Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-10-01
A BOLD ROBBERY.
Officials of q Foundry Held Up
While In Their Office.
SAID he Was SHOT WHILE ASLEEP.
An italian Murderer Gives Himself Up
Stabbed His Brother to Death-Explo-
sion In CoiIiery-M Murder and Sui
cide-Three Fatally Stabbed.

CHICAGO. Sept 90 Two men care.
fully disguised, committed a daring
robbery at the Union Foundry Co.'S Of
flee in Brighton park Yesterday after.
noon and robbed the company of
$1,000 They then escaped by means
OF buggy, but not before they had
shot one and fired several shots into
crowd Of people who were chasing
them. A patrol wagon gave chase, but
did not succeed 10 capturing the rob.
bers The foundry is in lonesome
place at the extreme end of the
Brighton park, and no other buildings
are near It In the office when the
robbers entered were D. F. ONeill,
president Of the company: NJ A.
URourke, treasurer; C. R. Hopke. gen.
eral superintendent; Charles O'Gor.
man, clerk. and John ONeil, clerk
Mr.. O'Rourke was engaged in filing
the envelopes of the men preparatory
to paying off, and the top Of his desk
was covered with money. The robbers
drew revolvers and compelled the
treasurer TO disgorge.
SAID HE WAS SHOT WHILE ASLEEP.
New YORK, Sept 26-Robert E. Co.'S
tello is in diving condition at a Ter
sey City hospital, the result Of a pistol
wound received, as he alleges, while
he was asleep in the home Of his EN-.
ployer, DEM Reynolds. produce
dealer. Costello retired about II
o'clock last evening, and at eight
o'clock this mornin :, he says, he was
awakened by the trickling Of blood
from wound in his right breast. He
processes not to know how or by whom
the wound was inflicted. Dennis Rey-
nolds, his brother Frank, and Peter
Fox are in custody pending an inves-
tigation Of the affair.
ITALIAN MURDERER GIVES HIMSELF UP
BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 20 The ltal.
ian who gave himself up to the police
at La Crosse, Wis. is wanted here for
the murder Of Antonio Clement on
July % last Antonio and Rosario
Battaglia, Italian fruit peddlers, &C.
cused Clement of giving the police in.
formation that caused their arrest for
violating city ordinance. The BROTH
ers lay in wait for Clement and
stabbed him to death. Adjective has
started for La Crosse to bring the
prisoner here. He is believed to be
Rosario. Antonio is still at large.
STABBED HIS BROTHER TO DEATH.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Sept 26-Andrew
Watt, plumber, and his brother,
Robert, railroad fireman, quarreled
over money matters. The two clinched
and fell and before they were seps.
rated, Robert stabbed Andrew, inAict.
ing wound that caused death an hour
later. The fratricide escaped. He is
"a years Of age, while Andrew was 9G
EXPLOSION IN A CoLLIERy
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Sept 26.-By an ex-
plosion Of gas in the Philadelphia &
Co.'S Middle Creek colliery
near fremont, Pa, five men were
burned and otherwise hurt. Two OF
them, Jasper Newton and his son-in-
law, John Sogreve, died few hours
later. Charles 5. Hoffstall and James
Norton are also fatally hurt
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 26-Peter
Kamm killed his wife yesterday with
a blow with Ratchet. Then Kamm
cut his own throat and died at the feet
Of the slain woman. The double
tragedy occurred at the home of Mrs.
Kamm's mother, husband and wife
having been separated for several
months
THREE FATALLY STABBED.
ELwooD Ind, Sept. 26.-A free fight
occurred during political demonstra.
lion last evening in which Joseph Mar
tin, Samuel Salvin and Hosea Temple.
ton were probably fatally stabbed and