The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-22
Petty Criminalities.

Mrs. Matilda Hellerman was shot and
killed at Philadelphia by Peter kretchman.
a widower who lived in the next house. The
only explanation he gave was that his wife
who died about three weeks ago, had been
ruined and driven to her death by Mrs. Hell
lerman
While political meetings were in progress
at Taylorville, ILL.,. unknown parties pro-
cured quantity of sulphuric acid, which by
means of syringe was injected into about
fifty horses belonging to farmers. Five of
the animals have died, and the others are
rendered useless. There have been no
arrests.
The supreme court of Missouri affirmed the
verdict of murder in the first degree against
William Walker, chief of the notorious Bald
knobbers' organization is Southern Missouri.
He will be hanged Dec %. This decision
also affects three Others of the leaders of the
gang who were convicted about the same
time Walker was.
The coroners jury, after three weeks in
vestigation of the causes of death of c. N.
Thompson and Jacob Lee, killed by falling
walls at the insane asylum, at Yaukton, Da-
kota, returned a sealed verdict, which has
been placed in the hands of the district at
torney. The responsibilities for the death of
the two men has been located by the jury, but
who the parties are remains secret until they
are in custody.
N. D. Vaughn, a blacksmith, was murdered
in front of the Palace theater at Denver.
Vaughn was on his way to work and stepped
into the saloon attached to the theater for a
cigar. While there a quarrel arose beteewn
several allnight loungers. Vaughn interfered
derson, followed Vaughn to the street and
shot him through the head, killing him in
stantly. Anderson and his companions are in
Jail.
Hawleyville, Page county, Iowa, is in
high state of excitement over the determined
attempt at murder and suicide by disap-
pointed lover, Stephen Franks. Franks
sought the hand Of Miss Carrie Love and
she accepted him, but refused his additional
request for speedy marriage. He called on
the young lady, and once more vainly urged
her to consent to speedy union. Enraged
at her refusal, Franks drew a revolver and
fired at his finance twice, the last shot tax
ing effect. She fell, and Franks, believing he
had killed her, shot himself. Neither is con-
sidered fatally wounded.
A serious shooting affray occurred at
Burk's mining camp in Northern Idaho
Charles Garrett, colored, and Joe Morgan,
white, were drinking in q saloon, and en-
gagged in an alteration. Both men drew re-
volyers and opened fire. Though the COM
batants could not see each other for smoke
after the first few shots, they blazed away
until their revolvers were emptied. James
Shannon, by-stander, was shot in the
stomach and cannot live; William Lyman,
another spectator, was shot through the
shoulder, and CARROTS arm was almost
shot off. Morgan came out of the fight with
out a scratch and escaped to the mountains
Two farmers, Hiram Rotten and William
Ashley, living in Custer county, Nebraska,
called on q neighbor named Holstein to see
him about some furniture which had disap-
peared from the school house in that dis
trict. They failed to return, and their
neighbors became suspicious and instituted
search for them. They saw hogs eating at
some object in a haystack in Holstein's field,
and going to the spot found the dead bodies
of Rotten and Ashley. Rotten's face had
been badly eaten by the hogs. Holstein can
not be found, and it is believed he took with
him the team and wagon in which the mur-
dered men drove to his house.
sensational incident transpired in the
district court room at Helena, M. T., when
Martin Brown was found guilty of burglary.
Brown was arrested for forcing an entrance
into the Montana Central Office some months
ago and stealing lot of railroad tickets.
During his trial he displayed great excite
ment and impudence, conducting himself in
such a manner that his counsel finally be-
to save him. After the jury had found him
guilty Brown made an attempt to escape
from the court room, and the officers had to
use violence to subdus him. Judge McCon-
nell sentenced him to twelve years in the
penitentiary. and as he pronounced the SEN
tence the prisoner began to curse and swear
at him. using the foulest epithets ever heard
in q court room.
Chauncey Goodrich, an old man employed
as laborer In the Ansonia Clock works in
Brooklyn, N. T., was arranged In court in
that city upon charge Of attempting sui
eide. Mr.. Goodrich was prosperous clock
maker in Bristol, Conn.,, for number of
years and amassed o comfortable fortune.
In 1858 he was elected q state senator, and
again in 1870 he filed the same Office Sew
eral years ago he invested some money in
Union Pacific stock and quickly made $780,
900. He then came to Brooklyn to live and
had clock factory in Warren street. But
the mania for speculation seized upon him,
and he embarked in it wildly, with the result
of losing over 100000 and becoming a
bankrupt. His business was sold out, and
finally he gained employment in the factory
of the AneQnia company. But he was de-
spondeHt and in bad health, and with no fl-
ture prospects he ATTEMPTED to end his life.
His wife is living In New Haven making . liV-
ing by selling books.
The latest news from the Chickasaw In
dian nation was brought from Tishomingo
by james Harris, the auditor of the nation,
to Gainesville, Tex and is Of startling
character. Mr.. Harris said that Gov. Guy
was not killed as reported. The would-be
assassin's bullet failed to hit him. This at
tempt to take the governors life so aroused
his friends that over three hundred of them,
heavily armed, Gathered at Tishomingo to
protect him, and W. Byrd, with 200 well