Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-05-08

ing of May 5 he entered Lights Office and
fired at him several times, missing Light but
hitting an employee named Gerhard sLigins, in
flicting serious wound. Harding is now in
Jail awaiting the result Of the wound. An
other employee of Lights named Richard
Walters jumped on of second story window
dyring the firing, breaking both ankles. .a
I TEN.DoLLAR REFUND1Na CERTIFICATE. S
r. For some days the crowd in waiting at the
sub-treasury in Cincinnati, q. for United
States ten-dslla. sefunding certificates has
been immense. The approaches to the Office
have been filed by these applicants, and the
line Of men and boys, especially the latter,
has extended some distance into the street.
Notwithstanding the order refusing
banks the privilege Of 81 purchasing
them, they have managed to obtain large
amount by proxy. One man standing in the
from factories whom he had employed to.
procure the certificates. He had by this
means furnished one bank with several thou
sand dollars worth. Another had sold bank
large amount at half per cent. premium.
The amount given out May 2, was over $780,
600. The aggregate sales amount to over
$4,000. ..-,-.
T. HORRIBLE CRIME.
At Pocasset, Mass, May J Charles F. Free
man killed his five year old daughter The
man is Second Adventist and had been at
tending revival meetings about week. He
claimed to have received a wonderful reyela-
lion and has not eaten or slept since. He says
the Lord directed him to sacrifice his little
daughter, ana declares she will rise again in
three days. Yesterday he sent word to neigh
bors that he would make the revelation known
and offer an orthodox sacrifice in the after
noon. A number of Second Adventists as
sembled at the house, but the child had been
killed. The little one was transfxed with
knife, and her blood poured out upon table
improvised as an altar. Freeman has driven
every one from the house, locked and barred
the doors, and having firearms, threatens
death to any one who interferes. Alone with
the dead child, he goes through horrible in,
carnations which he says will in three days
result in "the resurrection of my beloved
child" '-'
49, BANK ROBBERY. -.
A bold bank robbery was committed
at noon, April 80, at the Workingme ms Saw
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of the bank had gone to dinner, leaving the
cashier, Geo. G, Walters, alone. Two men
entered the bank and one of them advancing
to the rear counter, asked silver for dollar
bill. when the, cashier advanced with the
change in his hand he was confronted with
cooked revolver and told to make no noise or
he would be shot. Dropping the silver, Wal
tiers seized the revolver and succeeded in
wrenching it from his assailant. who then
clambered up and got inside the counter
and was reaching for money on the counter
when Walters opened fire On him, firing two
shots at him and also two at the other robber.
who in the meantime had climbed over the
front counter and was advancing to the res
cue of his companion. The strangers, dis
| mayed ny this warlike reception, then turned
toward the door and fed: The thieves sue.
ceeded in carrying off $4,000, but in their hur-
ried fight dropped package containing 500
which was picked up on the street and return
ed to the bank officers. The thieves, on leav.
ing the bank, made for the river and succeed.
ed in getting over, where the clue to their
whereahOntS lost