The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-09-06
Sinful Siftings.

William Dougherty had his preliminary
hearing at Butte, Montana, for the murder
of A. Cory and Jerry Harrington. Both
died from knie wounds received at the hands
of Dougherty in an affray originating from II
fuss created by him, in which he escaped
were examined Dougherty being in the GUS
tody of the sheriff in default of SO 900 bail.
Charles w. Waldron, one of the owners and
managers of the Waldron bank, of Hildsdale,
Mich, has absconded, taking with him
money and securities variously estimated at
from $50, 900 to $50, 900. 1t is reported that
q woman accompanied him, but this is not
confirmed. He leaves u wife and two children,
but before leaving he decided a small amount
of property to them. The bank is doing
business and depositors will be paid in full.
A Gardner of Chicago was held in bail by
the United States commissioner for further
examination in the opium smuggling matter,
on an additional warrant sworn out by
special agent. The new charge is that OF
conspiring with the three men arrested in
Ogdensburg couple of days ago to steal
770pounds of opium from the United States by
substituting blocks of wood for the drug. The
special agents say other arrests will be made
soon; that two of the men are under sur
veillance and that it is known that they had
dealings in the drug with Gardner.
H. S. Benjamin and F. A. Bates, members
of the bankrupt mining stock firm of Moore,
BENJAMIN & Co., were arrested at Milwaukee,
on a charge of conspiracy, and their bail
fixed at $25, 900 each. After spending a
couple of hours in the custody OF the sheriff
neither was able to furnish the bonds, and on
application Of the attorneys the bail was re-
duced to $1O,O 900 each. which they finally Sc
cured. The charge of conspiracy made IN
connection with civil action brought by
Mrs Helsl Warner to recover $50, 900 which
she had invested with the bankrupt firm.
Mrs. Warner claims she was guaranteed
against loss; also that there was q aconspiracy,
and besides Mr.. Benjamin and Bates, their
wives and also N. D. Moore were in it.
Moore is in Canada.
seat in the Dearborne street railway
station at Chicago, uttered a wild
shrek and jumped through the window,
carrying away the sash, covering the walk
with broken glass, cutting his face frightfully
and sprinklng blood over the startled spec
tators. Officers overhauled the fugitive on
State Street. He bit Officer Duffy savagely
on the right hand, tore q generous chunk
from the rear elevation of the doughty blue
coats pantaloons, and with herculeaR
strength WAS about to overcome Duffy and
Buckley when other officers arrived. 1t re-
uuired the combind efforts of six officers to
secure and land him in the patrol wagon.
lie gave Uue Idme VI houis DUN, o!Slo Ao
resided in Portland, Mimi, and that he was
farmer.
The we'll known Mormon leader, George
@. Cannon, who is now u fugative from JUS
tice, being wanted for violation of the Ed
munds law, has been in Topeka, Kansas.
Mr. Cannon has been secreted in the house of
an old acquaintance His presence is ex-
planned by the arrival on the Union Pacific
train from the west of three women. They
we're met at the depot by Mr.. Cannon, and
we're evidently detachment of his plural
wives for he embraced them one after anoth-
.r. 1t is supposed that they were bound for
the land of Zunis, in old Mexico. Two hun
dred thousand acres have been purchased in
Mexico by Mr.. Cannon and other leaders of
the church, and he states that several thou
sand Mormons will at once move from Utah
to that country, where they will not be mo-
lested.