Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-12-14
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Gathered From All Parts of the Country
by Telegraph.
VI. L. Lee, tried at York, Neb,, for
assault with intent to kill A. Biszil, for
insurance money, has been convicted.
Bagots Sons, New York, dealers in
tasess' wearing apparel assigned Sat-
nrday. The liabilities will exceed
100000. The nominal assets are much
larger.
Dennis Donohue, ex-British consul
at San Francisco, and who had been
in the consular service since 1857, in
the United States, having been sta
toned at New Orleans, Baltimore and
other ports, died at San Rafael, Cal. 4,
Friday.
Benjamin K. Kimberley, the success
sor to Frank p. Arbuckle as receiver
Of public moneys at Denver, Col, is q
Mckinley republican, having a ranch
near this city. Senator Wolcott is
credited with procuring his appoint
ment by President Cleveland.
Frank p. Slavin, The pugilist, was ar
rested at Newark, N. j., Friday after
noon, and held in 5000 bail on a charge
| VI hSSdulU anu DdUICEy Oll lllS 1OL
manager, DR.. Dougherty. Dougherty
is laid up in bed as result of Slavin's
attack on him Thursday night.
Near Columbia, Mo-, an unknown
man jumped from Missouri, Kansas
g. Texas passenger train going 40
miles an hour Friday and was instant
ly killed. He had So, 900 in his posses
sion, but nothing to lead to his identi-
ty except ticket from Denison, Tex,
to st. Louis.
The strike at the Pacific rolling mills,
San Francisco, Cal, is at an end. The
men have agreed to ten per cent. re-
duction of their wages. About 40 of
the employees resumed work Saturday
morning. The other half of the force
are still out, but they expect to be
back to work in a day or two.
Miss A. Ernst, an inmate of the Mill
waukee county hospital for insane,
committed suicide Friday afternoon by
lying down in front of railway train,
moving at a rate of 80 miles an hour
on the st. Paul road a short distance
east of Homewood station. Her body
was literally ground to pieces.
Andrew j. Spute, who was accused
of the murder of his wife and four
children several weeks ago in Smiths
lake, near Denver, Col, where they
were boating, has been fully cleared
by the unanimous refusal of the grand
jury to vote an Indictment Spute will
now bring suit to collect the $4,000 in
surance on his wife's life.
L. Partridge, formerly secretary of
the Alpena Loan and Building associa-
ton, Alpena, Mich, was found guilty
Saturday morning, of enbezzlement.
The jury was out % hours, The amount
of Partridge's embezzlement was $"0,-
goo. and it practically wrecked the as
sociation, in which many poor persons
had invested their savings.
The former filibustering steamer
Laurada, from Messina for American
ports, has been sighted off Valencia,
where it is her intention to complete
her cargo 1t is believed that the
steamer will be prohibited from en-
tcring that port and this belief is
strengthened by the fact that the
Spanish cruiser Infanta Teresa has
been ordered to proceed to Valencia at
once.
Detective Hayes, of Kansas City,
Mo, has identified convict in the
Canon City, Col, penitentiary for rob-
berry as D. I. Stone, the convict who
sawed hole through the wall Of the
Jail at Carrollton, Nc, in 1895, allow
ing himself and the Taylor brothers,
who were under death sentence for
the murder of the Meeks family, to
escape. His term will expire October
%, 1897, and he will then be taken
back to Missouri.
George Erb, aged "a, a stone mason,
who formerly lived at Mechanicsburg,
Pa, called at police headquarters,
Harrisburg, Friday afternoon, and
confessed his participation in mur-
der at Fort Smith, Ark, last March.
He said he and woman named Ella
Hicks, gave Edward Nutter, weigh-
master, knockout drops for the pur-
pose of robbing him and he subsequent
ly died. Erb said he could not keep
the secret longer. He is in Jail.