The herald., 1897-10-18
MONEY MISSED
Nobody Knows Where It
Went To
WELLS.FARG0 OFFICE ROBBED
BUT MOST OF THE SWAG WAS IN
CHECKS
WELLS-FARGO OFFICE ROBBED
An Arrest Made, But no Booty Recov-
ered-An Unusual Number of
Suicides Reported
Press Special Wire.

Fargo & Co. had, been robbed of the eX-
press box, containing $4,000 in gold. The
telegraph wires leading from Quincy had
been cut so that no intimation of the
robbery reached any other towns until
brought by the stage today, thus giving
the robbers ample opportunity to con-
ceal their identity and make good their
| escape.
A SUSPECT ARRESTED
| RENO. New, Oct. 1.-THE Wells
Fargo express office at Quincy. Cal,
was robbed some time during Friday
might, the robbers taking the express
box which was awaiting the outgoing
stage, The box was carried to field
| half mile distant, where it was broken
open. The robbers secured gold coin
and dust amounting to s40O and $500 in
| checks. When Messenger Montgomery
called for the box he found it gone, and
at once notified Sheriff Bransford. Sus-
picion pointed to Lowell Maxwell, and
| the sheriff and the messenger went to
where Maxwell stopped, and found him
| in bed He was arrested and placed in
| jail He is considered a bad character.
None. of the treasure was found, but the
officers think they have the right man.
HOW IT WAS DONE
| OROVILLE, Oct. 1.-THE messenger
whose duty it is to guard'valuable ship
ments from Quincy goes up twice
month, on the 18th and on the last of
the month. This fact was probably
known to the robbers, who could thus
- L. lit, i
| from Quincy. The stage for Reno leaves
| Quincy at o'clock in the morning, and
the driver, James Dempsey has key
to the express office. He drives up and
gets the express box himself, as the
agent does not get up to deliver it to
him. The express matter is put IN the
box and the box left in the store and
office combined. The driver and express
messenger each have key to the front
door. On Saturday morning, when they
opened the door and looked for the box.
| there was none to be found. They hasti-
| ly examined the room and found the
transom over the back door had been
broken, showing that the robber had en-
tered the room at that point.
A NEGRO MURDERER
FOND DU LAC, Wis, Oct 17-John
Beaman, aged so, proprietor Of the. Bea-
man house, was murdered this morn
ing by William Payne, colored. Payne
was drunk and shot Beaman while
standing at the hotel bar. Payne es-
capped during the excitement. Several
hundred men organized in squads are
securing the country.
A NEGRO LYNCHED
DERMOTT, Ark, Oct. ia white
man named Cole was lynched near Will
mot early Friday morning for murder
ing Constable James Jones in colo
blood. Cole had been arrested for some
misdemeanor but released on bonds.
He secured shotgun and shot the con-
stable in the back killing him instantly.
Cole was found in the woods and was
swung up without ceremony.
THE SUICIDE COLUMN
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 1.-THE body of
an unknown man was found on the
banks of the Cosumnes river near the
Slough house, eighteen miles east of
this city, early this morning. The
stranger had fired bullet through his
head. Stuck in his hatband was the fol-
| lowing note:
October 16, 1897: To Whom 1t May
Copcern-This is an act of my own. I
am almost blind and realize that will
be in less than year totally so, and in
| my occupation it is impossible to make
a living and do not care to become a
public charge. am X. of P. in good
standing and would ask that they bury
| me. T. J. ROGERS, .
"Chicago, ILL.,"
"P. s.-If you don't think that it takes
pluck to do this try it. T. J. r."
DRANK CARBOLIC ACID
| SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. Fl.
| Timm, surveyor, native of Germany, sc
| years of age, committed suicide thih af-
| ternoon In front of the Rosedale hotel
on Ellis street by drinking over half an
ounce of carbolic acid. He fell to the
| sidewalk, where he was seen writhing in
pain by officer McGee, who Immediately
sent for the ambulance. He was re-
moved to the receiving hospital but
died on the way.
| SHOT HIMSELF
| BUTTE, Mont, Oct. 17.-John W. Bal
Ter, formerly assistant city treasurer
killed himself this morning by shooting
himself through the head
| FOUND THE BODY
ELGIN, ILL.,, Oct. 17.-The body of Al.
bert Hammers, an official of the ModerI
| Woodman, who. disappeared severa
weeks ago, and for whom all the Wood
men camps had been searching, wa:
found today in an abandoned mill, few
miles north of here. He had taken hi.
life.
A STRANGE STABBING
| SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17.-At
o'clock this morning Thomas Riordan
a Southern Pacific brakeman, wa
stabbed three times by an unknown mai
aud. received wounds which are pro
nounced fatal. The stahhing occurred
in the hallway OF a lc;.ging house a
400 Grant avenue. According to Rior
DAMS story he was walking along Busl
street when he was accosted by wei
dressed stranger who engaged him II
conversation. At his Invitation Rior
dan accompanied him to his room in tn
lodging house, where the stabbing oc
Cured. Riordhn claims that While pass
ing through the hallway the strange