The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-03-14
Grimes and Criminals,

Daniel MsIs! chan, are tNeItv-two, Killed
Cora Carnahan Hred thir,ec2, and then
committed ~uirds %r EurIvil}e. Ill. The
pair eloped Il ON Pawi aiT, ILL.,. and have had
a weary time OF it sine ending detectives.
McLachlan was 4 blacks ,th. the girl y
daughter of wel-to-jO A~Ceikeeper.
Edward W Marietta, Mailman oi Ian
sing, Mich WAS arrested some DAYS ago.
charged with assault upou Girl. He sab
4eQuently Jumped La;l and led 10 Canada.
LaSely bv means o. i d,cry letter. hH was
brO4ght from W3nIs.r to Dtrot ami cap
ured. While being Dr0U-It 70 Lansing he
committed suiride with poison, and was
brought in u corpse.
The Cincinnati EXPRESS which came into
Chicago one evening. Brought a badly
scared lot of passengers. Two hours before
>eaching Chicago the Grain was fred upon
by an unknown man, who took deliberate
aim at the rear coach ana sent two loads of
duck shot crashimg through The windows.
Some OF the passengers narrowly escaped
serious injury.
Richard Collins, who was convicted by the
Jury in the circuit court at West Superior
of assault with intent to kill his wife on the
10th of August last, WAS sentenced by
Judge Marshall to FIVE years at hard labor
an the state penltcmt!uIy. collins is an old
resident Ot Superior and Is related TO half
a dozen families OF hi@n social standing AMI
wealth. He was chief OF police OF Superior
at one Eime ami attained a reputation
as q shrewd detective.
United States Marshal Faulkinbury ar
rested in Conway county, Arkansas, Mai tin
~Thorp and William Garner, leaders of tie
most extensive gang o. countcrfeiters in the
Southwest Officers have Eeen on the track
of these men t0r months. An immense sum
of bogus money. comprising s., $40 and
800 INIT alton gold pieces, was also secured.
Over u dozen persons are implicated, com
prising some we'll known people of Perry and
Saline counties. ThOrp and Garner have
been bound over The arrest causes great
sensation.
The wife Of a prominent grocery merchant
of Winnipeg, who elopod with German
snAlsic teacher returned to the city in COM
.paRr with q detective. The couple were
overtaken walking on the railroad track to-
wards Dakota, and had been three days on
the road. 3he woman. when arrested,
pleaded to be allowed to go with her lover,
bat the detective finally persuaded her to
acco4apany him to Vim: peg, where she has
been received by her husband viii open arms
land forgiveness.
Albert Bulow, the murderer of Frank Eicn.
was arraigned before Judge Seare. at Little
Falls and pleaded guilty to murder in the
first degree. as charged in the Indictment
He renterad the court room in rather an un-
concerned manner, with hat pulled down
over his eyes, turning his head neither to
the right nor to the let +, evidently wishing
to avoid public gaze. In q low voice he an
swered guilty to the usual question asked
by the indge. He was then remAnied to
Jail to await the aBtul sentence which his
crime merits.
A reign of terror exists among the ladies
and young girls of Denver on account of the
ldNsings of mysterious Individual known Gs
".JaEk the Choker" =" He is described as a
man OF scout forty years of age He springs
upon unprotected females in lonely places and
throws u rope around their necks. He then
twists the rope SC that they cannot scream.
After insenRibility ensues the victim is laid
upon the ground and the Mysterious 'ChOk-
-etI' disappears. A lynchng party has been
organized and he will be summary dealt
with ifcanght.
Nothing has been heard of Z. J. Roth, late
financial manager of the Trade Palace
Sshose disappearance has caused a sersa-
ton at La Crosse, Wis. The books are being
examined, and it will take some time to
arrive at the true state of affairs. IL is not
believed he has embezzled q large amount
and his arrest is desired more than he can
be used t 0 stTaighten out affairs than for
amy other purpose He confessed before
aeaving that for more than three years he
had been preparing for Mr. PaDl owner of
the store, false statements OF affairs and in
various ways conducting the bsuinesS in
such a manner as his employer would never
have couDtenanced.
Gov. Leslie of Montana, has commuted the
death sentence of George Godas to impris-
onment for life. The action caIlsforth much
Indignation from responsible business men,
as the crime was cold blooded and atEocious.
God as murdered an old man named Embody,
Sept. 8, 1887, in Dearborn Canyon. He was
followed, captured at Missoula and taken
back to Helena, where he was found guilty
OF murder in the first degree. He was re-
89anded back to Jail to await sentence, nnd
-aa appeal was taken to the supreme court,
He escaped from Jail and made his way to
,British Columbia, where he was captured.
After h$Ed fight against he was
returned. GOdas has vie and several
schildreR.
An incoherent letter, signed Jack the Rip
per-" the author of which writes that he
killed John NJ. Clayton, the murdered Re-
publican candidate for rcongress was received
at MorrilIten, Ark. by Sheriff Shelby. The
letter alleges that the motive for the killing
of Clayton was that years ago Clayton
caused the lives of the writer's father and
other persons TO be taken. Sheriff Shelby
turned the missfye over to the grand jury,
which is now in session Investigating Clay
tons death. Both Democrats and Repub-