The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-10-12
CRIMINAL NEWS.


Mobile and Ohio railroad, was killed
and Alderman Sidney Lyons, chair
man of the city council of Mobile. was
slightly wounded in the hand during
q fight at the county jail at Mobile
between deputy sheriffs and crowd
of men who were attempting to lyncA
Dick Robinson, young negro, chargeA
with assaulting twelve-year-0ld white
girl.
The president of the Mormon church.
Joseph F. Smith, has been arrested AZ
Salt Lake City on the charge OF living
unlawfully with five wives. President
Smith was arraigned Immediately
after his arrest and waived preltn-
mary hearing. He was bound over
and released on his own recognizance-
Two robbers entered the Kimmon
1inko, a japanese bank at San Fran
cisco, and after fatally beating &
Urakata, the manager of the bank,
and seriously injuring A. SassaN, =
clerk, escaped with $4,000 in gold
Manager Urakata died two hours later
from his injuries.
Alu0Iudu 4uOuo0 &Is ASu6oASo -
Chelsea, Mass, has been indicted BY
the Suffolk county grand jury on q
charge of receiving bonus In CON
nection with the awarding Of CON
tract for city work.
William A. Dowell, city editor OF the
Minneapolis Tribune, was shot and
killed by John Quirk, a retired saloon
keeper, because of the formers atten-
lions to Quirk's stepdaughter, Misc
Bessie Squires.
Mrs. H. w. Collins, wife of farmer
residing near Parker, S. D., is dead
and Collins and two children are very
Ill, the result of chloroform admins
tered by burglars. The robbers &c
cured 5000.
Two negroes named Thompson and
Robinson, accused of assault on white
women at Mobile, Ala, were taken
from train while being brought from
Birmingham to Mobile for trial and
strung up.
Martin. Sasserson,. agent for the
Great Western Elevator company at
Minnewaukatl, N. D., shot Ella Gus
tofson, his sweetheart, and then killed
himself. The girl will recover.
RUSSIAN INTERNAL, SITUATION.
A. bold attack made by number OF
revolutionists on the cashier of the
branch customhouse at st. Petersburg
was frustrated by the quick action OF
the police. The attack occurred at
the bourse end of the palace bridge.
one of the most frequented thorough
fares in the city, situated hardly 100
yards from the winter palace and the
admiralty.
| An investigation made in the Volsa
district has established the fact that
fearful misery and starvation exist
there. Several millions of persons arr
in a state of semi-starvation and have
no means for procuring food. Dis
eases such as typhus fever are wide
spread and peasant disorders have &C
Cured in many districts.
The emperor and the members ot
the imperial family, who have been
cruising in Finnish waters on board
the yacht STANDARD, have returned to
Peterhof. The emperor will move Al
most Immediately to his winter resi-
depce at Tsarskoe-Selo.
M. Hager, the Swedish vice consm
at Batum, Transcaucasia, was ra's-
tally wounded while driving in u eas.
rage in the outskirts of the city and
died in the hospital, to which he vas
conveyed. His murderers escaped
An armed band numbering tWty
men held up a mail train near ufA.
Russia. After killing a soldier and
wounding three others who were h
charge of the mail the robbers de-
camped with $125,0O0.