Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-05
THE WORLDS DOINGs.
CRIMES IND CRIMINALS.

criminals, while on trial for stealing, attempt
ed to escape, ana both were shot and instant
ly killed.
Michael Farrell and Francis Conway,
living in St. GATHERINGS, Canada, Quarreled,
when the former shot the latter dead with
shot gun.
DR.. Warmer of Cambridge, Isanti
county Mimi, August 26th, in drunken
spree shot, A. J. Conger, hotel keeper, inlet
ing serious and it is feared fatal wounds.
A man named Jackson shot and killed
his wife, from whom he had been separated
for sometime, at lower Boulder valley, Mon
tana, on the 26th inst, after which he blew his
own brains out
Two burglaries were perpetrated in
st. Paul the other night, and small amount
of property taken. The police secured the
burglars, and found portion of the property
on their persons.
Adeline Gray, aged 10 was shot and
fatally wounded by VIM. Baker, a rejected
sutton, while walking on the street of San
Francisco, Cal, on the Goth inst. Baker ap-
preached without speaking, placed pistol
to her back. and fired.
In New Orleans, Chas. Curtiss hot and
MORALLY wounded Ed. Burger, and then shot
and killed himself Curtis one hour before
the shooting had been struck by Burger.
| Robt Palmer, q sailor on the monitor Canon
icus. sleeping on deck, rolled overheard and
| drowned.
Peter Deuel., tramp from Clinton
county, New York, who married country
girl barely IA years old near Madison, Wis
consin, last fall and who it Is proved had a
wife and several children in New York, has
been sentenced by Judge Braley to three
| years in the State pcnitentiary for bigamy.
Oliver Peliier recently shot Thomas
Kelley. as he was crossing the bridge at st.
Paul, the bal entering the heshy part of the
thigh, took downward course lodging near
the knee. Cause, previous alteration,
provoked by Peltier, in which he was knocked
down by Kelley. The shooting bully was ar.
rested.
A beastful beast, Thomas N. Boyd by
name, the perpetrator of numerous rapes, at
tempted to outrage young woman at Morris
| Hill, Ind. He was put in jail at Versailles,
Ind. Some 80 men entered the jail, at mid.
night, surrounded the Jail, broke into Boyd's
cell, shot him dead, and returned, no one
knowing who they were, or whence they
| came.
Thomas ard Louisa Bigelow, who
described themselves as Americans have been
arrested In London charged with robbing the
financial department of the receiver general
at Toronto on the 4th of July last of 5000 in
money and some Canadian bonds. The &C
cused declared their innocence-Thomas
Bigelow alleging that $4,000 worth of bonds
ia his possession were bought at Chicago on
the 23d of June.
Chas. W. Wood, aged 30, claiming to
be son of the president of the Chicago board
of police, and James D. Smith, aged ~, o.
Chicago, have been arrested in Buffalo, N. Y.
for attempted blackmail on two Buffalo young
men found in the questionable company o
two Chicago girls, claimed by Wood as hi
sister and cousin. Pistols were freely dis
played and $1,000 demanded as satisfaction
merey. The prisoners partly acknowledged
tbs crime.
Concordia is town of about 81 SOC
inhabitants in Lafayette county, on the Lex
ington & st. Louis railroad, thirty miles from
Sedala. The principal banking business o.
all that part of Lafayette county is done by
the CoDcorda Savings Bank, of which J. Fl
Leoh8nfer is President, and A. Ticken, cash
Ter. On the Goth, three men entered the bank
One of them asked tho cashier, who was alone
in the bank, to change SO bill. While h
was changing the bill another man jumped
over the counter, caught the cashier by thu
arm and placed one hand over his mouth
They then took what money was in sight, anG
putting pistol to the cashiers head, told hin
to open the safe. He did 80 under fear of hi
life and the robbers took all the paper money
IN the safe, between 5000 and $4,000, refus
ing 20 take silver, of which there was detweel
$4,000 and $1,000 in the bank. During tn
robbery a gentleman named Sodemar wa
near the bank and robber who was guardin,
the door, called upon him to advance, instea
of which he turned and ran. The robbie
fired second shot at Sodemar, but misse
him. They then mounted their horses an
galloped off in a southerly direction. TIL
whole robbery occupied about 10 minutes
They were all mounted on good horses, new
shod. Citizens arc ii hot pursuit.