The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-21
CRIMES OF ALL DEGREES.

The Toledo police last night arrested
Manuel Schneidermann, a barber. who, IL
Is alleged, is wanted in New York on a
charge of abduction.
Deputy Marshal Hawley, of Cincinnati.
left Columbus, O.. for Niles. Mich. yestcr-
DAY afternoon with Charles Johnson, ar
rested there on the charge of wrecking the
Niles First National Bank.
Cashier Frank l.. Stevens, Of the defunct
Plankington Bank, after an absence of
nearly a year and a half, has returned TO
Plankington, S. d, ready to stand trial.
The trial will take place at the September
term.
AT the conclusion of his preliminary hear
ing Henry Wisely, the negro charged with
the murder of Nellie Allen, at Knob Nos
ter, Mo-, on March 4, was yesterday bound
over by Justice Knaus to await the action
of the Circuit Court.
The young wife of George Kent, a long
shoreman of San Francisco, has been ar
rested on suspicion of having mailed a
bottle of poisoned whisky to her husband.
Kent, who is estranged from his wife. sus-
pected her, and she was arrested. She en-
phatically denies the accusation.
William Mitchell and Isaac Remley. of
Toledo, both colored, quarreled on account
of jealousy for Carrie Asbury, also colored,
when the latter attempted to stab Mitchell
with a big knife. Mitchell pulled a re-
volver and shot Remley, inficting a fatal
wound. Mitchell Is under arrest.
The First National Bank at Lowell, O.,
was entered by burglars Tuesday night.
but. being discovered, they escaped. Three
of them were captured yesterday at Water
ford. They refuse to give their names.
They are supposed TO be expert safe
blowers. Their tools were captured.
The trial of James Callahan. the alleged
abductor of Edward Cudahy. jr, has been
Attorney Shields yesterday filed a new com
plant. 1t charges Callahan, Pat Grove
md John Doe with robbery by intimidation.
Callahan is also charged with the crime
of abduction.
Oliver Swift returned from the workhouse
at Akron, o., Tuesday night, and found
that his wife had sued for divorce. He
blamed his brother-in-law, Oscar Steffec,
tor her action, and when they met on a
crowded street car Swift pulled a revolver
and shot his brother-in-law through the
collar. Swift then tried to take poison,
but was restrained.
David Winget. an old soldier, was re-
ceived at the Ohio penitentiary from San
dusky under sentence to be electrocuted
June 20 for the murder of Frederick
Blancke. Winget was an inmate of the
soldiers home at Sandusky and killed
Blancke in a drunken quarrel. He was
convicted once before for the same crime.
but was granted a new trial. Prominent
O.. A. r. men all over the country interest
ed themselves in his behalf.
William c. Gear has placed in the hands
OF the postal authorities at Columbus, O,
several threatening letters, i'm which the
conspirators say that unless their demands
- IHE S0lllC VI lOit Il 1OAllDlltu NlLH
they will throw vitriol into the eyes Of his
aughter The first letter demanded 500.
Mr.. Gear waited at the spot indicated
with a shotgun, but the conspiratOrs failed
to put i'm an appearance. Secret-service
officers have been placed upon the case.
j. l.. Peterson and j. NJ. Cooper. claim
ing to be officers from North Carolina. are
under arrest at Fort Worth. Tex. charged
with kidnapping. They took charge. with
out a warrant. of a man named Warrick.
who is alleged TO have killed a relative OF
the North Carolina men. and for whom a
reward Is offered. They had Warrick
bound with ropes, when Texas officers ar
rested them. Warrick is held to await ad-
vices from the Governor oil North Carolina.
A feud, II is feared. will arise over the
shooting and killing of Benjamin Haldc-
man at the lumber camp at Weaver, w.
Va, by Payton Stipes. a boy OF twenty.
Haldeman had the reputation OF being the
terror over Weaver and OF Durbin. at both
of which settlements he was said to have
run 'speakeasias." He is also credited
with having whipped a dozen men I'm "a
many encounters so severely thai they
nearly died. Men OF both sides. II Is re-
ported, began arming Immediately after
the tragedy.
Edison Gould. former postmaster at Bone
Gap, Edwards county. Illinois. pleaded gull
~ in the United States District Court at
Springfield on two counts I'm an indictment
for embezzlement of United States funds.
The amount embezzled was $50. ON one
count he was fined this amount and on the