Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-03-31
RECORD OF CRIME.

Two Colorado women were sent to the peni,
tentiary for one year eacn, for making false
pension affidavits.
James Orr, employed by Schultz & South
wick, dealers in hides defaulted for 500, ,OOO
which he lost in stock speculations.
Daniel F. Kimball, notol ious by his connec-
tons with the Lynn, Mass, trunk tragedy, re-
Gently died i'll the state prison, at Concord.
At Palestine, Texas, two brothers, John and
Michael Watta, aged nineteen and twenty years,
quarreled, and John killed Michael with knife.
The sentence of the court martial dismissing
m g H. Lane second lieutenant, Twenty fifth
infantry, from the service of the United States
has been approved by the president
Andrew johnson, convicted at Milwaukee, of
rape upon Amelia Adler, a girl of eleven
years. was arraigned and sentenced to a fifteen
year term at hard labor, IN the State prison at
Waupun. The victim of the lustful brute lin
gered between life and death for many weeks,
but has about recovered.
Seven masked men entered the house of John
Conner, aged eighty-on who lives alone with
his wife at Catfish, Pa, about fifty miles from
Pittsburg, bound and gagged both, compelled
the old gentleman to give the combination of
the safe and stole $1,000 in government cou-
pom bonds, unregistered, and from So, 600 to
$40, 900 in cash.
Gustave Friedrich German saloon-keeper,
of Sioux City, forty six years of age, shot and
instantly killed a girl named Helen Eberhardt,
aged IA years. Frederick then shot himself
twice, the last shot tearing away his heart. The
shooting was done with a double -barreled shot
gun, and after the first two shots the man put
in fresh shell to do the fatal work on himself.
Ed. Clark came into Russellville, Logan
county, KY, gave himself into the hands of
officers, stating that in a quarrel with Ed Kiug
about three miles from the city, he had shot
lal.1 Ill
party went to the place described aud found
King dead, with bullet hole under each eye
and pistol by his side. Clark claimed that the
act was done in selfdefense, and the cornor's
jury so decided. Clark, two years ago, killed
brother of Kings.
In the circuit court of Branch county, Mich
igan, Judge Shipman rendered decision on a
peculiar question in an arson case. A man
named Siebering was put on trial for arson,
lily lived, but which belonged to his wife. The
statutes of Michigan defines arson as burning
the dwelling of another, and the judge ruled
that the owner of the dwelling in this case be-
ing Sibering's wife, and he occupying it in COM
mon with her, setting fire to the building would
not constitute the crime Of arson. The accused
was discharged.
George Parrot alias Big Nose George, one of
the Elk mountain murderers and infamous road
agent, who is under sentence to be hanged April
2, attempted to break jail at Rawlins He got
his shackes off with which he attacked Jailer
Rarker, when he entered the corridor to lock
the prisoners in for the night. The jailers
wife, hearing the conflict, having the presence
of mind to lock the outside door, locking the
jailer in with the prisoners. The alarm was
then raised and large number of citizens has
tened to the jail and released the jailer and Sc
cured the prisoners.
Pat Ebert, noted burglar, had, for several
days been engaged in tunneling into the vault
of the National Bank of Rolla, Mo. His doings
were discovered, and on tho fourth night, just
as he had made an entrance to the vault, Mar
shal Divine and posse, from signal given by
the cashier, who was secreted in the bank, sur
rounded the building, and attempted his cap
ture alive; but Ebert, who preferred death to
arrest, with dagger in his hand, made desper-
ate efforts to escape, and was shot down in his
tracks. He lived one hour after being shot,
but would reveal nothing. The only words he
uttered were: ''You've got me, boys!"