The herald., 1897-09-27

police are of the opinion that there wer,
more In the gang, but that some of then
failed to reach the appointed place IL
time. which caused their plans to mis-
carry. The highwaymen hired tn,
buggy at a livery stable late In the az
ternoon and returned it about 1880 las
night, about an hour after the hold-up
This morning Engineer Evans pocket.
book, which the robbers took from him
was found In the buggy.
The men are charged with train rob.
berry, but 1t Is probable that an addi-
tional charge of stopping the United
states mails will be entered against
them.
PEARL BRYAN's HEAD
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 26-Wil-
liam Parson, boatman, while digging
for coal In Medoc sand bar on the Ken
lucky side Of the Ohio river, found a
skull, the lower jaw of which was gone
In the upper jaw were nine teeth. Two
front teeth were gold filled. An expert
dentist says it is the skull OF a woman
between 18 and % years of age. 1t is
supposed to be that Of Pearl Bryan, for
whose murder Jackson and Walling
were hanged. Should that prove true,
it has been buried over nineteen months.
ROBBERS IDENTIFIED
HELENA, Mont, Sept. 26.-The three
men in Jail at Billings have been posi-
lively identified by the cashier of the
Butte County bank at Bellefourche, S.
D., as members Of the gang that robbie d
the bank June 2Sth, getting several
thousand dollars and wounding some of
the bank people. They came into Mon
| tana from Wyoming soon after the
crime was committed and were finally
run to cover by Montana officers.
| Two Of the men call themselves Frank
and Thomas Jones, and claim to be
brothers They answer descriptions of
Roberts brothers. supposed to have been
implicated in the robbery. The third
man is half-breed. giving the name of
]. L. Smith.
TIME TO SHOOT
PARAGOULD, Ark, Sept. 2e.-At
Bertig, station rine miles east Of this
place, W. r. Worth shot and instantly
killed A. c. Hopkins, prominent citi-
zen Of that place at o'clock this after
noon. Hopkins and his wife recently
separated. Hopkins returned this after
noon and assaulted his wife with a
knife. Worth interfered to save the
woman's life, and drawing pistol shot
Hopkins as he was about to plunge the
knife into his wife's body. Worth sur
rendered and is in Jail at Paragould.
A PEDDLER ROBBED
OAKLAND, Cal, Sept 26-At a lone
ly spot in Castro valley, before dawn
yesterday morning, Sam Davis, an Oak
land peddler. was seized by two high
waymen and robbed Of $65. The rob-
bers choked him until he was almost
unconscious and fed as soon as they Sc
cured his wallet. Davis was tardy about
reporting the robbery and the highway
men had ample time to make their es-
cape.
LYNCHING LIKELY
OWENSBORO, KY, Sept. 26.-Henry
Richardson, colored, is In Jail here for
criminally assaulting Julia Smith, COL
ored, 10 years old. If not protected by
militia. lynching will be scarcely avert
able. Excitement is intensified by to-
days event at Hawesville.
MURDERED HIS MOTHER
MANISTIQUE, Mich, Sept. 26.-vic-
tor Anderson, of White Dale, committed
suicide after numbering his aged mother
by firing four shots into her heart. 1t
was a preme meditated murder, as evil
denced by letter left In which Ander-
son says that life became burden. to
him. and with his mother he would leave
this-wnrld- Anderson was prominent
ANOTHER HOLD-UP
MOORHEAD. Mimi, Sept. 26-The
westbound passenger train on the
Northern Pacific was held up three miles
north Of there at an early hour this morn
ing. The express car carried a large
sum Of money, which the robbers failed
to secure, owing to blunder in cutting
off the cars. The robbery was the
coolest piece Of work imaginable. En-
gineer Hoover, just after pulling out Of
Glyndon, noticed man on the front of
the mail car. A few minutes later the
robber climbed over the tank, and at
the point of pistol told the engineer to
apply the brakes. The other robbers
came forward, bringing the conductor
ard brakeman. The robber on the tank
sat there and ordered the engineer to
keep moving. Not until the train reach
ed Moorhead was 1t known that the en-
gine and mail car had been cut off from
the balance Of the train
The other robbers discovered that they
had not cut deep enough into the train
to secure the express safes, and they
despoiled the crew Of their watches and
money and escaped.
MINERS QUARREL
DELTA, Cal, Sept. 26.-News just
arrived here of a shooting affray near
the Mcleod mine, situated between
here and Trinity Center, In. which Col.
Griffin shot man named McElwee in
dispute over rights to mining claim.
Griffin claimed the mine, which 1t Is
alleged McElwee tried to Jump" in the
interest Of others. A quarrel ensued,
during which 1t is said McElwee struck
at Griffin with club, receiving a shot
in return. He was taken to Trinity
Center for medical aid. It Is not known
how serious the wound Is.
NOBODY HURT
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.-Frank
Gaseous fired three shots at Lucy Pin
eda, a young married woman, and her
mother, Mrs. Trinidad Pineda, at their
residence, S77 Jackson street, this af-
ternoon.. He failed to hit either woman,
but one of the shots penetrated the