Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-02-10
A BAD MAN KILLED.
Jesse Slower, an Escaped Convict,
Shot by Officers.
BOY KILLED IN A GLOVE CONTEST.
A Tramp Freezes While Praying-A Woman
Falls Three Stories - Tortured and
Robbed Miners Lynch n Cowboy
Who Committed Murder.

EI. RENO, Ok, Feb, 8. "A telegram
received here announces to Sheriff
Cannon the capture and death of Jesse
Slower, convicted ut the last term Of
court here Of robbing store at New.
port, Ok, and sentenced to ID years in
the Kansas penitentiary. Slower and
a companion named Conrad were dis
covered at the depot at Woodward,
and were suspected of intending to
hold up the agent. Conrad was ar
rested, but Slower and another man
escaped after both had been wounded.
Slower was found yesterday some
distance from Woodward in a tent and
a second battle resulted. Slower again
escaped, and was pursued several
miles, when third fight resulted in
Slover's having both arms and his
right leg broken, from which wounds
he died.
ROY KILLED IN A GLOVE CONTEST.
WEST BEND, Wis, Feb. g. -During a
glove contest yesterday between Carl
Lindback and Willie Giants, high
school boys, Lindback fell dead in the
fourth round. The young men had
been unfriendly and decided to settle
their differences with gloves. Shortly
after the beginning of the fourth round
Lindback received singing blow
which felled him to the floor face
downward, His friends ran to his as
sistance and were Mortified to find him
dead. Lindback was II son of Albert
Lindback, manager Of the West Bend
Cooperative Creamery company, and
Willie Giants is the son of one of the
most prominent citizens of the town
A TRAMP FROZEN WHILE PRAYING.
New BRloHToN, Pa, Feb. 3. Jacob
Guffy, a farmer living near Unionville,
on his way to town yesterday found
the dead body of n man almost covered
with snow. The fellow was about 40
years old, wore a barred suit, a brown
overcoat and had on three suits of
Undertaking. A Bible, n deck of
cards and bottle partly filed with
whisky were in his pockets. There
was nothing on his clothes by which
he could be identified. II is supposed
he was tramp. From the appearance
of the body the man had evidently
been on his knees praying and sue
cumbed to the blizzard,
A WOMAN FALLS THREE STORIES.
ST. Louis, Feb. 3,-Mrs. Thomas
Buckley, wife of prominent Sedalia,
Mo-, tailor who had been receiving
treatment at the Good Samaritan hos.
pital in this city for melancholia,
killed herself yesterday In an attempt
to escape from her room In the alb.
sence of her nurse, Mrs. Buckley
fastened a blanket TO the window and
attempted to lower herself to the
ground, but she fell the distance of
three stories and received such injuries
that she died soon after,
ToRrU RED AND ROBBED.
DELAWARE, o., Feb 3.--Four masked
men entered the residence of Miss
Nancy Fix, living south of this city,
and commanded her to tell where she
kept her money. Upon her refusing
they bound and gagged her. Unable
to stand the torture, she disclosed the
hiding place and the robbers secured
5000 In certificates and checks and $500
in cash
MINERS LYNCH A COWBOY.
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 3.-The steam
er Alliance arrived yesterday from
Copper river bringing the news of
double murder and lynching at Valdes
On January q N. +. Tanner, Mon
tana cowboy, killed A. A. Call, OF
Worthington, Mimi, and William Lee,
Of Massachusetts. The miners hanged
Tanner next morning.