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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1893
Page
1
A Pennsylvania hotel cremation of Might Fersans is noted. In Ottumwa a mob hangs a Houte. A Sows-A Toy sinks. A murder and robbery occur in Ohio.
In Ottumwa a mob hanged laborer Fred Gustaveson, 32, after he lured the four year old daughter of Jones Sux to a boardinghouse room and assaulted her. The child was reported near death. Gustaveson was dragged from Justice Truitt’s office, and the mob then displayed the body to confirm death before dispersing. A separate plan to hang 4d. Walton for a child murder was thwarted when he was spirited away.
A three story frame motel at Merrill Station Virginia owned by Brad ley and Keenan burned down while thirty five men slept on the second and third floors. several occupants leaped from windows to escape with many bruised burned or missing. seven bodies recovered badly charred. search for a missing engineer James Hughes continues.
Senor Moret resources deny Admiral Mello’s proclamation of an Empire in Brazil. A dispatch reported Prince Pieris named Emperor, relayed from the Spanish minister in Sie Janeiru, amid Brazilian capital chatter. A prairie fire in Lincoln County, Guthrie area, devastates farms and timber, with Mrs. J. Dyall dying at age five and others injured.
The match at Fleetwood Park, New York, saw Direetum defeat Altix in three straight heats for a 5000 puree prize. The event featured a royal figurative framing with the king and queen of the tretling tur, Bima, noted in race times such as 2:154 and 2:05.
Two men drown when the tug Chares strikes piot near North River New York. Victims identified as Harry LK Kove and the unnamed fireman William. Bodies recovered.
Jack King of Mineral Rapids Mich pled guilty to larceny following a line of three prior defendants and received a five year sentence to Marquette Prison.
The item outlines a massive Lehigh Valley Railway tie up involving multiple unions, with President Wilbur resisting labor, expected loss of passenger service, and broader tensions. It also notes a forged ticket crime impacting several rail systems and an ongoing investigation into railroad fraud.
A wide array of Indiana items reports deaths and accidents in towns like Muncie Huntington and Windfall. Notable entries include Mia Ellanor Ross found dead, Mathias Myers fatally injured in a Huntington runaway, Jerge Gallinan killed at Muncie, and a Knox County wife found dead in bed. Additional notes cover counterfeit charges against James Lanham, a Park County miner arbitration, gas concerns at Connersville, and various local legal actions and incidents.
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