The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-10-23
The Criminal Calendar.

At Waterbury, Conn, Edward Chatfeld, the
''naked man" who has frequently frightened
ladies and children, has been sent to Jail for
sixty days. He is insane.
Henry Mack has been arrested in Cleveland
charged with arson. The police have reason
to believe that he is the author of numerous
incendiary outrages recently perpetratedin that
city.
David j., son of the late Senator Clark Of
Horizon, Wis, had preliminary examination
before United States Commissioner Bloodgood,
Milwaukee, on charge of passing fve-dollar
counterfeit bills. In default of S., 900 he was
remanded to Jail
Omaha Special: The coroner's Jury has
rendereda verdict in the case of the victims of
of the Fullerton tragedy, and it is as follows
We believe that Fl. A G. Baird, Hugh MAR
Harry Perceval and Mrs. Harry Perceval and
her on e-year old child came to their death fe-
lonlously, Sunday evening, Sept %, 1854, and
that they came to their death by wounds from
weapons in the hands of one George Furnival
A most horrible murder occurred at Coving-
ton, Ky, just opposite Cincinnati Friday morn
ing The dead body of Mrs. Anna Madison,
the wife of James Madison, who works in Gin
cinnati, was found on the floor in her home
The dead woman had been choked with rope,
and her throat had then been cut in a horrible
manner. The husband was telephoned for
and he came quickly and was put under arrest,
but denied all knowledge of the crime.
J. Robert Williams of David City, Nebraska,
has been missing since Friday of last week,
when he took q train for the East It has Just
been discovered that he has absconded, taking
with him 81, 600 in money, borrowed of con-
fdential friends in church, Sunday school,
temperance and political circles, in all of
which he was prominent He was superin-
tendent of a Sunday school, a candidate for
elector on the St John ticket and ran for dis
trict judge last fall He is supposed to be in
Canada.
Matt B. Parkinson, sheep herder, rode up
to the house of a former employer, Derby P.
Payne, small sheep owner, three miles from
Deer Trail, forty miles from Denver, and after
refusing Payne's invitation to breakfast, cal
led him outside and demanded the payment of
$50, of balance due for work. Payne replied
that he had no money then, but hoped to have
some in few days when he would settle.
Parkinson upon this drew revolver and fired
three shots, the first of which passed entirely
through Payne's body, killing him instantly.
At Ellesville, Mass, Robert Lpes, deputy
sheriff, only seventeen years of age, and Jacob
george, D Telegraph operator, aSed tWenty-one,
released negro from the county jail, promis-
ing him his freedom it he would kill Dr. Schu-
macher, druggist The negro carried out his
contract, calling Schumacher from the shop
and shooting and MORALLY wounding him. The
instigators Of the crime then helped to organ
ize mob of citizens, who purs ued the negro,
while Lipes and his comrade quietly slipped
away. When the mob overlook the negro they
shot him, infiicting mortal wound The ne
gro, while dying implicated the deputy sheriff
and telegraph operator in the crime, and the
mob turned on them, but they had fed