The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-08-24
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Henry w. Herring. cashier Of the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank OF Chi
cago, which closed its doors some
days ago, has been arrested and will
be refused his release on bail unit!
his connection with the disappearance
OF nearly 100000 Of the banks
funds is cleared up Paul o. stcns-
land, president OF the defunct institu-
tion,. IL still . fugitive.
Omcials OF the First National bank
Of Birmingham. Ala. have announced
that A&ex n. Chisolm. paging teller OF
tAat bank u @lOo 900 shost n his 90
counts. Chisolm b under thirty years
q 40 and IL . soo Of Colonel Robert
Caisoln. special ATTORNEY for The Unit
a statss government; His family 70
one Of the most ps'ominest b ths
South.
frank KowalskA for I've years pay
Ing teller Of the Milwaukee Avenue
State bank Of Chicago, which failed
recently. shot and killed himself at
his home in that city. Criticism by
neighbors and lifelong friends, who
accused him of share in the down
fall of the bank, Is believed to have
driven Kowalski to his death.
An indictment charging the Stand
ard Oil company with receiving re-
bates in the form of non-payment of
storage charges to certain railroad
companies was returned by the fed
eral grand jury at Chicago. The in
dictment contains nineteen counts,
each count constituting separate
charge
Conclusive evidence has been I'M
earthed by State Bank Examiner
Jones that Paul 0. Stensland. the fugi-
tive president of the Milwaukee Ave
nue. State bank Of Chicago, has been
guilty Of highly criminal acts in con-
Quoting the business of the institu-
ton of which he was the head.
The federal grand jury for the
Western district of New York has re-
turned indictments against the Stand
ard Oil company of New York, the
Pennsylvania Railroad company and
the Vacuum OIL company of Rochester
for violations Of the interstate COM
merce law. 49,
George Hall has been convicted at
Charlotte, N. c., of conspiracy In con.
nection with the lynching at Salisbury.
that state, of the three negro MUIR
derers of the Lyerly family and was
sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
Lewis Feltz of Milwaukee became,
demented on a Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul train snear Sparta, Wis.
and before he was subdued seven men
were seriously injured, two probably
fatally.
The banks of the Chicago Clearing
house association have offered a re-
ward Of $4,000 for the apprehension of
Paul o. Stensland, fugitive president
of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank.
Clinton Wray, secretary Of the I'm
ion Trust company of Pittsburg, has
been arrested at Toronto, Ont, ac-
cused of having stolen over $125.000
of the company's funds.
Mrs. Emma LIE Deux has been SEN
fenced at Stockton, Cal. to be hanged
Oct 10 for the murder Of Albert H.
McVicar, a miner with whom she had
been living.
The grand jury at Boston has re-
turned indictments against seventeen
ice dealers and six Ice companies
charging conspiracy to Az the price of
ice.
Mayor w. H. Denny Of Willtston.
enc Of the most prominent men in
Western North Dakota, has been
found guilty of receiving stolen horses
John Donahue, wealthy farmer.
was shot and killed at his home near
Coyville, Kan. by his wife, whom he
had attacked with butcher knife.
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.