The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-01-25
CHIME AND CASUALTY.

Mrs Ahna Echrums for her money
AT Somervilie, Ala. John E johnson
murdered his wife and two children. then
set tho house on fire.
Two more of the money orders taken
from the Noroton Heights Office, calling for
5000, were cashed at Valparaiso. Ind
Sixteen persons were killed and nine
injured in q railroad wreck in the Prov
ince OF Matxnzas. Cuba
"A Big Four freight engine blew up at
the depot in Winchester. Ind. Fireman
Rankin was killed and the engineer In
jured
AT least fifteen lives were lost and
twenty or more passengers injured Mon
day morning by a rear-end collisit n CT the
. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road. near Hackensack bridge. Eight OF
the injured 1t is feared will dia Both
trains were crowded with persons on their
way to business in New York. From the
tangled mass Of wreckage that strewed the
tracks and the Hackensack meadows for
fifty feet on either side six bodies were re-
covered up to noon. and at least nine more
were under the broken timber and twisted
iron OF the demolished cars
e G. Molenaar. who absconded from
Holland with 30. 900 worth of jewelry and
securities. has been arrested at Toronto.
Ont. by Attorney Davidson. OF Jersey
City. MOlenaar was found in a hotel. reg
istered under an alias He surrendered
$50, 900 worth Of valuables and informed
Davidson OF the whereabouts OF the re-
matnder of the plumber. He consented 20
return to New York on bein. assured that
he would not be prosecuted II he surren-
dered the securities.
w. II. Bonfield. a travelling agent from
GAINESVILLE Ohio. took Il walk a short dis
tance from his hotel at West Grove Pa
Two negroes sprang upon him along the
Baltimore Central Railroad. and dra wing
. a revolver made him halt and then dubbed
him into Inconsistencies and cut him with
razors. He was robbed OF $40 and all the
. valua bles he had and then thrown on the
railroad track. The express train was due.
but the man reyained consciou> and
crawled off the track and then back to the
hotel The country was secured. but the
villains escaped. They are supposed to be
Virginia negroes who work in that ection
, Of the country every summer
John E johnson. negro. murdered
his entire family at Somerville, Morgan
County, Ala, and tried to cover up the
crime by burning the house The wife and
, two children, aged respectively and )
years. were the victims Johnson IS IN
Jail and is pretty to be lynched. as
excitement among the negroes is intense.
and they are gathering in large numbers
to avenge the horrible crime
About 1 o'clock Tuesday morning three
I masked mon broke into the Star soap fac
tory Of Schultz & Co. GAINESVILLE. Ohio
bound and gagged tho night Waterman.
blew open the Office safe and secured 81. 600
in money and checks The Waterman
freed himself before : o'clock and gave the
alarm. but no arrests have been made
Judge Davis charged the Grand Jury
! at West Union. Ohio. to Investigate the re-
cent lynching and indict all concerned
In the Ashton trial at James Vile. Wis.
Drs. Hektocn and kempster testified that
strangulation caused Mrs Stones death.
| AT Chicago Judge Brentano scnten ced
Thomas Higgins to lie hanged March % for
! the murder OF Peter McCooey.
After binding and gaysins the vat CHI
! man. burglars robbed the safe OF Shultz &
| Co. soap factory at GAINESVILLE. Ohio
! An oil car the Western Indiana
Road exploded at Hammond. Two men
were fatally injured
State Senator Phillips has prepared a
bill. at the request of Prison Warden
James. OF Ohio. adopting the New York
HcttOu tl eIeClrOCutlOn.
w. H. Clark. tho Norton Hclgh: Conn.
| postal thief. who secured cash Oh forged
money orders at Lima. Ohio; Valparaiso
Ind I; bloomington. ILL.,. and ether places
, caShed two 500 orders at the Fort Wayne
postoflice The orders were so carefully
prepared that they we're not detectei. 1t
is estimated that Clark raised no less than
-, 000 in one week.
AT milwaukee, Expert Bookkeeper
Conrad testified in the trial OF John
B. koettiny, cashier OF the South Side
Savings Bank. He said that kpettine and
Gustav Triumph, president OF the bank.
had taken about $4,000 from the bank
assets and that the books had been doctored
to covered up the deficit. which was OF long
standing ANA gradual growth
y. \. Ii, IBIS. en- eceiver of the Stock.
bridge tMuss Savings Bank. has been ar
rested charged with withholding So1, 900 of
the banks funds He circulated a false
report that his legs had been broken in
order to avoid turning over tho books The
officers found him in ted with mis- legs en-
cased in plaster. He was sent to Jail for
SIX months for contempt Of court and will
then be tried on the embezzlement charge.
Train No 3 on the Kansas City. St Joe
and Council Bluffs Railroad was held up at
1920 O'Clock Thursday morning by five
| masked men at Roy's Branch. Mo-. the
scene Of the robbery of Sept % last. when
two robbers were killed and four cap
tGred. The train was stepped by a
red light aud torpedo placed on the
| track. and the engineer and fireman forced
to go to the express car and demand adj
| mittance. Express Messenger G. Bax-
ter was overpowered and the contents
OF the safe. which was open. were swept
into sack hold by one Of the robbers
The crew OF the train was ordered to
march down half way Tho length OF the
:rain and told to stand there while the
bandits made their escape in dense
growth OF willow west OF the road 1t is
not known how much was secured. Sheriff
Carson and Il large posse OF deputies aye
| IN pursuit of the robbers. whose descrip-
| ton tailies wirh those who robbed the .Eli-
train on the Hannibal and S. Joseph Just
, week before.
Thomas Deiino and wife and Joseph