Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1902 — MUCH SUPPOSED LOOT [ARTICLE]

MUCH SUPPOSED LOOT

. ; ; PROPERTY FOUND IN ROOM OF ARREBTED COUPLE. r i . —:+■ ' Kansas City Police Take Poisestion of Three Boxes Filled with Clothing and Jewelry—Strain of Negro Blood Censes Separation and Suicide. Charles Clark, a negro, and n mulatto woman who claims to be his wife were arrested in Kansas City on information from Minneapolis, Minn. The officers forced an entrance into the apartments of the pair and fouud therein three large tranks foil of supposed stolen property. In Clark’s possession was found a complete burglar's outfit. The property tak-. ea from the trunks is valued nt SI,OOO, and consists of 9 large quantity of men's and women’s new clothing, gloves, silks, vests and lingerie. Uiddeu in the lining of a fine overcoat was a bag filled with jewelry, part of which was engraved with initials. Nearly fifty pawn tickets issued by Minneapolis and Chicago pawn brokers were found in the pocket of the woman’s jacket. HELD UP WITH LAUNDRY TICKET Clever Thief Despoils I« Station Agent in Unique Way. On a recent night a young man succeeded in securing the entire receipts of the day at the Forty-seventh street station of the South Side Elevated road iu Chicago, through the medium of what afterward turned out to be a worthless laundry check. Shortly after 11 o'clock, dressed in regulation uniform, he approached H. M. Polite, the ticket seller, and tossed him a piece of paper with the remark that he had called for the day’s collections. Polite handed the stranger $212 and he departed. An examination of the man's credentials showed that n piece of a laundry check had been made use of. The police were notified, but no.trace of the impostor was fouud. TBAOEDT IN NEtiKO STRAIN. Cauaea Wife’s Desertion and Suicide of ' Convict Husband. Arthur Spencer, recently sent to the Maryland penitentiary for fifteen years for burglary and well known throughout the country as a wild animal trainer, committed suicide by hanging himself' with a twisted bed sheet to the bars of his cell. Just before his conviction Spencer married a young woman in Cincinnati. She discovered after his incarceration that he was not a white man, having a light strain of negro blood in his veins, whereupon she deserted him and returned to her home. Spencer left a note to the warden saying he had killed himself because his wife did not remain true to him. Plot ta Assassinate Sultan Frustrated. A Constantinople dispatch reports a frustrated attempt at assassination of the Sultan. While Abdul was crossing the court of the Yildiz Kiosk a man in the uniform of the imperial stablemaster approached him and attempted to present a petition. The Sultan’s bodyguard seized the man, who was armed with a dagger and revolver. He proved to be a Bulgarian. r Improvements for Manila. The bureau of insular affairs of the War Department has received a dispatcii from Gov. Taft stating that the Philippine commission has passed an act inviting bids for street railroad, electric light and other franchises in Manila, the bids to be opened March 5, 1003. The bids will be advertised in this country. Fatally Wounded by Burglars. liarvey Lillie, 38 years old. was shot by burglars nt David City, Neb., while he was in bod and fatally injured. The burglars found $350 in the house. Mr.* Lillie owned three bloodhouuds. Two of them were poisoned and died. Lillie is the agent for a grain company which has elevators all over Nebraska. Thrice Found an Embezzler. The federal grand jury at Louisville rendered a verdict of guilty in the case of J. M. McKnight,,. former president of the defunct German National Bank of Louisville, on the charge of embezzling the bank's funds. Mr. McKnight was twice eonvicted and sentenced on this eharge. Woman’s Rights Advocate Dies. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, woman’s rights advocate, died at New York, aged 87 years; was wife of Henry Brewster Stanton, anti-slavery orator, and signed first call for woman's rights convention. "’right on Arbitration Board. With the assent of operators and miners President Roosevelt makes Carroll D. Wright a full member of arbitration commission in addition to his status as re- ’ corder. Many Indictments Made. Twenty-five indictments against alleged grave robbers were returned by the grand jury in Indianapolis. Of the whole number of indictments returned, teu only were made kuowu. Shown by Dun’s Review. Country’s prosperity is shown by inability of railroads to furuish transportation, in spite of recent increases. Dun & Co.’s review reported October railroad earnings 4.5 per cent over 1901. —* Chicago Tax Fixers Condemned. Both Wiilimas and Wheeler were found jollity in tax conspiracy cases iu Chicks and sentenced to pay fines and terms in county jail. Death of Novelist Frank Norris. Frank Norris, the well-known novelist and jrar correspondent, died in San Franeisco of appendicitis. He submitted to an operation for that malady. English Anarchist Thrashed. William Macqueen, English anarchist, waa soundly thrashed by a silk dyer of Paterson, N. J., for failure to heed warning to coase denunciation of American government. Army Cnt la Ordered. A general order to the army has been loaned announcing that by direction of the President the organization of enlisted strength of the army under the reorganization act of Feb. 2. 1901, shall I* reduced to 00,989. the minimum authorized ■P2EK,y,‘ ~, --ftV'" a