McKenna, James w Jordan and
Charles j. Parkerson, all of whom
were dismissed from the force several
weeks ago. The indictments are for
bribery. Bench warrants We're issued
for the arrest of the ex.officials and
five of the indicted men were arrested
by Inspector McLaughlin's detectives
and taken before Judge Cowen. Bail
was fixed at $500 in the case of eS-
1 Captain Doherty and So, 900 each in the
other cases.
! Nathan Strauss of New York CITY
sent a letter to j. j. Martin, chairman
of the executive committee, formally
declining to run for the mayoralty on
WIG IL Is lcdIutNs
! from atrustworthy source that Strauss
I withdrawal was the result of the re-
fusal of Hill to withdraw his name
from the Grace ticket, saying the sue
cess of the state ticket was far more
important than that of the city, and
| adding that since the nomination for
governor had been forced on him
l
! against his will he was determined to
make the fight according to his own
/ ideas. Later the committee met and
nominated ex-Mayor Grant for the
| vacancy.
| New York dispatch: A crank en-
| tered the Clinton Place Bank in Astor
Place and demanded 81, 900 from Pay
| ing Teller Hind. The teller told the
crank TO wait. As Hind turned away
the crank fred revolver point blank
/ at him and the bullet flew by Kinds
head, burying itself in the adjoining
woodwork The crank was seized and
turned over to the police. For the
past four days the cashier of the Astor
Place bank has been receiving threat
ening letters from a man who signed
himself Charles Freeman The let
tiers demanded thai the bank give the
writer $1,000 or the cashier would be
killed. The police were notified and
detectives were on hand.
At Cincinnati recently a man who
gave the name of Chas. Morganfeld,
while attempting to board freight
train fell and broke his leg. When
taken to the hospital and examined it
was found that he had $1,000 secreted
ways, also bottle of medicine bear
ing the name of a druggist in Cumber-
land, Md. He perfectly answers the
description of one of the Quantico ex-
press robbers. He claims to be a
gambler, and accounts for the sum in
his possession by saying he won it
gambling. The people are convinced
he is one of the robbers. The Adams
express agent has attached all money
found on him.
Washington dispatch: The Brecl1in
ridge-Pollard case is now formally out
of court, the notice of appeal given by
Colonel Breckenridge at the close OF
the trial having been docketed and
dismissed on motion of Calderon Car
Isle, Miss Pollard's counsel. The
action of the court is merely one of
form, counsel for Breckenridge having
failed to follow up the notice of appeal
by further proceedings within the time
provided by law This ends the case
with the judgment of SIS 900 standing
in Miss Pollard's favor against Colonel
Breckenridge. Though the Judgment
stands on record in the courts here, the
general opinion is that Miss Pollard
will be unable to collect, as Colonel
Breckenridge is not known to have anv
property which can be attached to
satisfy it.
According to news advices, the Kan
sas City and Memphis express on the
Kansas and Atchison branch OF the
Missouri Pacific, was wrecked and
robbed by the Cook gang of desperadoes
at Correta, blind siding five miles
south of Wagner, l. T. The train was
running twenty miles an hour and
when within 100 feet of the switch a
man came out from behind an mbank-
ment and threw the switch for the side
track, running the train into string
of empty box cars. The robbers. ten
in all, commenced firing at once and
though the train contained special Of
ficers who were warned of the attack,
they intimidated all on board. took
$500 from the express car, riHed the
pockets of the passengers, including
one United States marshal and es
capped in the darkness. Several pas
sengers were shot, though none dam
gerously.
A crank created sensation in New
York recently by trying to see the
president.
Five worlds records were broken at
the Waltham, Mass, bicycle track one
day last week. Harry Tyler started
to break the two mile standing start
record. and he cut down the figures IS
seconds. and his time was 4 minutes
and seconds. under the record for the
same distance made on the flying start.
Arthur w. Porter made new figure
for one-third (:35 30 and half mile
(:577s). the class A record Gardner
broke the record for unpaced one third
of a mile going in 80 ID