The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-05-31
CRIME AND CASUALTY:

BOOK keeper J. J. Kean. Of the Harlem
River Bank. Is charged with stealing S19.-
600 OF the banks funds
A: Chicago. five persons were arrested
for causing the death Of an unknown man
by putting NOR phinc In hi, beer
Charles Hartman and John keeiy. To-
year-old Chicago burglars. were captured
while rObbins the grocery store OF John
Ellsworth
Frank GOodalc, Il well-known jockey.
was thrown from Judge Payne at Louis
vile and trampled to death by the horses
following him.
Mrs. J. }. Riley. OF snohomish. Wash.
is tho mother of J. p. Riley. who was shot
by Carrie Wendell in Chicago Miss Wen
del! followed Riley TO Snohomi>h from
Iowa. and he went to Chicago to elude her.
Tho murdered mans wife is dying.
Father O'Grady, the Cath bic priest
who murdered his sweetheart at Cincin-
natl. Ohio has been starving himself TO
death and became too weak to stand. His
cond ition has leco:ne 50 serious that the
coroner and other official, admin istered
nutriment by means Of enemata-
AT Yuma. a. r.. the porches OF An
tonic Bustamentc's house fell while the
family was asleep. killing his wife and one
uau-uteF anu Diuie iuJucIno three otHcT
daughters and himself.
Seven persons were injured. two Sc
rously. by the explosion of Il boiler at New
York. The boiler, which wciyhcl three
tons, was blown seventy five feet into the
air and landed in Il stabie seventy five feet
away. 1t crashed through the ROOF and
through two floors. landin; among thirty
horses the boiler is said to have been de-
fective and to have been reported AS such
to the boiler ins pector week ago
james Wilson. OF Cambridge Mass, {.
murdered his wife by cutting his throat
and then slashei himself several times
with razor and died Some time ago he
attempted to kill himself by cutting his
wrists with razor and recently he re-
preached his wife for having him sent to
the asylum and threatened to xii her.
In trying to arrest three outlaws at
Yukon. Q. T.. two deputy sherilf> acre
fatally shot One OF the bani.ts was
wounded
John Crow. for whose murder John
Van Nimman-s is serving life sentence
in Michigan prison. is alive and vel.
and has jus, learned OF hi, supposed death
in 1855.
"A rowbcat which was hirel on Thurs
day by four young men was found adrift
on the lake at Chica o. and it is believed
its occupant, we're drowned.
-Sta, Gilfillan, Il we'll -to-do young
Groom Bay, Ala. merchant. hearing re =
port OF the death of his tancee. Miss Lewis
OF Uphold fever. of which she had been
Ill. walked to her home and o. the front
sep b:ew out his brains. The girl was
alive. but the shock of the suicide will
probably cause her death.
The schOoners Lena Ellsworth and
Emma L. Nelson are missing. and It is
feared they met with disaster in the gale
AT Dorscyvilic. L., Adolph Block and
Jules Lake engaged in a gun fight with a
negro and all three were killed
James Middleton. Sinclair Middle ton
and X. Shackltford were shot and killed
IN Harlan County. kentucky. in a tight
with Gilbert Saylor. Bert and Noble Hens
ley. There IS cons derabie excitement over
the affair. the mcn are all we'll known.
-Four bandits robbed a Longvicw (TeX-
as) bank u s.. 010 and in fight with ct!-
zens killed one and wounded four. George
Bennett, one OF the robbers. was also
Killed.
Papers relied on to secure conviction
in the indianapolis bank wreckin, cases
ere mys,erou~ly set on fire while court
was In session.