The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-27
Crimes and Criminals.

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Marguerite Borden, fifteen years old,
daughter Of Henry l.. Borden Of Tren-
ton, N. J., shot herself in the heart as
the result of grief.
James Johnson, capitalist and lead
ing politician of Chattanooga, Tenn,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat on an Alabama Great Southern
train.
William Carton, an elderly resident
of Fort William, Ont, quarreled with
his wife, and pulling a revolver, shot
her through the head. He then shot
himself dead. Mrs. Carton will die.
Angered because of a scolding for
not having sought employment, Mat
thew Kraschefsky, aged seventeen
years, deliberately shot and killed his
father, Louis K~raschefsky, at their
home in Wilmington, Del.
Mrs. Helen Daenzer, who conducted
a school OF instruction in embroidery
and other fine n~eedlework in Brook
| lyn. shot herself to death in a tele-
phone booth after summOning an &C
ouaintance to care for the body. Ill
health was the cause.
An Intellectual attempt was made to
wreck two Chicago & Northwestern
trains when some unknown man plac-
ed a boulder weighing over 200 pounds
on the Northwestern tracks south OF
Waukegan, III. The stone vas seen
- - ~-~:-oor- ~ tho trains
Il Following a murder and several at
| tempts at highway robbery by negro
desperadoes at New Orleans, the po-
| lice raided many dives and saloons
| freouented by members of that race.
| At one saloon alone los negroes were
placed under arrest.
James Simpson, former paying teller
Of the Farmers and Mechanics Ma
tional Bank of Philadelphia, who was
| charged with ~embezzling $4,000 from
the institution. pleaded guilty In the
United States district court and was
sentenced to five years Imprisonment
General News Items.
United States Senator William
Pinckney Whyte died at his home In
Baltimore.
The Jefferson street public school at
Little Falls, N. T.. was damaged by
IRE to the extent Of $4,000.
Traffic Director Stubbs OF the Har'
riman lines declares that no reduction
OF the operating forces is contem'
plated.
John Evans Of Neosho, Mo-, was
shot and killed and George Ryan OF
Norwood, Mo-, was dangerously
wounded by an unknown robber.
The Guatemalan congress has rati.
ned the treaties adopted at the Cen
trail American peace conference held
some time ago In Washington.
Emma Goldman was stopped by the
police when she attempted to speak
at a meeting in Workingmen's hal
at Chicago. Her subject was An
archy and What 1t Stands For"
Billy Papke Of Spring Valley. Ill.
was awarded the decision over Hugo
Kelly Of Chicago in a ten-round pou'
at the Hippodrome in Milwaukee un'
der the auspices or the Milwaukee
Boxing club. The bout went the init
Edward C.. Hefferman, a special pc
lice officer, was shot and killed and }.
| L. Morlin, a bystander. was seriously
wounded by Donald Starr, whom the
| officer had elected from the elevated
station at Jackson Park avenue, Chi.
cago. Starr, who was intoxicated,
then shot himself, INJECTING a wound
which will probably prove fatal.
It is predicted that the cut OF tim
her in Upper Michigan this year will
show little if any decrease from 1907.
At Iron Mountain alone the railroad
has handled $50 carloads daily for
the last several months.