Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1896 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

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The 9-ycar-old son of Charles D. Henry, of Chillicothe, Mo., went to-sleep on the railroad track. He was struck by a train and instantly killed. E. 31. Cooper, general manager of the Wells-Fargo’ Express Company, died at Oakland, Ctrl., Tuesday night. Cooper was one of the oldest express officers in'"' the country. The jury in the case against Romulus Cotell, charged at Akron, Ohio, with the .murder c« Alvin N. Stone, his wife and Ira F. B Sti]lson. March 29 last, returned a verdict of guilty of murder iu the first degree. The jury was out four hours, although only one ballot was taken. Miss Effie CClver, aged 15, the hcautiful daughter of Dr. D. 31. Culver of Indianapolis, and Callin J. Campbell, aged 34. a married man, who eloped from that city twelve days ago and have been living at St. Louis since, were arrested’ Sunday night. . A report Which had reached the St. Louis police to the effect that Campbell had embezzled funds of the {Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, for which he was a special agent, was denied by him. He consented to return to Indianapolis ami face the music without waiting for requisition papers. Miss Culver will return also. The couple first met at the Sixth Christian Church of Indian-, apolis, of which MisA Culver was organist and Campbell tenor.' A ,serious riot occurred Monday night in Connection with the six day woman’s bicycle race at the Twin City-cycle track in Minneapolis; About 5,000 people had gathered to see the finish of a close contest and they had paid 1 an extra admission fee. Dottie Farnsworth, one of the, contestants, was too ill to ride, and when, this announcement was made to the crowd the riot ensued. The crowd tore tip the track, broke the seats, smashed all the glass and threw stones at each other, as well as using clubs. Squads of policofrom qll over the city were called on, but they were powerless against the eq? raged crowd, and If was two hours before order wa’s restored, and then only by the combined efforts of the authorities. George Rimcll. who for years held the Championship of England as a crack.shot, and who was three years the champion of Europe, died at St. Louis Wednesday, aged 73 year::. He lost t.he fortune he acquired by snooting m a contest in the interest of the Tichborne claimant 1 . He then Camb to this country, where he was defeated by Eogardus. After which he went to St. Louis and began the manufacture of patent medicines, in which business he was tuecessful. Several weeks ago he had a quarrel with a tenant, a fortune teller named Mffie. Marie Erick, during which she struck him on the head with a shoe. She was arrested, and is serving a sentence of one’year in the workhouse. Rimell has not been well since, and dieu of nervous prostration. He was an intimate friend of Buffalo Bin. The St. Louis .police department is mystified over sensational murder that occurred Tuesday night. A phaeton containing three men and a woman drove up to a saloon, No. 2200 Washington avb: nue. One of the men and the- woman alighted and entered the saloon. Sitting down to a table they ordered refreshments, and while the waiter was gone to fill the order five shots fired in rapid succession were heard, and the strange man was seen rushing from the saloon. The woman, who was well-dressed,and goodlooking, was found lying beside the table, dead. Most of the bullets had taken effect and her death was almost instantaneous. Later in the evening William Jenkins, son of Benjamin Jenkins, a widely known river man, was arrested, for the murder. It was at first asserted that the woman killed was his wife. But, Jenkins insists that the latter is out of town.