The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-15
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Police Corral an Outfit In ROCKVILLE, Tenn ,
Controlled By Colored Man Who Owns
Valuable Real Essate Upon and In which
to Secrets His Plunder - Has Twenty
saIaried Thieves in His Employ-Two
| Old Men Convicted Of Embezxlemsus-
| Spalding has . Hard Tims-Womsn-
Killer Hapged-Other News of Crime.
Knoxville, Tenn. May 14.-Sherf
| Bonner and his deputies last night arrest
| ed a woman and seven men, charged
| with burglary ana concealing stolen
goods, which unearthed the greatest SEN
| sat:on this city has known for months.
| For a year past robberes have occurred
in and around this city and thousands
OF dollars worth Of goods and jewelry
were never recovered. ALI Easley and
his wife, coiored, are the principals ar
rested. They own three-story brick
house, wherin more than $4,000 worth OF
| jewelry and goods were recovered by the
officers. They had twenty men on salary
pad to steal for them. Fffty-fve gold
| watches were found in one sack When
the officers entered, Easley showed fight
| and when orerpowered three fine pistols
were taken off his person. The officers
caugh. on by arre5ting one Of the thieves,
VINO sQuealed.
OLD MEN CONVICTED.
st. Louis, May IA special 70 the
Post-Dispatch from Marion, Illinois,
says: After being out eighteen hours.
the jury in the case Of Colonel William
Z. Brown, and W. P Bruner, indicted
for the embezzlement of money deposit
ed N their bank at Metropolis prior to
it's failure two years ago. brought in a
verde: this afternoon, finding them
guilty The cases were brought here from
Massac county on change II venue
The jury's verdict. as a compromise, fix
e,s the penalty al one year in the peniten-
t;ary and fine of $40 each. Great
sympathy is expressed for the defend
ants on account Of their old age. 20 and
80 years. A motion for new trial was
made.
Chicago, May 14.-President c. w.
Spald'ng Of the failed Globe Savings
bank, who is under arrest on several
indictments for embezzlements, filed
petition in Judge Balls court today ask
ing for change OF venue on the ground
that nineteen OF the circuit and superior
court judges, who are ex-officio criminal
court judges, were prejudiced against
him. Judge Ball was named. as one OF
the nineteen. This left only four judges
before whom Spa7ding was willing to be
tried The petition was opposed by the
states attorney on the ground that the
statutes only permit the swearing TO
prejudice OF two Judges. The petition
was taken upder advisement. Later in
the day Judge Ball overruied Spalding's
petition, saying that the petitioner asked
too much.
CASHIER PARDoNED.
st. Louis, May IA. B. Crawford,
who has been serving term IN the state
penitentiary at jefferson City, Mo-. on
the charge Of fraud in connection with
the American National bank, Of Spring
field, Mo-, OF which he was cashier, has
been pardoned by President Mckinley
and released from prison. He was SEN
fenced for five years. but President
Cleveland commuted his sentence to
three years. and the time would have ex-
pired on May o.
FARROw GOES FREE.
Pittsburg May 14-Lieutenant Ed
ward S. Farow Of New York, who was
tried in the criminal court yesterday for
an alleged violation Of the insurance
laws of the state, was found not guilty.
The prosecutor, c. F. Harper. OF the Mu-
tual Reserve Fund Life association, Of
New York, was ordered to pay the
costs
CORONER CALLED IN.
Springfield. H.. May 14.-Coroner Scha-
fer has been called to investigate the
death OF Mabel, the 5-year-old daughter
of George Lorton. The child had been
i'll for five weeks, but the parents, beng
Christian Scientists, refused to allow a
doctor to attend.
A CASE OF "HONAH, sab"
Little Rock. Ark, May Estate SEN
ator McMullin of Yell county this fore
noon made A desperate attempt on the
life Of Colonel ]. y. Sm'the. editor OF the
Arkansas Gazette. At an early hour
Senator McMuilin entered the private Of
flee of Colonel Sm:the. drawing a revolt
Yer and al the same time demanding an
apology for editorial ut;erances made by
the latter n regard to the senator's ac-
ton in defeating the railroad comn:s-
sion bill. When this was not forthcom-
ing. Senator McMullin fired point blank
a. the colonel, who sprang to his feet and
struck McMullin's arm, causing the bull
le; TO miss his body by a few inches.
McMullin was taken 20 jail. but later re-
leased on bal The shooting has Gre
atsd sensation, and further and more
serious trouble is not unlikely
STATION AGENT SHOT.
Kansas City, May IA brief SPECIAL
from Lake City, Missouri. a small sta
ton east OF there on the Missouri Pacific.
says that J. ". kefner. operator and
station agent al that place. has been
shot by Lamartine Hudspeth. after a
quarrel. Hudspeth accused Kesner 90
having written an anonymous letter
abou: MS niece. Both men are married
and have lived n Lake City for years.
Kesner is badly hurt. Hudspeth went 10
Buckner and gave himself UP.
FOR WIFE MURDER
Rockford. Ill. May 14.-James French,
the wife murderer. was found guilty to-
day. TIE death penalty was imposed
HANGING OF HOLMAN.
Paxton. Ill. May l4-Frei. Holman.
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