Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-08-17
Crimes and Criminals.

Tom Wilson, slayer of his brother,
and Will Robertson, wife murderer,
paid the penalty of their crimes on
the scaffold in Helena. Ark.
Burglars entered a jewelry store at
Brandon, Man, and secured $4,000
worth of diamonds. A man named
Edward Murphy has been arrested on
suspicion.
Sheriff Thompson has arrested Jas.
Jones, colored, at Fonda, Iowa, who
is charged with numbering another
colored man in "Patsey's" saloon at
Buxton last winter.
A mob took Sam Majors, a negro,
from jail near Waco, Tex, and lynched
him for an assault on white woman
a few days ago. He was hanged to
bridge over the river.
Guy Stone and Jessie Griffith at
tempted an elopement at Boone, Iowa,
and were arrested at the early train.
Stone is locked up charged with kid
mapping, the girl being under age.
Edward Coffey, farmer near Lex
ihSIoh, IAy., SuOI anu 4hoSetASAJ hAiiSN
John Ingram, another farmer, In
quarrel about ditch. Coffey then
escaped. Both are prominent men.
Edward Lewis and Kid George, two
negroes, were lynched at Hattiesburg,
Miss, by mob. The men were
charged with being accessories to the
murder Of Convict Guard ]. G. Smith.
Angelo Pulallo, aged seven, was ia
tally stabbed at his home near Lee
mont, ILL.,, and when an attempt was
made to seize his assailant the latter
leaped into the canal and was
drowned.
David Reed of Hamlet, Ind. fifty
five years old, shot and killed his wife
and walked four miles to the Kanka-
kee river and drowned himself. No
reason is known for the act, except
that his wife wanted to return to
Michigan.
A riot between the Japanese and
white men on the streets of Blaine,
Wash, resulted in the serious injury
OF one white man and at least four
Japanese. The trouble grew out of a
fight between an American and Ori-
entail at one of the canneries.
An early morning riot among the
negroes at Friendship camp meeting,
near Clayton, Del, over a crap game
resulted In the death of George Jack
son, who was shot through the heart,
and John Pierce, who received bull
let in the back William Guy was
seriously wounded.
While Chicago & Alton excursion
train at Louisiana, Mo-, was crossing
the Mississippi river man on board
shot and killed Marion Warner of Sc
cur, Ill.,, wounded woman and rob-
bed third passenger. After hard
fight the man was arrested and placed
IN jail. He refuses to give his name.
He was appointed chief Justice of
Montana Territory by President
Hayes and held that office twenty-five
years.
A deal has been contaminated that
will merge most of the raisin-growing
interests of California into one corpo.
ration.
Rice & Creighton, real estate deal
ers of Chicago, have filed petition in
bankruptcy. Liabilities, $4,000; as
sets, $265,ooo.
Judge d. S. Wade, aged sixty-fve
years, died at his home at Little Med
ford, Ohio. He was probate Judge of
Ashtabula county for several terms.
It is announced that the creditors of
Cassie Chadwick will receive about z
mills on the dollar. There is about
$4,000 with which to meet an in.
debtedness Of s2,000,OO0
The dread cattle plague, known as
black-leg, a form of murrain. has
broken out in Brookfield, Mass, at the
farm of John A. Terry, and as result
Mr.. Terry has lost three young cows.
The street car strike in Saginaw.
Mich, which has been on since June 4,
has been officially declared Off. The
railway will take the striking en-
ployes back on individual application.
Texas fever has appeared in a herd
of 400 cattle at Grand Summit, Kan,
near the Oklahoma line, and the state
live stock inspector has quarantined
the animals. A few have died with
the disease.
While In the act of trimming a
coffin in cofhnmaking establish.
ment in st. Louis, George Disch was
suddenly stricken dead and toppled
over into the CONN. Heart disease
caused his death.
f It was announced at the oficesof the
Northern Pacific railway company in
New York that J. N. Hill, son of ]. ],
HILL had been elected vice president
Of the Northern Pacific railway CON-
pany, to succeed the late Daniel S.
Lamont.
An estate valued at $4,000, COO ia
left by the late Daniel s. Lamont, sec.
rotary OF war under President Cleye.
land, according to Mr.. Lamont's will.
filed for probate in New York. Mrs
Lamont and her three daughters are
the beneficiaries.
Former Congressman sauarhering
Of Mayyille. Wis. filed a petition in