Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-18
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| AT Shreve. Ohio. Misses Josie and Ollie
De sfiller. sisters, and Mrs. Kate F'lagle,
armed with rawhide whips numerically
attacked William CrossmaIl. a prominent
citizen. on the street. The women allege
CrOssman has circulated damaging re-
ports about their characters.
Patrick Grove. who is wanted i'm sew
eral States for felonious crimes, and who
| is one of the most desperate men ever
confined in the Buchanan County. Mo-.
Jail, was sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary for having robbed Il Burling-
ton passenger train near st. Joseph and
pleaded guilty to the charge.
At San Francisco the attorney for
Theodore Durrant moved for q writ of
| probable cause for order To prevent the
prisoners removal from the county Jail
to the States prison at San Quintan
The court denied the motion and subse-
quently signed Durrant's death warrant.
fixing Friday, Feb. ~, as the date of the
execution.
Near Mitchell. Ind. George +. Cole
man was killed. He was q passenger on
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern train.
east-bound. and was not missed until the
train reached North Vernon. Employees
found his body at Hamers Crossing
where the road makes sharp curve. 1t
is supposed that he met his death while
attempting 10 so from the smoker TO the
sleeper
The coroner at Cleveland. Ohio. rem
dered his verdict on the Central yiaduct
disaster He fails to find sufficient evil
dence of an act committed or omitted
en- the part of any person to warrant him
in holding anyone criminally liable for
the accident He concludes that the
seventeen victims of the disaster came to
their death rs n result Of the injuries sus-
tanned or from drowning in the river.
w. Morton Smith, editor of II Lincoln.
Ncb., paper, was indicted by the Federal
grand jury for attempting to impede
justice. He was also fined and jailed
by Judge Dundy for contempt of court.
growing out of the same proceedings
Smith charged editorially that the pro-
ceedings by which Richard Outcalt was
declared not guilty of wrecking the Cap
itOl National Bank were irregular and
the court guilty of corruption.
Harry HAYWARD was hanged Mt Min
neapolis at BOO Wednesday morning for
the murder of Catherine Cling. He made
statement of five minutes duration.
and, while not making a confession, said
he hoped God would forgive him for all
the harm he had ever done. The muir
derer went 10 the gallows with laugh
ON his lips, and went ,,cwn with the trap
just as he uttered the words, lightly:
LET her go. Megartien." The command
was directed to the chief deputy.
st. Emilianus' Orphan Asylum. Boys
Home, and Industrial School at st.
Francis, five miles south of Milwaukee,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday night.
There were over POO inmates i'm the insti-
tuition and for Il time the widest rumors
were afioat. One was to the effect that
fourteen lives were lost. Not one of the
inmates were injured, but as they were
nearly all of tender age their rescue was
accomplished with some difficulty. as they
had To be carried from the building.
The leading surgeons of Youngstown.
Ohio. sent letter to DIR. Carlos &.
Booth requesting him 10 resign ut once
from the medical staff of the City Hos
pital. threatening ii he does not TO leave
the institution liz q body. lie is a.