The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-26

Theodore Olson, a wealthy manufacturer
OF slaves, was shot and killed at Helena.
Ark. by Bailey Judge, young man in
his employ. ~
At Woodburn. ILL.,. yesterday, William
Wood shot and killed NJ. p. Phillips, his
sisters father-in-law, in quarrel over
family troubles to-day. Both families are
prominent. Wood gave himself up.
Mrs Catherine Seeley. who shot and
slightly wounded her former husband. w.
A. Seeley, at his home in Kansas City,
Mo-, two weeks ago, was released from
the county Jail yesterday on a $3.50 bond.
The trial is set for March %.
When the case of James Callahan,
charged with being connected with the alb
duction Of young Edward Cudahy, was
called at Omaha yesterday, for hearing
neither side was ready and the hearing was
continued TO March g.
The dead body of Maggie Hoel, the young
woman. who mysteriously disappeared Dec.
q, and was supposed to have been kid
mapped was found in the Arkansas river, be-
low Denver, last night Indications lead to
the belief that she was murdered.
After going over the evidence in the case
of DR.. Samuel j. Kennedy. whose second
trial, at New York, for the alleged murder
of Emeline Reynolds, resulted, last week,
in a disagreement of the jury, District At
torney Philbin yesterday announced that
the defendan. would again be placed on
trial.
The arrest, in Waterbury, Conn.,, last
night, of Ignatz Freisch, a German. and
formerly freight brakeman on the Boston &,
Albany road, together with subsequent
confession OF the accused, duplicating a
number of other employees, is thought to
solve the mystery of a series Of thefts of
property from freight cars of the company,
aggregating $4,000 in value.
The decomposed and mutilated body of a
man about thirty-five years old and richly
clad was found in heavy oaken box on a
sand bar near Kaskaskia, Ill., yesterday by
a farmer. The head had been cut off and
Shn ua6 6nv in nraa of fla hoy av,1
the rest of the body was jammed in. The
man had apparently been dead about three
months. The back of the skull is crushed
in. There is no clew TO the mystery.
A free-for-all fight in Hancock county.
Tennessee, between Thomas Holdman and
his sons on one side and John Tye and his
boys on the other, resulted in the death of
Thomas HOLMAN and Wills Tye, son of
John I've Both were shot through the
heart. Thomas Holdman and John Tye
were nefghbors and farmers and fell out
over question in which their farms were
involved. Ihey got their sons together and
fought pitched battle.
In the Missouri House, yesterday Repre-
sentative Haynes, of Saline, presented a
bill providing that persons guilty of INSIDE
meanor shall be punished by Imprisonment
in the county Jail not exceeding six months
or by fine not exceeding $780, or by both, or
by being whipped on the bare back with a
rawhide by not less than ten nor more than
thirty-nne lashes. 1t is left to the court or
jury to say whether whipping shall be SUBJ
stituted for the prison penalty.
The wife of John Campbell a prosperous
| farmer, living near Smith Center Kan.
shot and killed Hubert Day. her son-in-law
yesterday. Mr.. Campbell ordered Day off
his farm yesterday morning and he went
out on the road. but came back to the
house Mrs. Campbell told him not to come
in the house, but he had reached the door
when she shot. Day was married to Camp
bells only daughter about a year ago. but
they have not lived together for several
months.
When the trial of Samuel Moser on the
charge of having murdered his wife and
three children. which adjourned, at Pekir
ILL.,, last Friday, till Monday, because of the
illness of Juror Miller. was resumed yester-
day. IL was announced that the juror is
afflicted with measles IL was further stated
that Miller is convaleScing. and upon this
statement court was adjourned. with the
understanding that one days notice shall
be given attorneys and witnesses before
the trial is taken UP again. The hearing
may be resumed Thursday morning.
At Louisville the United States internal
revenue Office received news yesterday OF
the capture. In Metcalfe county. Kentucky,
OF Ell Lodgen, who, the revenue officers
say, has been the object of more unsuc-
cessful raids than any other In Ken
lucky and who, they declare, has been
operating Illicit stills for twenty years
a volunteer guide took the officers 10
odgens still, where he was arrested While
at work. The officers did not care 10 en-
ter the still. hid until Lodgen came
cut unarmed to get bucket OF water. His
still was destroyed