The Washburn leader., 1906-11-30
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Chauncey l.. Graham, vice presi-
dent. of the Steel Ball company, has
been arrested at Chicago, the charge
being utterng fictitious paper. The
accusation grows out of the MilWau
kee Avenue State bank failure. The
Steel Bali concern owes the bank ap-
proxilnately S270,00o and most Of the
notes it gave as security are consiG
cred Worthless.
Dick Garrett, negro who killed
Dr.. NJ. NJ. Paul at Center. Tex. Sat
urday, Nov. II, vas hanged the fol
lowing Wednesday, The grand jury
returned an indictment Tuesday morn
ing, the sca1fold was erected that
night, the trial was held Wednesday
morning. lasting from to II o'clock,
and the execution took place at noon
Floyd Kibler. a fif,een-year-old mes
sengcr employed i'm the Jersey City
Office of the Standard OIL company,
was knocked down and robbed OF 81
200 belonging to that company while
carving IL from the office to bank
in JERSEY City.
After trivial quarrel with his bride
of three months over the purchase OF
some furniture Delos Highland. d
farmer living near Casnovia, Mich,
shot and killed her. He then turned
The revolver upon himself, dying in
stantly
At Niagara. railway village near
Grand Forks. r. c.. unknown persons
wrecked the Canadian hotel with dy-
namitc. The explosion killed Louise
King, eighteen years old. and an un-
known italian and injured nine other
persons.
A lone robber. masked and armed,
robbed fifteen passengers on the east
bound Chicago and Alton passenger
train near Glasgow, Mo. He was ar
rested before he could leave the train
and was taken 10 Glasgow and placed
in Jail
Two masked men in an attempt to
hold up The 81. Charles hotel at Ar
kansas City, Tex. shot and instantly
killed William NJ. Golf. the night clerk,
and wounded S. \. Halpin, an actor,
SO badly hat he died a few hours
later.
After beating his bride of nine
months TO death with a stove poker
Rev. Peter Gcttnlan Of Sanborn, Ia,
aged fifty. walked to Il straw stack,
one mile distant, severed his jugular
vein witt razor and died an hour
later.
Because his teacher refused to grant
him permission to go hunting James
Dougherty,. .Jr., sixteen years old, OF
Punxsutawnev, Pa, shot and seriously
wounded Professor J. T.. Kohler, prin-
ciEal. and Meade Snyder. his assist
ant
In an attempt to hold up and rob J.
Frank Emery, proprietor of the Ken
tucky House at Kansas City, Kan,
Emery was shot and killed and Lee
Simons, negro porter, was shot In
the shoulder and slightly wounded.
Miss Otillo Schneider of New York
city, forty-two years of age, fired five
revolver shots ut DR.. Frederick Bier
noN. two of which struck the doctor,
while two shots struch other men and
the fifth proved harmless.
Judge Holt of the United States cir
cult court has fined the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad
company $4,000 for rebating freight
charges to the American Sugar Rein
ing company.
The American Sugar Refining COM
pany was found guilty by jury IN the
United States circuit court In New
York city of accepting rebates amount
ing to $4,000 from the New York Cen
trail railroad.
Enrico Caruso, the famous grand
opera tenor, was found guilty In New
York city Of having annoyed women
at the Geological garden in Central
park. He was fined $40 by Magistrate
Baker.
Joseph F. Smith, president of the
Mormon church, appeared in the district
court at Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty
to charge of unlawful cohabitation
and a fine of 5000 was imposed.
Bartholow c. Cavagna, receiving tel
ler of the First National bank of Gin
'cinnati, has been arrested by United
States Marshal Lewis charged with
embezzling S31, 600.
According to a report from Chicago
James j. Hill and the three great
railways he dominates are to be in
vestigated by the interstate commerce
commission.
]. S. johnson, a merchant of La
nette, Ala, shot and instantly killed
Chief of Police ]. w. Jones. No cause
for the tragedy Is known.