The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-05
DAILY CRIMINAL RECORD.

Owing to a family quarrel Darius c.
Bachelor. a horse-breaker, shot and killed
his wife and then killed himself at Adrian
Mich, yesterday.
Elonzo Whiteman, former mayor of Du-
luth, Mimi, was convicted of grand larceny
at New York yesterday. Whiteman's Of
tense was the passing of a worthless check
at Il hotel.
The Illinois House yesterday passed a bill
to punish KIDNAPPING for ransom. The pen
atty provided is death or Imprisonment In
the penitentiary for life, or any term not
less than five years.
Fred A. Hudson, who enticed Belle Walk
er from her home i'm Minnesota and later
killed her in Chicago last Thanksgiving
was yesterday sentenced To twenty-five
years in the penitentiary.
At Memphis. yesterday, death sentence
was passed upon John Shaw. colored, con-
victed of criminaliy assaulting Purcie
Shaw was taken to Jackson for safe
keeping.
At Knoxville. Tenn. yesterday, Thomas
Woods fatally shot Joseph Johnson three
legged against Herman Johnson. son of
Joseph Johnson, is said to be the cause
OF the trouble. Woods claims he shot in
self-defense.
Samuel II. Ferris shot and killed himself
at Baker City. Ore, yesterday. He was
about thirty-three years of age. was secre-
tary of a prominent mining company and
is said to have been worth more than $780,
900 in mining property. The cause of the
suicide is unknown.
l.. p. Metzger. city solicitor of Salem.
o.. has been convicted of malfeasance in
office and sentenced to removal. The spe-
cifc charges against Metzger were travel
ing to New York city on a pass and charg-
ing the railroad fare to his expense &C
count with the city and accepting a fee of
81 900 i'm a railroad deal inimical TO the
interests of the city.
Governor Nash, of Ohio. has reprieved
Edward Ruthven. the Cleveland murderer,
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to May 3, in order that the full transcript
of the evidence i'm the case might be laid
before him. IL was found that the copy
submitted to him was defective. Many
friends of Ruthven have called on Governor
Nash and urged him to commute the sem
tence.
VIII Winters was shot and killed by K.
F.. Evans at Legg, Tenn. One of Winters s
brothers killed a man last fall and another
was arrested Wednesday on a capias that
had been issued two years ago. The father
of Winters is serving a life term In the
penitentiary for murder. The tragedy Is
the result of a long-standfnS feud. Evans
Is under arrest, and claims he acted In self
defense.
Mrs. William Hancock and her husband
quarreled at Helena. Mont, a short time
ago, and Hancock told his wife that they
were not legally married. She took his
word for IL and married a railroad man
named Mccall. Then Hancock had both
of them arrested. and Mrs. Mccall yester--
day. on the advice of her attorney, pleaded
guilty TO pl9dmN- Sne WIS StnleuCeu 10
three months in the penitentiaTy
Two men were fatally shot and one seri-
ously shot by Joseph IL. Cordes at San
Francisco. early yesterday, in n saloon
Cordes was shooting at a woman against
whom he held a grudge. but missed her
each time and struck John Carlson. Peter
Sjorgeren and A. j. Stanley. Carlson died
almost Immediately. Sjorgeren, of the
transport Indiana. was shot through the
head and will die. Stanley may recover.
A. l.. Cowan, who has been under arrest
at Denver for over a month on suspicion
that he was the man who has killed a
number of women residents of Capitol Hill
during the past winter by slipping up be-
hind them i'm the dark and dealing q crush
ing blow with a club, was discharged yes
terdav for lack Of sufficient evidence to
convict him of any crime. but was imme-
diately rearrested on the charge OF in
sanity.
Edward Quaintance was arrested at Dub
lin, o., Wednesday evening on a warrant
sworn out by James COrbin, charging him
with the murder of James Jameson on the
evening of Jan IL, 1895. on the night of the
murder three masked men appeared at the
house and in the process OF robbery Mr..
Jameson was shot and killed. The robbers
then escaped and have never been appre-
hended. When arrested Quaintance is said
to have remarked to the officers: well.
you've got me and 1 hope you will get the
Others" Afterward at the police station
he denied all knowledge of the crime.