The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-13
Mans Wicked DOings.

Gardner the opium smuggler, is convicted
at Auburn, N. Y, and must to the peniten-
tiary retire for meditation.
Harrisburg reports practic al application
of the woman's rights theory, the female
head clerk in the reven ue collectors Office de.
faulting to the extent of $4,000 and alb
sconding.
The body of q man, supposed to be Rudolph
Kooler, was found in the woods in the edge of
in the back of the head, and indications are
that he had been dead about five days. Muir
der is the only theory advanced.
Emerson o. Salisbury aged fifty years, killed
himself in a boarding house in New York with
q dose of morphine. The man was member
of a Brooklyn Masonic lodge, and in letter
to his sister, Mrs. DR.. R. W. Truman of
Deruyter. N. Y, he stated that lack ofmoney,
health and position drove him to suicide.
Archibald Sillars was found in his Office at
St. Johns N. B., with two pistol shot wounds
thought to be the murderer. Physicians are
en- ieavoring to save his life. He is suffering
from the effects of poison, self-administered
1t is supposed that business disagreements
led to the tragedy.
Mrs. Jennie Greenwell, of Grand Tower,
ILL.,, has been lodged in Jail on q charge o
murder. She separated recently from her
husband, Robert Greenwel, and meeting him
on the street shot him twice through the
body. The wounds were fatal. Jealously
seems to have been the cause of the shoot
ing. Mrs. Greenwell is beautiful brunette
of about 27 years of age.
On the steps of the Methodist church at
Elco, ILL.,. few miles from Cairo, one Sunday,
Lou Huston and Joseph Lakewood settled
an old grudge originating from jealousy, the
object being the divorced wife of Huston.
Both men drew their revolvers, seven shots
being fired rapidly, every one taking effect
A panic took place in the church, the services
being dispensed with and the congregation
escaping through the doors and windows.
Huston as the aggressor, was arrested, but
it is thought both will die.
Hronek, the Chicago dynamter, was
found guilty by the jury. The verdict was
handed to the clerk of the court, who opened
the paper and read: "We, the jury. find the
defendant guilty as charged in the indict-
ment, and fix his punishment at twelve
years in the penitentiary." friend leaned
over to tell Hronek the verdict, but he looked
up with a pleasant smile and said: ''Ich
vertstehe" His face betrayed no evidence OF
disappointment.
Miss Boletta E. Hage, who has long been
head clerk in the revenue collectors Office in
Harrisburg, Pa., has become defaulter for
$500, and has left town. She disappeared,
her brother formerly deputy collector under
the Arthur administration, received letter
from his sister mailed Philadelphia, stating
that she had taken $6,5OO OF the govern
ment's money and that she had lost the
most of it in speculation. The speculations
have been going on for o year. Her bonds
men made good the amount.
Charles E. Burdes went to the National
Bank of Washington, D.. c., with $3.50 in cash
to deposit. When he put his hand in his
pocket for the bank book, in which the money
had been placed, the book and money haG
disappeared. Mr.. Burdes suspects q mar
who stood near him at the counter, and who
was making signals, as he now thinks to q
man on the pavement without. Shortly
after the robbery a wagon was stolen from I;
place near the bank, and it is supposed that
it was taken by the thieves.
For two weeks an unknown man has FIRE
qgented tha center of New Bedford. Mass, aft
er dark and assaulted ladies who were with
out escorts, striking them in the stomach
and knocking them down, One evening Mrs,
John Robbins was twice knocked down b.
the man aud she is now confined to bed witt
nervous prostration. Another evening Mrs
Annie Soule was seized by the miscreant. bu'
she struck shim in the face and screamed f
loudly that he was frightened away. The pc
lice have no clue to the assailant and reign o
terror prevails among the lad es.
Just as the Butte passenger train on tn
Montana Central had pulled out Of the ct
tion at Wicks, Montana, and about 90
yards south of the depot, a strange ma
standing near the track deliberately crawle
under the rear coach, laid his head on th.
rail, and before the train could be stopped