Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-10-19
CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

Luck King WIDOW, escaped from the
Milwaukee county insane asylum on Sunday
last, and since has remained hidden in Mil
waukee. She was found Tuesday, and told
horrible story of outrage if true. She saws
her brother, Charles A. Steele, former
wealthy merchant of Milwaukee, now of
Jackson, Mich, has falsely kept her impris-
oned in insane asylums for five years, in or
der to enable him to procure her fortune of
$25. 600, left by her husband. Three times
she has escaped, and twice been abducted
and returned. She talks sanely enough and
ha put her put her case in the hands of
prominent lawyers.
At Homersville, Ohio, two young men,
Walter Lemons and Sam Erwin, met in
the Catholic church and .quarreled during
service. Lemons struck at Erwin, when
the latter drew a large knife and cut Lem
mon twiHe. The first cut was over the right
eye. The second time he plunged the knife
into Lemmon's breast; the steal pierced his
heart and Lemons fell dead at his 4nur-
derers feet. After committing the deed, Err
win wiped the blood from the knife, and
putting it in his pocket, cody walked away.
The Ford brothers, who have been making
an exhibition of themselves in the east, are en-
route to Kansas City, to stand trial for the
killing of Bob Hite. They talk freely and
fippantly about the gang ana appear in the
role of brace of Bombastes Furiosos The
Younger brothers are as silent as the private
graveyards ofthese reckless outlaws as to the
connection of Frank James with the North
field raid, as it is intimated that he will be
brought here to stand trial, should he he
pardoned by Gov. Crittenden.
At Plattsmouth, Neb., John Pollin, pro-
prietor of the restaurant, shot and MORALLY
wounded Capt. Natter. Pollin called Ma
teer from the street into the dining room OF
his restaurant, closed the door, drew pis-
toll and fired, striking Matter over the lett
eye. Pollin then delivered himselfup. The
two men had some trouble about letter
said to have been received by Natter from
Pollin's wife. Natter was alive at last &C
counts, but no hopes for his recovery are
entertained.
Ten years ago Andrew Walker brutality
murdered Green Butler in Galveston county,
Texas. Walker was convicted and sentenced
hang. The court of appeals reversed the
decision. he was convicted again eight
times in all and the sentence each time re
versed by the court OF appeals. Saturday he
was convicted again and sentencedto hang,
but there is q powerful money influence be
hind him.
The sheriff of Dubuque county, Iowa, has
been sued by a British nobleman for damages
amounting to $4,000 for an assault on q
young man named Damen employed inthat
county, in arresting Damen iii a suit for the
foreclosure of a mortgage in which Damen
resisted and was roughly handled by the
deputy in serving the papers.
i Radman, wife murderer, WAS taken from
jail at Evansville, Ind, and lynched. Off
GERS attacked the mob when one of the
lynch ers seized sleGge hammer and dealt
Radman powerful blow on the head which
caused his immediate death.
A jury at Wichita, Kas., gave verdict OF
$4,000 damages to Hannah r. Carter for
having suffered outrage and an abortion at
the hands of T. M. Lane, a prominent citizen,
while employed III his family.
At Windsor, Ark, James Devlin was
killed by a man named Mathews, near
Maidstone Cross, Essex county.
FIRES AND OTHER CAsUALTLEs.
AT Pitsburg, J. Decker a young man in
the employ or J. Bailey, Farrell & Co., lead
pipe works, met with peculiar and horri-
BILE death. He was standing on scaffold-
ing cleaning the rust off shaft which was
making log revolutions minute, when by
some means his right leg became en-
targled in telephone wire and, losing his
balance, he grasped the shaft. In an instant
he was buried around at fearful rapidity
and the telephone wire was wrapped around
his leg until the limb was served from his
body, when he fell through the hatcnway to
the ground below. When picked up he was
dead. His head was shapeless mass and
his leg was still dangling to the wire.
G. II. Richmond, young man from the
Ann Arbor, Mich, university, employed by
Maj. Gillespie on the government river i'm
provement work near La Crosse, attempted
to board a moving freight train, and, miss
ing his footing, fell and the train passed
over one foot. crushing it SO that probably it
will have to he amputated.
-Four men were killed at Republic, Mich,
by fall of rock in the Republic iron mine.
Their names were a. follows: John Cornell,
aged forty-fve years. married; r. Ericks son,
aged thirty-four years, single; Robert Rob
erts, aged fit cen; Peter Bower. aged sixteen
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Competitive drill between the St. Bernard
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