The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-31
DOODLE is PASSED
QUEER CASE, EITHER BRIBERY Oh
BXT0RTION, IN NEW YORK.

Dollars and is Released. Only to be Re-
Arrested by His Original Captor-Ftre-
bugs Undertake the Destruction of AL
toona, Pa.-Tramp Assaults and Murders
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller Near Columbus, o.
Crime and Catastrophe.
New York, March 30.-Antonia Chris
Jensen, of Bridgeway, mich, who was
arrested here last week as he was about
to take mis- departure for Austria, is
locked up at police headquarters. He
was delivered over TO two officials from
Michigan and today the detective who
arrested him a week ago met him on
| Forty-second street. Christensen told a
story of how ne had bribed the ewo Off
| Gals, who, he said, are now on their way
! back TO Ridgeway. The men to whom
Christensen was delivered yesterday
were provided with the proper papers
| from the Michigan authorities and they
| left the court with their prisoner for the
| Grand Central depot. When the New
| York detective met Christensen today
| the latter drew revolver and refused
| for a time 10 submit TO a second arrest
At police headquarters he said that the
Michigan officers took him TO an uptown
hotel, where, after taking $1,000. they
set him at liberty.
FOUR INCENDIARY FIRES.
Altoona, Pa, March 3O-An attempt
was made late last night and early this
morning to destroy Altoona, four incen-
diary fires being kindled in different
parts of the city between the hours OF
u and 100 o'clock. Prompt work by
the fire department alone saved the town
| from possible destruction. The entire
| loss, however, will aggregate between
| $4,000 and 10000. The fires were evil
IDENTIFY incendiary, as they started in
| widely separated sections of the town,
and in each case among buildings of a
dangerously infammable character. The
first fire was discovered in a stable in
the Third ward at 1920 last night, and
was quickly extinguished with but
slight damage. At 1915 a. m, another
alarm was turned in, from the First
ward, in the work shop Of w. E. Yeats
The blaze was eXtinguished with but a
slight loss. While the firemen were re-
turning to their stations they were call
ed to the Fifth ward There the large
number Of storage sheds OF Mr.. Poets
were ablaze and after a fierce fight the
flames were subdued The storage ware
house OF Armou & Co. was damaged 10
the extent Of 81, 900, while Mr.. Poets loss
was about $1,000. At 1:30 o'clock this
morning the fourth alarm was turned
in. from the large planning mill of Will
lam Stokes. Before the firemen arrived
the mill was doomed and all efforts were
directed to saving adjoining sheds. lum-
Der piles and nearby residences. The
mill was totally destroyed. Loss, $780,,
900; insurance, $4,000. No clue to the
fifirebugs has been obtained.
WORK OF SAFE-BLOWERS.
Galveston, Tex, March 30.-She Omar
da State bank was robbed last night.
Entrance was made through the front
door. The safe was wrecked with nitro
glycerine. The amount taken is between
SO, 900 and S., 900. The men escaped on a
hand-car 1t is evidently the work OF
professionals. Two Chicago men have
been arrested here on suspicion of being
the perpetrators. They are John Shev-
lin and John Schoyahan. The bank was
insured against loss.
CAPITALIST SUICIDES.
Syracuse, n. Y, March So.-A special
to the Herald from Geneva says tina.
Charles A. Houghton, principal owner of
the Corning Glass company and reput-
ed to be worth half a million, shot and
killed himself at that place today. When
Mr. Houghton failed TO return to his
home last night his family became anx-
ious Early in the morning searching
parties were organized and after several
hours he was found dead in the sand
house of the Corning glass works, OF
which concern ne was vice president. A
revolver with two empty chambers was
found beside him and it was evident that
he had committed suicide. Five years
ago his brother Frederick Houghton,
of the Buffalo scale works. killed him.
self at Corning. The only reason as
signed for the suicide is that Mr.. Hough-
toms mind had become unbalanced ow-
ing to illness he underwent recently.
He was an assemblyman from Steu-
ben county in 1873 and was always re-
garded as one OF Corning's most promi-
nent citizens.
CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE
Lawrenceburg. Ind, March 30.-Josepr
Ensyke was stabbed to death last nigh.
by Stephen Royce. a huge butcher knife
| being thrust through his body until the
point protruded through his breast bone.
Royce was arrested and hurried away 20
Jail to avoid possible violence at the
E.. D..
had been dissipating and had quarreled
earlier in the evening. Royce claims
self-defense.
STARVED HIS CREW.
New York. March 30-Captain E. w
Reed of the ship E. Cakes. was arrested
today on a warrant issued by the Uni
ted States court. The Cakes is the ship
upon which during its last voyage there
was much suffering and several deaths
resulting, as alleged. from insufficient
food.
A TRAMP'S FIENDISHNESS.
Columbus. Ohio. March 30.-The nude
body of Mrs. John W. Miller. a farmers
wife. al Black Lick. this county. was
found today. she having been outraged
and murdered Monday by a tramp en-.
plcye. in the temporary absence OF her
husband. The tramp has gone
EXPLOSION IN 4 TUNNEL.
Chicago. aAIrch 30.-Two men were kill
ed and four seriously injured by an ex-
plosion in the Northwest water tunnel
al the foot OF Oak street today.
The dead are:
OWEN O'MALLEY.
PETER GALLAGHER.
The injured:
Thomas Gallagher