The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-08-09
NEWS In BRIEF.
Sinful Siftings.

The safe ofC. III. Bates store at Yankton,
ID. I. was cracked and $500 stolen. Mr..
Bates is city treasurer. and one-third of the
5000 was city money. There is no clue to the
thieves.
Several New York importers of and dealers
In precious stones would like to have intor-
nation of the whereabouts of A Il. Radcliffe,
a well-known mounter of GLACIERS diamonds.
lie has vanished from his accustomed haunts
and with him have gone diamonds valued ut
100000. 1t is snrmised that he has gone to
England
Miss Mamie Phillips. the 19year-old
daughter of u highly respected family, resid-
ing in Allegheny City, Pa, was arrested,
charged with the theft OF SI2o in money
from James Devine, Il guest of her parents.
Miss Phillips finally admitted her guilt, and
was placed under arrest. Owing to the
prominence of the interested parties, the
affair has created a great sensation.
Two maiden ladies, Maria and Yiretta
Reeves, living near pavisviile West Virginia
shot and killed one burglar and mortally
wounded and captured another. One of the
sisters man i'll her room, seized a re-
volver and fired. killing him. The other sis
ter sprnng on the other burglar he was
trying to escape through a window. He was
too late, as he fell to the ground with u bullet
through his groin.
Heinrich kiehl, n prominent and wealthy
German farmer living in High Forest town
ship in Olmsted county. Mimi, was found on
the farm of neighbor. nearly mile from
home, hanging in II grove. having been dead
for some time. Mr.. kiehl had II severe
stroke OF paralysi some time since that at
fected his speech aud~partially crippled him.
and it is to this cause that the alteration of
mind resulting in suicide is due.
Deputy Sheriff Hayes of Blacksoot, Idaho.
arrived at Bozeman and identified Alex
Woods. the negro recently arrested there,
as the man who murdered his wife and was
sentenced to be hanged on July 20. At the
same time Williams was executed Woods
broke Jail and escaped and has been ut large
ever since. Hayes had the necessary requisi
tion papers with him and took his prisoner
back to Idaho The hanging has been fixed
for Aug Il.
Thomas Stoekham. proprietor of the Union
hotel at Grafton, ID. T.. was arrested for vlo-
lating the revenue laws in selling liquor with
out government license. He had Il prelim-
nary trial before United States Commissioner
Jorkey. who bound him over in 81 600, but
he could not give bail. Seven more saloon
keepers were found guilty OF contempt at
Fargo. Five were fined 5000 each, and the
other two cases continued for Judgment un-
til Sept. II.
A fatal row occurred thirty miles south
west of Neigh, Nebraska. A young man
Schmidt, his sister and two brothers named
Fandersehuck. We're returning with several
Others from u wedding ut Ewing. and got
into II quarrel. which ended in Il free fight.
Schmidt was fatally cut across the abdomen.
His sister was wounded in the arm. One of
the EanderSchucks had his shoulder broken
and was twice stabbed in the back, while the
other brother was slightly cut with knife
and seriously cut on the head with a club.
JohntJ ennings is in Jail charged with shooting
his father. farmer living near Bridgewater,
Oak, through the breast. The bullet passed
within an inch Of the fathers heart and
through the left lung 1t is thought the
wound is fatal. Young Jennings has done
time for shooting IL man six years ago.
A dispute arose between father and son over
harnessing q horse The father remarking
that his son talked as though he had Il gun
in his pocket. Yes replied the son, Il
have Would You like to see what it con-
tains?' and Immediately shot his father
After two days pursuit of the Indians
for whom warrants were out for the murder
Gus assault near Brainerd. Mimi. Sheriff
Spaulding and Capt. John George Morrison,
OF tfi3 White Earth agency policy, came up
on BS-.i Buck and Wah Boo Cheek i'll Il hid
ing place they had fed to in the wilderness,
some twelve miles from the blueberry camps
and twenty-five miles from Brainerd. Sew
eral times had the fugitives changed their
hiding place. and now felt so secure that
they were indulging III nap outside Il tepee
Leaving their horses n long distance and fol-
them under cover of their guns before they
could do anything.
W. C White, an attorney in Hector, Minn.
was shot and probably fatally wounded by
his other-in-aw, L. III. Parker, who went
into Whites Office, and after few words he
threatened his life. White attempted to
leave the Office, when Parker drew a revolver
and shot him in his ri ght arm, the ball also
passing through the hand of Miss Emma
Raitz. who was standing near. Parker then
followed White into the postoffiee and shot
him through the hip. About q month ago
Mrs White died. 1t is supposed the shoot
ing grew out of Whites charges against his
wife, who was Parkers sister. Parker is @
young man about twenty -one or twenty-five
years of age. He lives somewhere in Wis
consin.
A horrible double tragedy has been un-
earthed by the officers at Chicago. They
found the dead bodies of Henry Hush u
retired saloonkeeper. and his wife on the
second floor of their residence. They were
past middle life, and their domestic relations
seemed unusually pleasant. Supplies left at
the back door by the milkman lying un-
touched first attracted attention. and finally
the police found an entrance. Mrs. Hush,
clad in night dress, lay in an alcove of the
bedroom, in q pool of blood. In the next
room the body of Hush was suspended from
the transom. A butcher knife and a news
paper smeared with blood were lying near.
Hush's body was also clad in night clothes,
showing that the couple had retired for the
night before the fatal deed was done. No
reason can be assigned for the tragedy.
There was no indication of a struggle