The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-30
Crimes and Criminals.

William Gibson, indicted for the murder OF
a child at Catlettsburg. KY, and who has
been in Jail at Maysville to avoid mob
violence, was taken to Catlettsburg yester-
Gay by sheriff and deputy.
Joe Knight, a notorious character, was
shot and killed at Memphis yesterday by
Police Sergeant o. III. Perry. Perry ar
rested Knight on Monday for an assault on
a woman. Yesterday Knight was re-
leased on bond, and meeting Perry in
front of the station attempted to shoot
him. The officer then drew his pistol and
shot Knight four times, killing him on the
spot.
The men who kidnapped the daughter of
Mrs. Abel on Jan. IL were before Judge
Chisholm at Berlin, Ont, yesterday for
sentence. William Ali, the principal in the
transaction, was sentenced to seven years
In Kingston penitentiary; Neufischer, who
In the Central prison. and Klinberger who
drove the latter to Gait, three months in
Berlin jail.
Probate Judge Millar yesterday held that
all prisoners committed to the Toledo work.
house from the Police Court were detained
there unlawfully, and Immediately upon
habeas corpus proceedings, released several
Of them. He held that the lack Of tran
script of trial. accompanying the commit
ments invalidated them. Those released
took carriages in waiting and FASTENED
across the Ohio. and Michigan line.
Sheriff Andrew Hughes, of Claibourn
county, with large posse has Lewis Mey-
ers, an alleged desperate West Virginia
criminal, who. 1t is reported has five kill
ings to his credit, surrounded in a log
house On Taggetts creek. twelve miles
from Middlesboro, KY. Twenty-Five hum
dred dollars reward has been offered for
the arrest of Meyers Meyers says he will
not surrender. Sheriff Hughes says he
will take him dead or alive.
AT Jacksonville, ILL.,, yesterday a cor
oier's jury returned a verdict finding that
Adam Hartman came to MS deatn from
strychnine poisoning. Hartman died Nov.
"a. 1900. in Sheridan. Mo-, after brief Ill
ness. The remains were inferred at jack
sonville, and recently William Hartman,
brother of the deceased, had them ex-
humed and an autopsy held. A chemical
ANALYSIS of the stomach and other organs
showed traces of strychnine. Hartman left
1900 in cash and 5000 in insurance.
Decisions and Cases Before Courts.
Charles W. Rice, one of the heirs-at-law
and next of kin TO William NJ Rice. the
aged millionaire. who died I'm September
under suspicious circumstances, appeared
by his counsel yesterday before Surrogate
Fitzgerald, of New York. and asked that
a temporary administrator be appointed TO
take charge of the estate left by William
Nj. Rice. Decision was reserved.
A decision reminiscent of the Letter
wheat deal of 1898 was rendered in the APP
pellate Court at Chicago yesterday, the
against Joseph Letter in favor of Murray,
Nelson & Co., and denying an attachment
of the property of the former wheat
king" Murray, Nelson & Co. were cred
itors of Mr.. Letter when the crash OF his
wheat deal came, June 13. 1898.
In unanimous opinion handed down the
Supreme Court of Michigan has confirmed
the constitutionality of the state law taxing
inheritances. An order was also granted
by the court I'm answer TO former Governor
Pingree's appeal directing the Ingram
County Court to show cause why a writ
should not issue prohibiting II from pro-
ceeding with the contempt case now pend
ing against former Governor Ptngree-