Crime

Martinsville, Ind.- A verdict in the case of John Ferriter for the murdcr of Polieeman Ware, April 27, was reached after the jury was out for seven hours. A verdict of murder in the second degree was rendered, fixjng the penalty at" imprisomnciit lor life. ' Philadelphia.- Gapt. J. H. H. Wiborg was releasod frora prison after a sixteen inonths' sentence for earrylng on the Danish steamship Horsa a filibustering expedition to Cuba. Mexico, Mo.- Torn Cooley got flve years in the penitentiary for assaalting his 13-year-old niece, May Winn, daughter of a substantlal farmer. Hadley, Mich.- Thu pMtofilcé safe wás blow.h open and $300 worth of supplies taken. Omaha, Neb. - George Morgan was hanged for the murder of Ida Gaskill in November, 1895. Morgaii died prótesting his innocence. He was given two hearings in the Supreme court. Atlr.ntic, Iowa.- Claus Tibkeii, a wealthy farmer, during temporary insanlty tianged himself. Olean, N. Y.- A. H. Holmes, agen( for a Chicago portrait eompany, arrested on a charge of appropriating $173 of the company's money, was found dead in his cell, having hanged himself with a handkerchief. St. Louis, Mo. - The pólice are searching for an expressman who is believed, to have stolen a tnink COXitaiuing' $6,000 worth of diamontis and jewelry, $5,000 worth of negotiable paper and $1,000 in $20 gold pieces, the property of Mrs. Mary McNeff. Washington- The grand jury of the district has roturned three indictments against Francls J. Kieckhofer, late disbursing offlcer of the stte department, charging him with embezzling $37,466 o{ government bcnds. Newark, Mrs. Adolph F. F. Gleisner of Illinois, who last December killed her baby and attempted suicide, has hanged harself át her home in this city. Burlington Junctlon, Mo. - Aaron Faulkncr shot and mortally wounded Canna Race. Race, while drunk, appeared at the house of Fau'kneï and liuwaiukd admisüiou.