Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-04-20
Criminal Record.

the equator.
Criminal Record.
Deadly rows occur between Ameri-
can soldiers and Cuban policemen.
Good Shot, the Sioux Indian tried in
South Dakota for the murder of his
divorced wife, is convicted.
\ conspiracy to get witness against
MolinieuX out Of New York is frustrat-
eL
Candidates for the West Point mill
tary academy have a hard battle with
boys of the village of Highland Falls,
n. y.
John Coundley, an American pro-
moter in Havana, has been arrested
on the charge of making faces at a
Havana policeman.
Senator Quay, it is believed, will at
tempt to show that his accounts in
the bank ledger We're fictitious and
that all the wrongdoing was done by
Cashier Hopkins. now dead.
John Mack shot George Rider at Lo-
balm. o.. through Jealousy. Rider hay
ing been paying attentions to Mrs.
Macy. Riders injuries are probably
fatal
Deputy Sheriff o. J. Pell was shot
and seriously wounded by three men
whom he was trying to arrest for the
supposed burglary Of j. F.. Twins
store at Milo, Iowa. The men escaped.
In fight at yincennes, Ind, Albert
Gilmore of Beall, Ind, had his throat
cut from ear to ear. He quarreled
with a stranger over a girl. He will
probably die.
Matthew Hancock. colored, who shot
and killed Ticket Broker George Hor-
ton in front of the Union station, July
Ii. 1897. was hanged in the Jail yard at
ST. Louis.
William Kinneman of Deerfield, near
Chillicothe, Ohio. has disappeared. af-
ter having been tarred and feathered
by twelve masked men, supposed to
be neighbors, who objected to his rela-
tons with a woman Of that locality.
John Henry and Philip Hartzfeld
We're held at Toledo for the murder OF
Martin Turnival. found dead in the
road. John HartZfeld. who did the
shooting, admitted the fact, and said
it was done in self-defense.
Alonzo T. Pitts, formerly a citizen of
Mascoutah, ILL.,, has just been acquit-
ted on two murder counts at Garden
City. kas. Pitts had trouble with
neighbor about line fence. The neigh
Dor and his grown son attacked Pitts,
and Pitts killed the two men.
Otherwise.
The Cuban army officers give Gen.
Gomez full power to treat with the
Americans for the Cuban army.
President Barrows of Oberlin col
lege has announced the anonymous gift
Of $4,000, for the purpose Of building
and equipping a chemical laboratory.
Clarkson E. Harshberger of Kansas
City has been appointed clerk and
typewriter in the engineer depart
ment at San francisco at $500 per an
mum.
Wallace G. Andrews. who persisted
in the fire at his home in New York,
left property valued at about $780,
600. His two sisters get $4,000 each,
100000 is divided among six relatives,
and the remainder Of the estate in eX-
cess Of 100000 will 90 to establishing
an institution for the education of
girls in Lake county, Ohio.
The officials of the American Plate
Glass company at Alexandria, Ind,
have decided to start their factory on
Thursday, and notices to that effect
have been posted. President Damn
will meet with the strikers, and pro-
pose that they return to work as non
unionists. Should this be refused,
number Of new men who are already
at hand will be installed.
The supreme court has declared I'm.
constitutional the law providing that
in the trial of receivers of goods stolen
from the government the judgment in
the trials Of the principals, where they
have been found guilty, shall be &C.
cepted as evidence that the goods in
question were stolen, the court holding
this contrary to the sixth amendment
Of the constitution. requiring that nc
cused persons shall be confronted with
the witnesses against them.