The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-20

q convicted horsethief, who had escaped
from the Grant county jail. He found
Fleming at the residence of a Mrs. Hopkins.
When the thief caught sight OF the sheriff he
drew pistol and fred two shots, the first
passing through the officers elbow and the
second entering his abdomen. The plucky
officer, though mortally wounded, dubbed
Fleming into submission and a deputy took
him in charge and placed him in Jail ut
Marion. The sheriff lies at Jerome, and
there is little hope of his recovery. The
crime caused great Indignation at Marion,
and Fleming has been sent to Michigan City
for safe keeping.
No bolder incendiary work was done in this
country than that discovered in Troy NY.
The flames when first seen were in X. Har-
lows livery stable, on Glen avenue, and soon
appeared in the extensive sheds in the rear
of the old Bulls Head hotel, a large three
story structure that was recently converted
into tenements. Nearly all of these were oc-
cupied. A strong odor of Kerosene was de-
tected, and as soon as the tremen had ex-
tinguished the flames in one place blaze
would flash out at some other point. Proof
of incendiarism was to be found on all sides.
Pofte end firempn swarmed all over the
buildings. and had to do desperate work to
save the inmates. Twenty seven different
points were found where the torch had been
applied and preparations had been ma de to
touch off twenty more piles of shavings,
cracker boxes and soap boxes, in each OF
which was tomato can full of kerosene
CombustibIe matter was brought to light in
every conceivable place, two piles being in
the bedroom occupied byIra Smith, the owner
of the building.
Villa m Radiger of Kalamazoo, Mich, has
just made public the sensational confession
OF dying man, Heinrich Schance, q bridge
builder of Chicago, made to Radiger in that
city last May, Schance's confession, in sub
&c foil In ,vfv
Schultz, and myself robbed a barn in Col
verts, Prussia, and to throw off suspicion,
we set fire to the barn. A strong wind was
blowing, and soon, to our horror, 100
houses and stores were in flames. The village
was burned to the ground. The suffering
that night was horrible, many mothers and
children perishing in the flames. Large re-
wards were offered for the perpetrators of the
deed, but we were never caught. As people
gathered at the fire, we stole away through
the woods. l Immediately took a steamer
for America, came to Chicago, and have been
here ever since. NY partner was braver
criminal than /. He remained and is still
living in Colverte, Prussia, where he is a
wealthy merchant. Schance enjoined upon
Radiger that he should forward the confess
sion to the German authorities, and the
latter made sworn statement OF the facts,
which he forwarded to the German consul at
Gin cinnati Mr. Volike.
An dLUempU was Inaue TO QeSUrOy SnuIelQC
& Co.'s distillery, in the northern part of
Chicago, by means of dynamite. Enough
facts are not vet known to justify a conclu-
sion as to whether it is the work ofanarchists
or of some one who has a personal grievance
against the Shufeldts. The neighborhood
was shaken by tremendous explosion, shak-
lug the buildings in the neighborhood, break
ing many panes of glass in the surrounding
houses, aud causing the people to rush into
the street in great alarm. Investigation
showed that bomb had been thrown prob
ably from the street, into detached ware
house. used for storing high wines in. This
building was shattered; the hoops were burst
off many of the casks, and the heads of some
were driven in, Very soon afterwards pack
age, wrapped in paper, was found in the street.
1t contained several sticks of dynamite and
some Illuminating caps. ]. D. Lynch, manag-
er of the Shufeldt company, offers a reward
of S25 900 to the person who threw the dy-
Mantle on the distilery building, for the
name of the man who employed him to do
the work. or such information as will lead to
the detection and arrest of the parties respon-
sible for the outrage. The members of the
whisky trust ridicule the idea that the at
tempt to destroy the property was the work,
directly or indirectly, of their organization.