The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-07-04
Grimes and Criminals.

George W McCann brother oltommOdOrc
IIcCann OF the United States navy, commit
ted suicide ut MERIDIAN, Miss, on account OF
i'll health
Mrs Joseph North was found at the home
other husbands at lees Lick Ky murdered.
Her husband was arrested on the charge Of
numbering her.
Frank Maxa, a young Bohemian OF tChi"agO.
was stabbed and instantly killed by Stan-
Siaus Dim bowSky, the result of an old teud
over the affections of girl.
While Daniel Rhneharr living near Fort
Wayne, Ind, was away from home. burglars
chloroformed Mrs. Nhinehurt, three daugh-
terS and the hired girl. and secured S1.14O.
William T Harley. tried in Minneapolis
for comphcity in the great wheat steal,
pleads guilty OF petit larceny and is fined
800. Holcomb gets year IN state prison
James Shaw. stepfather of John Letz of
Eincenness, Ind, reprimanded his son for
reading dime novels instead of working The
youth then shot the old gentleman fatally
md escaped.
DR.. Eugene Thayer, a well known organist
OF New York City, committed suicide at Bur
ington, Vt. by placing he muzzIe of a re-
Tolver in his mouth and blowing e: he top OF
his head OF.
Two painters living in opposite houses on
the same street attempted suicide al Fort
Madison Iowa, one by poison and the other
by a rope. The one who tried poison will
probably die,
The court OF appeals has decided adversely
in the appeals OF CaroIn, Nolan, Lewis and
Gibhn, the New York murderers who have
been convicted during the past year and sen
fenced to death.
Both Beokman and Peterson the murderers
.ofCombs at Rochester, Mimi. completely
broke down after recci wing their sentences, and
FOR some time wept bitterly They were visit
Ell at the jail 10y large number of their
friends, among them sseveral ladies, and fol-
some time We're busy Kidding goodbye to
their old associates,
Young Brown. a precociOus prisoner from
Alhambra, showed a paper covered novel
through the cell grating to Jaler Ellis in
the Jail at Boulder, requc sting him to give it
to Bryson Oil the floor above Brysonis un,
der sentence OF death for the murder of Mrs
Linstrom near Helena last year, and a death
watch is now set on him. JaiIer Ellis exam
ined the volume and found a note paper en-
closing a strychnine and morphine pill fiat
tened out and inserted between the leaves
reading, Instantaneous poison. Bryson
take this and cheat the gallows. Itis quick !
Brown refused to say from whom the poison
and note came.
The lawyers and police OF St. Paul ar,
busy unearthing scheme of fraud of as ye
unknown proportions and which would hav,
approached the gigantic ii it had not beel
discovered at an early stage. The schem
consisted in borrowing money on fraudulen
titles to real estate. In the one case the par
ticufars of which are known, it was foun,
that ii piece OF real estate in st. auf'belong
ing TO A. Eihlein of Milwaukee had beel
tFaudulently conveyed by somebody person
ating him to a Mr.. Stensgaard, who, arme,
with this apparently clear title to the prop
erty and policy Of little insurance, mort
gagged it to secure loan of large amour
OF money from the local agents of a Penn
Rvlvania capitalist. How many swindIes O
this kind have been Ierpetrated is not ye
known.