Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-03
EVIL DEEDS OF EVIL PEOPLE
A Noted Letter Box RObber Stopped
By Bullet in New
York.
A CoLoRED BOY LYACHED FOR RAPE
A Detroit Alderman Arrested for So.
Letting Bribes-A Georgia Sheriff
Shot by Desperadoes-Philadel-
phia Murderer Held.

New York, April 3.-Geo. johnson, al
legged to be ono of letter box robbers, Wit
have operated in most of the large citie
of the United States, is a prisoner her,
with bullet wound in his wrist.
Last night the officers discovered thre,
men trying to force entrance to hous,
on East 84th street. The men ran and
policeman fred at the fugitives, one 0
whom was hit.
This man and one of his companion
were caught, but the third escaped. Th,
wounded man was identified as johnson
against whom are pending numerous
complaints.
LYNoHED NEAR MEMPHIS.
Nashville, Tenn. "A telegram from
Tupelo, Miss, fifty miles southeast Of
Memphis. says: This morning at {
O'Clock young negro about Is years old
was taken from the Jail by mob and
lynched in front of the court house.
The mob went to the sheriff's home
overpowered him with shot-guns, marched
him to the Jail, and forced the keys from
him.
They were masked and their identity il
unknown. The prisoner attempted to
rape white lady at Plantersville two
weeks ago.
SOLICITED BRIBEs.
Detroit.-A warrant was sworn ont
this morning for the arrest of Alderman
John Chris Jacobs, charging him with
soliciting bribe from firm of archi-
tects in connection with the plans for the
new county building. Alderman Jacobs
was indicted several years ago on a charge
of boodling, but escaped conviction.
NOT THE sTRANGLER.
San Francisco.-Th police are CON-
viEced that Julius Festner, the Omaha
man arrested on Monday night for follow
ing a woman, had nothing to do with the
recent strangling of two abandoned women
in this city. Festner was not in San
Francisco when the crimes took place.
GEORGIA SHERIFF KILLED.
Atlanta, Ga.-Sheriff w. O. Gwynne, of
Pike county, was killed, and John F.
Madden, prominent citizen, fatally
wounded at Concord, little mountain
town of that county, last night by the
notorious Delk gang of outlaws, who have
figured in the criminal history of Georgia
for years.
Sheriff Gwynne was shot down on the
porch of the outlaws home while the
house was surrounded by posse.
The despersdoes rushed from the build
ing, shooting rapidly In every diaection,
and broke through the posse and es.
capped.
New posses of several hundred men are
in pursuit.
Taylor Delk, the leader, is surrounded
in the swamp. He is shooting rapidly
but his ammunition has about given out
and he will be captured. If taken alive
he will be lynohed.
HELD FOR MURDER.
Philadelphia, Pa. - Upon the fnd-
ing of the coroner's jury in the case of
Annie McGrath, Samuel P. Langdon was
to day held for the action Of the grand
jury. Langdon and Miss McGrath had
been living as man and wife. The latter
was discovered dead on March %. Lang
don was present at the inquest to-day,
and evinced little interest in the proceed
ings.
MURDERED IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
Nowata, I. T., April 3.-It is reported
that Deputy U. 8. Marshal j. P. Lively
was murdered by outlaws while attempt
their arrests in the hills thirty miles
southwest of here and that they buried
his body in secluded spot.