Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-09
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
WAYS OF THE WICKED

James Roberts has been arrested at
Jacksonville for dealing in bogus
drafts. He has confessed
Painter, the murderer OF his mis-
fress, was hanged in Chicago, and the
job was horribly bungled
Philip Boosar, a well-kuowp canftaI-
1st OF Oakland, Cal, charged with at
tempting to poison his young wife,
las been acquitted.
Horace Smith and Henry Singleton,
lie conVlcLs ut Jackson, Miss. have
been sentenced to be hanged on March
= for the murder of two fellow con.
victs.
II. w. Culp, who has been CHARGED
with peddIlng counterfeit dollars 1T
Marshall, Mich, has made u partial
confession.
}. ". Gill, an angry husband, at
tempted to kill John Marks at Erirr
Hill Wednesday. Marks eloped Will,
G1lfs wife from Montgomery county,
Mo, month ago
Marshall Henry Weston of Bellevue,
who shot and killed Hiram Hoover at
q dance on the night Of December 81
has been indicted for murder By the
grand jury.
No hight has been thrown upon the
mystery surrounding the McCleIland
tragedy at Salem, Ohio, and though
over sixty witnesses were examined by
the grand jury no indictments were re-
turned
Harry Mitchell of Decatur has con
fessed that he is the murderer of
Charles Fueser of Chicago. Fueser
was Killed two weeks ago by being
stabbed i'll the lungs There is no evil
dence against Mitchell, save his own
confession
Nota Booth of Swan Creek was held
TO the grand jury at Monmouth for
throwing switch in front Of Il freight
train on the st. Louis division of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail
road.
6. W. Chopin, member Of d banking
firm at Stanton, which made an as
sisnment last July with liabilities in
excess of assets of $4,000, has been
arrested on complaint of Il Mrs BeggS,
who charges cmbezzlement, Chopin
has not yet been able to give bond.
Harry Smith, aged twenty-one, night
receiving clerk at the Emporia, Kan,
EostofIicc, has been arrested for ritlin=
the mails. Ills thefts had extended
over three months and aggregated hun
dreds of dollars.
Clarence Weber, proprietor of the
Bush hotel at Dubuque, deserted his
wife, taking $1,000 Of her money, and
ran away with a Miss Nelson. Miss
Nelson has now caused Webber'S ar
rest, claiming that she was drugged
and Wrongcd.
l.. T. Carson, indicted On complaint
Of the United States Express company
ut l'airbury, for larceny and embezzle-
nent of S2,0B package Of money.
haSJ5ecn released, it being shown that
: The company had never been incorpor-
atcd in the state of Illinois.
A wholesale Jail delivery which had
been planned at Urbana was fruStrat-
ed by Il turnkey who discovered that
an iron bar in one of the windows had
been sawed in two and could be re
moved when Il favorable opportunity
presented itself for escape.
Gossiping females started 4 bad fight
in the Howard church, near Smithlield,
H., in which number of the congrega-
ton participated Clubs and cord
wood, pocket knives and other weapons
were used Alexander Totten and But
Ter Graham, two farmers, began the
row Totten was stabbed nine times in
the head, and his case may prove fatal,
The affair will be investigated by the
authorities.
Matte Weeks, 16-yearold girl,
dressed in male attire, was found by Il
gang Of section hands near Republic,
Ohio, III Il small shanty i'll company
with two tramps. The girl claimed
that the tranps had abducted her from
her home in Ridge Farm, H.. where
She says her parents are wealthy peo
pie. The trampS and the girl were
taken in charge by the marshal of
Republic and the authorities Of Ridge
Farm have been notified.