Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-12
WESTERN.

1ne hoctaW supreme ollft mas aHlrln-
cd the sentence of Johnson Jacobs to be
shot at Pushmataha.
Martin Kapsch, just elected town trus-
tee in Globeville, Il suburb of Denver. ac-
cidentally shot and killed himself while
cleaning 4 revolver.
The row in the Claus Sprcckes family
mt San Francisco is growing interesting.
The latest phase is Il suit for $500 dam
ages for libel brought by Gus SpreckelS
against his father.
While putting off freight at Antiquity.
twelve miles above Pomeroy. Ohio. the
passenger steamer Iron Queen took fire
and was totally destroyed. The fire was
caused by the explosion of Il lamp in the
engine room. The boat WAS loaded nearly
to the guards with freight and had big
passenger list.
-Four persons were killed outright and
| fifth fatally injured i'll Il wreck on the Bel
| Iaire, GAINESVILLE and Cincinnati Narrow
Gauge Road. ut a trcStle five miles west
of Summcrficld. o.. Friday. -Four trampS
were killed, two fatally and six badly
hurt by the derailing of an Alton freight
| train near East Alton.
Near Galena. Kan. Newton Walters.
aged ~. killed two brothers. George and
James Cox. He then attempted to as
sault Miss Dollic Cox. who was alone ut
home. The girl gave the alarm and Wal
| tiers fled. One of the Cox boys was found
| in the woods with a bullet hole in his head.
| The other is supposed 10 have been thrown
into the river.
The post office ut Springfield. H.. was
robbed of about $4,000 worth of stamps
and silver Wednesday. The robbery was
committed about 12:}O o'clock while Post
master Hedick NJ. Iiidgely was ut dinner.
The robbery was not discovered until )
O'Clock. and those implicated have so far
covered up their tracks. Access was
gained TO the vault by the use of duplicate
| keys, impressions doubtless having been
| taken in wax at noon when the majority
of the employees are ut lunch. The robbers
| have nearly five hours start. and doubt
less left the city before the discovery had
| been made that the vault had been en-
| tered.
A desperate battle took place between
| Marshal Medsen's deputies and five of the
| Rock Island Railroad train robbers ut
| Cimarron. five miles west of Uennessy.
| y. T.. Thursday evening. One robber was
| killed and another wounded. The robbers
were taken unawares and fired ut ran
| dom at their assailants. not one of the
shots taking effect. The robbers then
took TO the bush and the marshal was
| sent TO cut off all avenues of escape. The
dead man was identified as 'Rattlcsnake
Phil" a notorious territory outlaw. The
Rock Island road offered reward of ST.,
| 600 each for the arrest and conviction of
the robbers.
| An attempt was made to blow up the
vault III the county treasurer's Office ut
| Elyra, Ohio. \ fuse was found Thursday
morning attached to the vault door, which
had been plugged with nitro glycerine.
The fuse appeared To have been lighted.
| Half n dozen horse blankets covered the
| door. The outer door leading to the Office
had been forced with chisel and Gu
| trance 10 the corridor had been gained by
a window. which was found open. 4 full
| outfit of tools was found near the vault
indicating the work of professionals
| There is ST. 900 in the vault. The sheriff
| telcgraphed for an expert to open the
| vault as it is feared that the nitro gly
cerine would explode if tempered with.
What has become of the enormous cam
pagn fund raised by assessment on city
hall employees? That's the question that
the Democratic managers of Chicago are
now discussing with much vchemence of
| language and bitterness of feeling. 1t is
| alleged that one of the prime factors in
the recent defeat of the Democratic candi-
dates ut the polls was lack of sufficient
funds TO conduct the campaign properly.
The politicians who realize this fact are
al hn altaU ~ hsi
seemed to actuatc some of the big men in
the party, and it is openly charged that n
| very large sum of money, which was sup
posed to be held for the benefit Of the cant
paign. has gone into the pockets of individ-
uals for whom it was not intended, and
| who had no right 10 it.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
passenger train No. was held up near
Dover, .. T., early Thursday morning
by five unmasked bandits, and the pas.
sengers of the smoker, day coach ard
chair car were relieved of their valuablcs.