People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1896 — CRIME. [ARTICLE]

CRIME.

The trial of Romulus Cotell, the alleged murderer of the Stone family at Tallmadge, Ohio, six weeks ago, was set by Judge J. A. Kohler for June 22 at Akron. The saloon of C. Thorne in Summerfield, 111., was entered by burglars, who tok a small amount of money. The trial of Dr. George W. Fraker of Excelsior Springs for defrauding insurance companies out of §54,000 was begun in the Circuit of Bay county, Mo., Monday afternoon. There are five indictments all alleging the same offense. A. C. Putnam, president of the Chadron, Neb., Banking Company, which went into a receiver’s hands recenty, has been arrested for receiving money when he knew the institutions were insolvent. Creditors declare that Mr. Putnam has wealthy relatives at Fredonia, N. Y., who are ready to make good all losses. Six persons were shot and a number of others seriously injured during a riot between Italians and townspeople at MacAdoo, a town four miles from Hazleton, Pa.. Sunday afternoon. John Love, defaulting cashier of the First National Bank of Watkins, N. Y., who pleaded guilty, has been sentenced to five yean in state prison.

Property Lom by the Kami! Cyclone Foot* Up *1.000,000. Kansas City, Mo., May 20. —Twen-ty-eight killed outright, fifty or injured, some of them fatally, and a property loss aggregating about $1,000,000 is now given as the estimated damage done by Sunday’s cyclone in Marshall, Nemaha and Brown counties, Kansas. Further reports may increase these figures, as telegraph communication with the stricken points is still imperfect and consternation prevails. The dead are distributed as follows: Seneca and neighborhood, 8; Oneida, 6; Reserve, 5; Sabetha, 5; Morrill, 4. The property loss is distributed about as follows: Seneca, $350,000; Frankfort, $310,000; Reserve, $60,000; Sabetha, $50,000; Morrill, $20,000. Thousands of dollars of damage was done in the country between these towns. Although t£e pecuniary loss at Frankfort was great, not a life was lost there. Destitution and destruction meet the eye at every turn and the stricken country is bowed down with misery and woe. Many were rendered absolutely penniless. But few of the victims carried cyclone insurance and many escaped with only the clothes they wore. At Seneca, where the damage was heaviest, the havoc was most complete. Everywhere the citizens have organized and are doing everything possible for the sufferers. Appeals for outside aid have been issued.