The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-11-08
Mans Wicked DOingS.

John Hillfoyle, letter carrier, was killed
Dy Patrick Pedar, bar tender, in a saloon
in Halstaad street, Chicago. They had quar-
relied in another saloon.
Louis Helm Slonaker, cashier ofSioux City,
Iowa, for the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way, was arrested at Toronto, Canada,
charged with forgery. He decamped recently
with 81 900 of the company's funds.
At an Indian dance in Adonah, Wis, two
made by a married woman, Mrs. White Bird,
turned upon her and gave her a terrible
beating The woman, who was enceinte, died
of her injuries. Jealousy was the cause of
the tragedy.
A small, pale-faced boy of Is years was
on trial for murder at New York. His name
is Harry Rodgers. Some time ago he stabbed
William L. Dunn in the heart. His counsel
wishes him to plead guilty of manslaughter.
The district attorney held that the plea must
be at least murder in the second degree.
The examination of E. P. Searles and G..
H. Anderson and wife at Billings Montana,
on the charge of the murder of Lewis Sweet
resulted in the acquittal of the parties. The
hearing occupied three days and was made
as thorough as possible. Nonew information
as to the real perpetrator has been CLEANED.
Reports of illegal registration in New York,
are being supple emented by few arrests.
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driver, in $4,000 bail for registering twice.
Michael Duane was held on the
same charge. He had only lived nine
days in the place from which he registered
warrant for the arrest of A, l.. Knight of
Bath, Dakota on the charge of attempted
rape, was issued by City Justice Ackley of
Aberdeen on complaint of Mrs. Hill, a mar
ried woman living at Bath, who charged
Knight with assault while taking her to
Co.
at work.
wounded Mrs. Alma Barnes, a widow, 10
years of age, at Litchfeld, Kansas. The
shooting occurred at a dance, and was
caused by the refusal of the woman to allow
Short to escort her home. She died.
On account of the threats of lynching
Short was taken to Girrad. The woman
leaves one child.
Senator J. N. Castle and Capt. W. G. Bron-
son, of Saltwater, Minn., the former brother.
in-law of David B. Staples, under sentence of
one year for shooting Charles F. Winship,
went to Freeport ILL.,, and had o long con-
sultation with j. A. Grain, who was also
counsel in the trial, in the interest of Staples.
As O result Staples was taken to Joliet. 1t
was matter of great surprise as it was
thought desperate effort was going to be
made to save the defendant from going to
the penitentiary.
"Red Nose Nike was arrested at Wilkes
barre, Pa, for completely in the murder Of
Mcclure and Flanagan, and gave bail.
Pinkerton's detective refused to have any
thing to do with the ARE st, saying that
Mike is not tht right party The coal and
iron police, however, say they have i'm
portanu evidence which will make the prisoner
out to be the real murderer, and that he did
the work single-handed.
johnson and Buckley former members of
the police at Fargo. Dak., who.were arrested
Q few days ago on the charge of robbery, had
their preliminary trial before Judge Barnett.
great many witnesses were examined but
apart from the complaining witness own
testimony there was nothing brought out on
which grand jury could have found an in
dictment, and the defendants were dis
charged.
Benjamin Bryan, a prominent grain and
stock broker OF Chicago, has been brought
to Atlanta, Gu, upon n requisition of Gov.
Gordon, charged with larceny after trust.
The charge grows out of the transactions OF
branch house of Bryan. & Louisdell, which
failed some time since, the losers charging
some croOkedness in the firms transactions.
Bryan claims this grew out of transactions
Of a local man in charge, for which the firm
was not responsible.
Two of the striking switchmen at the
Northern Pacific yards at Brainerd, Mimi,
arrested for alleged interference with the