People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — CRIME. [ARTICLE]

CRIME.

Ex-Mayor James F. Scott, of Akron, 0., a prominent and wealthy citizen, committed suicide by hanging himself In a closet at home. He was 68 years old and had been in poor health for some time. Virginia Earle, the actress, went to police headquarters in New York New Year’s day and reported to Captain O’Brien that the previous evening a diamond pendant, valued at $350, had been stolen from her room. A negro porter named Brown was arrested and confessed the theft. The report of the expert submitted to the city council of Omaha shows that the entire defalcation of ex-City Treasurer Henry Bolin amounts to more than $115,000. Joseph Calkins of Russiaville, Ind., who has been mentally unbalanced for some time, attempted to kill his wife and children with an ax. The victims escaped after receiving a terrible beating. In affecting the capture of the madman one constable was killed and several injure*. It is reported that Cecil Rhodes, premier of Cape Colony, resigned, but Gov. Sir Hercules Robinson declined to accept the resignation. Judging from the big leaders in the most promijignt papers of Germany the ImpressioiG® conveyed that unless Great Britain relinquishes its aggression In South Africa, was is inevitable. At any rate It may be safely asserted that the end of the Transvaal dispute is far off. -