The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-06
HE'S LIKE HOLMES
AUSTRALIA FURNISHES THE La.
EST CRIMINAL FREAK.

EST CRIMINAL FREAK.
| He Will Find q Pair of Iron Bracelets Wait.
ing for Him When He Land. in San
Franci.co - How He Advertised for
Partners" Then Lured Them to a
Lonely Spot, Murdered and Robbed
Them and Burned Their Bodies-Two
Virginia Wanderers Hanged Father Bo-
cacki's Troubles Crime and Catastrophe
Victoria, 3. c., Jan. 5.-When the ship
Swaahilda arrives at San Francisco.
! whittier she is nov enroute with a cargo
from New South Wales. the detectives
who arrived here today by the Miowera
| VIII arrest the criminal OF the century.
q man named Frank Butler. with half a
dozen aliases, WHO is wanted for one OF
| the most remark able series Of crimes on
| record, which were comitted in New
| South Wales. His trade, apparently,
was that o. butcher, and his practice
| was 10 advertise for q partner with ten
| pounds 10 q prospecting, take him into
| the wilderness, shoot him after he h9G
| dug a trench that was TO serve as his
| (the victim's) OWE grave, burn the body
| and return 10 ;he city 10 repeat the oper-
| alton. Twice bodies have been discover
| ed, the TWO Iasl victims being A o. T.
| Preston and Captain Lee Wsiler. Butler
assumed the latter's name in getting pas
| sage 10 America, and these murders have
| been positively fastened upon him. He
went about his fiendish work with the
utmost GOODNESS, Weller'S smurder and
| burial being within ten feet OF travel
| ed trail, and ne went 10 the trouble to
present the valueless part of the murder
ed mans property to a poor tramp. on
whom he expected suspicion 10 fall, II
the body was discovered.
TWO MURDERERS SWING.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. 5.-William Down
ing and Charles William eXpatiated their
| crimes Oh the scaffoid this morning be
tween the hours of S and O'Clock in the
yard OF the city Jail. II was one OF the
| most successful hangings ever known in
the south. Downing and William fell to-
gether at one pull Of the rope. They
moved a few muscles, Downing witch
ms the most. About 100 persons witness
ed the hanging. William. last April, in
a drunken quarrel, boarded schooner
In the harbor, and split open the head
OF his friend, Charles Bess. Downing
fired al man. but missed his mark.
and fatally shot Emma Lane, colored.
FATHER BOGACKI.
Bay City, Mich, Jan. 5.-A thousand
oc the warning faction Of Poles who are
determined that Father Bogacki snail
rot Cffciate as their priest, attacked the
parsonage of st. StaniSlaus church to-
day ami stormed it for over an hour.
Allthe windows were broken and doors
ha force
was unable 20 quiet the mob. AT 2:30 this
afteraCon Father Bogach surrendered
and was driven to another priests house.
The police took possession of the p9rson-
age Joseph YochomOvitch, who was
guarding the beleaguered pastor. was
shot IN the body and fatally injured. De-
tective Fitzgerald. who was guarding
the beleasuerad pastor, was arrested,
charged with firing the shot.
Mrs. Joseph TOrshowsN was shot III
the leg. When the riot began, Father
Bogacki and dozen guards who were
him retreated TO the second story and
fired on the leaders of the mob. Stones.
clubs and other missiles were used as
weapons by the attacking crowd and by
those who undertook 10 defend the
house. Two of the priests body guard,
Joseph Stachinski and Alex Yonkowitz,
jumped from windows and tried to es-
cape. but the mob pounded them into
insensibilty in sight Of a squad of police
men.
The interior OF the parsonage is a
mass Of ruins. over 100 bottles Of wine
from the cellar were distributed among
The crowd. Several arrests have been
made. The insurance companies have
cancelled the insurance on the church
property, which is valued at 100000. 1t
is guarded nv a detail of notice.
The row has been on for nine months
and began with demonstrations against
Father Matkiowsk, Father Bogackis
predecessor. Hostilities ceased a few
weeks ago, after a riot, by both sides
submitting the case TO Martinelli. Il
broke out again through the priests re-
flIsal yesterday to bury a deceased mem
Der OF the warning faction, from the
church. The original dispute is over the
church books, which one faction wants
TO see. and which request the priest has
denied.
Joseph RaTtFowiack is badly wounded
in the breast ard cannot live.
ROUMANIAN RASCAL.
Chicago, Jan. Sword has been re-
ceived az police headquarters from pri-
vate detective agency in Brooklyn re-
questing the authorities to hold G.. ].
De Juster, The alleged Roumanian count
VINO is under arrest here, until an officer
can arrive with requisition papers 10
take him back TO Brooklyn, where, 4 is
claimed, he is wanted for swindling. The
charge upon which he is under arrest
here is that of Incorporating seal
skin sacque belonging TO a woman
known as Belle Cults, who claims 10 be
his wife The count. whose name is said
to be y illiam J. Juster, is % years old,
and is supposed 10 be a native OF Buds
Pest II is claimed by the police that
De Juster passed a large quantity or
bogus checks and that 100000 will hard
" cover the amour, ne has swindled
people out OF in various parts OF the
country dur ing his three years residence
in America.
ONE MORE BANK OFFICIAL.
Plttsburg, Pa. Jan. Chris. Schauer,
Jr.. treasurer Of the National Bank for
Savings committed suicide sometime last
night. Iii sbody was discovered this
morning hanging from the rafters in the
closet Ct the Allegheny gymnasium. The
president Of the bank says his accounts
are straight. the auditing committee hav-
ing just completed the audit for the past
year. ScFsusr has not been IN good
health for year. and vas very morose.
II IS thought this was the cause OF the
sulti5e.
COUNTERFEITERS CRIBBED.
Trenton. y. J., Jan. 5.-Georgs Sands.
alias Dr. Clark. and Mrs. May Knapp.
who were recently convicted of passing
silver counterfeit dollars II HOhokel.
were sentenced today. the former 20 sew
en years in the New Jersey state prison.
So -